Originally Posted by V_RocKs

Well, I was born and raised in California... I went back to Michigan to see my grandparents a few times before I hit 18. The first time I went I was shocked because my grandparents on my mothers side didn't have fences... The entire track of houses didn't have a single fence.

Lots of trees everywhere (first time was the summer)... Bushes.. Flowers... Everyones grass ran together. I mowed the lawn once... When I stopped at the perceived border of my grandparents yard the neighbor came out and asked me where I was from. I said California and he got a look like, "Yeah, thought so..."

He told me it'd be a good idea for me to mow his lawn too, and the people nextdoor to my grandparents since they were in their 80's. I thought, "WTF? This guy trying to get a free lawn mowing? I am from California mutha fucka! We take advantage of people, not the other way around."

I went to tell grandpa about this asswipe and he asked my why I am so fucking lazy. Why am I so fucking selfish. He then went to my parents and told them off for moving to California and raising such fucked up kids.

Needless to say I went back out and mowed the lawns... Then edged them and removed a lot of weeds from the 80 year olds house. The neighbor came out and asked me if I fealt taken advantage of or is I felt like I took advantage of life by getting that good feeling you get when you do something for nothing... After about 30 seconds I replied that I felt good. He then went back inside and I didn't see him again until the next time I came out for winter.

I was shoveling snow that was about 2 feet deep. I think I was 4 feet 6 inches tall so it sucked ass. That old neighbor came up with his truck and a snow blower... He told me to go back to playing with the other kids and he'd remove the snow... And hour later he came up and asked if I felt like I was taking advantage of him or if I felt like we were helping eachother out in different ways.

You cannot learn lessons like that in Southern California... It just doesn't happen much... I think it only happened once in my entire SoCal life!