Leon wrote:
> "Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Is when your son graduates "summa cum laude" from college, right Leon?
>>
>> Congratulations to all three of you ... I would say you sucketh indeed!
>>
>> :)
>
>
>
> Yeah, I was going to say something but you so eloquently beat me to it.
> Thank you!
No sir, Thank you and Kim ... the world is in dire need of fine young
men and you two have raised one of the finest!
My hats off to you both for a parenting job worthy of respect,
particularly in this day age ...
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"NuWave Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> : Is when your son graduates "summa cum laude" from college, right Leon?
> :
> : Congratulations to all three of you ... I would say you sucketh
> indeed!
>
> So, does that mean he's off the payroll?
> Congrats all around.
Let me brag a bit more. My wife and I started saving for his education when
he was 2. Every month we put money into the Education Account with the
exception of a few months when I decided to retire at 40. We basically had
enough set aside to insure him getting through 4 years of school when he
graduated from HS, we are still setting that same amount aside. He started
pulling more than his load near high school graduation. He worked part time
in his Junior year in HS and was awarded a 4 year scholarship for Scholastic
Excellence by the U of H. That scholarship equaled 1/2 of what we had
saved. During the summer before he began studies at the university he was
awarded another scholarship and simply put he has been awarded scholarships
from various generous foundations every year there after. At the moment he
has enough scholarship credit at the university to cover the first semester
of "Masters Degree School". Hopefully he will only need 2 semesters to earn
that degree. All through school he has worked to take care of all of his
personal expenses and start his retirement saving 4 years ago. Last summer
he began using a money manager to invest his hard earned money. Needless to
say his scholarships have saved his mother and I a ton of money.
I guess the inspiration that I gave him to get and maintain those
scholarships was the deal I make with him. Out of his education money we
bought him a new economical car for school before he started college,
expensed were on him. I told him that as long as he kept his scholarships
current and on going I would pay for his auto insurance. The U of H
scholarship required him to maintain a 3.5 GPA. He paid the first year
insurance so he was well aware of the value of that offer, as was I .. LOL
He graduated with a 3.86 GPA for the last 66 hours of classes. His 4 year
GPA was 3.81.
He has continued to work every summer and during school every year.
So really he has been off of the payroll for the last 5 years as far as I am
concerned. '~)
"Leon" wrote
>
> Bryan's major is in accounting. Next year he hopes to have his Master's,
> many of the classes he has been taking go towards that degree. He
> interned with KPMG in the beginning of this semester and took his final 2
> classes the second half of this semester. KPMG has offered and he has
> accepted a position that will start in September 2010, after he gets his
> Masters. That degree is not a requirement but as I have told him it is
> something that will always benefit him. KPMG is a public accounting firm,
> one of the "big 4". He will be in their audit division.
>
I was going to ask what his job prospects were. It sounds like he has that
covered.
Hate to tell ya Leon, but your son investment program just didn't work out
well. Everytime you put some money aside for him, he goes and gets another
scholarship. Unlike other kids who suck up funds like a blackhole, this guy
is self sufficient and hard to give money to. Are you sure he is not a UFO
plant? LOL
That IS a different story. You lucky dog.
"Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >>Is when your son graduates "summa cum laude" from college, right Leon?
>
> I never had any kids and swore that I'd never let any child put me through
> the hell I put my parents through. But, when you get rewarded with success
> like this, it makes me wonder what I missed.
We were not even in the planing stage yet and had been married for 7 years.
I was not that excited about my wife being pregnant as the dealership I was
working for was failing. She was on the pill. And like you it was what I
did as a kid that scared me. I never got in to any real trouble but I got
into things. ;~) We grceived a perfect gift.
>
> Congratulations. You have every right to be proud.
Thank you, Dave.
>
> Dave
>
>
"Tom Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Outstanding!
>
> Congratulations to both of you.
Thank you Tom!
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >>Is when your son graduates "summa cum laude" from college, right Leon?
I never had any kids and swore that I'd never let any child put me through
the hell I put my parents through. But, when you get rewarded with success
like this, it makes me wonder what I missed.
Congratulations. You have every right to be proud.
Dave
"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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: Is when your son graduates "summa cum laude" from college, right Leon?
