Well actually, on the north side of the Mouse_Pad.
Yesterday morning, as I was nursing the Mouseling, there was a huge crash followed by a power outage. Outside I could hear shouts and a child keening “I’m sorry” over and over again. Concerned, I looked outside and saw this mess! (The Mouse_Pad is to the right of the accident.)
There were news trucks around our home all day!
All I drove by that age was the Ol Henry around the farm yard. Never assume the kid is joking about something they say their going to do. Every farm had the small Ford 8N tractor, and a child could drive it.
Wow! I bet his family are going to stay more on their toes from now on. I feel for the little guy, he brought himself quite the scare. Hopefully he’ll put together the idea that he’s too young to drive himself for quite a while, and if he wants to go somewhere he has to get an adult family member to take him. I hope they can get this idea across to him, so that his next adventure doesn’t lead to serious injury. (At the least.)
How freaky! I just wonder from that story what kind of kid thinks of driving himself to a restaurant when he’s hungry rather than just grabbing a cookie or attempting to make a sandwich? It’s the thought process that baffles me here. Surely there was food somewhere in the house?
I also still remember the day one of my 6th grade classmates ran over our mailbox with his parents’ car. He lived a mile away and made it all the way to our house before crashing. I wasn’t impressed although I was mildly popular at school for a few days.
The neighbors and I were relieved that he was ok. As I understand it, the boy was lucky, he could have been electrocuted.
Last night there was a shooting up the street. What the hell is going on in this neighborhood? :eek:
My favorite part; he grabbed the keys and his booster seat.
Maybe he’d already learned the “You are not to go in the kitchen to cook!” lesson? He might have wanted a hot meal, not a sandwich.
Did he grab his wallet on his way out the door? It would have been so disappointing if he’d made it to Applebee’s and then realized he didn’t have any money to buy food anyway.
In all seriousness, I’m glad nobody was hurt. Hopefully the boy learned something, and I hope he doesn’t have the kind of parents who will go psycho on him.
Damn, don’t these parent’s have any sence of Responsibility? What were they thinking? What kind of idiot teaches their kid that you go to Applebee’s when you’re hungry? There’s an Old Chicago just down the road from there isn’t there?
My cousin started the car in the parking lot when my aunt was getting her laundry loads from the building. He crashed it into the laundromat wall. It did require repair of their wall. I find it funny as hell though because her kids were perfect and she was the town gossip. It gave us something to bring up in conversation.
Ah, yes. Little kids don’t think too far ahead, do they? He’d seen people drive, from his booster in the back seat, but he didn’t know about the pedals. He had been to restaurants, but he probably understand the concept of paying for a meal. Iff the car had been parked in the other direction, he might have made it all the way to the street before crashing. A little kid with a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
I did some dumb stuff at that age, but I didn’t do quite that much damage. :smack:
All I did was knock down a fence when I took the car for a spin at age 4. I tell ya, kids these days!
8:30? who gets lunch at Applebee’s at 8:30 in the morning?
Retired children.
I’m a crabby old lady and I’m wondering why a six-year-old wasn’t in school on a Tuesday morning at 8:30. I’m also just enough of a cynic to wonder what “sick” is a euphemism for. My kids get meals whether I’m sick or not.
Glad everyone is okay, though
Media circus in my backyard,
can’t afford to feed it anymore…
My friend’s older brother ‘stole’ his mom’s carwhen he was 8 or 9. He put a a dent in the neighbor’s house. I think a tellinmg difference was that he drove off while his mom was putting the groceries away.