People under 30 are wimps!

[GottaHaveIt]

Subject: Over 35

People over 35 should be dead. :nono

Here's why ...........

According to today's regulators
and bureaucrats, those of us
who were kids in the 40's,
50's, 60's, or even maybe
the early 70's probably
shouldn't have survived.

Our baby cribs were covered
with bright colored lead-based
paint.

We had no childproof lids
on medicine bottles, doors
or cabinets, ... and when we
rode our bikes, we had no
helmets.
(Not to mention the risks
we took hitchhiking.)

As children, we would ride
in cars with no seatbelts
or air bags.

Riding in the back of a pickup
truck on a warm day was
always a special treat.

We drank water from the
garden hose and not from
a bottle.

Horrors!

We ate cupcakes, bread and
butter, and drank soda pop
with sugar in it, but we were
never overweight because
we were always outside
playing.

We shared one soft drink
with four friends, from one
bottle, and no one actually
died from this.

We would spend hours building
our go-carts out of scraps
and then rode down the hill,
only to find out we forgot
the brakes.

After running into the bushes
a few times, we learned to
solve the problem.

We would leave home in the
morning and play all day,
as long as we were back
when the street lights
came on.

No one was able to
reach us all day.

NO CELL PHONES!!!!!

Unthinkable!

We did not have Playstations,
Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no
video games at all, no 99
channels on cable, video
tape movies, surround
sound, personal cell phones,
personal computers, or Internet
chat rooms.

We had friends!

We went outside and found
them.

We played dodge ball, and
sometimes, the ball would
really hurt.

We fell out of trees, got
cut and broke bones and
teeth, and there were no
lawsuits from these accidents.

They were accidents.

No one was to blame but us.

Remember accidents?

We had fights and punched
each other and got black
and blue and learned to get
over it.

We made up games with
sticks and tennis balls and
ate worms, and although we
were told it would happen,
we did not put out very many
eyes, nor did the worms
live inside us forever.

We rode bikes or walked to
a friend's home and knocked
on the door, or rang the
bell or just walked in and
talked to them.

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.

Those who didn't had to
learn to deal with disappointment.

Some students weren't as
smart as others, so they
failed a grade and were
held back to repeat the
same grade.

Horrors!

Tests were not adjusted
for any reason.

Our actions were our own.

Consequences were expected.

The idea of a parent bailing
us out if we broke a law
was unheard of.

They actually sided
with the law.

Imagine that!

This generation has produced
some of the best risk-takers
and problem solvers and
inventors, ever.

The past 50 years have
been an explosion of
innovation and new
ideas.

We had freedom, failure,
success and responsibility,
and we learned how to deal
with it all.

And you're one of them!

Congratulations!

Please pass this on to others
who have had the luck to grow
up as kids, before lawyers
and government regulated our
lives, for our own good !!!!!


People under 30 are WIMPS !
:fu



NOT TO MENITON B-B-GUNS, HOME MADE SLING SHOTS & SKATEBOARDS, & THE GOOD OLE' CHERRY BOMB!!
:party

[TeamBajaMarine]

Cant leave out the 80's...Man, the memories alone should be giving me a heart attack, I did your share, his share, her share, 3 days benders, thousands of dollars later. As my bro in the hood said "The women get excited, the money gets divided, now Im broke and its no joke, its hard as hell to fight it, dont buy it!"

Oh and BMX, Motocross and Skatebording with no helmets and pads.

[haulinvols]

Hey i'm 28 and that sounds like every good southern kids upbringing when I was growing up. Rock on. My younger cousins will never understand what it was like not having a computer in the house let alone one of there own, or actually living life outdoors instead of on a tv screen. I maybe under 30 but I sure agree with you.:smokin kids these days are soft. One more thing, I long for the day when a confrontation in school meant a good fist fight not a gun fight. Just my .02

[Seize n Ticket]

and mouthy as hell...:nono If I would have lipped off to an adult as a kid, there were serious consequences (DAD) :armed to be dealth with.

[haulinvols]

AMEN to that. I was introduced to the belt and rolled up newspaper at an early age. If I had not been delt with in such a way I would probably be in prison by now. :skull

[TeamBajaMarine]

And for the Italians in the house...The wooden pasta spoon across the back.

