Members kwakatak Posted June 2, 2009 Author Members Share Posted June 2, 2009 FWIW I've got a 2 year-old who gets into everything and a 5 year-old who's autistic. Part of his autism seems to be ADHD (never stops, never listens) and OCD (finds hiding places for everything.) Yeah, I was a little mad but what're you gonna do. You cannot discipline this child - even though I'm not an attentive parent. I'm more like the cleanup crew, really. As for the guitar: laminated back & sides & top so no harm I guess. There's extra lumber inside like BItt81's git and mine cost even less than his. Cheap and beat as it is it still has sentimental value form long years of ownership. For the time being I'm gonna put it on the front porch - away from the sandbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarist21 Posted June 2, 2009 Members Share Posted June 2, 2009 Yikes. Hope the front porch airs it out a little. Perhaps you'll be left with a pleasant citrus-y aroma? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Queequeg Posted June 2, 2009 Members Share Posted June 2, 2009 Geez... How do you get that stuff out? It gets all sticky and nasty. Eeeesh. No worries! Milk of Magnesia is self-cleansing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hudman Posted June 2, 2009 Members Share Posted June 2, 2009 The sugar in the orange juice will act as glue when it dries. Your guitar will be stronger (and healthier - vitamin C). Seriously, as a father of 3 ranging in age from 2 to 13, I feel your pain. All 3 of my kids constantly spill stuff (yes, even the 13 year old). The best thing to do is take a deep breath and try and calm down after they do something dumb. It is important to always remember they are kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Queequeg Posted June 2, 2009 Members Share Posted June 2, 2009 Seriously, as a father of 3 ranging in age from 2 to 13, I feel your pain. All 3 of my kids constantly spill stuff (yes, even the 13 year old). The best thing to do is take a deep breath and try and calm down after they do something dumb. It is important to always remember they are kids. It's a known fact that children create a gravity warp in their aura. The laws of physics are suspended, actually until they move out of the house. This explains how they can drop things that are already flat on the floor and why you have stains on your ceiling. It is written on the tablets at the alter of Our Lady of Perpetual Motion. You think I'm making this up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Samilyn Posted June 2, 2009 Members Share Posted June 2, 2009 Geez... How do you get that stuff out? It gets all sticky and nasty. I can imagine the summer will be interesting 'cause wasps and yellow jackets really go fo that stuff. And I second Big Al's question about how Sammi managed to get her guitars skunked. Two at the same time? Eeeesh. Blame an innocent dog and my f***tard ex.Both gits were out on their stands one evening.The beagle took a huge, close-range hit from a skunk, then ran in the house via the doggie door. My ex grabbed the dog, dragged her into my office/music room and said to me: "here, I have a little present for you"The poor dog was shaking herself and rubbing all over everything....including my gits and worse.....me!!In the meantime, the HVAC system was going full blast and distributed the stench throughout the house in very short order.It was NOT a pleasant evening, nor was the week that followed. I can tell you....people look at you real funny when you're in the checkout line at Wal-Mart and your buggy contains 10 gallons of Febreeze, 10 giant boxes of baking soda, 50 scented candles and numerous cans of air freshener. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigald18 Posted June 2, 2009 Members Share Posted June 2, 2009 When I was still with my 2nd wife (I'm on number 3 now) my dog Smokey had never seen a skunk before as we always kept him locked in our backyard in Katy, TX. When we moved to CT the rock wall at the apartments we lived at had skunks nesting in them. The dumb-s**t dog thought one was another dog, stuck his snout under the tail and got the rudest awakening of his life. He literally crawled on all fours crying into our apartment where we tried the old wives remedy of tomato juice. Our bathroom looked like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre after we finished and he still stunk. We got this stuff Skunk-away from the vet to kill the smell and that half worked. He smelled slightly like skunk til the day we put him down several years later.BigAl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members in_rainbows Posted June 2, 2009 Members Share Posted June 2, 2009 When I was three or four, I peed in my dads guitar case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guildfire Posted June 2, 2009 Members Share Posted June 2, 2009 Kids are ok around guitars as long as you put them back in the case when they're done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TESmith Posted June 2, 2009 Members Share Posted June 2, 2009 Kids are ok around guitars as long as you put them back in the case when they're done. What is going in the case, The kid or the guitar? There are times I would love to put my kids in the case! