chassis scraper #2!

Congrats indeed to all!

Make the most of the next few nights sleep! Dude three women in the house... ebay must have a batch of ear plugs somewhere and then quickly destroy all Next directories and block all shopping internet sites while you have the chance... your doomed....LOL That said no such issues here so maybe you will be lucky too.

Mrs_D is 4 weeks since B_Day tomorrow and thus fit to drive as far as the consultant was concerned, worth checking with car insurance assuming Mrs_R is a driver. Some insurance companies have a 6 week restiction. Fortunately Mrs_D's are happy with the consultants recommendation. Check before discharge!

Baby_D had a first today - trip to the pub where he downed half a pint (of SMA) then promptly gagged it up again.... makes a Dad proud... see if thats my take in 17 years time!

:-)

Lee D

Congrats Dave and Mrs Dave we are past that stage (thankfully) but the additions to a happy family are the icing on the cake . Can I offer you this (from another group) to print out and save for (much) later use.

Derek

RULES FOR DATING MY DAUGHTER

Rule One: If you pull into my driveway and honk you'd better be delivering a package, because you're sure not picking anything up.

Rule Two: You do not touch my daughter in front of me. You may glance at her, so long as you do not peer at anything below her neck. If you cannot keep your eyes or hands off of my daughter's body, I will remove them.

Rule Three: I am aware that it is considered fashionable for boys of your age to wear their trousers so loosely that they appear to be falling off their hips. Please don't take this as an insult, but you and all of your friends are complete idiots. Still, I want to be fair and open minded about this issue, so I propose his compromise: You may come to the door with your underwear showing and your pants ten sizes too big, and I will not object. However, in order to ensure that your clothes do not, in fact, come off during the course of your date with my daughter, I will take my electric nail gun and fasten your trousers securely in place to your waist.

Rule Four: I'm sure you've been told that in today's world, sex without utilising a "barrier method" of some kind can kill you. Let me elaborate, when it comes to sex, I am the barrier, and I will kill you.

Rule Five: It is usually understood that in order for us to get to know each other, we should talk about sports, politics, and other issues of the day. Please do not do this. The only information I require from you is an indication of when you expect to have my daughter safely back at my house, and the only word I need from you on this subject is "early."

Rule Six: I have no doubt you are a popular fellow, with many opportunities to date other girls. This is fine with me as long as it is ok with my daughter. Otherwise, once you have gone out with my little girl, you will continue to date no one but her until she is finished with you. If you make her cry, I will make you cry.

Rule Seven: As you stand in my front hallway, waiting for my daughter to appear, and more than an hour goes by, do not sigh and fidget. If you want to be on time for the movie, you should not be dating. My daughter is putting on her makeup, a process that can take longer than painting the Forth Road Bridge. Instead of just standing there, why don't you do something useful, like changing the oil in my car?

Rule Eight: The following places are not appropriate for a date with my daughter: Places where there are beds, sofas, or anything softer than a wooden stool. Places where there are no parents, policemen, or nuns within eyesight. Places where there is darkness. Places where there is dancing, holding hands, or happiness. Places where the ambient temperature is warm enough to induce my daughter to wear shorts, tank tops, midriff T-shirts, or anything other than overalls, a sweater, and a goose down parka - zipped up to her throat. Movies with a strong romantic or sexual theme are to be avoided; movies which features chain saws are ok. Football matches are ok. Old folks homes are better.

Rule Nine: Do not lie to me. I may appear to be a pot-bellied, balding, middle- aged, dim-witted has-been. But on issues relating to my daughter, I am the all-knowing, merciless god of your universe. If I ask you where you are going and with whom, you have one chance to tell me the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I have a shotgun, a shovel, and five acres behind the house. Do not trifle with me.

Rule Ten: Be afraid. Be very afraid. It takes very little for me to mistake the sound of your car in the driveway for a Chinook coming in over the Helman province. When my post traumatic stress starts acting up, the voices in my head frequently tell me to clean the guns as I wait for you to bring my daughter home. As soon as you pull into the driveway you should exit your car with both hands in plain sight. Speak the perimeter password, announce in a clear voice that you have brought my daughter home safely and early, then return to your car - there is no need for you to come inside. The camouflaged face at the window is mine.

Congratulations to all involved. ;)

Heheheheh.

The tired stays, the happy gets variable ... ;)

Congratulations on your new arrival.

Lizzy

We the other way around. I need to hide all the tool catalogues from Steve and the boys and block the relevant websites too

Lizzy

Shhhhh..... or SWMBO will discover that I've just spent about a month's wages on toys^H^H^H^H tools from the Snap-On man.

Oooh! Anything special?

Lizzy

I have a 23 year old daughter.

In my experience the first 23 years are the worst :-)

Congralulations

Peter

:-) to that.

In fact, :-) to all of it, says father of daughters aged 20 and 24.

Congrats to you both.

Congarts, I agree with Peter, my eldest is 23 years and still wants to come on holiday with us.

regards

Terry

PS. They don't get cheaper either.

My best wishes too!

I take the next two generations on holiday with me and let the elder daughter pay ;-). Unfortunately we have been saddened by the loss of a number of their peer group over the years, there but for fortune...

AJH

A whole load of special-use tools I've always done without, but have finally decided I can afford and a new toolbox & rollcab.

Ah essentials then, is the S.O. man over there like the UK species charges like a wounded and deeply pissed off water buffalo? Looks like my next major purchase will be a larger garage this cold weather is doing me no favours I never understood how me Dad coped in the day especially when he doubled up doing breakdown recovery at night.

Derek

He does. But S.O. toolboxes are better than anything else I can buy, and so long as I remember that they are a lifetime investment I can feel happy about the cost. As for the other tools, he got the business because he had them available even if the price was painful.