tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post809166493723557484..comments2023-11-14T20:29:04.094-08:00Comments on Pearl, Why You Little...: The Never-Ending WhirrPearlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05261369905176088917noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-35798221763862606482012-02-03T07:05:17.618-08:002012-02-03T07:05:17.618-08:00I love staring out the window. I am quiet in cars...I love staring out the window. I am quiet in cars. A funny story from when I was little (my mom used to tell me and laugh, laugh, laugh) was when I asked, "Mommy, why does that horse have a big stick on his stomach?"Kristy @Loveandblasphemyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634987114195614214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-15846388964357143702012-01-30T11:21:31.037-08:002012-01-30T11:21:31.037-08:00One of my most horrifying moments as a driver was ...One of my most horrifying moments as a driver was just last Friday--I found myself behind an SUV of some kind with a large-screen TV in the back that I could see plain as day, and when it started to pull away I realized that I HAD BEEN CAUGHT UP WATCHING THE SCREEN while driving my own freaking car!<br /><br />I agree Pearl, totally not cool!<br /><br />There are enough distractions for ADD peeps like me on the road to add television to it.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11097490501209800455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-17165219211468866922012-01-30T10:15:36.948-08:002012-01-30T10:15:36.948-08:00Our kids look longingly at all the neighbors' ...Our kids look longingly at all the neighbors' mini-vans full of slack-jawed children watching TOY STORY and ask us why we can't be like that.<br /><br />I tell them they have to know *some* hardship in their lives. Then I hook them up to the plow.Jocelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03227519811818290510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-48508088563958320532012-01-30T09:48:23.411-08:002012-01-30T09:48:23.411-08:00Let's ask Garrison Keiller. I think he's ...Let's ask Garrison Keiller. I think he's found utopia in Minnesota.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-37493829427792945832012-01-30T05:46:26.580-08:002012-01-30T05:46:26.580-08:00Drove the family to Colorado this summer. Brought ...Drove the family to Colorado this summer. Brought along both a DVD player, and the kids video games. You'll be happy to know they tired of both after an hour, and spent most of the time looking out the window, and talking. So there's hope for the future.<br /><br />Also? 46 states in the license plate game. New all time high score!Tom G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02738030990585120271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-77092058303257384932012-01-30T04:08:13.648-08:002012-01-30T04:08:13.648-08:00With a boy and a girl 6 years apart it was agreein...With a boy and a girl 6 years apart it was agreeing on <i>which</i> DVD to watch that became too much for this driver to bear. The DVD player now lives in the cupboard under stairs beneath piles of shoes and left-hand mittens. Rather like Harry Potter didn't.Gary Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02283560376212654045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-17496466523930244532012-01-30T02:50:27.002-08:002012-01-30T02:50:27.002-08:00They'll never know the excitement of field.fie...They'll never know the excitement of field.field.crops.field.COW!Antares Cryptoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12197876328401157462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-25440604089124040362012-01-30T01:42:14.589-08:002012-01-30T01:42:14.589-08:00My kids had no chance at all in the "touching...My kids had no chance at all in the "touching me" stakes. We had a small, brown Leyland Mini, and four kids....everybody touched everybody else...and somehow we'd fit in several bags of groceries as well. All in the days before dvds were even invented of course.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-38851235035887009102012-01-30T00:27:29.737-08:002012-01-30T00:27:29.737-08:00Mom, are we there all ready...all ready?!Mom, are we there all ready...all ready?!Tempohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023337124226272532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-43809979331774863252012-01-29T20:21:37.414-08:002012-01-29T20:21:37.414-08:00DVDs in cars.... yet another reason I don't h...DVDs in cars.... yet another reason I don't have children.<br /><br />Kidding.<br /><br />Sorta.<br /><br />xo jjJoanna Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10836376588710862173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-42957158919857263342012-01-29T19:45:37.081-08:002012-01-29T19:45:37.081-08:00Car trips for the ADD generation. Whatever happen...Car trips for the ADD generation. Whatever happened to spotting out-of-state license places, "slug bug blue!", and car bingo? Kids these days...HermanTurniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15448138758753193112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-1210374333152190192012-01-29T16:41:05.577-08:002012-01-29T16:41:05.577-08:00Oh, but I digress. Movies. When we have to drive a...Oh, but I digress. Movies. When we have to drive all day, we'll let 'em have a movie after lunch on a portable DVD player. All morning, they'll watch out the windows, fight over the space in the back seat, and ask for fast food. We'll stop for lunch, and then they'll watch the SpongeBob Squarepants Movie. It breaks up the day. If we were driving in Yosemite, though, NO video. :)<br /><br />The other thing that drives me CRAZY? "Their" music. Don't get me started... Of course, how did my mother describe Led Zeppelin? A cat being cut up with a chainsaw? Some things never change.Mom on the Vergehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06764277306253027011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-80357990756692800182012-01-29T16:31:39.259-08:002012-01-29T16:31:39.259-08:00It ain't cool.
