I'm Uncle Buck! - Ideas Wanted

[wyeaster]

build a tree fort

[fatnslow]

Got them up and out and started barking orders. 10 yo emptied the dishwasher and set the table and got me a Corona with lime while I grilled. So far it's going better than expected. Liking your ideas but at minimum I have to leave with the same number of kids that were here when I got here. We're off to Karate lessons for the 14 yo. Told him to ask the teacher to show him some Defendu moves.

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Maybe a new haircut for the kid so he can pull some 4th grade hotties ?

[jgb@etree]

Let's see. Last week Wooley starts a thread freaking out that someone is using personal information that he has posted on TGR to threaten his family, this week he's posting pictures of his family.

I guess he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

[riser4]

Bacon cheeseburgers with a fried egg on top and a glazed donut for a bun.

Is there a horse track nearby? Let them pick some trifecta boxes and hope for a big winner.

Heh. My brother in law's wife took my daughter and her boys to the track. My daughter was 12. She loved it. No big winners. Each kid was given $20. The deal was they could keep anything they won above the initial $20. My daughter was smart enough to realize her strategy wasn't working and to copy the one cousin who was doing alright. She ended up with $18, so nothing to take home, but better than being down $20. Yes, the aunt was the one placing the kids' bets. What a genius way to entertain kids for a day.

[DBdude]

Let's see. Last week Wooley starts a thread freaking out that someone is using personal information that he has posted on TGR to threaten his family, this week he's posting pictures of his family.

I guess he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

^this is what I thought - sorry

wooley, I have read your posts for years, starting at ttips, but dude - keep your private live private

[DJSapp]

Older one wanted me tell me about his first girl friend breakup on the way home after class. He learned that he is one year younger than I was when I met his aunt. This is a cool gig.

Sounds like you need to take him to the local waterpark to get him right back on the rebound train. You'll need to lead by example by pulling in some cougars in bikinis.

And don't worry about the Mrs. getting mad, it's a bonding and teaching moment with the kid.

[SkiCougar]

go carts, batting cages and driving ranges are always fun for boys, even in the digital age.

and if it were me, I'd pay them to mow the lawn and do household chores; before I did them myself.

[wooley12]

^this is what I thought - sorry

wooley, I have read your posts for years, starting at ttips, but dude - keep your private live private

Do we need to get rid of the kid stoke thread? We are all still learning how to deal with on line terrorism. I'm still learning to separate the trolls from the terrorists. Getting better at it. Thanks for your thoughts. I'm listen to then all..

[wooley12]

Sounds like you need to take him to the local waterpark to get him right back on the rebound train. You'll need to lead by example by pulling in some cougars in bikinis.

And don't worry about the Mrs. getting mad, it's a bonding and teaching moment with the kid.

Maybe. I never got dropped by a flame so I'm ignorant.

I like the BB gun and old dishes idea a lot.

[Mazderati]

go carts, batting cages and driving ranges are always fun for boys, even in the digital age.

That stuff is fun no matter what age.

[Mazderati]

Maybe a new haircut for the kid so he can pull some 4th grade hotties ?

Or leave the hair and get the kid a jumpsuit and a set of nunchucks.

[wooley12]

Been there, doing that. Don't know what color belt

Just introduced lover boy to the cold water face cloth wake up. He took it well. Gotta get on the road.

[Dantheman]

All-day death march hike.

[PNWbrit]

Are you an angry chinaman?

Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature, uh, Asian American, Please.

Let's see. Last week Wooley starts a thread freaking out that someone is using personal information that he has posted on TGR to threaten his family, this week he's posting pictures of his family.

I guess he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

Not even the sharpest spoon.

[Diamond Joe]

Praxis Rx

[guroo270]

Better than dishes... my brother takes soda cans and hangs them on different tree limbs at different distances, heights and such. After a while the real far ones kinda tucked away get to be the most fun. Don't know how much room you have, and a Rider BB gun is fun for the above, but did you know they make bad ass sniper rifle pellet guns? For $200-300 you can get pretty bad ass on small targets at 100 yards.

[Timberridge]

Have you considered taking the boy birdhunting?

[BmillsSkier]

Oh snap.

[Caucasian Asian]

Are you an angry chinaman?

I prefer Angry Asian.

[wooley12]

Took them into the mountains to hike. Along the way I stopped in front of a tat shop and offered to buy but had no takers. Ran into a group in the parking lot returning from a corn harvest. No one had change for a nickle.

[RShea]

I'm thinking of things like build a potato cannon and get some lighter fluid and take them out to the field to do some launching of spuds (or tennis balls if you can't get good uniform potatoes). A deck of cards and teach them Poker games, stuff that they will need to know sooner rather than later.

[Captain Awesome]

Do we need to get rid of the kid stoke thread? We are all still learning how to deal with on line terrorism. I'm still learning to separate the trolls from the terrorists. Getting better at it. Thanks for your thoughts. I'm listen to then all..

No, there's no need to get rid of the thread. But if you're a psycho who's worried that your family is being stalked, willfully posting their images and a description of where/how they spend their free time is a terrible, terrible idea.

[wooley12]

You got that. You don't post much but when you do...........

[old goat]

I'm surprised no one suggested showing them some cool porn sites, how to get around parental controls, how to hide their browsing history. Oh wait--they're 10 and 12--they probably know more about it than you do.

[TNKen]

Paint ball. Fishing. Fireworks.