:
: Congratulations to all three of you ... I would say you sucketh
indeed!
WOW! How far from the tree did THAT apple fall? ~:o)
--
Dave in Houston
On May 17, 9:12=A0pm, "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Let me brag a bit more. =A0My wife and I started saving for his education=
when
> he was 2. =A0
I think you have every right to be enormously proud of your son, but
just reading that sentence tells me how proud you and Kim should be of
yourselves.
As Mark Twain used to say, if it was me I would be "proud to bust".
I think your son's accomplishments (not taking one bit away from him!)
certainly reflect you the two of you.
Congratulations!
Robert
"Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Swingman wrote:
>
>> Is when your son graduates "summa cum laude" from college, right Leon?
>>
>> Congratulations to all three of you ... I would say you sucketh indeed!
>>
>> :)
>>
>
> Congrats Leon. What was his major?
Thank you!
Bryan's major is in accounting. Next year he hopes to have his Master's,
many of the classes he has been taking go towards that degree. He interned
with KPMG in the beginning of this semester and took his final 2 classes the
second half of this semester. KPMG has offered and he has accepted a
position that will start in September 2010, after he gets his Masters.
That degree is not a requirement but as I have told him it is something that
will always benefit him. KPMG is a public accounting firm, one of the "big
4". He will be in their audit division.
>
> --
> If you're going to be dumb, you better be tough
Outstanding!
Congratulations to both of you.
On Sun, 17 May 2009 17:23:50 -0500, "Leon"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Is when your son graduates "summa cum laude" from college, right Leon?
>>
>> Congratulations to all three of you ... I would say you sucketh indeed!
>>
>> :)
>
>
>
>Yeah, I was going to say something but you so eloquently beat me to it.
>Thank you!
>
>This way it does not look like I was bragging, again. I imagine everyone
>had heard just about enough from me yesterday.
>
>The young man has made his daddy very proud, and relieved. Whew!
>
>Kim and I hope to share yours and Linda's moment of glory very soon!
>
Regards,
Tom Watson
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/
Leon wrote:
> "Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Swingman wrote:
>>
>>> Is when your son graduates "summa cum laude" from college, right Leon?
>>>
>>> Congratulations to all three of you ... I would say you sucketh indeed!
>>>
>>> :)
>>>
>> Congrats Leon. What was his major?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Bryan's major is in accounting. Next year he hopes to have his Master's,
> many of the classes he has been taking go towards that degree.
Good for him! (And for you.)
We just had our first child on Jan 1 of this year. So far so good.
Chris
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Leon" wrote:
>
>> Grades like that certainly give you one lest thing to worry about, eh?
>
> It wasn't always that way, he had quite a rocky start his first two years
> in high school, but alls well that ends well.
>
> A funny story many on the list can appreciate.
>
> As part of his scholarship, he was given a summer job.
>
> One summer he worked in Kansas City, MO, as the night foreman on the third
> trick.
>
> He didn't talk about it much, but that must have been an experience.
>
> Picture if you will, a 20 something, still a little wet behind the ears,
> as the foreman for a bunch of guys, some of whom had probably worked there
> longer than my son had lived.
>
> That was probably some initiation into the real world.
>
> Lew
Learning quick! LOL
"Han" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> The reward for bringing up kids is to see how they strugle with theirs,
you
> know the ones you get to spoil, then give back to the parents.
The closest I have to a child is my cat. And while she makes me laugh every
day, unlike a child, I haven't yet been able to train her to fetch me a
beer. The only benefit there is that she won't steal any either. :)
"Phil" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 17 May 2009 13:52:52 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Is when your son graduates "summa cum laude" from college, right Leon?
>>
>>Congratulations to all three of you ... I would say you sucketh indeed!
>>
>>:)
>
> Congratulations to all of you from me also Leon, I can see you're very
> proud parents and well deserve to be :)
>
> I mainly lurk here in the forum and have so for a few years and you
> feel like you know the people that post here. As another poster says I
> also enjoy and learn a lot from posts from you and the other regulars.
>
> Again Congrats.
Thank you Phil!
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Congratulations to all of you as that usually is a team effort.
One of the team members apparently put in a more concentrated effort. The
other two stretched it out over 21 years. :~)
Thank you Robatoy
Swingman wrote:
> Is when your son graduates "summa cum laude" from college, right Leon?
