Author Topic: FS: 2 year old toddler Like New Best Offer (Read 3759 times)

versapak · « **on:** October 12, 2005, 12:34:20 pm »

It has been one of those days...

Took my control panel off, so I could mount a hinged door underneath where it sits, and here comes my 2 year old daughter...

Pours her drink all over it. Now there is apple juice underneath the plexi, which of course is held on by 44 buttons and 16 joystic screws.

What a great start. Yes, it was just the start.

For a follow up... I had the plexi removed from the front of the cab, because I was replacing my warped posterboard bezel with a more durable foamboard one.

Well... Here again comes my 2 year old.

Pushes the plexi over onto some rough wood scrap and jumps on it.

I am thinking that work on the cab should be haulted for the day, as I seriously don't want to see what is gonna happen next if I continue.

Stingray · « **Reply #1 on:** October 12, 2005, 12:36:26 pm »

Solution:

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #2 on:** October 12, 2005, 12:38:07 pm »

My wife wants a little girl and I won't let her dress my sons in girl clothes.

Give me a baseline price or trade want.

Stingray · « **Reply #3 on:** October 12, 2005, 12:43:02 pm »

But Seph already volunteered to dress like a little girl and call you daddy.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #4 on:** October 12, 2005, 12:44:11 pm »

I can't let my wife find out about that, though.

And Seph only calls me daddy because I keep owning his mom.

Hoagie_one · « **Reply #5 on:** October 12, 2005, 01:13:33 pm »

baby gates and play pens are your friend

Shape D. · « **Reply #6 on:** October 12, 2005, 01:17:35 pm »

Quote from: Hoagie_one on October 12, 2005, 01:13:33 pm

baby gates and play pens are your friend

I have a 2 year old daughter who could easily climb out of any baby fence or playpen.

ChadTower · « **Reply #7 on:** October 12, 2005, 01:42:21 pm »

My kids were able, but it wasn't hard to teach them not to do it.

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 12, 2005, 01:44:07 pm »

i was waiting for chad to bust in with his superior parenting techniques =p

Stingray · « **Reply #9 on:** October 12, 2005, 01:45:58 pm »

My kids always obey every word I say and are the most well behaved children in the world, but that is only because they do not exist.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #10 on:** October 12, 2005, 01:46:06 pm »

It wasn't me this time.

nostrebor · « **Reply #11 on:** October 12, 2005, 01:52:10 pm »

GREAT PLAN!

Booby-trap the gates so they fall on contact. That will scare those crumb-crunchers.

When my daughter was 2 she "helped me in the Shop all the time. I had some rules:

1. No food/drink
2. Jumpiing on plexiglass parts from my precious cabinet resulted in a spanking.

Simple.

ChadTower · « **Reply #12 on:** October 12, 2005, 01:54:06 pm »

My kids have always helped me out too. I have them sit on the stairs, well out of reach but in clear view of everything. When I have something they can help with, I tell them to come over and they help. Then they go back to the stairs with the bird's eye view (and nothing in reach).

If they don't want to sit on the stairs, they are free to go play elsewhere, but not in the work area.

Shape D. · « **Reply #13 on:** October 12, 2005, 02:04:41 pm »

I'd agree, The best way for my kids not to screw with something I'm working on is to have them help me with easier parts of the process.

RayB · « **Reply #14 on:** October 12, 2005, 02:16:18 pm »

Score one for the anti-plexi-on-control-panel camp!

ChadTower · « **Reply #15 on:** October 12, 2005, 02:16:49 pm »

Build a plexi playpen.

versapak · « **Reply #16 on:** October 12, 2005, 02:21:05 pm »

Dunno how many of you have kids, but 2 years old is passed the point of gate or playpen containment.

There is no gate or playpen that could contain this little one.

I am actually not quite certain I am the father. The girl clearly has Houdini's genes.

Enclosure in a steel reinforced concrete box would be as difficult to escape as the process of simply standing up for her.

