Firemonkey Posted September 12, 2008 Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 Since I get some of my lump wholesale, in food service bags (marketing speak for "unsorted") I sometimes find some big pieces in there. Here is an example: I have short piece of re-bar that I keep near the grill, so I can adjust the size of the pieces where necessary. A couple of whacks and now we are in business: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdbower Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Being from NJ I'm very familiar with that technique - but do you have to loan it money and wait for it to default on payment first? I live on a mostly wooded lot so I usually just pick up a nearby stick, but I'm guessing a chunk of rebar or a small pipe would be more efficient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primeats Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Wow, that's a trophy! I sell some bags of charcoal "Not labeled for retail sales"! Like it needs a nutritional chart or something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syzygies Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Spare the rod... That rod reminds me of high school. After skipping homeroom 40 times in a row I got called in, and chose the paddle over three nights detention. The hero of our era was getting a particularly "attentive" paddling for worse misdemeanors. He managed to slide out of the way of the swing at the last instant, and the paddle-wielding vice principal broke his hand on the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conodo12 Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 heh heh - Anyone swinging a paddle that hard on a kid deserves what he/she gets! Do you guys pick up the lump "not for retail sale" at restaurant supply warehouses? Is it a better price? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firemonkey Posted September 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Do you guys pick up the lump "not for retail sale" at restaurant supply warehouses? Is it a better price? I have a family member that works at one of the big produce suppliers here in town. He gets me 40# bags for $12 - $13. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conodo12 Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 FM - Can you PM me the name? Do you think there would be a place like that here in Harrisburg, PA? We have a huge SYSCO food distributor. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trish Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Sys...I recently channel flipped into some reality show where a principal gave the students a choice of the paddle or detention. The point is the students chose the alternative punishment and they intentionally did not make it easy. I'm going to guess that the parents had to agree considering this was a current show. They did have a girl choose the paddle, but I did not watch the whole show to see her response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firemonkey Posted September 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 This may come as a shock, but I got a spankin' once in school. In like 8th or 9th grade, I was given the choice of getting suspended or some old fashioned corporal punishment. Of course, I was more interested in keeping the incident off my parents radar so I chose the latter. Now, this was in the 80's so parental consent was required before any kind of beatin' could commence. They gave me a consent form to take home (and sign on behalf of my parents ) The next day, when I went to school, I wore a looser pair of jeans, but I had a towel folded up in the seat of my pants, so they were still pretty snug. How the assistant principle didnt recognize this anatomic anomaly as she told me to bend over her desk still makes me chuckle even today! I think I went second out of the three of us that were involved, and as she swung this big plank of a paddle for all she was worth, it made more of a thud upon impact, rather than the sharp smack it made on the others. Sure, I could feel it a little, even through the towel, but it only barely stung for a second. Nothing like what the firecracker impacts the other two got. I went into the bathroom, pulled the towel out, and went about my day smiling inside that I had gotten away with one. Its a good thing i was the one who checked the mail a few days later, and absconded with the letter again informing my parents what had taken place...there wouldn't have been time to make adequate preparations for that one Some years later, as I became older and wiser, this experience just reminds me that paddling didnt have any deterrent effect at all on my strong will. If anything, I think it just gave the adults a vent for their frustration! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobvoeh Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 If a student got spanked in school now, the teacher would be arrested for sexual battery and labled as a sex offender for life. Ahh, the good ole days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
