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It’s been a while but I’ve got those covered and a few more.

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16 hours ago, Johnny Rotten said:

ukraine

The top portion is italian, bottom ukraine.

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13 hours ago, AuEagle said:

Mom used a wooden paddle, had it hanging by the fridge.

[Jamie Jackson]

10 minutes ago, RED333 said:

Mom used a wooden paddle, had it hanging by the fridge.

My mother grew a mimosa tree. Always. No matter where we lived. Said she like their looks. I think it was  specifically for the incredible durability and flexibility of the switches she would make me go and break off.

She had a remarkable grip for a small woman and no matter how hard and fast I ran in a circle as she gripped my wrist, she never lost her rhythm.

I cut down every mimosa tree I run across still to this day 

I loved her...but she had that Southern woman "don't mess with me" thing going on...  

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1 hour ago, Jamie Jackson said:

My mother grew a mimosa tree. Always. No matter where we lived. Said she like their looks. I think it was  specifically for the incredible durability and flexibility of the switches she would make me go and break off.

She had a remarkable grip for a small woman and no matter how hard and fast I ran in a circle as she gripped my wrist, she never lost her rhythm.

I cut down every mimosa tree I run across still to this day 

I loved her...but she had that Southern woman "don't mess with me" thing going on...  

Strange......I feel the same way about cherry trees. Must be a coincidence....right?

[ArmyBrat61]

Weeping willows.........they earned that name......I can still hear those switches whistling !

[peejman]

8 hours ago, Jamie Jackson said:

My mother grew a mimosa tree. Always. No matter where we lived. Said she like their looks. I think it was  specifically for the incredible durability and flexibility of the switches she would make me go and break off.

She had a remarkable grip for a small woman and no matter how hard and fast I ran in a circle as she gripped my wrist, she never lost her rhythm.

I cut down every mimosa tree I run across still to this day 

I loved her...but she had that Southern woman "don't mess with me" thing going on...  

We had Forsythia bushes. 

[Jamie Jackson]

36 minutes ago, peejman said:

We had Forsythia bushes. 

Mom's are a devious bunch!  

[peejman]

1 hour ago, Jamie Jackson said:

Mom's are a devious bunch!  

Meh, Dad had a wooden paddle.  Didn’t necessarily make me stop, I learned not to get caught.

And thinking about it, my high school assistant principal had an aluminum paddle with air holes. Kids who got paddled had to "take a walk". He'd make them walk the halls with him following, paddle in hand. All the classroom doors stayed open then so everyone knew who was gonna get paddled. After strolling around to his satisfaction, he'd say "assume the position", which was hands on your knees and head a couple inches from the lockers, so every whack banged your forehead into the locker.  

You had to count licks. If you started blubbering, he'd keep going until you got to the number. So 3 licks could easily become 5.  The more you blubbered, the faster he'd go.  Good times.

I got sent to his office once, but didn't get paddled.  

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I did this unintentionally many years ago.  I use to make homemade apple wine.  My FIL was a heavy drinker and went through a lot of Jim Bean in the big square bottles, not sure if they were 1/2gal or 2 litter.  I bottled some of my wine in his used bottles. Took a bottle with me to a multi-day flea market a friend and I were selling at and we sat around one night and drank bottle of Jim Bean wine.  Our neighbors noticed and thought we were big drinkers and offered us all kinds of beer and liquor the rest of the week.  We never admitted it was just homemade wine.

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