>
> Congratulations to all three of you ... I would say you sucketh indeed!
>
> :)
>
Indeed!
I know how that feels, even after five kids. It took months to get the
smile off my face. And deepest congratulations to the summa grad.
mahalo,
jo4hn
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Swingman" wrote:
>
>> Is when your son graduates "summa cum laude" from college, right Leon?
>>
>> Congratulations to all three of you ... I would say you sucketh indeed!
>
>
> As others have said, "Congrats".
T6hank you Lew.
>
> It took an immense amount of work to get there.
That it did and yet he made it look so easy, he always did. I recall
through out the years telling him over and over, it is going to get harder
and IIRC the first time I told him that was when he graduated from
kindergarten into the first grade. I still can see him walking single file
with the other kindergarteners from the school to the church, wearing his
little cap and gown, to go to the graduation.
"Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Swingman wrote:
>> Is when your son graduates "summa cum laude" from college, right Leon?
>>
>> Congratulations to all three of you ... I would say you sucketh indeed!
>
> My congratulations, as well, for a job well done!
Thank you!
>
> --
> Morris Dovey
> DeSoto Solar
> DeSoto, Iowa USA
> http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/
"Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Leon wrote:
>
>
> We have some friends with a child like that. Very nice people, they have
> 2 other children as well. This one, though, he's a straight A student,
> athletic, fastest runner in his class, did gymnastics for a number of
> years
> and did really well, places consistently high in academic tests like math
> bowls and spelling bees, plays the piano like a virtuoso and enjoys doing
> it. They look at people and say, "we don't know where he got it!"
A brilliant son indeed.
Leon wrote:
>
> "NuWave Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> : Is when your son graduates "summa cum laude" from college, right Leon?
>> :
>> : Congratulations to all three of you ... I would say you sucketh
>> indeed!
>
>
>>
>> WOW! How far from the tree did THAT apple fall? ~:o)
>
> LOL, Many more times that once my wife and I have simply looked at each
> other and wondered exactly when he was switched out at the hospital.
We have some friends with a child like that. Very nice people, they have
2 other children as well. This one, though, he's a straight A student,
athletic, fastest runner in his class, did gymnastics for a number of years
and did really well, places consistently high in academic tests like math
bowls and spelling bees, plays the piano like a virtuoso and enjoys doing
it. They look at people and say, "we don't know where he got it!"
--
If you're going to be dumb, you better be tough
Leon wrote:
> "NuWave Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> "Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> : Is when your son graduates "summa cum laude" from college, right Leon?
>> :
>> : Congratulations to all three of you ... I would say you sucketh
>> indeed!
>>
>> So, does that mean he's off the payroll?
>> Congrats all around.
>
>
> Let me brag a bit more. My wife and I started saving for his education when
> he was 2. Every month we put money into the Education Account with the
> exception of a few months when I decided to retire at 40. We basically had
> enough set aside to insure him getting through 4 years of school when he
> graduated from HS, we are still setting that same amount aside. He started
> pulling more than his load near high school graduation. He worked part time
> in his Junior year in HS and was awarded a 4 year scholarship for Scholastic
> Excellence by the U of H. That scholarship equaled 1/2 of what we had
> saved. During the summer before he began studies at the university he was
> awarded another scholarship and simply put he has been awarded scholarships
> from various generous foundations every year there after. At the moment he
> has enough scholarship credit at the university to cover the first semester
> of "Masters Degree School". Hopefully he will only need 2 semesters to earn
> that degree. All through school he has worked to take care of all of his
> personal expenses and start his retirement saving 4 years ago. Last summer
> he began using a money manager to invest his hard earned money. Needless to
> say his scholarships have saved his mother and I a ton of money.
>
> I guess the inspiration that I gave him to get and maintain those
> scholarships was the deal I make with him. Out of his education money we
> bought him a new economical car for school before he started college,
> expensed were on him. I told him that as long as he kept his scholarships
> current and on going I would pay for his auto insurance. The U of H
> scholarship required him to maintain a 3.5 GPA. He paid the first year
> insurance so he was well aware of the value of that offer, as was I .. LOL
> He graduated with a 3.86 GPA for the last 66 hours of classes. His 4 year
> GPA was 3.81.
