Gracie wants 2 know...

I love how you phrase that like it no longer happens.

I'm over 40, and no longer worry about keeping a book handy...

enjoy it while it lasts.

It depends David. Kids develop differently - some may - some may not.
No need to put pressure on any young'uns reading that might think they should have hair if their body is not ready to produce it.

That's lovely Rock.

hairy privates are overrated, IMHO...

stuff happens when it happens.

kids fret way too much about what other kids think...

absolutely.

Oh my, Gracie, you're jut starting out and are already sick of it...try to think
of it as a close friend that visits you regularly for the next 35 years. I know, it's a lot to take in at the beginning and it's quite a nuisance - that part will remain, but you'll get used to it.

When Jane's first cycle came around on New Years day 2007 (I remember it so vividly) she was all excited, run up to me and told me all about it. The following month she was stunned that it came back, she thought it only would happen once a year - she didn't listen carefully when I gave her the pep talk a few years earlier.

It didn't take long and she asked the same question as you did and Jane was infuriated that only girls have the monthly visitor and she thought boys should have something equally annoying happen to them every month

Now that she's 16 years old, she's an "old pro" and she rarely complains about it, she also has seldom cramps or any other ailments from it, so I guess it's easier for her. I, on the other hand, had terrible cramps and headaches as a teenager, but it did subside and generally it came and went without much ado.

Thay r well off. I did not like it,
when the hair grew in. I never wanted that.
I cut it off, at first; not happy when it grew back; ugly.

I 'm not thrilled with shaving, either, but I don 't want a beard.
3 days growth yields too much facial itching.

I fondly remember my youth, when shaving was unnecessary.





David

No. For one thing, I don 't think much of the feeble 9mm, in terms of STOPPING POWER,
and that 's what counts. Its all about stopping power. I prefer hollowpointed .44 special
with W I D E cavities to put the brakes on the target, with optimal energy dump.

For another thing, I distrust automatics.
Thay r not mechanically reliable, unlike revolvers
and thay r unsanitary, spewing brass all over the ground.
Then there is the matter of needing to rotate your magazines
at night to relieve tension on the follower spring.
(That reminds me of the old days, when we had to wind our watches @ night.)

I was at a gun law related assembly, with maybe around
2,OOO people in attendance. My friend, Cliff, seated next to me,
won the door prize: a 9mm Glock 17. We tried it at a gunnery range
(along with some of my older guns). Within the first 15 round magazine,
it jammed 3 times, new out of the box; unimpressive.
( Admittedly, with revolvers u will get the occasional fx firing pin. )


Automatics r too dangerous, in terms of accidental discharges, too.
Even veterans (police, bailiffs, etc.) keep forgetting about the round
in the chamber when thay drop the mag. With revolvers, its obvious,
especially when u swing out the cylinder in a D.A. revolver.

I DO own some automatics, but mostly as artifacts of history,
not for defensive purposes.

( We better stop discussing defensive ordnance,
or thay r going to yell at us [again] ).





David

i totaly agree.

Yea, i wish that the military would go back to the old .45 1911's the 9 mm dont do it for me as for revolvers well they are fun but not my style.

I 'm certain that a huge number of guys
wanna go back to the .45 1911. There is no doubt about that.

9mm is a joke.





David

I learned that I had entered puberty when I couldn't stop thinking about girls and other things. my voice didn't change too much until I went to boot camp and that was only because you yell too much. the worst thing about puberty for guys is all the new hormones that make you do crazy things or want to at least. I became hard headed didnt listen to any one and I think I broke many hearts. body changes are easy to deal with because you can prepare or have a plan mental changes are hell.

I would agree with girls staying home but since Ive been in the Corps I have learned that if that was the case it would be an all boys school for a week.

-Crow

WELCOME to the forum, Cuervo!

R u on-the-job in the Marine Corps ?





David

yup currently in theatre

THANK U FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY!

Iraq? Afganistan?

What is your job ?

The marines have been out of Iraq for a very long time David, do you not watch the news?

I guess I 'm not up to date on that.

last time i was in Iraq was in 07 no, now im in Afghan again I need a break.

Im an Aviation Ordnancemen "IYAOYAS!" nothing too fancy you know just weapons and explosives why did you serve?

Happy veterans day hawkeye

I was in the Army, in another century.

I have to put the Flag out for Veterans' Day.
Thanks for reminding me.





David