Bongo Fury

We are presently helping our son Sam who is 13 years old prepare the garden for a chicken coop and run as he wants to sell eggs. He's already selling horse manure which he collects from the stable where his sister keeps her horses.

He wants to make money but the local paper round has been taken and there isn't much else around!

So tonight we discussed the topic of do we name them or not. Yes we'll name them he says with which he came out with a long list of 'male' names.

Don't you just love them.

I love 'kids' who get off there butts and try to get the best out of life .. not waiting for mummy/ daddy to to get the cash out ..!!

One of my grandkids is a Queens scout .. when he was 16 he wanted to go back packing in Peru with some of his troop .. my daughter / husband said we will help ..BUT .. you have to help yourself as well ..

So he got a job as a tour guide down the coal mine at Beamish Museum .. and a grave digger at the local church ..

He did the Peru trek .. worked in China for 12 months .. Went to Australia (on his own) to visit some cousins ...

Now at 19 he is now in London training to train youngsters in survival .. abseiling .. kayaking .. rock climbing etc:..

Agreed, great to hear of youngsters getting on with things, you just know they'll do well.

Completely agreed. Still fighting with my 17 year old (who I don't live with) to get off his back side. There are limited opportunities in his rural area but not none! However his mum has counteracted me encouraging him to help family or wash cars, paint fences, you know the type of thing - by handing everything to him on a plate, including the latest one, driving lessons! By not saving a penny towards lessons, car or insurance, he kissed goodbye to me helping him but of course I now look like the bad guy! Still I am hoping one day he will see what I was trying to do!

My daughter on the other hand has seen what he has done and what he has missed out on from me and is working her little socks off!

Anyway, I seem to have confused this forum with mums.net!

Good luck to him! I love to see young enterprise and the learning curve for him will be immense.

I knew this young man once at work Derrick. He never had a pot to you know what in and his cup was always half empty. hated his job.

Well he got an idea, packed in his job and went for it.

See link below

http://www.bolinwebb.com/

Unbelievable success but true and I am still in contact with him. Many people get an idea and just sit on it for years, some however actually take the plunge and succeed.

^^^^^^
Respect to him
But £40 for a handle
I'm in the wrong job

Gasy wrote:^^^^^^
Respect to him
But £40 for a handle
I'm in the wrong job

That's what's brilliant about it and a bit of a P,ss take, he invented a posh handle for a Mach 3 disposable razor and makes a fortune from it when the one in the pack is perfectly adequate!

They say the simplest ideas are the best

ELZE wrote:

Gasy wrote:^^^^^^
Respect to him
But £40 for a handle
I'm in the wrong job

That's what's brilliant about it and a bit of a P,ss take, he invented a posh handle for a Mach 3 disposable razor and makes a fortune from it when the one in the pack is perfectly adequate!

They say the simplest ideas are the best [/quote

The old more money than sense saying coming true again,good luck to him.

I like that he still keeps in touch and had not forgotten his roots even after marrying his scandanavian wife and moved there.

Some lovely stories. The Queens Scout and Derrick just show what can be achieved. Best of luck to anyone who can make their dreams come true like this. Wonderful.

samuel wrote:Some lovely stories. The Queens Scout and Derrick just show what can be achieved. Best of luck to anyone who can make their dreams come true like this. Wonderful.

My sentiments exactly!