> He has continued to work every summer and during school every year.
>
>
> So really he has been off of the payroll for the last 5 years as far as I am
> concerned. '~)
>
>
Thanks Leon. I thought it was pure luck that my two escaped the many
temptations of the "modern world", but you have validated the routine
the OL and I put the "chillun" through that resulted in them being
"solid citizens".
It ain't all luck :-)
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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:
: "NuWave Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
: news:[email protected]...
: >
: > "Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
: > news:[email protected]...
: > : Is when your son graduates "summa cum laude" from college, right
Leon?
: > :
: > : Congratulations to all three of you ... I would say you sucketh
: > indeed!
: >
: > So, does that mean he's off the payroll?
: > Congrats all around.
:
:
: Let me brag a bit more. My wife and I started saving for his
education when
: he was 2. Every month we put money into the Education Account with
the
: exception of a few months when I decided to retire at 40. We
basically had
: enough set aside to insure him getting through 4 years of school when
he
: graduated from HS, we are still setting that same amount aside. He
started
: pulling more than his load near high school graduation. He worked
part time
: in his Junior year in HS and was awarded a 4 year scholarship for
Scholastic
: Excellence by the U of H. That scholarship equaled 1/2 of what we had
: saved. During the summer before he began studies at the university he
was
: awarded another scholarship and simply put he has been awarded
scholarships
: from various generous foundations every year there after. At the
moment he
: has enough scholarship credit at the university to cover the first
semester
: of "Masters Degree School". Hopefully he will only need 2 semesters
to earn
: that degree. All through school he has worked to take care of all of
his
: personal expenses and start his retirement saving 4 years ago. Last
summer
: he began using a money manager to invest his hard earned money.
Needless to
: say his scholarships have saved his mother and I a ton of money.
:
: I guess the inspiration that I gave him to get and maintain those
: scholarships was the deal I make with him. Out of his education money
we
: bought him a new economical car for school before he started college,
: expensed were on him. I told him that as long as he kept his
scholarships
: current and on going I would pay for his auto insurance. The U of H
: scholarship required him to maintain a 3.5 GPA. He paid the first
year
: insurance so he was well aware of the value of that offer, as was I
.. LOL
: He graduated with a 3.86 GPA for the last 66 hours of classes. His 4
year
: GPA was 3.81.
: He has continued to work every summer and during school every year.
:
:
: So really he has been off of the payroll for the last 5 years as far
as I am
: concerned. '~)
That is a great story, Leon!
--
Dave in Houston
"Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>
>
> Very good. Now you have someone who has a job to take care of you in
> your old age. ;-)
I am often heard mentioning, when he is around to hear, that he "is" our
retirement plan. ;~)
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> SFWIW, my eldest entered The Ohio State University in the fall of 1981.
>
> At the end of the first quarter, he was given a full boat in the
> engineering school for the remainder of the year.
>
> Continued getting a scholarship each year (5 total) until he earned a
> BSME.
>
> All I can remember is that he got a "B" in one class his freshman year, he
> was extremely disappointed.
Bryan cannot make that claim. Untill college, he was always an A,B student.
In the first semister of college he made his first and last C in history.
Perhaps that could be blamed on the interruption by Hurricane Rita when most
of Houston tried to vacate and the unicersity was closed for a week. All of
the students had to do a bunch of catching up. Bryan was also in and is a
member of the Honors College which did indeed load him down more, but IMHO
was an important factor in his success.
>
> After that is was "A" all the way thru including grad school.
Grades like that certainly give you one lest thing to worry about, eh?
> He then earned a full scholarship to grad school doing robotic research
> where he earned a MSME.
>
> Upon graduation, he became a full blown rocket scientist.
Very impressive!
>
> Still doing that work today.
>
> Don't have a clue what he does since it is classified; however, as he
> said, "If I told you, would just have to kill you."<grin>
Strangly Bryan was telling us about one of his female friends, she had been
kinda secretive about the careere that she was persuing, she was majoring in
some form of foreigh affairs. Apparently she has switched dirrections a bit
after learning exactly what that might entail.
>
> It's nice to know that the future is probably in pretty good hands.