[bottomless pit]

Don't forget "VIETNAM", :reallymad .
My mother told me that if I didn't keep my grades up ,"I'd be on the ground in Vietnam".. :eek , Of course I'd go to my room and get out my Corvette pics and , and work on my homework.
..PIT...:zzzzz

[Seize n Ticket]

Hey Blake,
Here's one for you. I was a "Hot Wheel" freak when I was a younger kid and they used to have and orange colored track that you could put together to race your cars on. My grandmother found a better use...when I acted up she would swing a piece of that track and smack. Grandma did not fool around! :nono :samurai

[haulinvols]

Hey Don, been there, feel your pain. The one and only time I talked back to my little country grandmother she made me pick a "switch" off the weeping willow tree. Man you would of thought I had been hit with a cat o nine tails. To this day 22 years later I have never talked back to her. She may only be 4foot 3 but she swings a tree branch like Mcguire.:shocked

[Seize n Ticket]

Matt,
I am convinced Grandma's know how to bring it when it comes to dealing with ornery kids. I can also remember my Grandma grabbing the skin on the back of my arm when I made to much noise in church. She would then give this a little twist and WOW :mecry and the whole time she would be smiling like Aunt Bea...no one except me knew what was going on! :notworthy

[bajacraig]

LMAO
I think I need to get one of those trees.:rolleyes
How fast do they grow? :samurai

[haulinvols]

Depending on how old your kids are you should have time. Go to a nursery and get a sapling. Trust me, the more green the branches are, the more they hurt. My butt should know.:samurai

[missouri]

AAAAAHHH, the switches....
My Dad died and mom raised me and my brother and wouldn't rent a house if it didn't have big bushes with nice thick switches...I think she was evicted once for defoliating the property....
We were playing ball once and a neighbor saw us smoking (age 9), the snitch (Mrs. Flachs) popped us, grabbed us by the ear & took us home where my Grandma slapped the @#%$ out of me until my Mom could get home and give me a switching.....
Anybody know if they had social workers in the 50's-60's?

I use to go to my Grandma's in the country during the summer...leave the house at 9:00am w/ my pellet gun (the 1's that put ur eye out), go in the woods and hunt snakes(the poisoness 1's that bite) on our way to the train tracks to jump a train(nuff said) that took us to the old LEAD mines where we played all day...came home close to dark hungry as hell and no one was even looking for us(neglect)...
At home I got a whipping for being 5 min. late for dinner.
I ain't even going into skipping church, I still can't talk about it 40 years later...:mecry

The best part is I thought I had it great...and DID!!! Other kids had to get an ass whipping from dad too...

[Seize n Ticket]

Missouri,
Very funny...
How about Grandma skipping right on by the switches and going straight to the rose bush for a switch with thorns :ohyeah I never realized how abusive my sweet grandmother was…like we did not have it coming. I think it is fair to say I earned all my punishments. :evil With all that being said, we are fortunate enough for her to still be with us and I would not trade her for any other in the world.

[haulinvols]

You know I think everyone here has probably been put over a knee at least once or twenty times in our lives. I can remember when the state started talking about banning corporal punishment, us kids thought it was a great idea and a lot of parents did not. As a kid I could not understand why, but now from the stories I hear from my cousins and things you see on the news, there are a few brats that could use a swat or two. I have a good friend that is a teacher and he said something that really hit home...." When we were kids we were afraid of the teacher, now the teachers are afraid of the kids" To me this is what happens when there is no discipline in the home, and it has to start somewhere. I applaud all the parents who are brave enough to step up and be a Mom or Dad that cares enough to discipline their kids and make them into responsible adults. Its funny though, I never thought i'd here that come out of my mouth.:ohyeah

[Seize n Ticket]

Matt,
Well said, I concur!

[Baja340SF]

And for the Italians in the house...The wooden pasta spoon across the back.

Ohhhh dont i remember that!!! Across the back, ass, head, arm, leg........it didnt matter as long as she made contact!

Remember when yousta (sorry haveing an itialian moment) to fear your parents. I knew, just by the look i was getting, i had done something wrong and was gonna get a smack when we got home!
Kids nowadays dont fear (or respect) there parents. I see my sisters kids say things to her that makes my hair raise.
I have no problem giving my kids a wack in the arse if they've acted up or been mouthy and whats even better is .........THEY KNOW THIS!!
Im not saying beat the crap out of them but proper discipline will go a long way for a child in his/her future!

[missouri]

Seize...
If my mom had moved to a house with a rose bush my a$$ would have run away!!! LOL...

