8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC Part 12

[arlenesp]

Thank you for this. I have it for my son. And I'm wondering if it contributed to the stomach bug he had a few weeks ago. This kids has never had any incidents of vomiting and diarrhea before. He's only used the Cool Blue once since then. hmmmm

Makes you want to go Hmmmm!

 

[tom31b]

So... this thief tried to sue my aunte. She went to court where the judge abruptly threw it out of court. However, now-a-days I don't know if our liberal Democratic skewed judges would throw these kind of cases out. As - they might want to HEAR it - to see if the defense knows it's legal dances.... so to speak. Can you tell... I tend to have a conservative view on things - with a couple of "liberal" exceptions? I'll leave it at that for now to avoid raisin' a ruckus.

Except how did so many "Democratic liberal" judges get appointed when the Republicans have held the White House for 20 of the last 28 years?

 

[arlenesp]

Except how did so many "Democratic liberal" judges get appointed when the Republicans have held the White House for 20 of the last 28 years?

 

[tom31b]

What does it say that I am sitting in Panera between meetings on the road so I can use the free wireless to catch up on DIS?

 

[kap158]

It's funny, with all the boring stories my DH tells the kids(they think they're boring) about the summers in the Catskills, he never became a good swimmer. He now doesn't do much more than float with his syrofoam tubie thing. When DS was little we took him to the Y for swimming lessons. Well the first instructor wasn't too good. In fact my DS and another used to come out of the pool with perfectly dry heads. We both signed the kids up for the next session and told the instructor we wanted them to be dripping wet and yes they both hated us but learned to swim. Now his still isn't any good and refuses to take lessons at this stage of his life (27). I told him both DH and him can go to the Y away from where we live ( so noone will recognize them)and learn. I'm still working on it.
By the way, his Dad ncever could swim and when the went on their first cruise, he was terrified the whole time. Wrote down the location of all the areas on the ship where the life preservers and boats were

I can relate to this story. I have always been afraid of water. Any trip to the ocean feet only went in. Also when I was younger had an accident in the pool. I got over my fear of water in the pool. I would float on my float called" the unsinkable Molly Brown " I could float in the pool for ever. My family always made fun of me for not going in the deep end of the water like they would do. I would never dunk under water. We were getting ready for our 2004 cruise and I decided to take swimming lesson at the pool that I belong to. I was 46. My instuctor was "Fantastic" and very patient with me. So to their surprise when I joined themsnokeling(no touching bottom) in Grand Caymen and swimming at the pool back home. Needless to say they were speechless. It is the best thing I have ever done!


Karen

 

[allshookup]

As far as I'm concerned, pork roll is a step up from scrapple and tied with Spam! What's scrapple you ask? Well, you know what goes into a hot dog? Grind up the stuff that's left over and viola! Scrapple!

Actually I DON'T know what's in a hot dog & I don't WANT to know what's in a hot dog. I've heard reference to the fact that there is gross stuff in a hot dog, but I like hot dogs. If I find out what's in there, I just won't eat them!

Hey, no problem Stacey, it's just been a bad week and I needed to do a little venting, that's all..............

Hazel also received a call from one of her docs yesterday and he wants her to come in and see him about one of the tests results that came back in the other day. Seems blood was found in her stool sample she had taken just before we left for vacation. He doesn't think it is anything serious, but the unkown is always a bit scary. She sees the doc on April 25th.

Andy send Hazel my best!

 

[captaincrash]

My replies are edited in with red and boldfaced below....

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Gotta love how student teaching affects kids....

When i was in 10th grade i was in honors classes. I guess they felt we were the guinea pigs because during the 2nd half of the year they took away our english and social studies teachers and gave us student teachers...

DOH!!!! I think our class knew more about the books we were reading then our english "stupid" teacher as we dubbed him.

Well... it's things like this that really ANNOY me. I can't believe an administrator can do this and NOT be subject to consequences for their decision!

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Another sub story...

DD was in 3rd grade and her teacher told kids in Nov that she was pregnant. Oh great...DD had just moved into this school at end of Sept and now has to change again.....

Well then we find out that they put a parent in the room as a substitute and she had a kid in that room and had never taught before... UGGGGG

Again... This sounds OUTRAGEOUS! Of course, if "I" were the parent to be substituted into the class as teacher with no professional experience or training - I imagine all the kids would go home knowing how to fight with a pastic light saber and surf the DIS boards while posting 16 images a minute on 7 threads simultaneously... or rather, they'd pick up on mulit-tasking and ATTEMPTING to pirate milemarking postings - so they'd gain keyboard and mousing skills. <chuckles>

and let's just say my DD's class was full of lots of higher maintenance "unmedicated" children to boot....