>
> Lew
Absolutely, my wife always knew that Bryan was smart from way back when. I
thought that the schools were simply dumbed down. High school changed all
of that, his particular school was by invitation only and they did a super
job of preparing all of the students for college, and IIRC a vast majority
received some form of scholarship for scholastic accomplishments.
"NuWave Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> : Is when your son graduates "summa cum laude" from college, right Leon?
> :
> : Congratulations to all three of you ... I would say you sucketh
> indeed!
>
> WOW! How far from the tree did THAT apple fall? ~:o)
LOL, Many more times that once my wife and I have simply looked at each
other and wondered exactly when he was switched out at the hospital.
"Doug Winterburn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>
>>
> Thanks Leon. I thought it was pure luck that my two escaped the many
> temptations of the "modern world", but you have validated the routine
> the OL and I put the "chillun" through that resulted in them being
> "solid citizens".
>
> It ain't all luck :-)
Well thank heavens there are others out there also. Whew! ;!)
Swingman indeed also has one about to come into full bloom, and what a fine
example she is. She truly is an inspiration and a FINE Texas in every sense
of the word.
"Han" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>
>> As
>> previousely mentioned here, the support system that the parents
>> provide is a very important factor to their childrens success.
>>
>
> That keeps on going long after they graduate. Spouse has been babysitting
> the grandkids quite a while now. Oldest is 13 ...
>
Yes that is correct but grand parents get to spoil the kids. LOL.
Swingman <[email protected]> wrote in news:r-
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> Is when your son graduates "summa cum laude" from college, right Leon?
>
> Congratulations to all three of you ... I would say you sucketh indeed!
>
>:)
>
That's indeed the summum!
Congratulations!
--
Best regards
Han
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"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>
> "Doug Winterburn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>>>
>>>
>> Thanks Leon. I thought it was pure luck that my two escaped the many
>> temptations of the "modern world", but you have validated the routine
>> the OL and I put the "chillun" through that resulted in them being
>> "solid citizens".
>>
>> It ain't all luck :-)
>
>
> Well thank heavens there are others out there also. Whew! ;!)
>
> Swingman indeed also has one about to come into full bloom, and what a
> fine example she is. She truly is an inspiration and a FINE Texas in
> every sense of the word.
>
>
It is a delight to read your stories - woodworking and Life!!
Most of us are proud of our offspring, but some are more deserving of the
gloat than others. Congrats to you all!
--
Best regards
Han
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"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> As
> previousely mentioned here, the support system that the parents
> provide is a very important factor to their childrens success.
>
That keeps on going long after they graduate. Spouse has been babysitting
the grandkids quite a while now. Oldest is 13 ...
--
Best regards
Han
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"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>
> "Han" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]:
>>
>>> As
>>> previousely mentioned here, the support system that the parents
>>> provide is a very important factor to their childrens success.
>>>
>>
>> That keeps on going long after they graduate. Spouse has been
>> babysitting the grandkids quite a while now. Oldest is 13 ...
>>
>
> Yes that is correct but grand parents get to spoil the kids. LOL.
Tell me about it! They have no idea about woodworking but they are still
the greatest kids. Everyone says so!
--
Best regards
Han
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"Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> I never had any kids and swore that I'd never let any child put me
> through the hell I put my parents through. But, when you get rewarded
> with success like this, it makes me wonder what I missed.
>
The reward for bringing up kids is to see how they strugle with theirs, you
know the ones you get to spoil, then give back to the parents.
Waiting for son and DIL and their son, arriving any moment now ...
--
Best regards
Han
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"Chris Friesen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Good for him! (And for you.)
>
> We just had our first child on Jan 1 of this year. So far so good.
>
> Chris
Ah Chris, the journey begins. Start saving NOW! LOL. May you be at least
as
fortunate as we have been.
On May 17, 6:24=A0pm, "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Han" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
>
>
> > Swingman <[email protected]> wrote in news:r-
> > [email protected]:
>
> >> Is when your son graduates "summa cum laude" from college, right Leon?
>
> >> Congratulations to all three of you ... I would say you sucketh indeed=
!
>
> >>:)
>
> > That's indeed the summum!
> > Congratulations!
>
> > --
> > Best regards
> > Han
> > email address is invalid
>
> THANK YOU!