My 9 year old was getting mouthy to her mother ayear ago so I sent her to her room forever...I walked in there an hour later and looked around....her computer was on, she had drawn a picture on her Wacom drawing tablet and was uploading it to her website....her playstation 2 was out and she had her TV on satelite watching a movie....I had to send her to my room to punish her....hell, I would stay in my room with a shoebox cut in half for a basketball hoop, tape it to a wall, roll up some paper for a ball and play the Lakers for a week when I was grounded...she had it made!

[Baja Daze]

Now, that's great and so true. I may be in the "Wimp" age group, I have to agree with the above...Rough and Tumble was how we grew up. Today's kids are wimps. :fu 0]

[Seize n Ticket]

Missouri,
That is very funny. Sounds like she has it made. Also, sounds like she has good parents.

[GottaHaveIt]

When I was growing up (the years that my parents let us play outside basically unsupervised) I was outside riding my bike..the Evil Kneivel days..making ramps on the sidewalk, jumping trashcans...hahah! No helmet, no elbow/knee pads.
Worst I ever had it was riding into a small lamp post in front of a house and chipped a front tooth. Paying to much attention to the stupid orange flag on a long stick that my parents put on the bike..hahaha..it'd been safer if they'd left the safety flag OFF! :biggrin Or the time my chain came off the sprocket going down a loooooong hill (no brakes!) :eek ..right thru an intersection! But I'm still alive..

Treehouses up Waaaaaaaaaaay in the big trees. Go carts, mini-bikes...BB guns, firecrackers.

Lived in Georgia from 1979-82, right on the edge of a swamp, with a nice creek running along the property line of 7 acres. Made my own trails, ran across the occasional aligator or snake (rattlers, water moccasins, etc). Right across the main road was a busy railroad track, with a nice pond with snakes, turtles and once in a while a small gator. I was 13-14 years old. Too young to drive, didn't know anyone with a car. Spend my days after school on the dirtbike or gocart or tromping thru the woods with the BB gun.

Never once got bit..no broken bones or stitches from wrecks.
Only the occasional Penny was sacrificed on the RR tracks.

Those were the days! No stupid computers...well, we did have a friend with an Amiga with some killer video games.
Had an Atari 5200 once back then but no PC or internet!
Nothing really good on TV but Saturday Night Live or Twilight Zone, or Star Trek. But they came on after dark when we were inside anyway. The only time I spent the afternoons indoors was on rainy days or really cold days! Then it was the Tyco train set on a 4x8 sheet of plywood, or Lincoln Logs, or the Erector set, or building something cool with Legos.

Kids these days have it too easy.

:dancingjalepeno

[hp500]

My Dad was retired military so when he told me to jump it was how high sir. I got in trouble like every one. And got my share of a$$ whippings. But if I told the truth it was not as bad. I had BB guns and all that other stuff. The one thing I had that others did't was a boat. My Mom and Dad got me my first boat. I was eight years old It was a 12 foot john boat. For the first two years I paddled that thing all over. Then for my tenth birthday I got a six evenrude and then I ran the lake like a mad man. We had a camp at the lake and every weekend and every time Dad was not working we would go to the lake. I have been boating for 38 years now and I have had a boat of one kind or other for 38 years. My Mon and Dad was tough.They made me the man I am today. And every time I am in a boat I think of them.
In memory of Mom and Dad
I love you

[haulinvols]

Well Said:thumbsup

[saleen367]

Boy oh boy, does this hit home.
I agree with the saying "spare the rod, spoil the child".

I had an upbringing not unlike all yours. Did something stupid and you paid the price. It was hard sometimes, but by God I grew up and appreciated every lickin I got. It made me what I am today.

My son on the other hand ... lives with his Mom because I'm just too damn hard on him. He has a 163 IQ yet cannot seem to get through High School. Won't do homework, attends class when he wants and goes to school if he sees fit. No drugs, alcohol or abuse problems so thats not it.
The school is useless for help and I think I know why. They know it all starts at home. Mom gives him no discipline. She keeps buying him things to motivate him and he uses it as a way to get more stuff he doesn't deserve. Now its alternative school, sleeps till 2, bumming all day. No job, no cash, yet his Mom forks over cash for gas, insurance and fun money. She expects me to and I won't. She claims she has to because shes responsible till he's 18. Responsible yes, but make the kid earn something and take stuff away when he deserves punishment. She won't, yet cannot understand why he is the way he is. duhhhhhhhhhhh!
I'm helpless. He won't even visit unless it's his Birthday or Christmas time(gifts).

