Zoomer who wants to restore what I never got to see.
Wichita, KS
Joined April 2016
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This is a violation of both Justice and Charity.
Deceiving her and using her guilt to get her to overpay what it was going to cost you is wrong.
I’ve finally reached the age where my patience for "zero-consequence" parenting has officially hit a wall. My brother in-law has two teenage sons, 14 and 15, who have been raised to treat the world like their personal playground.
Last weekend, we had them over for a BBQ. These kids were messing around with a heavy medicine ball near my outdoor kitchen, something I’ve told them a dozen times not to do. Sure enough, one of them loses his grip and sends it straight into the custom stone countertop of my built in grill.
It didn't just scratch it; it cracked a massive slab of granite right down the center.
My sister in-law (their mother) comes out, sees the damage, and gives me the usual "accidents happen" shrug. She asks what the damage is going to be.
Now, I happen to have a specific umbrella policy on my homeowners' insurance that covers accidental property damage with a flat $250 deductible. But getting a stone mason out here, matching the grain, and overseing the repair is going to be a massive headache for me.
I called the original installer and got the full out of-pocket quote for a total replacement: $2,800.
I handed her the estimate. She turned white, complained about how "expensive stone is these days," but eventually wrote me a check for the full amount.
I paid my $250 deductible, got the counter replaced, and tucked the remaining $2,550 into my "Inconvenience Fund."
My wife thinks I was being "harsh" by not mentioning the insurance. I told her that if you refuse to teach your teenage sons that their actions have real-world costs, then I’m happy to provide the invoice.
If they want to raise terrors, they can pay the "Lack of Discipline" tax. Consider the extra cash my fee for the time I’ll spend managing the contractors.
Chad Nixon Kettle retweeted
.@SECWAR “In the Indian Ocean—an American submarine sunk an Iranian warship, that thought it was safe in international waters.
Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo—Quiet Death.
The first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War 2. Like in that war—back when we were still the War Department—we are fighting to win."
Hey @grok
Who was the most famous person to visit my profile? doesn't need to be a mutual, don't tag them, just say who it was.
Chad Nixon Kettle retweeted
A Happy Independence Day to the single greatest nation in the history of God's great green Earth, and a reminder that the United States is more than an economic zone to be pilfered, but a soil and a people.
A Happy Independence Day to the single greatest nation in the history of God's great green Earth, and a reminder that the United States is more than an economic zone to be pilfered, but a soil and a people.
Democrats hate you. They hate this country. Every American who has been murdered by migrants was put to death by Democrat policies. Every rape. Every mugging. They were all preventable.
Vote accordingly. There will not be a second chance.
