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I witnessed something rather disturbing in Clemson yesterday
Aug 17, 2014, 9:49 AM
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Went to the Cookout for lunch (first of all the food was great but the drinks tasted like dish water..someone later told us a water problem in the area?). Anyways, as we were leaving I noticed a young fellow changing a tire in the parking lot. A very busy parking lot (it was move in day, which I also found out while we were there). So, I go over to offer help to this boy. As I was offering, I noticed that the tire was not flat. Curious to say the least. To my astonishment the kid's dad comes around the car and says - "We are ok. He is becoming a man today. He just has to prove to me that he can change a tire and put it back on before I leave him here for 4 years". I looked at he kid (who would not dare look up at me), looked back at the dad, then just gave a lil head not and said "Alright" and walked off.
2 things:
Dad - being able to change a tire doesn't make you a man and you prolly just guaranteed that your son graduates a virgin. TONS of people witnessed this.
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Re: I witnessed something rather disturbing in Clemson yesterday
Aug 17, 2014, 9:54 AM
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Kid should be embarrassed that he hasn't changed a tire before he turned 18.
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Re: I witnessed something rather disturbing in Clemson yesterday
Aug 17, 2014, 9:55 AM
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I don't blame the dad. The boy needs to know how to change a tire, although he should have known long before he turned 18
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Re: I witnessed something rather disturbing in Clemson yesterday
Aug 17, 2014, 10:20 AM
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But couldn't this have been taken care of in their driveway? I mean, the scenery was very nice yesterday in Tigertown. And this kid is being humiliated in a public setting. Just felt for him.
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Re: I witnessed something rather disturbing in Clemson yesterday
Aug 17, 2014, 10:27 AM
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Yes, because all tire blowouts happen in the luxury of a driveway out of public eye....*sigh*
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Re: I witnessed something rather disturbing in Clemson yesterday
Aug 17, 2014, 10:49 AM
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So changing one in your driveway is different than changing one in a full parking lot? I mean, when I changed one on the side of 85 once, I was a bit skid-dish of the 90 mph vehicles flying by, but the procedure remained the same. I don't understand the logic. If you can change it in your driveway, then you can pretty much change 1 anywhere.
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Re: I witnessed something rather disturbing in Clemson yesterday
Aug 17, 2014, 10:59 AM
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Spurrier's father did the same thing for him at Gainesville in 1964 , except he used changing his own underpants as his teaching moment.
Oddly , he is still wearing those fresh new drawers. Some lessons last a lifetime.
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Re: I witnessed something rather disturbing in Clemson yesterday
Aug 17, 2014, 11:22 AM
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Actually, to answer you, yes it is different. If he gets frustrated or gets in a bind, in the driveway, he could just walk inside...go in his room, and stay there and dodge it. Out in public, he's stuck there till he changes it...just like in real life if you blew a tire on a highway. Makes him have to understand he can't just shove off what needs to be done, as well as how to change a tire in public where there will be a lot of traffic normally (unlike a driveway) and things that can distract. Really don't see anything wrong with doing it either way.
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Re: I witnessed something rather disturbing in Clemson yesterday
Aug 17, 2014, 12:15 PM
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You're the only person that knows why he was changing the tire. Unless every woman on campus walked up to him and asked him if he needed help. Only your privileged perspective would find what that kid was doing embarrassing.
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Re: I witnessed something rather disturbing in Clemson yesterday
Aug 17, 2014, 9:55 AM
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Sad... My son turns 11 today and he has already changed a tire. You don't wait til college to prepare them for these things. Start early!
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The only thing disturbing about this...
Aug 17, 2014, 9:56 AM
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Is how long the dad apparently waited to confirm that his son knows how to change a tire.
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This was none of your business and your opinion.....
Aug 17, 2014, 10:04 AM
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on this is unnecessary - this was between the father and his son.
You sound as if this was some kind of child mistreatment or something. I would agree that making his son show how to change a tire in the parking lot of a fast food place is unusual but, again, that's between the two of them.
You don't need to pass judgement on this.
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Re: This was none of your business and your opinion.....
Aug 17, 2014, 10:11 AM
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i wasn't trying to make it my business. i went to offer help. Dad wasn't in sight when I walked over.
And that wasn't judgement, just 2 observations/thoughts.
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Re: This was none of your business and your opinion.....