A crying shame. You want nothing better for your kids than to grow up right and make something for themselves and this happens. :mecry

Sorry to rant.

[82C3]

I too was raised by a stern Dad and loving Mom. I had no comforts other than the love of my parents. Time out, what was that, was that the 5 minutes you rested from playing out side sun up to sun down. Look at the troubles that kids have today that we never had because our parents disciplined us. Some may think it was the hard and the wrong way but after you read these posts you can see that all of our parents did it RIGHT. You can see the respect and class in each and every one of you. I lost my best friend who was also my Dad 3 years ago totally unexpected. I was 35 then and had a wife and 4 year old son who worshiped him. He was tough but fair, serious yet full of laughter, helpful but encouraging to learn and do it on your own. There is not a day that goes by that I do not wish to have him here today. He was a car guy having owned 125 cars in his 54 years of driving. He also loved boats and we had one when I was little. At least we did cruise together in my Corvette before he died but he never did see my Baja. My mom just smiles and says you're just like your Dad with your cars and boat. Sorry for the rambling but my point is if you are young make sure you tell your parents how much you love them because some day they will not be here. I was lucky I told my stearn Dad that I loved him way before he died although he had never said those words to me he just showed me the meaning of the word LOVE which is okay with me. I tell my son I love him every day and he tells me that he loves me too and also says he loves his Pop because even when you're dead you're still part of the family.
A TOAST TO OUR PARENTS WHO DID IT RIGHT:cheers
In memory of my Dad Robert L. Bolduc
Tom Bolduc
03 202 Islander

[Seize n Ticket]

Wow, when this thread was started I never imagined it would let me relive a small piece of my childhood. I have enjoyed reading these posts and I see that most of us had the same kind of upbringing. Looks like most of us were outside from sun up to sun down...with the exception of being in school 9 months of the year. I notice all of us who have posted have a deep respect for our parents / grand parents. It is sad to see that times have changed so much with the kids today. I certainly don't mean to say all kids have no respect for their parents; however, that is the case more so today, then any other time in history (that I'm aware of). I have been in law enforcement for approximately 12 years now, and the things I have seen between parents and kids almost makes me sick. I see that parents today want to lay the blame for their children’s lack of respect on everything in society...and not look at their own parental skills. I applaud all of you who do it the right way and make their kids accountable for their actions. :notworthy They will be better off and more ready for life when they leave the comfort of mom & dad's house, thanks to your efforts.

[pwam1]

Do you mean that you guys got to play as kids?? Dammit, I started working with the adults when I was about 9. (father was self employed). Worked right along with everyone else from early morning until they quit, sometimes well into the evening.

Thought it was a bad deal at the time, but looking back, I did get to go fishin' or ride my bike from time to time. I tried being sick, being too tired, and everything else I could think of to get out of it, but nothing worked.

I am appalled at some of the kids today who feel cheated when they have to show up at Mickey D's, hang around a while, and wear a uniform just to get a paycheck!

As I think about it, I learned to work at an early age, and that one thing has done me more good than most anything else I can think of.

[haulinvols]

I hear ya man, my first job was mowing lawns and doing landscaping in the neighborhood, I was around 11 or twelve. As soon as I got my license, I was working for a roofer and a dry waller when all my friends were going to the pool and hanging out. I learned young that to become successful you had to work hard. I also learned to do the job correctly and always stand behind your work. I think my early experiences are what has made me the man I am today. My dad could have given me anything I wanted when I was young, but he gave me the most important thing, a good work ethic. He told me that if I wanted something I should be man enough to work for it, that was the only way I would appreciate it. It kills me to see these kids today driving BMW's and Landrovers and not have to lift a finger to get it. How will they ever learn that to get the things you want in life, you have to work hard for it. Just my .02 about that.:biggrin

[GottaHaveIt]

The neighborhood kids here never have to do yard work! They're all out skateboarding or riding their trick bikes, or cruising around the subdivision on daddys golf cart! There are a bunch of small yard services that come by once a week for the rediculous sum of about $35 a week, to cut the grass and edge. Takes 4 of them about 10 minutes to knock it out.
It takes me a whole 8 hour day sweating to death in the Texas sun, to get my yard as nice. A whole day wasted, only to have to go back to work out of town for almost a week, then come home and do yard work again on my days off! :rolleyes

Where are the kids these days that will come by and cut the grass, rake, etc. for $10, or even $15 bucks? Their parents probably won't let them do it because of the LEGALITIES! :ohyeah They don't want to get sued! Right?
That's my observation anyway.

