MISSING. Have you seen these people?

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I found them! They are in Kentucky. At least for today! Lol
 

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MOPARMITCH said:
I have a young protege Joseph (20) who has been hangin out around my shop for about 2 years now. He loves to learn all things mechanical. He will show up here sometimes out of the blue to clean out my gutters or blow the leaves from the yard. And yes he has shoveled the driveway a few times also. For FREE. He knows how to put back all the tools in the shop and keep it reasonably clean. He calls me once in a while to ask if the lift bay is open, so he can do a side job or work on his own stuff. He showed up here yesterday a 8am since I invited him to Breakfast, which I cook. Afterwards he came out to the shop with me to help re install the transmission in my 92 Ram Cummins Truck. Great young man. I love him. Always here when I need a hand. And.. He works part time for a roofer and part time for a commercial blasting co. And.... goes to Community College. I'm teaching him about finance and investing right now.
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Good for you.

When I was about 14 a buddy and I would come home from school and start my dads cub cadet up with a plow and do all the neighbors driveways before they came home from work.
We traded turns shoveling their sidewalks out, never asked for a dime.
The neighbors would thank us and give us a little cash the next time we seen them.
 
You guys are forgetting one important thing now made famous on TV,

kids get kidnapped, murdered, raped, and their parents don't let them ride on their bikes like they used to; door-to-door cookies without escorts now;

they are locked safe inside until the microwave say Ding! 18 years (some people wait til 50) and kick them out.

that is the sad truth to your question
 
We had one of them at our house a couple of days ago. He shoveled for free also. He didn't care, he was just happy he could finally wear his new snowsuit before he outgrew it.
 

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its pretty simple. basically, parents teach their children. work ethic included.
makes no different whether you live on a farm or in suburbs. I've seen plenty of spoiled farm kids that grew up and never lifted a finger to help. seen city and suburban kids, that had jobs to go to after school or sat.
 
The kid down the street picked up a used lawnmower at a garage sale last summer for a couple of bucks and started going door to door searching for mowing jobs. He had set up a few regular mowing jobs and thought he could handle more so he started going from door to door searching for a few more. Someone called the cops on him and in a short while the police were at his house explaining to his mother that people under the age of 18 were not allowed to operate machinery, including lawnmowers, and that she would be required to comply by not allowing him to operate a lawnmower. So now when I go on vacation I have to hire a "professional" lawn service who charges considerably more than the neighbor kid and they do a crappy job compared to what the kid did.
 
grimreaper said:
The kid down the street picked up a used lawnmower at a garage sale last summer for a couple of bucks and started going door to door searching for mowing jobs. He had set up a few regular mowing jobs and thought he could handle more so he started going from door to door searching for a few more. Someone called the cops on him and in a short while the police were at his house explaining to his mother that people under the age of 18 were not allowed to operate machinery, including lawnmowers, and that she would be required to comply by not allowing him to operate a lawnmower. So now when I go on vacation I have to hire a "professional" lawn service who charges considerably more than the neighbor kid and they do a crappy job compared to what the kid did.
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THat situation is a load of manure. I would check city ordinances, sounds like low level monopoly.

My earlier points were that the kids are not entirely to blame, that society's safety has changed.
 
Had people beat on my door Saturday wanted to shovel my drive way 4 different times.

I shoveled out to my car and truck myself and don't do the driveway as that's what the 4X4 that sits there most of the time is for ,not bother to shovel it just drive thru it
 
BigBlockMopar said:
About these kids, they've probably already become just as fat and lazy like their lazyasshippyparents who can't be bothered to shovel the snow on their own lawn anymore... :twisted:
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Most if not all "hippyparents are in their 60's now, and their kids are in there 40's!
These would be their (hippyparents) grandchildren!

I'm 69 yo, I been there!
 
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