ChadTower · « **Reply #17 on:** October 12, 2005, 02:24:02 pm »

Maybe you should just refrain from project work when you are the primary person watching her. I stopped doing a lot of things while I was the only one tending to my kids at that age.

It isn't fun, but it's better than her pressing the on button on the circular saw.

Hoagie_one · « **Reply #18 on:** October 12, 2005, 02:33:22 pm »

Beat the child

if they jump the fence, you beat them

If they jump the play pen, you beat them

If they cry, you beat them

If they don't cry, you beat them

If they obey completely, you only beat them a little.

versapak · « **Reply #19 on:** October 12, 2005, 02:38:38 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on October 12, 2005, 02:24:02 pm

Maybe you should just refrain from project work when you are the primary person watching her. I stopped doing a lot of things while I was the only one tending to my kids at that age.

It isn't fun, but it's better than her pressing the on button on the circular saw.

I do think your a little confused. (Thread as a whole, not specifically you CT)

For starters...

No parenting advice really needed. I do all right.

Second...

I was not "the primary person" watching her this morning. (It was business as usual with the whole family home at the time)

Third...

There wasn't really any big project work going on. I was placing a bezel behind the plexi, which would have taken about 5-10 minutes, and was screwing on a replacement hinged panel (3.5" x 24.5") in place of another, which would have taken another 5-10 minutes.

It was just one of those days, and I found it oddly funny in a painful have a lot more work to do now sort of way

We aren't talking about my 2 year old running around a shop full of tools. I was just doing a little touch up on the machine where it sits for use. The fault is not that my kid wasn't in a pen or gated, but that I was not as meticulous about the cabs welfare as I would have been if it was in a shop environment.

shmokes · « **Reply #20 on:** October 12, 2005, 03:22:05 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on October 12, 2005, 01:42:21 pm

My kids were able, but it wasn't hard to teach them not to do it.

Read: shock collars

versapak · « **Reply #21 on:** October 12, 2005, 03:24:34 pm »

Quote from: shmokes on October 12, 2005, 03:22:05 pm

Quote from: ChadTower on October 12, 2005, 01:42:21 pm

My kids were able, but it wasn't hard to teach them not to do it.

Read: shock collars

Yeah...

I did that with the first 2, but now they have this sort of random twitching thing. I can't prove that it was the shock collars, but I figured I would go without em on the 3rd try.

nostrebor · « **Reply #22 on:** October 12, 2005, 03:27:18 pm »

Quote from: Hoagie_one on October 12, 2005, 02:33:22 pm

Beat the child

if they jump the fence, you beat them

If they jump the play pen, you beat them

If they cry, you beat them

If they don't cry, you beat them

If they obey completely, you only beat them a little.

Hoagie_one = Repeat Offender.

(oh, and

)

RayB · « **Reply #23 on:** October 12, 2005, 03:52:04 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on October 12, 2005, 02:24:02 pm

Maybe you should just refrain from project work when you are the primary person watching her.

ChadTower · « **Reply #24 on:** October 12, 2005, 03:53:02 pm »

It's pretty obvious that strong parenting is no longer necessarily American, either.

SirPoonga · « **Reply #25 on:** October 12, 2005, 04:08:02 pm »

How much for the little girl? How much for the women?
Your women. I want to buy your women. The little girl, your daughters... sell them to me. Sell me your children.

Harry Potter · « **Reply #26 on:** October 12, 2005, 04:10:28 pm »

Medication running out?

Havok · « **Reply #27 on:** October 12, 2005, 04:32:33 pm »

Serves you right - No plexi on control panels!

versapak · « **Reply #28 on:** October 12, 2005, 04:48:08 pm »

Quote from: Havok on October 12, 2005, 04:32:33 pm

Serves you right - No plexi on control panels!

Looks MUCH better with plexi than it does without. My control panel is just painted all black, and it is an UAII design, so we are not talking any "real" arcade authenticity goin on with it in the first place.

Gotta be honest though...

