Very touching. And yes it is a good reminder.

albeto, I don't always agree with you, but on this post I'm 100% with ya!

The people I know put them in cases for transport and then carry just the gun while hunting. The thing with hunting is that you are not walking around where there are a bunch of other people. At least where I've hunted (I don't hunt anymore, not my thing), it's not like I'm walking down the sidewalk where someone else might wonder what the heck I'm doing with that gun. I'm out where the wild game is, and as such it is usually not heavily frequented by many other people.

I guess for me it's because a person carrying around a gun like that seems to be doing so to intimidate people. Usually people who go around trying to intimidate people are bullies or worse. While I'm not against concealed carry, I do think a person should have adequate training to be able to get a permit. I AM against women carrying them around in their purse. I don't think it is at all safe. And again, I am not anti-gun. All of the men in my family are hunters, but none of them walk around in public, where they will be doing NO hunting, with their guns. My dad was incredibly safe with guns and I guess it colored how I view the treatment of guns. If he had to take one in to have it fixed, it was unloaded and in a hard case, not slung over his shoulder. He didn't even store guns and ammo together and both were locked up. I know several people who think it should be okay to open carry your gun into Starbucks, but I am completely against it. I see no purpose in that. And I see absolutely no purpose in following women around with a gun. NO freaking purpose!

I guess nothing then. I would offer her a ride in my car then. I would be scared for her. ETA: For all the reasons listed later in this thread, I would offer her a ride AND call the police.

P.S. If I saw IRL the situation shown in that picture, I would call the police pronto.

I am so sorry. Hugs.

Ditto. Only I went to a naturopath and did what he said. My improvement was real. I later read a book written by a medical doctor on the subject of candida overgrowth and how to treat it. He thought it was real. I was talking to someone today whose doc wouldn't take the pain she was experiencing seriously. Kept telling her she was an anxious new mom and gave her anti-anxiety meds. She eventually found someone who diagnosed her gallstones, did surgery, and finally gave her pain relief. Doctors don't know everything and we are always learning new things.

I'm not anti-gun, but I'm really not comfortable with anyone open carrying, except police officers.

I only get mail from places I've donated to in the past, thankfully.

I posted it on FB and gave your planks a plug. I also bookmarked it, because I have a grandson who I might purchase these for in the future. (He's only a few months old now.) Out of curiousity, how many planks did it take to build the bridge in the video?

Watched. That was awesome! I'd love to share it on FB. Do you want me to wait until the business is launched or do it now?

I tell all charity callers I don't make any donations over the phone, but they are welcome to mail me their info. They never take me up on it.

This thread reminds me of something I forgot to add to the "things you bought because of this board" thread. I don't have her new one, but one of her other ones. It contains my favorite ever Spanish rice recipe and my favorite ever stew recipe.

A funny story regarding the garage: my daughter drives her grandpa's old truck (he died 11 years ago and mil never wanted to get rid of it) to her CC class each day. It has been very cold here, like really close to zero, and so she has to go out and start it and let it warm up a bit. It takes a little work for her to get the door open when it is this cold. Anyway, she came in yesterday telling me I didn't know what it was like because I park my car in the garage. I told her I didn't have a garage to park in until I was married. (Dh still doesn't park in the garage, because only one car fits in there.) She said, "Well, I think you forgot what it's like to go start your car in the cold." I said, "Oh no I didn't forget. That's why I park in the garage and make you park outside." I laughed and she tried not to. :)

Purely anecdotal I know, but I have two 20-something sons and neither one of them even remotely resembles the descriptions in that article.

Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. My goal, though, is to focus on the positive rather than the negative.

I agree with you, marbel. I've been to cookie exchanges and I've hosted one. When I hosted one, I put something on the invitation to the effect of "if you don't want to exchange cookies, please come join us for the food and fellowship." My main purpose of the thing was to spend some time with friends. I realize that not everyone wants to make or eat cookies, but I still wanted to spend time with them. Most ladies brought cookies, but a couple didn't. It was still a fun afternoon. I can't eat gluten now, so I would politely tell the hostess that I would love to come, but wouldn't be bringing or taking any cookies. If she didn't want me to come under those conditions, I might rethink the friendship.

This exactly. I am pretty organized (dh might say anal), but a card system (or other cleaning system) doesn't work for me. Why? Time. There is only so much in a day. So even if my card for the day or my cleaning system says it's time to dust baseboards, it's really hard to find the time to do it. Technically, I could find the time to do it, but then I would have to give up something else that is more important to me. Because there are many things more important to me than dusted baseboards, they rarely get done. :) I live in the country, too, and that does seem to create a more dusty house. Even though it might be a bit dustier than most, most people comment on how clean my house is. I bet yours is cleaner than you think, fairfarmhand. Number of kids at home makes a huge difference too. I only have one at home now. The clutter that must be picked up daily is almost nonexistant compared to what it was when I had three at home.

For the first time in my 48 years, I went shopping on Black Friday. I had a running date with my awesome running friend on Sat. morning, but the path we run was going to be icy. I went to Costco and bought a pair of SnowTrax at Costco for $10. They worked so well on Saturday morning that I went back and bought two more pair, because I knew when it came time to replace them, I wouldn't be able to find them. We ran 9 miles in 5 degree weather, but this is the only way I can keep SAD at bay during the winter months. Fortunately, I have a friend that enjoys it as much as I do.

I have a similar story. One Sunday in church, long ago, the pastor was reminding the guys that Mother's Day was coming up and not to get them anything practical like an appliance. (I'll just ignore for now how much I dislike this stereotype.) I leaned over to my husband and whispered, "Ignore him. I want a food processor." I got one. :)

I rarely use mine. The only time it gets used is when I make whipped cream. I use my food processor for most mixing purposes. When my Kitchen Aid dies, I won't replace it. However, I've had it for 22 years, so....

Thank you for all the replies! And it looks like I'm going to need to think about balance bikes. Once again, I learned something new from the Hive.

I'm going to send my grandgirl a trike for Christmas. I plan on purchasing on Amazon and having it shipped. I've been reading some reviews, and the couple I was looking at have several reviewers reporting problems, either with assembly or longevity. This is something that her mom (and I) would like to last to be passed down to her little brother. Has anyone relatively recently purchased and assembled a trike that was not too hard to assemble and that lasted well? Thank you!

Done.