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EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST TEACHER WE HAVE.  EVEN A YOUNG CHILD LEARNS FROM EXPERIENCE.  IF HIS MOTHER TELLS HIM NOT TO TOUCH THE STOVE BECAUSE IT IS HOT AND IT WILL BURN HIM, HE DOESN'T LEARN FROM THIS ADVICE.  BUT JUST LET HIM TOUCH THE HOT STOVE AND GET BURNED ONCE, HE LEARNS FROM THAT EXPERIENCE, NOT TO TOUCH THE STOVE.

 

REMEMBER EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST TEACHER FOR INTELLIGENT PEOPLE.  I'M SURE ALL OF YOU HAVE LEARNED SOME VALUABLE LESSONS FROM EXPERIENCE.  BUT ENOUGH OF THIS TITTLE-TATTLE LET ME GET ON WITH MY SOLILOQUY.

 

BACK IN THE 1960's WHEN MY DAUGHTERS WERE YOUNG THEY WANTED ONE OF THOSE NEW SKATEBOARD THINGS.  WELL I DIDN'T SEE ANY REASON TO SPEND MONEY ON SOMETHING THEY MIGHT NOT PLAY WITH MORE THEN ONCE.  THEY BOTH HAD ROLLER SKATES AND I DON'T THINK EITHER ONE OF THEM HAD USED THEM MORE THEN A COUPLE OF TIMES.

 

SO I DECIDED I WOULD MAKE THEM A SKATEBOARD USING ONE OF THE SKATES.  I TOOK A PIECE OF 2X6 BOARD 18 INCHES LONG AND NAILED ONE OF THE SKATES TO THE BOTTOM AFTER I HAD TAKEN THE SKATE APART.  THERE WERE TWO WHEELS ABOUT 4 INCHES FROM THE FRONT OF THE BOARD AND TWO WHEELS ABOUT 4 INCHES FROM THE REAR OF THE BOARD.

 

IT MAY HAVE BEEN CRUDE BUT IT ROLLED LIKE A CHAMP.  OUR DRIVE HAD A SLIGHT SLOPE TO IT FROM THE GARAGE TO THE STREET.  SO I TOOK THE BOARD OUT TO THE DRIVE TO TEST IT.  THE GIRLS FOLLOWED ALONG TO SEE HOW IT WOULD WORK.  EVEN JOHNNIE CAME OUT FOR THE TEST RUN.

 

I SET THE SKATEBOARD DOWN ON THE DRIVE CLOSE TO THE GARAGE AND STEPPED UP ON IT WITH MY LEFT FOOT.  I WAS INTENDING TO PUSH OFF WITH MY RIGHT FOOT AND GRACEFULLY GLIDE DOWN THE DRIVE.  BUT WHEN I STEPPED UP ON THE SKATEBOARD IT WENT FLYING DOWN THE DRIVE.  I WENT UP INTO THE AIR AND CAME DOWN ON BY BUTT.  THE SKATEBOARD SHOT ACROSS THE ROAD AND HIT THE NEIGHBORS CAR AND PUT A BIG DENT IN IT.

 

AS I SAT THERE ON MY BUTT, MY DAUGHTERS SHOUTED, "BOY DADDY THAT THING REALLY WORKS" AND THEY RAN AFTER THEIR SKATEBOARD.  JOHNNIE HELPED ME UP AND INTO THE HOUSE.  I SPENT THE REST OF THE DAY LYING ON MY STOMACH WATCHING TV.  I COULD HEAR THE GIRLS OUT ON THE DRIVE HAVING FUN WITH THEIR SKATEBOARD.

 

THEN ONE DAY A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER WHEN I CAME HOME FROM WORK THE SKATEBOARD WAS ON THE SIDE WALK IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE.  I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE GIRLS WERE.  THERE WAS NO ONE IN SIGHT.  I WALKED OVER TO THE SKATEBOARD, INTENDING TO PICK IT UP AND TAKE IT TO THE GARAGE.

 

WHEN I GOT TO THE SKATEBOARD I LOOKED AROUND AND THERE WAS STILL NO ONE IN SIGHT.  I LOOKED DOWN AT THAT SKATEBOARD SETTING THERE ON A NICE LEVEL, STRAIGHT SIDEWALK AND COULDN'T RESISTS TRYING IT AGAIN.  I VERY GINGERLY STEPPED UP ON THE BOARD WITH BOTH FEET.  THE BOARD JUST SAT THERE.  I JUST STOOD THERE.  OK, I THOUGHT, SO FAR SO GOOD.  I CAREFULLY LIFTED MY RIGHT FOOT AND GOT READY TO PUSH WITH IT.

 

THAT'S WHEN THE WORLD TURNED UP SIDE DOWN. THE SKATEBOARD WENT FLYING OUT FROM UNDER ME AND I WENT FLYING.  I TURNED A COMPLETE BACKWARD FLIP AND CAME DOWN ON MY BACK ON THE SIDEWALK.  STARS FLEW AND LITTLE BIRDS SANG.  THE BREATH WAS KNOCKED OUT OF ME AND I COULDN'T BREATH OR MAKE A SOUND.

 

ABOUT THAT TIME JOHNNIE LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW TO SEE WHY I HADN'T COME IN THE HOUSE.  SHE HAD HEARD ME DRIVE UP IN THE STATION WAGON.  SHE SAW ME LYING ON THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND CAME OUT TO SEE WHAT I WAS DOING.

 

"WHY ARE YOU LYING ON THE SIDEWALK?" SHE WANTED TO KNOW.  I STILL COULDN'T GET MY BREATH SO I JUST WEAKLY WAVED TO HER.  SHE LOOKED DOWN THE SIDEWALK AND SAW THE SKATEBOARD.  SHE SAID, "YOU DID IT AGAIN, DIDN'T YOU?"  I NODDED MY HEAD "YES."  "WON'T YOU EVER LEARN?'  SHE WANTED TO KNOW.  I SHOOK MY HEAD "NO."

 

SHE SAID, "MOST INTELLIGENT PEOPLE LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE."  "DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT SAYS ABOUT YOU?"  BY THIS TIME I WAS BEGINNING TO GET MY BREATH BACK AND WHAT I SAID TO HER, WELL THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER STORY FOR A DIFFERENT TIME.

 

                                          

  BY LOREN MOORE

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