Tenthredinidae - little yellow worm thing

Without my glasses I wouldn't have seen this little guy, or better said, I wouldn't have regognized this yellow thing as a ... well, some of you might think it is a caterpillar and I have thought wrong too.

Tenthredinidae
little yellow worm thing
Little yellow Caterpillar

After I had not found any caterpillars which looked like this little yellow thing, I just called it "little yellow worm thing" until I realized, that I shouldn't have searched for caterpillars only. Not I am pretty sure that it is the Larvae of a Tenthredinidae which is a Sawfly, but I still haven't found the exact kind of Sawflies this larvae belongs to. Maybe it's a Redheaded Pine Sawfly, but that's just a guess and it's head is orange and not red.

So, my friends, please have yourself a look and if you know more, please let me know.

Hive: Fascinating Insects: Tenthredinidae - Sawfly Larvae
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Canon EOS R | SIGMA 105mm 1:2,8 DG MACRO HSM
ISO 100 . f/5.6 . 1/200 sec . @105 mm

About a month ago I had a nice morning walk at the reservoir, when I saw something yellow on a flower, but I needed to put on my glasses to recognize this little beauty.

Hive: Fascinating Insects: Tenthredinidae - Sawfly Larvae
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Canon EOS R | SIGMA 105mm 1:2,8 DG MACRO HSM
ISO 100 . f/5.6 . 1/200 sec . @105 mm
Hive: Fascinating Insects: Tenthredinidae - Sawfly Larvae
❖ please click the image for fullsize view ❖

Canon EOS R | SIGMA 105mm 1:2,8 DG MACRO HSM
ISO 100 . f/5.6 . 1/200 sec . @105 mm
Hive: Fascinating Insects: Tenthredinidae - Sawfly Larvae
❖ please click the image for fullsize view ❖

Canon EOS R | SIGMA 105mm 1:2,8 DG MACRO HSM
ISO 100 . f/5.6 . 1/200 sec . @105 mm
Hive: Fascinating Insects: Tenthredinidae - Sawfly Larvae
❖ please click the image for fullsize view ❖

Canon EOS R | SIGMA 105mm 1:2,8 DG MACRO HSM
ISO 100 . f/5.6 . 1/200 sec . @105 mm

It climbed on the blossom below, but then it fell down on the ground and I couldn't find it again.

Hive: Fascinating Insects: Tenthredinidae - Sawfly Larvae
❖ please click the image for fullsize view ❖

Canon EOS R | SIGMA 105mm 1:2,8 DG MACRO HSM
ISO 100 . f/5.6 . 1/200 sec . @105 mm

I know, it isn't really a worm, but I have seen this poem and I liked it 😉

The Worm

Dickie found a broken spade
And said he'd dig himself a well;
And then Charles took a piece of tin,
And I was digging with a shell.

Then Will said he would dig one too.
We shaped them out and made them wide,
And I dug up a piece of clod
That had a little worm inside.

We watched him pucker up himself
And stretch himself to walk away.
He tried to go inside the dirt,
But Dickie made him wait and stay.

His shining skin was soft and wet.
I poked him once to see him squirm.
And then Will said, "I wonder if
He knows that he's a worm."

And then we sat back on our feet
And wondered for a little bit.
And we forgot to dig our wells
Awhile, and tried to answer it.

And while we tried to find it out,
He puckered in a little wad,
And then he stretched himself again
And went back home inside the clod.

by Elizabeth Madox Roberts

So, that was it for today, not I'm gonna hunt for some "J" words for the #AlphabetHunt hosted by Barbara @barbara-orenya in the Feel Good Community.

Information

Location: Have a look on Google Maps
Tenthredinidae - Wikipedia
Sawfly - Wikipedia

All photos were shot with the Canon EOS R and one of these lenses: Canon RF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM, Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS II USM, Canon EF 16-35mm 1:4 L IS USM, Canon EF 50mm 1:1.8 L STM, SIGMA 105mm 1:2,8 DG MACRO HSM, SIGMA 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM C.

