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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I have, Gene.  I have modified plans based on advice given on this list.  
But, that is besides the point of my nephews not listening to me.  I give 
them money.  That obliges attention, in my opinion.  Still, they pay me no 
mind ......bobf


--- On Sat, 10/25/08, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

> From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> Subject: Advice
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 2:53 PM
> On Oct 25, 2008, at 11:48 AM, bob ford wrote:
> 
> > My brother's kids don't listen to anything I
> tell them (over the  
> > phone).  They simply follow the path that their
> friends follow, that  
> > the media has encouraged.
> 
> Has anybody here found anyone to listen carefully and then
> modify  
> their lives because of what you told them?
> 
> How many of us have done such a thing?
> 
> People don't want advice, they want reinforcement.