Congratulations to all of you as that usually is a team effort.
"Han" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>
>>
>> Well thank heavens there are others out there also. Whew! ;!)
>>
>> Swingman indeed also has one about to come into full bloom, and what a
>> fine example she is. She truly is an inspiration and a FINE Texas in
>> every sense of the word.
>>
>>
> It is a delight to read your stories - woodworking and Life!!
;~)
>
> Most of us are proud of our offspring, but some are more deserving of the
> gloat than others. Congrats to you all!
YES! congratulations to all parents and their graduating kids. As
previousely mentioned here, the support system that the parents provide is a
very important factor to their childrens success.
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On May 17, 9:12 pm, "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Let me brag a bit more. My wife and I started saving for his education
> when
> he was 2.
I think you have every right to be enormously proud of your son, but
just reading that sentence tells me how proud you and Kim should be of
yourselves.
Enormously proud is a pretty good description, and on Saturday during a
private little get together of our very closest friends and family it became
an emotional display of how proud we are.
As Mark Twain used to say, if it was me I would be "proud to bust".
Excellent reference!
;~) IIRC it was also Mark Twain that made a comment that goes something
like this, It takes a pretty smart person to be able to spell a word more
than one way. I totally agree and practice that often in this news group.
LOL
I think your son's accomplishments (not taking one bit away from him!)
certainly reflect you the two of you.
Thank you Robert, although I credit every one that has been a positive
influence in his life. His grand parents spoiled him with love and
encouragement. Aunts and uncles reminded us how blessed we were, neighbors
and close friends have always been encouraging and eager to help him in any
way possible.
Congratulations!
Robert
"jo4hn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Swingman wrote:
>> Is when your son graduates "summa cum laude" from college, right Leon?
>>
>> Congratulations to all three of you ... I would say you sucketh indeed!
>>
>> :)
>>
> Indeed!
>
> I know how that feels, even after five kids. It took months to get the
> smile off my face. And deepest congratulations to the summa grad.
> mahalo,
> jo4hn
Thank you! Our children are truly our inspiration.
"Leon" wrote
>
> Bryan's major is in accounting. Next year he hopes to have his
> Master's, many of the classes he has been taking go towards that
> degree. He interned with KPMG in the beginning of this semester and
> took his final 2 classes the second half of this semester. KPMG has
> offered and he has
>> accepted a position that will start in September 2010, after he
>> gets his
> Masters. That degree is not a requirement but as I have told him it
> is something that will always benefit him. KPMG is a public
> accounting firm, one of the "big 4". He will be in their audit
> division.
SFWIW, my eldest entered The Ohio State University in the fall of
1981.
At the end of the first quarter, he was given a full boat in the
engineering school for the remainder of the year.
Continued getting a scholarship each year (5 total) until he earned a
BSME.
All I can remember is that he got a "B" in one class his freshman
year, he was extremely disappointed.
After that is was "A" all the way thru including grad school.
He then earned a full scholarship to grad school doing robotic
research where he earned a MSME.
Upon graduation, he became a full blown rocket scientist.
Still doing that work today.
Don't have a clue what he does since it is classified; however, as he
said, "If I told you, would just have to kill you."<grin>
It's nice to know that the future is probably in pretty good hands.
Lew
Leon wrote:
>
> "Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Swingman wrote:
>>
>>> Is when your son graduates "summa cum laude" from college, right Leon?
>>>
>>> Congratulations to all three of you ... I would say you sucketh indeed!
>>>
>>> :)
>>>
>>
>> Congrats Leon. What was his major?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Bryan's major is in accounting. Next year he hopes to have his Master's,
> many of the classes he has been taking go towards that degree. He
> interned with KPMG in the beginning of this semester and took his final 2
> classes the
> second half of this semester. KPMG has offered and he has accepted a
> position that will start in September 2010, after he gets his Masters.
> That degree is not a requirement but as I have told him it is something
> that
> will always benefit him. KPMG is a public accounting firm, one of the
> "big
> 4". He will be in their audit division.
>
Very good. Now you have someone who has a job to take care of you in
your old age. ;-)
--
If you're going to be dumb, you better be tough
"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Is when your son graduates "summa cum laude" from college, right Leon?