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2020-06-23


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Thank you very much for rehiving my post, dear @pixresteemer, I appreciate your support 🙂


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You have very high quality and beautiful content. Many photographers need to learn from you. I like that your photos always show the beauty and power of nature. I am always waiting for your updates. I wish you creative success and good health. You are one of the best and most talented photographers. Thanks you.

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You're too kind my friend, but your nice words make me really happy 😁

At the moment I don't have much time to go out or to post, but I do it whenever I can. In Summer I also love to ride my motorbike and when I do that I usually don't stop, unless the tank is empty 😉

Such nice comments as yours motivate me a lot and I appreciate every single word 🙂
Thank you very much, @yuriy4, have a very nice evening and a good night 🙂


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Thank you very much for informing me, @hivebuzz, I appreciate your service 🙂


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It is our pleasure @johannpiber! No comment session without seeing one of yours haha!
You are a great role model for the community! Keep up the good work ❤️
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This is almost a fulltime job here ;) lol
Thanks again and have a great day qlizanomadsoul 🙂


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True story 😉 - To you too my friend!

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Wonderful photos! Such crisp, clear pics of this cute little thing! Bravo! 💜

I tried doing a search, but failed to identify this particular genus & species. In doing so, however, I learned that there are 7,500 species of Sawfly... 😳 That is simply amazing! And they aren't really "flies" in the zoological sense, but more closely related to bees & wasps than flies. One site even referred to them as "primitive wasps." So, there's that information, at least! The Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center has an online 'Fauna Project' which shows a photo of this same critter with "unknown species of Sawfly" underneath it. So, if they are not even sure... 😂
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Wow, thank you so much for your extensive research, @thekittygirl, I didn't expect anybody to do such a research, but that's great.
I have also found quite a few similar larvae and lots of information in several forums, but nothing concrete, and then I gave up because I thought that Tenthredinidae and Sawfly should be enough information anyway 😉

Again, I thank you very much for your engaged work and trying to help, and that you like the photos of this little yellow thing, @thekittygirl 🙂
I wish you a nice evening or great day, whatever time in Kittylandia is right now ;)


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Great photos of this sweet little guy. Really nice poem too.
Have a great evening @johannpiber. !BEER for you as always 😉

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Good morning and as always I thank you so much for your kind comment, @cezary-io 😁
I hope everything is fine on the island and you are doing well - have a great day 🙂


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The feature looks bright! According to the government plans, I will be able to treat my partner and myself to dine in our favorite Indian restaurant, on 4th July.
I hope that you and your family are doing well and your kittens 😸 growing fast 😊.

Have a great day @johannpiber.!BEER for the evening.

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The kittens are still with their mum, but in a few days they will come to us 😁

So your lockdown will be losened by the end of next week? You must be happy to be able to move freely again after so long. Here in Austria life is almost as normal as it was before the crisis began. Most people don't care anymore, although especially now we should take care ... we'll see.

I wish you a great day my friend 🙂


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This guy is so small that even with chases I would not have seen him! LoL
Your photos are amazing! They depict all the details of the other world!

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Good morning dear @kaminchan 🙂

it was really small and I am so glad that I have seen it. Maybe I should wear my glasses more often even when I walk, but actually I have them for reading only ;)

Thank you so much that you like my photos and for your kind comment - have a wonderful day 🙂


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That's really small to see from above. Its just like a glow in that dark plant. Nice to see such a close up picture @johannpiber😊.

Have a wonderful day👏🖤:)

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These cute creatures are not seen here.. Well, I'm glad to meet them :D

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You did well to spot the colorful little caterpillar, Johann or at least I think it is a caterpillar. Perhaps going to become a moth or butterfly.

The caterpillar of the Urbanus proteus ( long tailed skipper) looks a little like this one.

https://alabama.butterflyatlas.usf.edu/species/details/149/long-tailed-skipper

Awesome shots of the little yellow worm and it stand out nicely with the darker background.

Cute poem about a worm. So true how they can disappear into a clod of soil quickly.

