@Cody Fousnaugh I'll be danged! Ya had either the Ramble Inn, the Magic Wand, or the Green Grill as Café offerings. We ate lunch at the Grill around 1971 because they served beer! Cattlemens Steakhouse is gone, replaced by Brevins Restaurant. I only remember this stuff because of having my wife's kin there. Small world, Cody! Frank
Ramble Inn for us. It was still there when wife and I visited the area in 2009. The old house on Dafforn Rd., That I lived in during grades 8th thru 12th is still there also. Looked the same as it did in 1968! Yes, it can be a "small world" sometimes. Not to get "off topic", but when I worked in EMS in Calif., during the mid 70's, I took a lady to the ER that graduated from the same high school I did, but 10 years earlier. That was kind of amazing meeting/talking to her. Again, "small world".
Hi Pasty, I do feel better than she's not here anymore, I think the blood pressure has gone down. He even said that he was having a hard time with her, but he lets her do what she wants, he is using the "she doesn't have a mother card," so he feels that if he allows her to do whatever she wants, she will learn. Growing up we had chores, back in the day we learn how to iron our on clothe, we learn how to wash dishes, dry and put them away. I keep shaking my head, so sad that he had to feel that way.
Good Morning Chrissy, I agree with you, I can't stand bratty kids myself. You're right about asking all the questions, and at the time we just thought "oh how nice to take care of a little girl," as time when by we learn more and more that she didn't like learning anything, she spend the majority of her time on her tablet, (from the time she woke, until her father came home. The thing was attached to her, even when she at breakfast. When my daughter had a babysitter, I provided the food and made sure she listen to her babysitter, I also mentioned to her to make sure she pickup after herself. When she went outside I would tell her to make sure she stood in in the pool area, she would ride her bike around the managers office where the pool is, of course the pool has a fence around it. She wanted to play with this boy, who I didn't trust, because of she had told me about him. I told the father what the kids had done to her, and it was like okay, but she can still play with him. Oh, and get this, when we asked him to give us the information on her medical card he refuse, and told us that if anything happen to her, just to call him. He usually works about 2 or 3 hours from here. He did agree at one point that if we had to give her time out, for us to do it, but once I did and he didn't like it. I just feel sorry for both of them, because this little girl is not going to learn anything, she is already disrespectful to him, so I can just imagine how she will be when she becomes a teenager, . I don't know how much other people charge for babysitting, another thing we should have looked into. All I can say is that we were taken for a ride. There will not be a next time.
Hi Cody, When parents are strict is for you're own good. I was a single parent, and at the same time I was able to control my daughter, she knew better, not to talk back and when I gave her "the look," she knew better, if I said, sit down and stop running around she would do it. If she did something wrong, she was not allowed to play outside. A couple of weeks ago, we were talking about how I would punish her, and she told me about this one time where she was not allowed to play outside, so I told her that she could play, with her friends, but she had to stay inside and they could be on the other side of the door. She made me laugh. I tried the same method with my second daughter, it didn't work, she was the one who gave me the grey hairs, stubborn, both did get a spanking. I always told them to have respect for other, especially when they were younger and someone else had to care for them, the sitters don't need a bratty kid. Both behaved and both knew that if I heard something negative about them, they would get punished.
Cory, Even my nieces, who I use to babysit, never acted like that with me, they knew they better not mess with auntie Rachel. If they did anything they also got punished, I would not allow them to play outside, I also took them with shopping, to have breakfast, it was more of a family thing. And my sister-in-law, never told me, don't punish them, she felt the same way, so when my daughter would go over her house she do the same thing. It would get me upset to hear that my kids didn't behave.
Thank you everyone for listening to me, I enjoyed reading everyone's post. She is no longer here and I'm very happy. I hope that the lady who is taking caring for her has better lucky. She acts like a baby and if that's how she wants to be treated so be it. After reading all your post, I see that all of you were the best parents ever, and of course grandparents, who are always there for their grand-kids. It's true that we treat our grandchildren different that our own children I know I do, I love my grandson, I wish I could see him more often, but at his age, he is 24, he has things to do. And I understand that. I just wish I had more grand-kids. Again thank you all for the responses. This is the best place ever.
@Cody Fousnaugh My wife just chimed in: Ramble Inn was vacant for some time, then was torn down and construction of a new liquor store has begun. Progress........ Frank
Sorry you had that experience Rachel. Maybe in the future, if you are watching children, you and the parent will have to have a better understanding of what the rules and consequences are, so that no one ends up angry, hurt and or underpaid. Years ago, I babysat a little boy for about a day and half with poison ivy who didn't want to have any salve put on him. That was fun!!! not! So much for my brief stint as a baby sitter.
Hi KE, believe me I don't thing there will be a next time. One would figure that the person who is asking to care for their child, that they would know. Another mistake I made was not to ask him to bring her over and to tell to my face that I didn't allow her to go anywhere she wanted. If she out of sight, I worry, even when I went looking for her and found I felt better, but what if something happen a couple of minutes after I checked up on her. Who would be to blamed, me, and he would not take any responsibility for what would happen to her. I'll take your advise in case I ever do,. How did you handle him?
There wasn't much I could do. I just told the mother what had happened when she came to pick him up. I was just hoping he wasn't speading germs everywhere. However, I think you have to have direct contact in order to catch it. I don't know that much about poison ivy actually. I just follow the leaves of 3 let it be! Surprised I haven't gotten it, I run my mower around here through all sorts of underbush...I hope I didn't just jinx myself.!
Approximately ten percent of the population does not react to poison ivy. I am among them. After spending a few summers away from home, I returned to find poison ivy in my yard, growing in quite a few places. Having learned as a child that I didn't react to it, I pulled it up by the roots and deposited it in the compost -- no problem.
My Dad also did not get Poison Ivy, and even scoffed at the authenticity of reports of it! He grew up on various farms in Illinois and Wisconsin, the oldest of 5 kids. He carefully detailed events by way of storytelling to me, as a late-arriving child. He was 41 when I was born. I have harbored all my life, stories of early life amongst the family, raising and slaughtering animals for food, and humorous events.
Here's a hint for those of you that might not know this about the different poison plants. Do NOT burn them. Weather it's poisin ivy, poison oak, or poison sumac. I never had a problem with them, until my city husband decided it would be easier to burn the rubbish pile, right next to the open windows of the house. Of course we had the attic fan on. I couldn't open my eyes for over a week. That rule of, 'three leaves, let it be', doesn't always apply.
Good Morning, I was going to mention that, maybe you're not allergy to it, and other are, maybe because he is a young kid, most of us grew up playing outside getting dirty, hiding behind bushes, and this could be one of the reason why we're immune to it.