My 36 year old son, father of 4 called me tonight from their home in Michigan.
Hey dad, what you doing?
Eating, call me back.
This will just take a minute.
Call me back.
I need to trim some tree branches that are hitting the house.
Call me back.
They're up pretty high, I can't reach them with my ladder, do you still have your tree trimming saw with the extension poles?
Maybe, call me back.
I need to borrow them.
They sell them at Home Depot and Lowes
Stop kidding around, I need to borrow them.
I need my router and orbital sander that you borrowed back.
Why do you need them back, I'll bet you haven't used them in over a year.
Your right I haven't because I loaned them to you when you were in for Thanksgiving 2015.
Oh.
If you want the saw you have to bring back the router and sander.
And if I forget to bring them.... then what?
A. you don't get the tree trimming saw.
B. I'm taking your 3 sons to Harbor Freight and buying them a 6 1/2 hp Predator gas motor.
What the heck would you do that for?
Because I'm going to tell them that we're going to build a mini bike but we can't start until I get all the tools back that I loaned you to do it.
Their mother is going to kill you if you do that.
No she won't, she loves me, she'll kill you.
The boys are going to be hell to live and just when you think you can't take it anymore I'm going to start sending them pictures of the frame I'm going to start bending and welding up.
Seriously, dad you can't do that, it's not fair to tell them something like that, you can't do it.
Watch me, I might even tell your wife that you suggested it, time for the boys to learn how to do some old fashion mechanical stuff from their grandfather.
I promise that when I come in I'll bring the sander and router I borrowed.
Dam son, my dinner is cold and I just remembered you never returned my Remington 700 .25-06 that I restocked so you could deer hunt with it.
OK, I'll bring the gun too, now go reheat your dinner before you think of anything else.
Don't worry son, if think of anything else I'll email the kids and have them remind you.
OK, bye dad, I love you, give gram a hug and a kiss for me.
Will do son, I love you too.
Just because we're getting old doesn't mean we're getting dumber.
Hey dad, what you doing?
Eating, call me back.
This will just take a minute.
Call me back.
I need to trim some tree branches that are hitting the house.
Call me back.
They're up pretty high, I can't reach them with my ladder, do you still have your tree trimming saw with the extension poles?
Maybe, call me back.
I need to borrow them.
They sell them at Home Depot and Lowes
Stop kidding around, I need to borrow them.
I need my router and orbital sander that you borrowed back.
Why do you need them back, I'll bet you haven't used them in over a year.
Your right I haven't because I loaned them to you when you were in for Thanksgiving 2015.
Oh.
If you want the saw you have to bring back the router and sander.
And if I forget to bring them.... then what?
A. you don't get the tree trimming saw.
B. I'm taking your 3 sons to Harbor Freight and buying them a 6 1/2 hp Predator gas motor.
What the heck would you do that for?
Because I'm going to tell them that we're going to build a mini bike but we can't start until I get all the tools back that I loaned you to do it.
Their mother is going to kill you if you do that.
No she won't, she loves me, she'll kill you.
The boys are going to be hell to live and just when you think you can't take it anymore I'm going to start sending them pictures of the frame I'm going to start bending and welding up.
Seriously, dad you can't do that, it's not fair to tell them something like that, you can't do it.
Watch me, I might even tell your wife that you suggested it, time for the boys to learn how to do some old fashion mechanical stuff from their grandfather.
I promise that when I come in I'll bring the sander and router I borrowed.
Dam son, my dinner is cold and I just remembered you never returned my Remington 700 .25-06 that I restocked so you could deer hunt with it.
OK, I'll bring the gun too, now go reheat your dinner before you think of anything else.
Don't worry son, if think of anything else I'll email the kids and have them remind you.
OK, bye dad, I love you, give gram a hug and a kiss for me.
Will do son, I love you too.
Just because we're getting old doesn't mean we're getting dumber.