Have a great morning Johann. :)
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Seems you can't sleep 😉 ... maybe it's too hot during the day as you said and now you enjoy the cool morning before the heat comes 🙂

Thanks a lot that you like my new little friend. Unfortunately it fell down and I couldn't find it anymore - maybe by now it already flies around ;)

I have found many caterpillars and also larvae which looked similar, but the only ones which looked the same were only called "sawfly larvae" and no concrete name I could use. Thank you so much for searching too 👍🙂

I was searching for a somehow suitable poem and liked this one most :)

Thanks for the tip, Jo, I wish you a great, but hopefully not too hot day 🙂


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You are right Johann. I woke and couldn’t go back to sleep so got up and made coffee and later some blueberry pancakes. I had coffee and pancake and was going to do a WednesdayWalk post from my Lady Slipper search but went back to bed and got a couple hours more sleep.💤

Sorry your little friend fell down. With that many legs you would think he could hang on. 🐛😀

It is nice this morning - 21 and climbing...

Have a wonderful day Johann.😊

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Oh, I'm late tonight, but I have just come home from a long ride after work, and I am wet, because in the last 10 miles or so it rained, but after a hot Summer day it was a nice and warm Summer rain 😁

I have just seen your post and will have a look at it later. Actually I also wanted to make a WednesdayWalk post, but then I decided to get some fresh air under the helmet instead of sitting at the computer 😉

Thanks for rehiving the post of my little friend. Maybe he fell down on purpose, because he didn't want to be my photo model anymore ;)

I also wish you a nice afternoon and evening, Jo 🙂


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A small yellow caterpillar .... on a purple flower ... nature fits everything nicely ... I decided on yellow flowers 😉
Lots of good baby photos @johannpiber 😊
Have a nice day ☀️🤗

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I was lucky to see this little guy sitting on the flower - thank you so much for your kind comment, @suzana72 🙂
I wish you a wonderful day too ☀️


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Beautiful shots and no idea what it is.
What I do know is that it's colors warn the birds not to eat it.
A lovely post and a great poem Sir @johannpiber

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I think it is the larvae of a Sawfly because I still haven't found anything else about it and I don't search any longer, but anyway, thank you that you like the photos, @papilloncharity 🙂
I wonder if all birds believe that this color means the worm tastes bad or is poisonous, because sometimes such colors only pretend that the insect tastes bad or is dangerous ;)


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We just looked at a Sawfly catterpillar and it does look very similar, although the colors differ, as the ones we found are all more white.
Another mystery is that how can birds instinctively know that bright red and yellow is poison in insects, yet they eat bright yellow and red fruit?

You are right as many non poisonous insects masquerade with poisonous colors as their defense.
But there are birds like the Thrushes that can figure them out.
Just the ingenuity that is found in nature my friend.

I know what a pain it can be to search for an unknown insect Sir @johannpiber.
But at least you tried!
Blessings!

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There are many different kinds of these Sawflies and many of their larvae look similar.
Insects move and fruits don't ;) lol - I have no idea 😉

It's good that some birds know that these insects are edible, otherwise they might become too many and a problem. That's how mother nature regulates it.

I have had harder searches, and at least I tried and I think I came very close to the correct name of it :)

Have a nice evening @papilloncharity 🙂


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I also think that you are correct with your evaluation of the catterpillar Sir Johann.

And you are right to know that the circle of life for everything in nature is complete.
Such a pity that mankind is forever trying to destroy it.

But I leave you here on a lighthearted note and hope that you have a good evening my friend.

Blessings and thank you!

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We think we are better, but we aren't - one day we all will know it, when mother earth tells us even more clearly than she is already doing it, but hopefully before it's really too late.

So, I think it's about time for my bed - I wish you a nice evening and a good night, my friend 🙂


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You are so right and one day we will indeed all know it!

I forgot to ask if the buyer actually bought your son's bike? I hope he did.

Good night my friend, have a peaceful and restful sleep 🙂

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Good morning @papilloncharity 🙂

Yes, the buyer did buy it for his son at almost the price we have expected. Tomorrow he will come with his son and take it home.

Have a good Friday and beginning of the weekend 🙂


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Good morning Sir @johannpiber

Hope that you had a good night and it's good news about your son.
Now he can get the bike that he wants.

