Heh. If it isn’t one thing, it’s another… I know they’ll wise up. Jaime’s met my youngest, he’s a smart kid and will go far I have no doubt. However, he goes through these spurts of “enlightenment”, shall we say, when my intellect sort of just goes out the window in his mind. It’s not uncommon for him to come back in a bit and acknowledge his mistake/ignorance, and when he does I don’t make a big deal out of it. It’s more important to me that they be introspective. Being able to come back and admit you’re wrong or made a poor decision is far more important, I think.
-D > On Oct 13, 2019, at 3:22 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes > <[email protected]> wrote: > > It’s funny, I find myself having exactly the opposite problem with my > father in the last every years. He doesn’t give my suggestions any weight, > but if a complete stranger makes the same suggestion then he calls to tell > me about it. > > Best recent example is his purchase of a sports car. For a few years, he’s > been looking for a old British or Italian car. We looked at a few but > nothing really appealed to him. I suggested he look at Porsche Boxsters or > Mazda Miatas, as these are the modern interpretations of those old sports > cars. He didn’t give it much weight until we went to see a 79 Alfa > Spider. He owned one in the early 80s... but realized how 40 years has > aged him and the car, and it wasn’t what he wanted. The seller told him he > was selling to buy a Boxster. This made a big impression. > > On the way home, he became very interested in a Boxster and within two > weeks he bought one. And he loves it. > > I told you so? > > Anyway... I think your day will come... it will happen to all of us > hopefully: our children will know better than we do. > > Jaime > > > On Sun, Oct 13, 2019 at 12:32 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I know. I have informed both children that when the day comes that they >> realize Mom and I were “right” that they need to immediately contact us in >> order to allow us to revel in the satisfaction of being validated. >> >> It will happen. It’s just a matter of when. >> >> And yes, I attempted to point out that the HiLux was never sold here in >> the same manner in which it is available in the rest of the world. >> >> -D >> >>> On Oct 13, 2019, at 12:25 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes < >> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Tell him "good luck with that". They are few and far between here in the >> states. Try BaT. >>> When children get to be about 26-27 they say "gee dad, you sure got >> smarter in the last couple years". >>> >>> Hang in there dad, it will get better. >>> >>> https://www.quora.com/Why-cant-I-own-a-Toyota-Hilux-in-America >>> >>> >>> Rick >>> >>> From: [email protected] >>> Sent: October 13, 2019 7:59 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Reply-to: [email protected] >>> Cc: [email protected] >>> Subject: [MBZ] Toyota Hilux? >>> >>> Youngest son believes he now wants a Toyota Hilux and has asked me to >> put the word out. No more details than that, so I’m going with what I’ve >> got. >>> >>> Don’t ask me why, I don’t go there. If you see or know of one, drop me a >> PM and I’ll pass it along. >>> >>> -D >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> -- > Jaime Kopchinski > http://www.jaimekop.com/ > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