On the other hand, I can'...It ain't cool. <br /><br />On the other hand, I can't figure out how we used to fly down the highway with the windows open. (We had 4-60 air conditioning: four windows down, going 60 mph.) I also remember barfing a lot. Ah, childhood...Mom on the Vergehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06764277306253027011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-6006656789641946022012-01-29T15:45:38.940-08:002012-01-29T15:45:38.940-08:00For better or worse that's the way it is, espe...For better or worse that's the way it is, especially since kids are strapped in like prisoners (another good and bad) instead of lying in the back window mooning those behind or drooling down dad's neck while he tries to get there ahead of everyone else.<br /><br />Son Two and his family went with us to Yellowstone Park. The kids asked how long it would take to get there. "One Movie" was the answer. Then two of the kids decided to they wanted to ride in Grandpa's car. NO MOVIE nooOoo! While in The Park a real live bear ran across the road in front of us. If they'd been watching a movie they'd have missed it and might as well have stayed home.Leeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655189620056032790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-8379506069512145912012-01-29T15:43:10.534-08:002012-01-29T15:43:10.534-08:00Did I just read 'chilled glove compartment'...Did I just read 'chilled glove compartment'? Tell me I didn't. I haven't yet reelly come to terms with cup holders. Dinosaurs of the world unite. I think I would like to be a tyrannosaurus. It sounds suitably grumpy.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-9195326083167018192012-01-29T14:28:51.468-08:002012-01-29T14:28:51.468-08:00Oh they are cool. they are very cool. They don'...Oh they are cool. they are very cool. They don't quieten down eventually by themselves - EVER. These things are the most important thing to arrive inside a car since SAT NAV and chilled glove compartmentsGlenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11562111165943505509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-90173479557658978772012-01-29T13:47:13.448-08:002012-01-29T13:47:13.448-08:00One of my favorite memories from childhood was goi...One of my favorite memories from childhood was going on long drives and looking out the window at the world. Yes, my sister, brother and I would fight, play and be noisy but it was great. My father would yell, my mom would get mad at him, and yet I remember those rides with happiness.<br /><br />My daughter wouldn't buy one of those DVDs for the car because she remembered the days when she was young and we would go for drives. Now her girls are teenagers they still want to go for day-long drives just to look out the window at the world.Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14175778756449339363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-76218535023878411442012-01-29T13:31:44.481-08:002012-01-29T13:31:44.481-08:00I've got so many 'driver assist' gadge...I've got so many 'driver assist' gadgets on my truck that they are worth more than the truck so I cannot afford to sell the truck and lose all that money I spent on fitting it out with gadgets!<br /><br />Hope that makes sense?JohnDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00608216150220329902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-79527470155116456592012-01-29T11:19:08.345-08:002012-01-29T11:19:08.345-08:00@ jabblog - LOL!!
I'm torn on this one. There...@ jabblog - LOL!!<br /><br />I'm torn on this one. There were times when I could have used something like this, but it wasn't available then. And just because it's in the car doesn't mean the parents always have to use it; it could be one option of many to keep the kids from going nuts or driving their parents to the same place.<br /><br />Love the "he's not touching me" complaint. Lordy, yes, siblings know so many ways to get under your skin!jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-84384459173911806732012-01-29T11:15:05.304-08:002012-01-29T11:15:05.304-08:00Mad Libs. It was all about the Mad Libs back in t...Mad Libs. It was all about the Mad Libs back in the day.Vapid Vixenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08699876620805731017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-90750984984395151602012-01-29T10:55:37.153-08:002012-01-29T10:55:37.153-08:00I have an idea!! What if kids could actually lear...I have an idea!! What if kids could actually learn to behave & talk to each other? Nah, forget it. It'd never work...........fishduckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07334973392362918928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-80504481801240671542012-01-29T10:11:24.980-08:002012-01-29T10:11:24.980-08:00Children, games, pets and cars are a bad mix. Some...Children, games, pets and cars are a bad mix. Sometimes even one kid can be mind blowingly irritating. Unfortunately modern cars don't have dicky (sp) seatsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-28737624381338839042012-01-29T09:04:18.874-08:002012-01-29T09:04:18.874-08:00Unless it's just one child there will still be...Unless it's just one child there will still be fights over the DVDs. It's impossible to please everyone. Personally, I like gazing out of the window, particularly if I'm driving - I find it helps;-)jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-24145384143902125912012-01-29T08:43:20.529-08:002012-01-29T08:43:20.529-08:00I personally support Free Range Imagination.
Plus...I personally support Free Range Imagination.<br /><br />Plus, I don't have the bucks it takes to run movies in the car.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139599163464020063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-36678761226194878832012-01-29T08:39:29.801-08:002012-01-29T08:39:29.801-08:00I wonder if the new complaint is "He's se...I wonder if the new complaint is "He's sending me text messages. Make him stop!"Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.com