Dad's Random Thoughts
When my oldest son found out that other kids were getting allowances, he asked when he was going to get one. I told him that I did not believe in allowances. You should have seen his puzzled look. I told him as parents that we spend a lot of money on him daily by giving him a nice place to live, good food to eat, nice clothes, we send him to nice schools and we buy him more toys than he's able to play with. I told him that it is not any … [Read more...]
Today I was driving through a small town in East Texas and I had to take a picture of this East Texas Redneck's Monster Truck made from the body of a Corvette. I have nothing against rednecks. Some of my friends could be thought of as Rednecks. I like Monster Trucks and Corvettes. I had to get a picture of this small town East Texas Redneck Monster Truck Hybrid. Gotta Love It. Did you get a chance to check out the lift kit I added to … [Read more...]
I can remember as a kid getting my first Stomper truck and playing with it until the batteries ran out. I can also remember when the first Big Foot Monster Truck paved the road for large pick up trucks. In 1981 Big Foot was the up and coming concept. Stomper Toy Truck One of the First Big Foot Trucks My truck just turned over 110,000 miles, it is just now getting broken in. I did not want to spend a arm and a leg on a … [Read more...]
My wife typically purchases the majority of the Christmas gifts for the boys. I try to take off one day of work prior to Christmas to shop for the kids. I suppose the old saying, "opposites attract" is true for us, because the majority of things my wife wants for Christmas presents, I would not even consider. Of course, my youngest opened one of those "different" presents, the Perplexus Maze Game. When he opened the Perplexus Maze Game, I … [Read more...]