I wonder what's up with all these drug remedies that parents have their kids on. You know the stuff that is for ADD etc.
Probably nothing wrong with the kids...it's the parents that are messed up!

I sure hope my little girl (5.5 months old now! Just starting to crawl and sit up on her own) grows up to be as good as we parents all hope our kids will. Right now I'm hoping she stays away from drugs, gets good grades in school and is popular, and in a few extracurricular activites. Time will tell....;)

[missouri]

He has a 163 IQ yet cannot seem to get through High School. Won't do homework, attends class when he wants and goes to school if he sees fit.I've got a friend w/ a super high IQ and he didn't finish high school....he's very well read and real smart....makes a ton trading stocks, name a stock and he'll give you a history...owns a fairly sucessful metal fabrication co. ..... but runs it from home 80% of the time. Hates being in public!
He said school was to boring for him, learned everything he wanted to learn on his own...thought the kids were too immature and just quite going....you might get lucky here......

[saleen367]

I hope your right Missouri.:D
In all honesty I love my son more than life itself but regardless I cannot get through to him. I've sat him down and tried talking like a buddy and like a Dad and I get nowhere.

I was young and thought I knew everything once too.
And I've tried to explain to him not to take the same roads I did. Go to College, get a good education, a great job (one he likes) and enjoy life. Learn from my mistakes before he makes them. In one ear and out the other.:beathead

I guess sometimes they have to learn for themselves. :mecry

[haulinvols]

Many of you remember reading this thread when it was going strong. Something happened today that brought me back to it. There will be a child born this month that will not know what it is like to have a father. His dad was shot and killed today in the line of duty by a 16 year old (son of the assistant district attorney) while answering a domestic assault call at the boy's house. The police were called this morning to the home after the boy had beat his mother, when the officer arrived the boy opened fire and shot him. Some 10 hours have passed since then and the boy is still held up in the home and refuses to give himself up. He has killed one officer and wounded at least two others. There are over 100 law enforcement officers at the scene and last I checked they are still not able to get him to come out. This happened just minutes from my house, in an upper income neighborhood. It just goes to show you how quickly your life can change. I just can not understand anymore how things like this can happen. I can not blame it on video games, music, tv, movies or anything else. It comes down to one thing, I don't care what anyone says. If the kid had grown up in a household that taught him the difference between wrong and right, love and hate, and respect. There might be a happy man awaiting the birth of his first child, instead we will have a first child wishing he had known his father.

[GottaHaveIt]

Don't know what to say..other than prayers for the slain officer, his family, and the parents of that kid! Seems like there is too much of this kind of %@! going on these days!
Not just the kids either. Young and old are doing stupid stuff!

I found this link (http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=1708506) about the situation.
That URL will probably change in a day or so though.

[OUTLAW 29]

I spend childhood years living in Naples, Italy. My mom would let my sisters and me wander the streets of downtown Naples totally unsupervised at ages 6 thru 9.

[Seize n Ticket]

It's a crazy world out there. Shot and killed an officer as he exits his car...what a gutless piece of sh$t! I assume some are going to feel sorry for this kid and blame society for his actions. I agree with Matt it goes back to what we were discussing above.
Matt,
Any updates on this story?

[haulinvols]

It all ended on Saturday morning. The S.W.A.T. team entered the house after repeated attempts to communicate with the suspect failed. When they entered they found him dead of a self inflicted gun shot wound. They think he killed himself after the last exchange of gunfire on Friday afternoon. After it was all finished he had injured 4 police officers (minor) and killed one. The sad thing is this could all have been avoided. It turns out the boy had attempted suicide once before, and the police have been called to the home previously for similar problems between the boy and his mother. What started it all is she caught him drinking the night before and would not allow him to drive to school Friday morning. He hit her with a pipe and she fled to call the police. The rest you know. I am not a proponent of gun control, but if my son had tried suicide before I would remove anything that he might use to try again. I would certainly not have high powered rifles and automatic weapons in the house that he could get to. All in all there were many signs this kid was troubled but as we have seen many times all anyone can say is "I never thought he could do something like this, he was such a shy kid". When will we learn.

[Seize n Ticket]

Thanks Matt for the information. What a tragedy for all involved.

