failure to master adulting
I wonder how many people are like you and are fine paying for it
do you use it twice a day to commute?
No, I use it once or twice a month to visit my son at school in Waterloo. $10 a trip each way. Saves me 30 minutes driving and a couple of bucks in gas. Worth it to me.
Maybe another 4-5 times a month for convenience. I live at Dufferin St. just south of 407 so I use it to get to the 400 when going to the cottage, or really to get anywhere east or west of the city without sitting on the 401. Worth the money.
This entire thing is about bad parenting.
^this
Welp it looks like the best option would be for him to settle. Stupid, expensive lesson.
Maybe photo radar would be a better analogy. If photo radar issued the fines only once per month, you could rack up a months' worth of 10-over fines before realizing you're being ticketed, and correct your ways. Sure, you're guilty of each offence, but you likely wouldn't have been guilty 30 times if you received a timely notice.
failure to master adulting
failure to master adulting
Friend of friend thing. Teenager grandson was living with granddad and complaining about GP being cheap. Friend tells the kid that GP has expenses like water, electricity and heat. Kiddo says "You have to pay for that????" ...
I wonder how many people are like you and are fine paying for it
do you use it twice a day to commute?
Quote Originally Posted by Wingboy View Post
This entire thing is about bad parenting.
Because they had to detect his pattern of entry/exits and then send someone to stake out those places and times and hope they nabbed him. It just takes time.Pics of said "unrecognizable" plate? If it's legal it's not his fault the 407 camera can't see it. Why did the 407 ETR wait so long to tell him they couldn't read his plate?
Friend of friend thing. Teenager grandson was living with granddad and complaining about GP being cheap. Friend tells the kid that GP has expenses like water, electricity and heat. Kiddo says "You have to pay for that????".
And we just started charging my 20YO son a token amount in rent. He's working full time in his trade and can afford to go to the bar with his friends, eat out all the time, have a car, and spend $1000+/month of disposable income...even after putting away $400/month in RRSP's while he lives at home....amongst other things we talked to him about. He can afford it, and it's all taught him the budget basics.
Kids who have never had to actually see (much less pay) a bill or think about a budget when they're in their teens are the ones who live life oblivious to the realities of the world. Parents who let their kids live in those sorts of financial bubbles end up in these sorts of situations.
Parenting failure.
My kids starting paying for some of their own things at around 13, and we also started talking to them about the costs of daily life - leaving lights on inflates the electricity bill, hot water (and the water itself) isn't free, the garbage at the curb doesn't just disappear and the roads don't get plowed for free, our property taxes pay for that.
When they got part time jobs they started paying for their own cellphones and their wants vs needs.
And we just started charging my 20YO son a token amount in rent. He's working full time in his trade and can afford to go to the bar with his friends, eat out all the time, have a car, and spend $1000+/month of disposable income...even after putting away $400/month in RRSP's while he lives at home....amongst other things we talked to him about. He can afford it, and it's all taught him the budget basics.
Kids who have never had to actually see (much less pay) a bill or think about a budget when they're in their teens are the ones who live life oblivious to the realities of the world. Parents who let their kids live in those sorts of financial bubbles end up in these sorts of situations.
In a single parent home it's usually the sound of one hand clapping. The kids never see healthy adult to adult relationships. i.e. Dad says he just got a raise and mom says "Good. the price of roast beef has gone up."
Kiddo in my post was living with granddad so draw your own conclusions.
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Parenting failure.
My kids starting paying for some of their own things at around 13, and we also started talking to them about the costs of daily life - leaving lights on inflates the electricity bill, hot water (and the water itself) isn't free, the garbage at the curb doesn't just disappear and the roads don't get plowed for free, our property taxes pay for that.
When they got part time jobs they started paying for their own cellphones and their wants vs needs.
And we just started charging my 20YO son a token amount in rent. He's working full time in his trade and can afford to go to the bar with his friends, eat out all the time, have a car, and spend $1000+/month of disposable income...even after putting away $400/month in RRSP's while he lives at home....amongst other things we talked to him about. He can afford it, and it's all taught him the budget basics.
Kids who have never had to actually see (much less pay) a bill or think about a budget when they're in their teens are the ones who live life oblivious to the realities of the world. Parents who let their kids live in those sorts of financial bubbles end up in these sorts of situations.
I had a surprise waiting for me in my accumulated mail when I got back from vacation in October.
A bill from the 407 stating I had driven on it the same day I was in Colorado.
I sent them a copy of the hotel bill with the same date.
Still waiting to hear back from them, but I'll be damned if I'm paying.