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Melodeous Posted June 2, 2009 Members Share Posted June 2, 2009 I wish I had a temperament like you guys. OJ in my guitar would flip me out. +1. That's stuff's way too expensive to be feeding to a Tak. No complaints here. My kids are weird. From early on they were bookworms and still at 10 and 15 you can find them squirreled away in their rooms reading or playing keyboard or violin, respectively. I'm getting a bit of resistance from the older one about learning to drive. No interest there whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seagullplayer77 Posted June 3, 2009 Members Share Posted June 3, 2009 What is going in the case, The kid or the guitar?There are times I would love to put my kids in the case! Asked myself the same question lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TESmith Posted June 3, 2009 Members Share Posted June 3, 2009 +1. That's stuff's way too expensive to be feeding to a Tak.No complaints here. My kids are weird. From early on they were bookworms and still at 10 and 15 you can find them squirreled away in their rooms reading or playing keyboard or violin, respectively. I'm getting a bit of resistance from the older one about learning to drive. No interest there whatsoever. Ok you are right, they sound weird, BUT a very good weird!I can appreciate your "no complaints" You have gotten lucky or Done a good job, Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members larry50 Posted June 3, 2009 Members Share Posted June 3, 2009 Hey Kwak, at least your Tak won't be attracting any germs in the near future. There has to be a Kwak Tak song in here somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Do Fret It Posted June 3, 2009 Members Share Posted June 3, 2009 Apparently you're not the only one trying to get moisture out of the guitar. Lots of humidity in oj. Edit: Repeat^ Big Al beat me to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eor Posted June 3, 2009 Members Share Posted June 3, 2009 i think kids acting out and messing with guitars and stuff has a lot to do with a lack of dicipline on the part of the parents. people just don't fart in their kids' faces anymore. sad, really. love, eor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members roughtrade Posted June 3, 2009 Members Share Posted June 3, 2009 I keep a cheap mandolin for the grandkids to play when I have them over. One was staying with us for a couple of weeks. I came home from work and the Tele I leave on the stand didn't have any knobs on it!I looked everywhere and finally I asked my grandson, of course he didn't know what happened. Anyway, after a couple of days he came into my office and grabbed the mandolin and it rattled something awful, I determined the location of my Tele knobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bizze Posted June 3, 2009 Members Share Posted June 3, 2009 I'm 18 years old, does that qualify me as a kid?.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kwakatak Posted June 3, 2009 Author Members Share Posted June 3, 2009 +1. That's stuff's way too expensive to be feeding to a Tak. I dunno. It was Sunny-D, just your run-of-the-mill store brand OJ with no pulp, thank God! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members roughtrade Posted June 3, 2009 Members Share Posted June 3, 2009 I'm 18 years old, does that qualify me as a kid?.. Not in my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Samilyn Posted June 3, 2009 Members Share Posted June 3, 2009 I'm 18 years old, does that qualify me as a kid?.. Don't ever lose the kid in you. Always remember how to laugh and how to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimmy Chaos Posted June 3, 2009 Members Share Posted June 3, 2009 My girlfriend's son is 3.5 I woke one morning to find him jumping up and down on my Taylor 210 in it's case. Not the best way to start a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Queequeg Posted June 3, 2009 Members Share Posted June 3, 2009 I'm beyond giving a {censored} what people in public think; I'm just trying to live a normal life just like they are. Here's the point, Neil. If I pay $100 for dinner out with my girlfriend, I'm not actually paying $100 for a steak (or whatever). I'm paying for atmosphere and service and an enjoyable evening. That is, after all, what they are selling. This can be destroyed by a child throwing a temper tantrum and screaming for a long time. It is the responsibility of the parents to remove the child from the restaurant if they cannot control the child. If they do not, and if the manager didn't ask them to, then I would not include a gratuity, and I would not return to the restaurant. I would certainly feel cheated out of all the reasons I went there in the first place. If I want to hear screaming, I can just turn on the TV and listen to a Billy Mays infomercial. (An option I seldom avail myself of.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Samilyn Posted June 3, 2009 Members Share Posted June 3, 2009 My girlfriend's son is 3.5 I woke one morning to find him jumping up and down on my Taylor 210 in it's case. Not the best way to start a day. Egads! I'd have started the day with a Bloody Mary after waking up to that! (Right after flushing the child down the toilet) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kwakatak Posted June 3, 2009 Author Members Share Posted June 3, 2009 Here's the point, Neil. If I pay $100 for dinner out with my girlfriend, I'm not actually paying $100 for a steak (or whatever). I'm paying for atmosphere and service and an enjoyable evening. That is, after all, what they are selling. This can be destroyed by a child throwing a temper tantrum and screaming for a long time. It is the responsibility of the parents to remove the child from the restaurant if they cannot control the child. If they do not, and if the manager didn't ask them to, then I would not include a gratuity, and I would not return to the restaurant. I would certainly feel cheated out of all the reasons I went there in the first place. If I want to hear screaming, I can just turn on the TV and listen to a Billy Mays infomercial. (An option I seldom avail myself of.) Fair enough. Just bear in mind that some of us with kids prone to throwing tantrums in public do not do it just to annoy you. It may not even be the parents' fault. Some kids just do not have any other way to communicate and give little warning when frustration reaches a certain point. :blah: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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