Ha! That reminds me of my Dad and his “old-fashioned” methods of supervision.
For the more severe punishments he would take me out to the “back, back room” of our old farmhouse and take off his belt. I was instructed to drop trou and bend over. When the session was done my butt and legs would have a bunch of raised welts but I never gave him the satisfaction of a yelp or even a wince. I would just put my mind in another place.
One time Dad wend back into the kitchen where my mother was waiting with teary eyes and told her “Someday that kid’s gonna knife me, I just know it.”
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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