May you also have a great Friday 🙂

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Good day @papilloncharity 🙂

At first he has to save some more money that he can buy the new bike, because the one he wants costs a little bit more than he has got for the old one 😉

Have a great day too 🙂


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Greetings Sir,

I don't suppose that he can ask the bank of Austria (his dad) for a loan?
Best and ideal would be for him to save the money and to buy it by himself, but us dads are real suckers.
Guaranteed, make the loan and kiss the money good bye.
Maybe you have already done that hahaha.

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Of course I would lend him the money and never want to see it again, just as you said 😉 but today he showed me the bike he wants to buy - it is used and costs just a bit more than he got for his old bike 👍😁
But the next level of his motorbike driving license will cost a few Euros too, which his dad will certainly pay 😁


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Ah and oh yeah, I thought so.
If we have to look at the money that we spent on kids over the years it might amount to millions.
But it is never the money, as it is all about love.
That's why we are called parents lol.

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You are so right, the money you spend for your kids should not be counted.


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Sadly many parents do, as I have head them moan that they spent so much, or so much on their children.
Just a fact of life my friend and it creates bitterness.
No child wants to hear that they are a burden.
They should rather be protected and loved at all costs!

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We wanted them and we have had fun making them, so we should never think about the money they cost 😉


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Hahaha, my first one came as a surprise and the second one was my 21st birthday present. Oh and the third one also appeared unannounced.
Then at 30 years I went to the doctor and told him that I wanted to be made an ox. (Vasectomy)
He refused stating that I was too you young, but I insisted and he agreed after I made a formal affidavit request.
Since then I have accumulated another step daughter that I also registered in a university after her schooling was completed and after that she worked in the UK for 7 years.

Presently we are far away from all of the kids, including my 6 grand children, but such is life.

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Hehe, they might not have been planned, but I'm sure they weren't unwanted 😀
I was 37 and my wife was 36 when years of intense tryings finally resulted in our twins and grand children are something in the far future I think 😉


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Wow! So you have twins? 2 boys or boy and girl?
And you must be in your 50s somewhere?

My eldest grandson is 16. The youngest of the 6 is 5 years old.
We have one Einstein, top of his class every year and skipped a standard.
But they are all cute and I love them dearly.

Your time will come my friend.
Blessings and thanks!

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Oh yes we have twins, sorry, but I thought I had already told you. We have a girl and a boy - my daughter is one minute older than my son. She will graduate from school next year and he left school last year, because he's like I was, but I graduated because leaving school was not easy when I was young. Now he is in a governmental program where they help the kids to get a work.

You counted right - I'm in my fifties, actually exactly in the middle 😉
I wonder how my grandkids will be if I will ever have any, because my daughter would prefer a dog she says and my son does not want to have kids anyway, but I said the same when I was 17 ;)

Have a great Sunday evening my friend 🙂


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Hahaha, now tell me who would want to have kids at 17?
I think most of us said that we don't want kids at that stage lol.

Yeah you are right as I also think that you told me about the twins, but my head is all over the place with much to do. You are about 11 years younger than me lol.
I also left school as soon as I could, as it was just not for me, although I completed graduate studies later in my life. Focussed of course on what I am doing.
My belief is that each of us can find our own way in life and your son is on track.

Have a good week my friend!

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That's right, but when I think back it wouldn't have been so bad, because I would have been free with 35 when they turned 18 ;) lol

What are 11 years? When you're 100 I'm 89 - that's no difference 😉

I know he will find his way, and I am not forcing him anymore to find something ... maybe a bit ... he will find his way, because he has parents who care for him and he knows that he will not be alone when he needs us.


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Hahaha, somebody once sang "freedom is good when you have nothing left to lose"

Yeah, at those ripe old ages we will both be riding Harley Dadvidson wheelchairs methinks lol.

You are right, as some children are blessed with great parents and just a bit of a guiding hand from you here and there will make the world his oyster.
The good thing is that he has the will and as such, he will find the way just like his father did.

Blessings and thank you!