Its protective abilities are clearly less than stellar. I would have been much better not having apple juice sandwiched underneath it.

My reasoning for it being there was soley for a very glossy black surface though.

Stingray · « **Reply #29 on:** October 12, 2005, 04:49:42 pm »

But you did give us anti-plexites one more reason to not use plexi.

-S

RayB · « **Reply #30 on:** October 12, 2005, 04:52:17 pm »

You guys love redundancy don't you?

You guys love redundancy don't you?

NoOne=NBA= · « **Reply #31 on:** October 12, 2005, 07:06:46 pm »

I'm putting in a vote for Velcro wallpaper in the game room.
It doesn't even have to cover the entire wall.
You could do Velcro wainscotting for a more elegant look, random stripes on the wall for a more contemporary look, etc...

Then all you need is the fuzzy bunny pajamas, and you're set.
You might have to put up with some frustrated screaming, but proper volume on the ambient music in the gameroom should mask that out pretty well.

DrewKaree · « **Reply #32 on:** October 12, 2005, 07:56:28 pm »

Quote from: Hoagie_one on October 12, 2005, 02:33:22 pm

Beat the child

if they jump the fence, you beat them

If they jump the play pen, you beat them

If they cry, you beat them

If they don't cry, you beat them

If they obey completely, you only beat them a little.

versapak · « **Reply #33 on:** October 12, 2005, 08:55:27 pm »

Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on October 12, 2005, 07:06:46 pm

I'm putting in a vote for Velcro wallpaper in the game room.
It doesn't even have to cover the entire wall.
You could do Velcro wainscotting for a more elegant look, random stripes on the wall for a more contemporary look, etc...

Then all you need is the fuzzy bunny pajamas, and you're set.
You might have to put up with some frustrated screaming, but proper volume on the ambient music in the gameroom should mask that out pretty well.

Now we're talking.

I bet I could even get away without any screaming. She could prolly be convinced it is a game. I will just put multiple colors of velcro on in a dartboard pattern.

Ed_McCarron · « **Reply #34 on:** October 12, 2005, 09:18:23 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on October 12, 2005, 02:16:49 pm

Build a plexi playpen.

OK, so it's actually 1/2" of lexan...

That pic is last February in Harrisburg, PA (Hence the warm clothes and funny hat) of my 2 year old while we were assembling a combat robot arena for a competition. Once 5 of those get stood up and bolted together, its ready.

Kept the kid in just fine.

DarkKobold · « **Reply #35 on:** October 12, 2005, 10:15:49 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on October 12, 2005, 12:44:11 pm

I can't let my wife find out about that, though.

And Seph only calls me daddy because I keep owning his mom.

Haha. You pwn3d seph's mom!!!111eleven

CCM · « **Reply #36 on:** October 13, 2005, 01:14:34 pm »

Quote from: Hoagie_one on October 12, 2005, 01:13:33 pm

baby gates and play pens are your friend

birth control is a better friend!

Stingray · « **Reply #37 on:** October 13, 2005, 01:30:43 pm »

Quote from: CCM on October 13, 2005, 01:14:34 pm

Quote from: Hoagie_one on October 12, 2005, 01:13:33 pm
baby gates and play pens are your friend

birth control is a better friend!

I'll drink to that.

-S

RayB · « **Reply #38 on:** October 13, 2005, 02:02:38 pm »

Quote from: Ed_McCarron on October 12, 2005, 09:18:23 pm

That pic is last February in Harrisburg, PA (Hence the warm clothes and funny hat) of my 2 year old while we were assembling a combat robot arena for a competition.

Stingray · « **Reply #39 on:** October 13, 2005, 02:07:48 pm »

Quote from: RayB on October 13, 2005, 02:02:38 pm

Cool! Now show us pics of the the kid VS the robots!

Oooh! I hope there's a video!

-S


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Author Topic: FS: 2 year old toddler *Like New* Best Offer (Read 3759 times)

Author Topic: FS: 2 year old toddler Like New Best Offer (Read 3759 times)