When I was growing up, our Dad was really quite strict.
It’s funny to guess of now, because she has become harshly cool in her older age! However, back then both of us weren’t allowed to do much of anything.
Of course, both of us had curfews, expectations for our grades, in addition to yearly chores that both of us had to perform without receiving anything in return… We had to work standard tasks by the age of 15, both of us were responsible for ourselves in addition to our belongings, in addition to both of us were absolutely not allowed to partake in anything risky. My Dad was obsessed with keeping us from drinking in addition to smoking, which only made us do it more. Generally, I got away with both activities, then but there was one time that I was caught smoking red-handed. We’re at our uncle’s lake house in addition to I snuck away to the spare room for a quick smoke. I did not realize, in her lake house the HVAC system was set up differently than our central heating, cooling, in addition to ventilation was at home. While both of us had one central air return for the entire lake house located centrally near the temperature control, our uncle had to separate air returns located in every room. The air handling return was generally on the opposite wall from the air vents, so that there was a steady flow of air in in addition to out of the room when her heating or cooling system ran. Having no idea that there was an air return, I lit up in addition to appreciated our smoke. About 10 fifths later, our Dad came running into the room in addition to caught me resting in the window, with one air vent blocked in addition to the other wide open. At least both of us can joke about our lack of HVAC comprehension in addition to disobedience now that I’m an adult.