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TAPS.
Shhh! Queen V might hear. She has enough home improvement plans to strip me of several years worth of weekends. She doesn't need any more. One that somehow benefits me is even worse.
I don't know where the kid goes to school, but if it's in the area, he'll have a nice blend of races. This will either be the first step towards working it out or make any difficulties infinitely worse. Only time will tell.
posted by
Talion_
on October 13, 2009 at 3:46 PM
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Kabu
I don't know enough about them to guess about their parenting skills. From what little I see, the kid seems happy. He was still a baby when we moved in, so I've seen him grow up in glimpses, like looking through someone else's family album. A couple years ago, I think he realized his racial situation. One day while I washed my car and his grandfather cut the grass, he talked with me. He didn't say anything profound, but the way he looked at me implied he was looking for something.
I keep an old hand towel at a desk drawer at work to wipe my boots clean. That works wonders until I can give them a proper cleaning at home.
posted by
Talion_
on October 13, 2009 at 3:41 PM
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Flagstones! A flagstone path down the side of your house would solve the Monday-morning boot problem. As far as Baby Obama goes, no one can solve his problems for him. He will have to do that himself. Hopefully he will have a lot of support, and whatever it takes to work it out in a positive way.
posted by
TAPS.
on October 13, 2009 at 3:35 PM
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Pat_B
Actually, they're black, with a pointy toe. I've always had a thing for boots.
posted by
Talion_
on October 13, 2009 at 3:30 PM
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POOR LITTLE GUY IS DESPERATE FOR A MALE FIGURE IN HIS
LIFE. PERHAPS THE GRANDFATHER IS OVER PARENTING OR IT'S A VERY FEMALE DOMINANT HOUSEHOLD AND HE RECKOGNISES YOU AS AN ALPHA MALE.
CAN'T YOU WEAR AN OLD PAIR OF BOOTS AND PUT THE FANCY ONES ON IN THE CAR.
posted by
Kabu
on October 13, 2009 at 3:27 PM
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Wait a minute! Wait a minute!
Lizard skin COWBOY boots?
Gray lizard skin?
Whoa...
posted by
Pat_B
on October 13, 2009 at 3:15 PM
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You could be describing my great grandson.
But he lives in Seattle, so I don't get to see him often enough.
posted by
Pat_B
on October 13, 2009 at 3:12 PM
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