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These are true words and I think you meant this song

Most Harley riders are older guys - much oder than I am, and when you see some of them you might think they should better take such a wheelchair than sit on a bike with two wheels only ;) lol

Thanks for your kind words my friend - I do hope that everything will be as you say 🙂


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Ha, but you are sharp my friend. Yes indeed this is the song and I have two versions of it.
Janis and Kris Kristofferson.

Oh yeah, 70 years old on a Harley is not a very good idea lol. Traveling maybe at 20 k's an hour.
Our town is known as the millionairs retirement town and it is so dreary to sit waiting for some to pull off at a traffic light.
Government is considering a proposal for a new law that all 70 years and older persons must go for a driving fitness test annually. That means every year and I am sure that many are going to buy their way through the tests lol.

Never a good thing, but such is life.

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I like Kris Kristofferson, but I think I prefer Janis, because her voice is just amazing.

I have heard of such ideas here too, and I believe it would be a real good thing if they'd realize it, but nobody should be able to buy their way through, because they risk our lifes.


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Yeah, they are both good singers!

It is very different here as corruption rules. You can buy a srap car today, buy a roadworthy certificate tomorrow and buy a driving licence a day after.So, regardless if you know how to drive, or know the road rules, you will be on the road.
You can buy many other things, such as a doctor's PhD degree, false CVs or anything else.
One can even buy their own cops lol.
Such is life here my friend.

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Corruption is a cancer in most governmental institutions in all countries, although you couldn't buy a drivers license or other certificates here, I wouldn't bet in that though 😉


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One never knows, as maybe your guys are more clever, but maybe also not so.
Sadly honesty seems to disappear with the times my friend, especially where we are concerned.
People are sometimes taken aback, as I am a straight talker and they are not used to it.

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I'm working for the government, as you know, so I would say corruption is everywhere - money and greed for power rule the world.


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Yeah, I forget that you are also a politician hahaha
One has to be careful of politicians on Harley Davidson motorbikes methinks lol.

Jokes aside, I totally agree with you!

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No, I could never be a politician - that's a world in which I don't fit 😉
When we have an election I vote for the people I like and don't care about their party.


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Just a bit of ragging you hahaha
You have to admit that it sounded a bit funny hahaha.
In our world politicians have their chaffeurs and about 5 body guards when they ride around.
Maybe they can build a Harley Davidson van for them, just to be in the fashion you know 🤣

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Of course it is fun, I know 😆
My brother in law is the vice mayor of a small village and he does not understand why I'm not interested in politics and that I don't care what party someone belongs to, as long as the person is likable and has good ideas.
I have googled "Harley Davidson van" and found a few nice vehicles, but they are certainly all quite pricey. A politician might get one cheaper or free, of course and therefore vote for a specific new law 😉


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We are the same Sir Johann, politcal parties are for those that are prepared to listen to their lies and no thank you. If you make me a promise and I vote for you and you don't keep the promise. Why then must I continue to vote for you?
No thank you, we are also not interested in the games that politicians play.

Hahaha, I really don't think that they will swop their new Mercedes Benzes for a van my friend. Or their private luxury cars.

I see on twitter that many of the new young female yuppies are determined to buy a new Merc Gelandewagon. Those things cost more than a million here and on the other side of town, the people in the shacks have to go to bed hungry at night.
Something is seriously wrong with our world here.

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That's true - before an election they make so many promises which they forget after it.
No, the'd never change their luxury cars against a van ;) lol

Many young people here drive cars which I could never afford, and they have just begun their work life - some are sponsored by their parents and some begin their life in debt. We don't have that many really poor or homeless people, compared to other countries.


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The big worry that we have over here is that when some of the rich parents of the young kids pass away, the kids have no stability and they end up in deep trouble.

An example here;
A bank manager called me and said that she was worried about a young guy and asked if I could come and talk to him.
It turns out that his parents died in a car accident and they left him 4 or 5 million in their wills.

This young guy got hooked on drugs and he withdrew 300, 000 from the bank every day.
We placed him in a drug rehabilitation center, where he lasted for 3 days and then he ran away.
He dissapeared with his Nigerian drug friends and a few weeks later we heard that he was killed by a Taxi Minibus while walking in the road.

