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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - 10:02 pm
absolutely! annie is my daughter's future MIL!
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Mictay
Member
09-29-2006
| Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 4:15 am
Teach,LOL!!!I'm all for it!
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Dbald
Member
08-04-2007
| Monday, August 27, 2007 - 1:55 pm
Looking for a thread just like this cuz I got some serious bragging to do. The high school my 16 y.o. son goes to has its own radio station (sure most do). It is an fm station and completely regulated by the FCC. He has had 2 years of training and testing and today came home and announced he has finally passed his last FCC test, he is now an official accredited licensed broadcaster and is getting his own 2 hour radio show. Last year he would do brief 15 minute spots and now he will be doing all the programming and be on air for a whole 2 hours. Let me tell you it is really something to hear your son's voice coming out of the speakers on your stereo system. It is so cool. Okay, bragging over, well not really, but onto the others that I need to brag to...you all were first.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, August 27, 2007 - 2:07 pm
Wow, how exciting for him and you Dbald! What a fun thing to do in school!
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Kady
Member
07-30-2000
| Monday, August 27, 2007 - 2:35 pm
i would be bragging too. i don't know of any high school that has its own radio station. how cool that is!!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, August 27, 2007 - 3:57 pm
Congrats Momma Dbald! 
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Monday, August 27, 2007 - 4:42 pm
wow! very cool! congrats!
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Dbald
Member
08-04-2007
| Monday, August 27, 2007 - 4:43 pm
See Kady that is what I said and the kids looked at me like I was stupid...I have never heard of a high school having a radio station, a honest to God FM radio station, they lease the in school hour slots from the local college (now that Ive heard of). If you permit me to go one step further, he is also in a band getting paid gigs and has a myspace page if there are any punkers out there i can give you that page. Then you can feel sorry for me having to sit through those gigs, country girl myself. Teenagers are great. Thanks all!!!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, August 27, 2007 - 9:31 pm
Congrats, Dbald. Sounds like he is keeping busy. Good thing for a teenaged boy to keep busy.
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Dbald
Member
08-04-2007
| Monday, August 27, 2007 - 9:45 pm
Many years ago I worked the graveyard shift in a small diner here in So. Florida and alot of my customers were cops. One day I asked them for any advice they could give me so I didn't lose my kids to all the temptations that I didnt have to face growing and one officer said "let them quit" i asked him to explain & he said "when we were young and wanted to quit an activity our parents would say they spent money on it, we wanted to do it nw we had to follow through. But we were a different breed of teenagers. Today kids are independant, free thinking and very very strong willed. If your kids start an activity and decide they hate it LET THEM QUIT, if you dont they end up resenting it and you and eventually they will turn. But if you are able to financially or whatever, let them search till they find what they love and then give them all your support and they are less likely to get in trouble cuz they don't want to lose that activity." That was the best advice I ever got. I have a 23 year old daughter, college graduate, upper level management for a major restaurant, living a free and independant life that I couldn't be prouder of. My 16 y.o. son has the music, hubby wanted a guitar since the day I met him, he got one last year for his birthday. By that time my son had already received 2 electric guitars & amps, then an electric bass & bass amp & finally drums, plus mics & all the other accessories that go with it. LOL. We never use it as a punishment, we drag ourselves to his shows without ear plugs and look at him now...16 years old, playing in clubs and bars, getting paid (not alot, but he is getting paid). Best part, he wants to be an architect music is just a hobby. Wow, I could go on forever, was just trying to pass along the advice I received from that officer when my daughter was only 7, I think it really saved us alot of frustration as a family.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 9:19 am
Dbald, your kids sound GREAT! I'd say you and your dh did a tremendous job of raising them to make the best of themselves. 
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Dbald
Member
08-04-2007
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 3:16 pm
oh yeah i guess he did have a little to do with making my kids turn out great. lol
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 3:37 pm
Bragging: My DD starts preschool next week. I am excited, sad and proud all at the same time. Check back for when she starts Kindergarten, Elementary School, Middle School and College, I'll keep ya posted.
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Dbald
Member
08-04-2007
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 3:49 pm
oh good for her, she is going to have a ball, that is so fantastic. she's growing up, good for you for letting her. it is so fun watching the excitement as they experience and learn new things. i am jealous, my time is done, but yours is just starting...god bless you all, have a ball with it and cherish every single moment.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 4:40 pm
I gotta do it!!! -- Son got the second highest PSAT score in his school -- financial aid looking better and better for college.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 4:58 pm
That's great, Maris! Where does he want to go to school?
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Justavice
Member
11-22-2005
| Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 4:59 pm
You better get a big file cabinet!! Those awesome PSAT scores get the college mail and glossy brochures coming in at a rapid pace.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 4:59 pm
Woo hoo!!!
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 5:00 pm
No Idea Twinkie, College is just beginning to hit his radar. The PSAT score really was a boon for him and has gotten him thinking. They gave him a list of colleges that he would have no problem getting into so now he is working on getting his GPA up. lol
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 5:19 pm
That is great Maris!
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 5:26 pm
Excellent news Maris!! You have every right to be proud of your son.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 5:26 pm
It is hard to believe the kid is getting ready for college. Seems like only yesterday I was waiting for him to go to bed so I could watch the really racy bits of BB2 on the puter. lol.
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 5:30 pm
Wow, college, I knew he would be tops Maris, all you have to do is meet him and talk to him.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 5:36 pm
The best part of it all is he forgot to tell me, it sort of came out today in a conversation. Thanks all,
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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 7:05 pm
Wow!! You both should be so proud! What wonderful news.
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