Aug 17, 2014, 10:16 AM
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I see nothing wrong a here, and besides, you dont know them....in a way you did judge, because you said it was 'disturbing'
maybe the guy just played xbox all day and was lazy...and the dad made a deal with him.
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Re: This was none of your business and your opinion.....
Aug 17, 2014, 4:06 PM
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First, you do not know if this was the first time the kid had changed a tire. The dad could have made him do it to make sure he was doing it right. I see nothing wrong with it. Actually, kudos to the dad
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Orange Blooded [2916]
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From a female perspective....
Aug 17, 2014, 10:01 AM
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I really don't find this as disturbing as I do sad. I can change a tire, oil and take care of most simple issues. The Dad waited waybtoo late. Poor kid, I feel for him.
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You're probably also a very good parent. +1***
Aug 17, 2014, 10:15 AM
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Re: From a female perspective....why didnt you
Aug 17, 2014, 11:00 AM
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Had I been there, I would have....although I doubt the Dad would have appreciated my intervention. 
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Re: From a female perspective....
Aug 17, 2014, 11:16 AM
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as soon as I am divorced, will you marry me?
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Orange Blooded [2916]
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Only.if we do it at Howard's Rock...
Aug 17, 2014, 11:19 AM
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And run down the hill afterwards
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Re: Only.if we do it at Howard's Rock...
Aug 17, 2014, 2:15 PM
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okay!!!! 
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Orange Blooded [2916]
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Then that makes me...
Aug 17, 2014, 2:21 PM
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The future Mrs. Orange. We must play a roundnat the Walker course before parting ways.
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Oh heck no, now you're mine.***
Aug 17, 2014, 11:15 AM
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soccerkrzy...stay out of this. I'm going to woo her with my
Aug 17, 2014, 2:35 PM
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ways!!
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Oculus Spirit [81607]
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I just got back from a round of golf.
Aug 17, 2014, 2:36 PM
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If she's a golfer, she's mine.
Shot an uuuuugly 80 too, ######.
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Orange Blooded [2916]
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^^^I would be thrilled with an 80...
Aug 17, 2014, 2:40 PM
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Oh and Mr. Orange is first in line
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Take that Mr. Krzy!!!!
Aug 17, 2014, 3:27 PM
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Re: From a female perspective....
Aug 17, 2014, 4:10 PM
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I am female also and can do all those things. But, we do not know if this was the kid's first time or was it the dad making sure he remembered how before he left him. The comment.."he is becoming a man today", imo, means he is on his own now and going to college and becoming a mna.
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You say that but when he tells that story
Aug 17, 2014, 10:07 AM
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To the young ladies he meets. When one of their tires does flat they're going to call him and he's going to be so thankful.
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Orange Blooded [4249]
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My dad made sure I could change a tire ...
Aug 17, 2014, 10:15 AM
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Of course I was 12. Sadly, like this father, I'm guilty of not preparing my sons a early. As for my daughter (whom I didn't prepare at all), Triple A is a wonderful thing.
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You sound like don't know how to change a tire !
Aug 17, 2014, 10:13 AM
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Someone has to be a man in the future. There aren't many left any more because of sissy minded individuals.
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Re: You sound like don't know how to change a tire !
Aug 17, 2014, 10:18 AM
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I guess I became a "man" at age 10 then. LOL. Fortunately I had a father who made me do such things, along with oil change and vehicle up keep at an early age. Heck, I was running a log splitter by 13 and hauling loads of firewood in his pickup by 15 just for spending $$$ on the weekends. While all of that made me a stronger person, I would not attribute any of that to turning me into a man.
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I'm glad you learned how to do those things at an early age.
Aug 17, 2014, 10:42 AM
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Hard work forms a strong work ethic and a great sense of accomplishment. Unfortunately, there's a lot of folks that know nothing about these things.
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That's step #2 to becoming a man.
Aug 17, 2014, 10:59 AM
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If mama had brought him they would probably be cutting the cord right there in the parking lot and he still wouldn't be able to change a tire.
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things have changed a bit since you were a kid...
Aug 17, 2014, 11:12 AM
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Re: things have changed a bit since you were a kid...
Aug 17, 2014, 11:14 AM
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That wolf is actually tiny . Those are bonsai trees he is walking past.