It is a much longer story as we really struggled with the guy, but I have just put it into a nutshell here for you.

You are raising your kids the right way, as they have to become independent and to have self respect.
Of course you are always in the backgroung in case they need help, or advice, but at least they can cope.

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This is a sad story, which of course could also happen here, and I'm sure such stories happen everywhere all the time: there are people who want to help, but the youngster thinks he doesn't need help. The youth today is somehow very different from when we were young, I think.

As said, we try to do our best, but sometimes it's not easy 😉


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Yes, you are correct Sir Johann, there are thousands of these stories accross the globe and even worse ones.
Every time that I read one, I see that drugs are involved.
The thought is that the youth of today are not as active as the youth of the past, especially due to their IT addictions and they are easy prey for the drug salesmen.

Many of them even brag online about the highs and lows that they experience from taking one or another kind of drug and this also influences others.
You are right in that the youngsters do not want help and if they are pushed to leave the habits they become devious and do it in secret.
Some of them also start stealing and selling stuff from their homes in order to suport their drug habits.
A sad story indeed and the dealers are even active at primary schools.

One can only try the best as a parent and love is so essential. Of course at times things don't go smoothly due to opposing views, but such is life my friend.

Cheers and thank you!

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Yes, what you are telling is about the same everywhere and my suggestion would be tougher punishments for the dealers as well as also for the kids, who are the victims, I know, but I think the fear of harsh punishments might scare off many. Maybe I'm wrong, because I don't know any drug addicts and because I have never tried any drugs apart from alcohol, which is a bad drug too.

As much as I love the computer stuff and the Internet myself, I also hate it, because the kids could live for a while without eating and drinking, but without their smartphone they are lost.


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For some reason the heads are not touched and it's only news about the couriers that are arrested. A big concern Sir Johann, as the drugs destroy many young lives. Harsher penalties will only drive it deeper underground and they will invent other ways to distribute it. We are in real trouble as far as drugs are concerned.

So glad that we never had smartphones when we were kids Lol.

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Right, the heads are always somewhere else on a safe place. They are always one step in front of the police and I think corruption plays a role too.

In the first years we didn't even have a tv, but this was normal for us - just as normal as sadly the smartphones are normal for the kids today.


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So right about that my friend.

Yeah, no TV and still switchboard operators for old telephone calls.
As kids we were never allowed to touch the phone hahaha.
As a boy, I had to do my homework after school and then get out of the house until my mom returned for work.
The poor woman was the hardest worker that I have ever seen. Had her mother and 3 children to support alone.
Tough times indeed.

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Your childhood was a few years before mine, so we didn't have operators anymore ;) lol

If a mother would get paid what she deserves she'd earn much more than any man, especially single mothers are great, also nowadays.
But I think in the old times when you were a kid it has been even harder for women without a man to survive and raise the kids to become good adults ;)


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Yes indeed, Rita (my mom) at times worked double shifts at the printing company where she worked.
She was the youngest woman in the country to become a printing foreman.

Yet, she was paid 50% less than the male foremen. And she had no say in it, as that was the way it was at the time. Many nights I had to hear her cry in her bed, and I will always remember it. There was no government assistance. My gran earned a small pension, which also helped a little bit; but my mother taught all of us, how to make things in life on our own. She was indeed a heroic person, never asked anyone for anything...and just did her own thing.

We were not treated well as children by the neighbours, as my mom was a good looking divorcee, and the women were scared that their husbands would try to go for my mom. So they didn't want their children to play with us, or to have anything to do with us. Just the way things worked out.

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You can be really proud to have had such a mother who brought you up to be the good person you are today.

I think most women still work more (work and at home) and earn less than men do.
Times were different back then, but some things haven't changed that much I think. If a beautiful woman would move to the small village I come from, then I am sure all other women would have more than only one eye on her to see if she is smiling to one of their men ;) lol


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Oh yes, she was and still is my hero Sir Johan,
She was a very strict mother and nilly about cleanliness. I used to cringe whe she grabbed me in the bath with a hard bristle brush to scrub me.
But today I know that she did it for our own good.