[Seize n Ticket]

Matt,
I went to the Officer's Down Memorial page, which I do every couple of weeks just to remind myself of what is out there waiting for people in my line of work. Here is the website, which provides the information such as the story you spoke about www.odmp.org/

[bottomless pit]

Someone help me on this!
we had some wacco destroy half a fire unit and shoot a paramedic responding to a fire.First on the seen.
These people are unarmed.
Found the guy and someone else in the rubble dead.
Over a despite with the city.
PIT

[missouri]

A lot of St.Louis County officers get shot but the St.Louis City police seem to shoot everybody and work out the details later...
Don and Curt...or anyone else who is a police officer!

I'm kind of a "I hate authority" person within reason with most of it aimed a government, but also feel that cops, fireman, and teachers should start at 100k a year for what they do....I wouldn't do it for that because I don't have what it takes...especially teach!

Why did each of you choose the profession if you don't mind my asking? It's different now with all the wacko's out there than when you started...why do you stay is a better question?
People seem to shoot cops now just because ....years ago you just didn't shoot a cop period! I have always wondered what the driving force is to do it...

[Seize n Ticket]

Missouri,
For me it was something I had always wanted to do. I went to college for it and ended up getting hurt playing football and had to drop out of school and pay medical bills. During that time I worked construction to make ends meet. I realized I did not want to do this for the rest of my life. So, I decided to go after my childhood dream of being a police officer and now 11 years later I am still here. I guess you could say the job can be very rewarding at times and that sense of pride in doing the right thing for our society keeps me hanging on. Trust me I have my days when I feel what I do makes no difference what so ever. The job can be a lot of fun also especially after a good bust or raid...knowing your hard work paid off. Now, if we could just get the courts to do their job!!!

[haulinvols]

Don, I for one am glad there are people like you out there that do what you do. Im not sure I could keep a positive outlook on life dealing with the scum of the earth on a regular basis. Keep up the good work, and if I get pulled over driving through Missouri, do I get a "get out of jail free" card?:lol

[hp500]

Just my 2 cents
When a person does some thing like that.They should be shot on sight!!! Don't wast my tax money on a trial. If you do something like that and a crowd of people see it go down then why wast time and money just kill them like they killed the other person and I bet a lot of this kind of thing will stop

[bottomless pit]

I see Don on Television very often attending to his duties and have canceled more engagements than we complete. I can't put into words what a wonderful guy this man is.I believe that I and Other that are lucky enough to get to hang with you have become better people because we know and learn from you. :) If I knew Curt or MDTaylor better, I bet I could say the same about these 2 Officers.
PIT...
PS:See attached for conformation
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[Seize n Ticket]

Matt,
If you’re in our city you do!

Hp500,
You said it very well and I think a lot of things would change for the better if we had a justice system that shared our opinions.

Pit,
Thanks for the kinds words...you're right we could have a lot more fun if this crazy work thing wouldn’t keep getting in the way. BTW it looks like we were having a good time in that picture. If I remember right that was the first time we had met Adam & Gina (1Ash) from this site.

[missouri]

When a person does some thing like that.They should be shot on sight!!! Don't wast my tax money on a trial.hp500, I don't know about Indiana but ppl. who shoot cops in St.Louis usually don't have to worry about going to trial.....we just had a big deal about a guy laying in the snow shot for 20 minutes waiting for a ambulance after shooting a cop...he died.

[Seize n Ticket]

I'm becoming an even bigger fan of St. Louis more and more all the time.

[82C3]

I tried to change my profession 2 years ago only to find out that I was 1 year to old to enter the State Police Academy. I see the world how it is now and how Sept. 11 changed it forever. With all the money that pro athletes make, I find it an insult that our service men work for their wages knowing that they will never become rich and yet put their life on the lines at any given second for the benefit of us all. If Baja is listening why don't you do what Harley Davidson does and give these men/women a break when they purchase their boats? Harley has a Police Special, how about a Baja Enforcer?I for one respect all you police/fire/armed forces do for us daily! Our world is safer because of it.
Thanks For all You Do!:tiphat
Tom Bolduc
03 202 Islander

[bottomless pit]

If Im not mistaken Baja donated a 40 Outlaw to the border patrol,It may be a drugfighting machine. I know it is suppost to be one of the fastest boats in the ocean! Check with the back issues of the baja magazine.
PIT

[Seize n Ticket]

Now that would be a job!:biggrin