Along these lines, a friend of mine found this in his Mini Cooper manual: "Your MINI's halogen lights are integrated into the bonnet (hood). Subsequently, raising the bonnet raises the headlamps. A handy feature for attracting Luna moths, playing Romeo & Juliet, illuminating nighttime tailgate parties and locating sexy neighbor's treed kitty. In the event of being hopelessly stranded in the middle of nowhere, or just hopelessly bored at home, rake the night sky with your headlights using a Hollywood premiere sweeping motion and let the party (search or otherwise) find you."

This is what I thought. Lol the thread title made me think it would me something much more shocking. My DS is 4 though so having snacks on hand is an ingrained habit still.

"Liquor store" confused me a lot in the original context since here in OR they are for selling liquor and beer specifically, maybe mixers and matches depending on the store, since all liquor sales are regulated by OLCC. Convenience stores like 7-11 can't legally stock hard liquor. In other news, I really want a cupcake.

Tying in with the fear thread, how many people fear being reported to the police if their kid misused a code phrase like this? It's terrible to think about but kids may not understand how serious an accusation could be treated, and what about parents being approached by others wanting to know if the screaming child they have is theirs? We'd like to think that parents would appreciate the concern, but working in retail adults responded to me with hostility when I asked to see ID when they use a debit card that says "see ID" on the signature line. Being questioned by a peer doesn't seem to be something people appreciate in parenting context.

This. There is no total prevention and worrying about every conceivable thing that could happen would turn me into a hermit. By all means protect your kids from known drug houses and unsafe neighborhoods, teach them skills to deal with stranger danger, that's not overprotective (and that seems like what most people here are doing when they say they're not letting their kids alone). Saying "the world just isn't safe" and keeping your physical eye on your kids 24/7 until they're an adult does nothing to prevent abduction, rape, murder, or any other horrible thing from happening to them the day they move out of your house. It's terrible when bad things happen to children and it can hit us harder because they're vulnerable, but the danger doesn't stop when they are 18. This is disgusting victim blaming. The fault of a crime is with the person who committed it, not the victim or the parent of the victim. Ever.

:lol: ...just because you can buy it doesn't mean it's not a spoof. If I showed that to my SO he'd laugh himself into a six-pack. I can't think of any man who would actually use it, and I know some who like Richard Simmons videos.

In seriousness, I would have been at the school the next day withdrawing my kid, even if they principal had a "good" explanation or the teacher was reprimanded. But I'm a confrontational person and have no tolerance for teachers who would do something like that.

Electronic cigarettes, they use water vapor and flavored nicotine tincture.

I use A'kin Pure Emergency Gel, I have combination oily skin and it makes the dry areas hydrated but doesn't make the rest of my face oily.

Asking for the "truth" about nutrition is like asking for the "truth" about religion. Controversial, heated, and backed by politicized studies. I could tell you with conviction what it is, but another person could say exactly opposite things and believe them with equal conviction. People's nutritional needs can change over the course of their lives, different people respond in radically different ways to identical foods, and we don't really know the truth until we're dead.

I absolutely do not think that anyone has the "right" to know what's going on inside of another person's reproductive organs if they don't feel like sharing. That being said, I understand wanting to know, do countdowns, help out, etc. However not everyone wants other people to do things like that for them when they're pregnant (who else hated the well meaning parade of advice and questioning if you know what caused that/don't you want a boy/you've gotta have this baby equipment!! ?) and it's not about what everyone else may want to know or do. I hate being left out of information, but I see this as my cross to bear and not an excuse to make others feel like they need to tell me just because I want to know, KWIM?

I'm allergic to Amoxicilin and Penicillin and other than one doctor telling me I "wasn't making this very easy" (treating me for both strep and mononucleosis that went undiagnosed for weeks) it hasn't been a big issue. My grandma's allergy to iodine has had more complications :glare:

Just skimmed the play, my gut reaction is no mostly because I can't really put my finger on what it's supposed to be about (aliens? bullying about being a "thespian"?) and it sounds like it was written by some beatnicks who put Rage and a Greek poem in a blender.

Dave's Killer Bread is amazing. I can't go back to regular white or wheat because spreading peanut butter tears the bread :glare:

Writing carried numbers was explained to me as a step to help make less mistakes than just tying to remember what to add. Then again, seeing a jumble of written and crossed out numbers above the original numbers can be just as confusing, IMO. I'd let him stick with whichever way he makes less mistakes.

If I just noticed it at the checkout and the cashier offers to get me another one I let them. The store I shop at has bread right behind the lanes so it doesn't take more than a few seconds. A $3 loaf of bread will not eat into their profit margin. FYI, I say this having worked at multiple chain grocery/sundries stores and they have HUGE product recovery bin where foods that are expired, opened for sampling, returned by customers, or damaged by accident all get returned to the supplier. If I squashed produce or bread at a farmer's market I'd probably buy it unless they insisted I swap it out.

I would be worried about eyestrain if your dc were expected to do that much reading on a computer, plus it limits where the reading can be done because the laptop must be there. No reading in the bath, in bed (if computers in the bedrooms aren't allowed), worrying about charging being available if you took trips and had deadlines during those dates. If the program was really exceptional, I would look into if the books are available at the library and they just include them all on the computer for convenience to the student or if the materials are *only* available in digital form through the school.

Nothing will stop everyone, that's why I also suggested if it's *that* big of a trigger to maybe take it to PM or email where you won't be "sharing with the class" the details for them to comment on, just sending updates direct to your friends.

So only people with traditional and proven opinions and questions are allowed to ask for support and agreement? ETA: to clarify, I mean people are only expected to actually Agree with a JAWM (and if they don't to keep their opinion to themselves) if it's a noncontroversial subject?

LOL I keep my salt handy...to take a grain of it when I read people's anecdotes. I've worked in hotel reservations and heard countless people say there are bugs based on old reviews of hotels or to get a refund because it wasn't the location they wanted. Obviously not all reviews are sour grapes and some hotels are legit gross, but YMMV.

People tend to report bad things and not report if they've been fixed or post good reviews, I keep my salt ready. This site is popular but I don't know what their stance on the hotel fixing the situation is or how long they keep reports.

How about when people don't want advice of any kind they put that in the post/title? Or if the reason they're posting is to update their friends here on TWTM about a situation to use a PM or exchange email addresses so they don't have to have new and "ignorant" people seeing it and thinking they want input?

BMI isn't accurate for anyone, it doesn't take into account body composition. If a doctor insinuated to me that a 6 year old wearing a size 3 in children's clothes needed a diet I'd tell him the number of a good optometrist.

ASL is so much more than just the hand signs, many words and phrases rely on facial expressions and body positioning that books can't do justice. A friend of mine took ASL in college and was surprised at how different the grammar structure is from speaking or using SEE (Signing Exact English).

I thought you were joking about the Australians not making cars (maybe they ride kangaroos? :tongue_smilie: ) Sometimes cars that are the same model, or with very minor differences, are sold under different names in different countries, my Chevy Aveo is sold as the Suzuki Swift in Japan.