After two weeks of no work coming home and DD's stories we called the principal because dd was just not learning anything....

They added her to one of the other classes and it was like night and day...She did so much better right away....

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Our current school district....

Is so cash poor they are delaying improvements on some of the schools for ten years or more....

During this same time they are preceeding with their own plans for a new billion dollar administration building.

You figure these turkeys in power must not have ANY true accountability in these matters, eh? I would think so... because this would stand as a true monument to inappropriate decisions on a billion dollar scale. The decisionmakers who spent a billion this way should be strung up by a mob of parents ... that is hung by their thumbs plus tarred and feathered! We don't ant any capital punishment - however, I would add in that they should be fired for thier excesses and have thier pensions transferred to make partial restitution for their wasteful and ineffiecient ways!!!

 

[allshookup]

What does it say that I am sitting in Panera between meetings on the road so I can use the free wireless to catch up on DIS?

We're a fun group? Catching up on the Dis is better than work? Get's your mind off of those meetings? It's lonely on the road?

Nah.....You're DISeased!!!!

 

[kab407]

What does it say that I am sitting in Panera between meetings on the road so I can use the free wireless to catch up on DIS?

Princeton, West Windsor, No. Bruns or Woodbridge, Tom?

 

[wheelerkidz3]

good afternoon everyone! sitting here while the kids are all sleeping soundly....and thought i'd pop in to say HI!!

 

[arlenesp]

You know, my dad was the Capt'n of the Dem club in Bklyn when I was growing up and I was privy to some very interesting people growing up.He knew the likes of JFK ,mayors and assemblymen of the boroughs,etc. One thing he did tell me was,that in meeting people for the first time never bring up religion or politics unless you're ready to open up a whole can of worms. My DH however will discuss HIS views on the latter any time with anyone and this has led to very intersting situations.Should I bring a soapbox with me? This may be an intersting TOAL after all.

 

[goofyforlife]

What does it say that I am sitting in Panera between meetings on the road so I can use the free wireless to catch up on DIS?

"DIS"turbing

 

[arlenesp]

good afternoon everyone! sitting here while the kids are all sleeping soundly....and thought i'd pop in to say HI!!

I used to love when the kids were napping. The house would be so peaceful. To bad I never got anything done. Just made me very lazy.

If I had had a computer back then, things would never have gotten done.

 

[arlenesp]

What does it say that I am sitting in Panera between meetings on the road so I can use the free wireless to catch up on DIS?

Free Wi-Fi

 

[kap158]

good afternoon everyone! sitting here while the kids are all sleeping soundly....and thought i'd pop in to say HI!!

Hi Shannon, what part of NYS are you from?



Karen

 

[Diznyfan68]

We're a fun group? Catching up on the Dis is better than work? Get's your mind off of those meetings? It's lonely on the road?

Nah.....You're DISeased!!!!

 

[captaincrash]

Time for another round

(whether you like it or not)

of 7 questions!
for Friday the 13th

<cheers!!!! or... Groans!!!!>​

#1 - Are you (or your spouse/kids) superstitious of some things??

#2 - Do you watch any scary movies to mark the friday the 13th and Halloween occasions?

#3 - Do you think twice when or if walking under ladders, spilling salt, stepping on cracks or if you break a mirror?

#4 - what is the first thing you can recall which you would call is something you have superstitious feelings about (other than what I mentioned in question 3?)

#5 - So - for friday the 13th tomorrow are YOU doing anything special? Anything at all - superstitious oriented or not... does not matter.

#6 - Do you gamble at all? If so ... what are your favorite games?

#7 - And ... here's a new twist... what would YOU have posted as a Friday the 13th question IF you were drafting a 7 question query for chuckles? And - if you wish.... feel free to answer the one of the other posted responses to this question 7 as a "bonus" 8th question....

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[Sarangel]

After doing some research, I just found out this is possible for us to do!!!


I also found out even better news: an increase in the retirement age for "new hires" from 55 to 60, so it appears as I am grandfathered in and can still retire at 55 if that is my choice!!!

I'm glad that you can get your meds in appropriate refill sizes. And doubly glad that they aren't derailing your retirement plans. Yea!

 

[yargrnhoj]

aaaaahhhhhhhh...someone else who is living thru the latest and greatest in business, 6 Sigma. I'm sure it's all well, fine and good in a manufacturing setting. I'm R&D. We don't do R&D the same way day-in and day-out. If I have one more person ask me how long it takes to review an approve a report, I am going to scream. Just what I need another process/procedure that does not work!

