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14yo boy to climb Everest 10-Dec-2004 At 10:36:07 AM PN

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They've got it wrong. I'm gonna get my kids into tennis and golf. You hang golf balls and tennis balls above the crib when they are nippers and the only toy they are allowed to have is a tennis racquet. Ship them off to Nick Bolletieri's tennis academy at age five, then I take over the coaching. Tennis training before school, at lunchtime and then for an hour after school everyday. We'll have a tennis court built in the backyard, and I'll be going along to all the tournaments to make sure there is no cheating by the other players.

I've learned up on all the techniques form Damir Dokic and Tiger Woods old man - scream at the kid while he/she is practising their serves/swing so that they have to learn to focus under pressure. Withhold allowance and food after a poor performance thereby instilling the creed that winning is everything, losing equals nothing.

We'll set aside a room in the house for racquet smashing. When you lose a final smash the racquet as it's bad luck. We'll have dual citizenship set up so that if Tennis Australia pisses us off we'll head overseas.

Alll goes according to plan you have the perfect nest egg. The kid turns pro at age 13 or 14 and you're retired a couple of years later. Bugger this Everst crap, there's no money in it and it's damnd dangerous too, sheesh!