>
> Congratulations to all three of you ... I would say you sucketh indeed!
>
> :)
Yeah, I was going to say something but you so eloquently beat me to it.
Thank you!
This way it does not look like I was bragging, again. I imagine everyone
had heard just about enough from me yesterday.
The young man has made his daddy very proud, and relieved. Whew!
Kim and I hope to share yours and Linda's moment of glory very soon!
On Sun, 17 May 2009 13:52:52 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>Is when your son graduates "summa cum laude" from college, right Leon?
>
>Congratulations to all three of you ... I would say you sucketh indeed!
>
>:)
Congratulations to all of you from me also Leon, I can see you're very
proud parents and well deserve to be :)
I mainly lurk here in the forum and have so for a few years and you
feel like you know the people that post here. As another poster says I
also enjoy and learn a lot from posts from you and the other regulars.
Again Congrats.
Rgds,
Phil.
Han wrote:
> "Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>
>> I never had any kids and swore that I'd never let any child put me
>> through the hell I put my parents through. But, when you get rewarded
>> with success like this, it makes me wonder what I missed.
>>
> The reward for bringing up kids is to see how they strugle with theirs, you
> know the ones you get to spoil, then give back to the parents.
>
> Waiting for son and DIL and their son, arriving any moment now ...
>
Grandchildren are God's reward for not having murdered your children.
mahalo,
burma shave
"Leon" wrote:
> Grades like that certainly give you one lest thing to worry about,
> eh?
It wasn't always that way, he had quite a rocky start his first two
years in high school, but alls well that ends well.
A funny story many on the list can appreciate.
As part of his scholarship, he was given a summer job.
One summer he worked in Kansas City, MO, as the night foreman on the
third trick.
He didn't talk about it much, but that must have been an experience.
Picture if you will, a 20 something, still a little wet behind the
ears, as the foreman for a bunch of guys, some of whom had probably
worked there longer than my son had lived.
That was probably some initiation into the real world.
Lew
"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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: Is when your son graduates "summa cum laude" from college, right Leon?
:
: Congratulations to all three of you ... I would say you sucketh
indeed!
So, does that mean he's off the payroll?
Congrats all around.
--
Dave in Houston
"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Leon" wrote
>>
>> Bryan's major is in accounting. Next year he hopes to have his Master's,
>> many of the classes he has been taking go towards that degree. He
>> interned with KPMG in the beginning of this semester and took his final 2
>> classes the second half of this semester. KPMG has offered and he has
>> accepted a position that will start in September 2010, after he gets his
>> Masters. That degree is not a requirement but as I have told him it is
>> something that will always benefit him. KPMG is a public accounting
>> firm, one of the "big 4". He will be in their audit division.
>>
>
> I was going to ask what his job prospects were. It sounds like he has that
> covered.
He had 3 offers last fall.
>
> Hate to tell ya Leon, but your son investment program just didn't work out
> well. Everytime you put some money aside for him, he goes and gets another
> scholarship. Unlike other kids who suck up funds like a blackhole, this
> guy is self sufficient and hard to give money to. Are you sure he is not
> a UFO plant? LOL
>
> That IS a different story. You lucky dog.
I switched money to the same money manager as he did. Our money manager was
almost stunned when Bryan was giving him a basic picture of his finances.
About 2 weeks later we had a meeting again with the money manager to review
his proposals as to how to invest. He told me that his young secretary
asked if Bryan was old enough to have an IRA when she met him 2 weeks
prior.
Bryan had 3 of his professors propose switching majors to their areas of
expertise. One of the higher ranking professors in the college gave a quick
tune-up class to prepare him for his GMAT exam to qualify for post graduated
classes to go towards getting his masters. Before that class had ended he
tried to persuade Bryan to enter into the Doctorate program at the UofH.
My wife and I are truly very fortunate to have received this particular
child at the hospital, 21 years ago. :~)
"Han" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Swingman <[email protected]> wrote in news:r-
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>
>> Is when your son graduates "summa cum laude" from college, right Leon?
>>
>> Congratulations to all three of you ... I would say you sucketh indeed!
>>
>>:)
>>
> That's indeed the summum!
> Congratulations!
>
> --
> Best regards
> Han
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THANK YOU!