The case of women have made some improvements on the business front, but it is true that men stll lead, which I deem to be unfair aldo in the case of a woman doing the same job as a man.
Many woman CEO's nowadays as in my mom's time there were none.

I agree with you as far as the beauty issue is concerned, there will always be insecurity and strife.
None of their husbands were allowed to help my mom or us with anything and I if they had to walk past our house, they had to walk on the opposite side of the road hahaha.

A few of the married guys tried their luck with my mom when they saw her in the shops without their wives, but she put them cold very quickly lol.

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I hated my parents sometimes how they treated me, but now I know that they loved me and they did everything right.
As said, you can be proud to have had such a woman as mom, and you are, of course.


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You know, my kids said the same thing to me after they married and had children.
We are not perfect parents, but we try our best even in the tough times and just have to remain to be an anchor for them.

Now that they are far away from me, the less calls that I get from them, the happier I am because I know that they are making their own ways in life. Now and then when they are troubled by something difficult, I am the first one that they call.

This is as it should be according to me.

Yes, my mom was and continues to be my hero.

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I think what you wrote is completely right - we should be the anchor which they can rely on when they need one.
To be the first one they think of means they trust you and know you will try to help - that's good and shows you have done everything right. I hope it will be the same with us and out kids 🙂


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I am sure that you will also see the truth like me in the later years once they are established with their own families. Life just works out like that and it might sound cruel, but I always told them that once they are finished with school, that's it, they must go and make their own lives.
Two of them continued to study at university and I only paid their registration fees.
They had to find part time work to pay their own courses and exam fees. Best move I ever made, as today they are proud of their own accomplishments!

Now when the time comes for me to depart this life, I can go in peace, knowing that they are quite capable of looking after themselves.

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As said, you are completely right and this way they learn how to manage their own life. That's also the way my parents have done it with me and my siblings and it was a sometimes hard, but a good and working way.
Next months my kids will be 18. My daughter is still going to school and I think she will go to the University, but we are not sure yet what she wants to study. My son is still searching for something he likes and we try to help him as best as we can.


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What is the employment situation in Austria Sir Johann?
It is extremely difficult for youngsters to find employment here and we are trying with the charity to instill a culture of self employment.
South Africa currently has a 60% un-employment figure and there's no quick solutions in sight.

I am in the process of writing a new skills training project.
We have also already started to gather the requirements for the project, as I have 8 new laptops and the idea is to teach unemployed university graduates advanced coding and also to list each graduate from the project on #hive.

Just my idea here and I don't know what talents your son has, but he should search for something that matches it methinks!

Cheers and thank you!

Ps. The reason why I mention our new project idea here, is that we hope and pray that others on @hive that reads this, will copy the idea. It will empower their own youngsters in their country and it could be of great benefit for the growth of #hive.

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I think we have about 10 percent unemployed people, but in my opinion everybody who wants to work will certainly find a work in Austria, but many get enough money from the state and don't even want to work.

Your project sounds nice and is a really good idea. It's like my son's program, apart from that yours is private and my son's is by the government and he gets paid.

Yes, I don't force him to find something he likes, but I cannot sponsor him when his program ends in a few months ;)


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Greetings to you Sir Johann.

Unfortunatelly the money that the state supplies to unemployed people here is not enough to live on.

The government tries their best, but there are too many people and it costs billions just to give everyone something.

We don't get any support from government, as they sponsor thousands of non-profits and so we have to make our own way.
Luckily your son gets paid and we hope that he finds something before the program ends.
Maybe they would run another program that he could join?

In any case it would be better for him if he finds something more permanent methinks!

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Somehow it's good that our state pays, but somehow not. I just need to think of my parents neighbor who is a few years younger than I am. He hasn't been working since he moved there to his girlfriend about 15 years ago, and he has no wish to work. He even drives a Jaguar and calls the working people stupid. It's a shame, but I think that are the disadvantages of a wellfare state.

Of course, after this program which is mainly for the youth, there are other programs, but we hope that they will find something for him.


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I really don't agree with your system at all Sir Johann.
The man is a bum and he has got the cheeck to belittle honest hard working people.
Pity he doesn't live here , as that Jaguar will lose it's wheels very quickly.
A person like that I wouldn't even give the time of the day.