OK rant over. Thank you, I feel better.

My employer invented Six Sigma (literally) so we live it.

 

[captaincrash]

Discipline seems to be the most discussed issue in the classroom. When we first moved downhere. we were friendly with a gal who ran a daycare. It was located next to elementary school and she got the older kids for aftercare. She told us one of the kids' dad was an attorney and he used tothreaten to make up stories of abuse if she didn't let him do what he wanted. They learn so young don't they. I think the abuse 800 # is a great contributor to this problem. It's the child word against the adult and with all what's going on how do you get the discipline back? Most parents are working full time jobs and don't want to be the disciplinarian when they get home. Just the phrase "WAit til your father gets home" would send the fear thru most opf us at that time.

I am amazed at this story of a childs' visciousness. They want to "do what they want".... well, I wonder what sort of individual this child will become? This makes me think of last nite where I was at the library choosing books on tape for my long drive today and saturday - and one of the books on tape/CD that I considered and read the cover on was titled the Darwin Awards... and the back cover described the books subject as recanting the mounting examples of silly people who are doing the human race a favor if they opt out of reproducing on account of their dumb conduct. Examples I can recall being mentioned were the intance of the thief who attempted to steal the electrical wires BEFORE disconnecting them from the power! And googled examples from the Darwin site include the following:

(August 2006, Libreville, Gabon) In August, a congregation's 35-year old pastor insisted one could literally walk on water, if one only had enough faith. Big and bold was his speech. He extolled the heavenly power possessed by a faithful man with such force that he may well have convinced himself. Whether or not he believed in his heart, his sermons left room for only shame should he leave his own faith untested. Thus, the pastor set out to walk across a major estuary, the path of a 20-minute ferry ride. But the man could not swim.
Lacking the miraculous powers of David Copperfield, let alone holy Jesus Christ, this ill-fated cleric found only a Darwin Award at the end of his final path.

(A related Personal Account from Palorca, Portugal: "I met an elder villager who once tried to walk on water. He strapped small floaters to his feet. He floated, all right, but upside down, with his head submersed. He was rescued by the spectators."

and here is another example of a Darwin Award...

(August 2006, Brazil) August brings us a winner from Brazil, who tried to disassemble a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) by driving back and forth over it with a car. This technique was ineffective, so he escalated to pounding the RPG with a sledgehammer. The second try worked--in a sense. The explosion proved fatal to one man, six cars, and the repair shop wherein the efforts took place.
14 more RPG grenades were found in a car parked nearby. Police believe the ammunition was being scavenged to sell as scrap metal. If it wasn't scrap then, it certainly is now!

And here's the #1 Darwin Award for 2005....

(19 March 2005, Michigan) "Unusual" and "complicated" is how the Missaukee County sheriff described the mysterious death of 19-year-old Christopher.
After an evening spent imbibing large quantities of alcohol, Christopher noticed a shortage in his liquor supply that could not be attributed to his own depredations. He concluded that his neighbor had stolen a bottle of booze! He menaced the neighbor with a knife, to no avail, whereupon he retired to his own apartment to brood about revenge.

Finally he figured out the perfect way to get back at that conniving bottle-thief: Christopher would stab himself and blame the neighbor!

A witness saw Christopher enter the bathroom as he called 911. He calmly informed the dispatcher that his neighbor had stabbed him. Witnesses said he looked fine when he emerged from the bathroom, but a moment later gouts of blood spewed from his chest. Suddenly he began screaming begging for help. The dispatcher heard a woman shout, "Why did you do this?" He collapsed at the door of his apartment.

Deputies arrived quickly, but Christopher had already bled to death from self-inflicted stab wounds to his chest. An autopsy determined that he had stabbed himself in the chest twice. The first wound apparently didn't look dangerous enough, so he tried again. The second time, the knife plunged into his left ventricle. This wound was plenty dangerous: he had only two minutes to live.

Christopher died in vain. His deathbed accusation of his neighbor failed, as a witness confirmed that the neighbor was not in the apartment. All Christopher got for revenge was an accidental death sentence.

So please forgive me for suggesting this... but I would like to think the human race would be better off if this nasty child found a way to NOT reproduce. And by that "I" am not thinking the child would be better off if he passed on - rather, simply that he NOT reproduce! Frankly, as I was drafting this I did not realize until NOW that the Darwin Awards were apparently limited to people who killed themselves through silly misfortune.