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kidding right?***
Aug 17, 2014, 11:15 AM
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Re: things have changed a bit since you were a kid...
Aug 17, 2014, 11:19 AM
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He: Siri , How do I change my own tire ?
Siri : First you will need a pry bar about 4 ft. long .
He : Why so long Siri , and why a pry bar ?
Siri : That is the minimum length a pry bar has to be for an adult to pull their own head out of their a~ss.
He: Thank you Siri .
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Re: I witnessed something rather disturbing in Clemson yesterday
Aug 17, 2014, 11:04 AM
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I'm 23 and have no idea how to change a tire. I let some plebe from triple AAA change it for me every time I need it.
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Re: I witnessed something rather disturbing in Clemson yesterday
Aug 17, 2014, 11:06 AM
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That is shameful. Changing a tire is something everyone that has a DL should be required to understand.
But I'm not judging.
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Re: ^^^^^i won't go into a diatribe about "that's what is wrong
Aug 17, 2014, 11:10 AM
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Probably so but I could just google how to do it on my phone if I ever need it.
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Re: ^^^^^i won't go into a diatribe about "that's what is wrong
Aug 17, 2014, 11:13 AM
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I'd love to be a fly on the wall. Just ask Siri...
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Re: Is daddy paying the AAA membership fee?***
Aug 17, 2014, 11:44 AM
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No, I have a job and pay for it! Sorry to disappoint.
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Re: Is daddy paying the AAA membership fee?***
Aug 17, 2014, 11:49 AM
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A job ? Do you work at Cookout ?
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Re: Is daddy paying the AAA membership fee?***
Aug 17, 2014, 11:52 AM
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Nahh, Advance Auto Parts.
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Re: Is daddy paying the AAA membership fee?***
Aug 17, 2014, 11:55 AM
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My irony detector just pegged out.
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He doesn't NAPA know how.***
Aug 17, 2014, 2:37 PM
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somebody knows there NASCAR!!
Aug 17, 2014, 6:04 PM
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Well that makes me be ashamed to be a Clemson graduate.
Aug 17, 2014, 2:35 PM
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Seriously? You have no idea how to change a tire?
You cannot figure out you need to use a jack to lift the tire off the ground, remove the 5 lugs, pull the tire off, put the new one on, put in the 5 lugs, remove the jack?
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LOL....At least the Dad spent a little time with his son....
Aug 17, 2014, 11:11 AM
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Mine hit the brakes and left the car running when I arrived for my Freshman year.
He muttered a few words, jumped back in the car, and as my folks left, my Mother yelled back, "Don't call us....We'll call you!"
For the next four years I wandered aimlessly across our beautiful campus anxiously awaiting that phone call..............It never came.
As I was ready to graduate, I sprung for the change for a call home. When my Dad answered the phone, he said, "Harry, who?" Needless to say, I was a tad chagrinned!
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Re: lulz
Aug 17, 2014, 11:33 AM
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Shame on you, bro.
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LOL....Historykrzy found me out! But it was close to the
Aug 18, 2014, 6:42 AM
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truth.......The Pony Express was a wonderful invention!
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Why wait till then?
Aug 17, 2014, 11:12 AM
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My son is starting high school and will be driving in a few months. I have already showed him how to change a tire.
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The only trick I wish my dad had taught me is that on an
Aug 17, 2014, 2:40 PM
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older car, usually the tire is rusted/fused to the car, and you just need to kick it hard.
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Re: I witnessed something rather disturbing in Clemson yesterday
Aug 17, 2014, 2:53 PM
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I don't think my dad had to teach me how to change a tire. It's a completely self-explanatory process and I'm pretty sure the first time I ever did it was me by myself having to change a 33" mud-terrain. Is changing a tire something that's considered hard?
Now, carefully wiping out the door jams on your truck so your date doesn't get her dress filthy when she gets in (even after washing the outside/vaccuuming) is valuable knowledge.
Effin' millennials.
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Exactly!***
Aug 17, 2014, 2:58 PM
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Re: I witnessed something rather disturbing in Clemson yesterday
Aug 17, 2014, 3:01 PM
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you disturb much too easily...get a life
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IMHO Dad sounds like a tool on two fronts
Aug 17, 2014, 6:09 PM
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1) you do that stuff in your own driveway
2) he was in the way of serious commerce and transit at Cook Out
A tool.
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