Yeah, something more permanent from them for your son would be ideal.

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That's the system. If you know what to do it's easy, but you have to be aware to hear the same as you said from many people every day.


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I wonder what that does to his sub-conscience?
To know that he is regarded by many to be a lazy rip off.
Surely he cannot have much pride, or maybe he has deteriorated to such an extent that he doesn't care about the honor of his name anymore.
I presume that he is also not a friend of yours?

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Oh no, he's no friend. I wouldn't give such people any money.
They'd get free food and living, but no alcohol and no cigarettes and such.

I think he wanted to find work in the first months of unemployment, but then he got used of it and has realized that he can have an easy life that way. His girlfriend or now his wife works by the way 😉


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We have the same problem here my friend.
A few attempts to find jobs at the beginning and after a year or two, they don't want to work anymore.
It is a type of surrender and the problems then begin in the idle time that they have.

Over here we call that man's girlfriend a "sugar mommy" as she gets him all that he wants.
It is normally a very unequal relationship and in case of an argument the woman is the boss.
I can't talk for all, but such is the experiences that we have had in the charity field.

We supported a lady that had an adult son that was very lazy and he sat around with his bad friends every day. The mom worked, but she said that she didn't earn enough and her son was a burden as he didn't work.
Well, I spoke to the son and we upskilled him in basic computer literacy. He left with a certificate and promised that he would find a job. Sadly not to be as the next day he was back with his mates,

Then the lady changed her weekly list of food requirements that we supplied and all of a sudden she wanted lipstick and cigarettes.
So we stopped supplying her.

During this time we supported her from our own small salaries and we realised that it was all a con. She wanted us to prop up her son.

Such is life my friend.

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As said, he is not my friend and I don't know his wife very well, but the rest of the family is nice and they all work well. "Sugar mommy" sounds nice and she certainly supports him a lot, because he doesn't get that much from the government to afford his lifestyle.

That's a story for a tv show and I bet you have been quite upset. Such is life, but cheating at non-profit organisations who only help others is nothing I would not just accept that, but I suppose she would ignore every word you say.

Sad, but such is life, as you say.


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Well, it normally ends at one time or another. Maybe she keeps him for company, who knows. But I don't think that she could be very proud of him.

We have many times been cheated my friend, even by the very same people that we feed.
But, I call it all school fees, as for the past 20 years we have picked up a ton of experience. What I have learned is that some people will never change, no matter what you do for them and it is balanced by the ones that do change.
A great feeling is when a guy that came to us barefooted and hopeless, afterwards drive past us in his own old car and he can feed his family. That's what I call change.

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Honestly, I don't care if she's stupid and keeps him or if she shows him where the door is.

Yes, we all learn from our mistakes much more than from the books at school.

It's a good feeling if you can help someone and what you are doing is great. You help people to live.


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What ever it is or to what ever family it belongs to it is certainly cute and pretty color 😊

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Right, it is a cute little thing, no matter what its real name is - thank you so much, @bigsambucca 🙂


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What a cute looking worm or whatever it is does look like a sweet jellybean lolly did i just use a J word..lol 😂

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I didn't taste it, but I don't think it tastes sweet ;) lol
Thank you for your nice and funny comment, @kohsamui99 🙂

You're right, that would have been a great idea for the J post 😉


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I will have to ask my Aboriginal friends over here they like eating worms 😂

Yep no fruits i will have to go with jellybeans 👍

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But they don't eat such cute little worms, do they?
Somehow Jellybeans are fruits anyway, but this is one word only, or did you think of Red Jellybeans, Yellow Jellybeans, Green Jellybeans... 🙃 lol


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Aborigines eat anything that crawls in the bushes 😂

Really Jellybeans are a fruit well their made up of fruits but didn't think they were a fruit or great idea Black Jellybeans , Purple Jellybeans there we go great idea thanks 😂 😂

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That's the way to survive - we should not only think out of the box, but also eat out of the box ;)

If you do that you will earn a big laugh, that's for sure, but don't anybody tell that it was my idea 😉


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