“PP, simple, MONEY! Let him decide whether to save it, put more in and get something he really wants, or blow it on his g/f, it gives him respect, freedom, and CHOICES.”

Yep he likes money. But he is on a good salary on account of his big brain. No not my doing.[giggle] Do you remember a favorite present?

Hey that would make a good thread Max – what ones final personality is and where it came from. Was it shaped by immigrant parents, your peers, politics, whether the girl in front of you had a thong on under her mini skirt that time. Do you think most people had a personality defining moment? Maybe for some our children defined us more than our parents. Oh no flag it – I don’t want to know where Cols personality came from.

Must be hard here, I pop back and read old OLO when bored and I swear you’ve all had every possible conversation. Sorta leaves it at current events now like the boat people.

Dear Max,

This one's for you:

"Lighten up! the wise man said,
As he teased and laughed, and messed with my head.
I stared out the window at the star-studded sky,
And saw an old friend sailing calmly by.

The moon's made of cheese, and you probably know,
That sunlight reflected, is what makes it glow.
Come sail with me, to a faraway land,
Where age is a number, and life's simply grand.

Where faeries and gnomes, it's britches they wear,
Friars who drink, and really do care.
There's frogs with pot bellies, and witches who sew,
Owls who don't blink, oh the things that they know.

There's hobbits and wizards, and creatures who frighten,
Wise sages, soothsayers, and folks who enlighten.
There's only two things you need take on this journey,
A smile that is wide, and a heart full of yearning!"

Take care.

are you some kind of weird male freak
who got a pot belly as a long-term side-effect
from continual use of the pill, Maximillion?
just checking.

Careful there Fractelle, you'll turn everything you touch a shade of green.

Pied Piper, a mother hubbard was a huge shapeless tent like dress thing, the missionaries introduced into the Hawaiian Islands, to try to make the girls less attractive. It then was spread throughout the Pacific, in the same manner. They were worn into town, but never at home. It was a sign that you were accepted as part of the scenery, & nothing special, when they disappeared again.

It may not be suitable, if he has a good income, but the best present I gave my son, was a set of 20 year old Mag wheels, when he owned a 20 year old Ford. They were used on those cars, in the day.

Not expensive, but hard to find, he then spent a weekend making his fingers, & cloths black with metal polish, so I knew I'd guessed right.

PP, I was lucky enough to get it right with my two sons a couple or three times each, but never consistently. Sometimes, just sometimes, there was a particular thing they wanted, and I was able to accommodate them. Focus on his interests, his “fun”, that’s all I can offer, sorry.

Young men and young women share the same dietary and boozing habits - food on the run and the regular booze binges - but men do more of the physical work and they are outdoors 'on the hoof' more through their sport and other recreational pursuits.

So yes, ladettes would show more physical signs of their over-indulgence and indolent lifestyles.

The benefit is that there is much more canvas for tramp stamps and skin folds for body piercings. A hornbag would wear something noice, different and unusual to show the midriff (and the thighs, look at moi hornbag thighs).

It catches up with the lads as they gradually wean themselves off participant sport and the boss decides that anyone of a certain age (getting lower and lower) is a disgrace to the workplace.

Phew, Whistler only just pipped CJM at the post to wave the flag of political correctness, 'You swine, politically incorrect humour is verboten on OLO'. Still, we can always have a titter with the delightful Kath and Kim. Kath and Kim hasn't been banned yet by the PC thought police, or has it?

http://www.kathandkim.com/