This is what I do. I like that they have a Used section.

Certified is not the same thing as qualified. Sorry you were frustrated by your friend's reaction. I wouldn't burn any bridges in anger though, she might need your help if the specialist turns out to not be able to help the way she needs.

I'm not excited about ds getting to driving age unless our financial circumstances change quite a bit in the intervening years. As a teen, I was excited about driving...until I realized my family could barely afford the insurance, and the rate would never go down until I got "experience" that I could only get by paying that exorbitant rate. Responsibility didn't really come into it.

Hype started by DeBeers to sell more expensive diamonds by preying on fears (If he doesn't spend enough it's because he thinks I'm not worth it!) I have simple tastes so I wouldn't need to upgrade because of not affording what I wanted the first time. I like the symbol of being attached or kept or whatever you call it that engagement rings give, and I like the way solitaires look, but upgrading because you make more money now and need to keep with the "rules" of how expensive rings should be? Ridiculous and just showing off, IMO

Even a guest expected to do nothing and needing to be waited on is a burden on a recovering mom. I wouldn't want guests during that time unless they were there specifically to be helpful. And even extended family don't get to make up rules on when they are welcome in your house.

I'd pay extra on the beef, hands down. I do feel ethically torn about treatment of chicken, but I can't taste the difference like I can with beef.

Agreed. Especially if it was something that was illegal or would make me uncomfortable with her being in a position of authority over my kids. Slander is only slander if it isn't true.

I'll just leave this here...

Uhh, the same way you do it for girls? If he had pants from say Levi's that fit well cutwise in child sizes I would look in that section in the men's sizes. Men's pants are easier IMO than women's which vary by brand, and sometimes within a brand, where a 4 somewhere will be a 10 somewhere else. Men's are labelled by measurement.

I'm not impressed with how many variations of "organic" "certified organic" "containing organic ingredients" and whatnot as well as making foods outrageously expensive when they become trendy (Quinoa anyone?) and pricing the country of origin out of the market. I have a hard time justifying spending more for these types of foods for this reason. Slightly OT, this reminds me of this.

I swim against the tide when buying curriculum in advance, I have English and Math until middle school and ds is 3. I'm also spoiled to live near an amazing library system so I don't buy as many literature or living books because I know we can pick them up there.

I thought this was more of a spin-off thread. Talking about the boards is starting threads like "I hate the new Classifieds/the color theme/Petition to Change the name of the "gifted" board to something else" in my understanding.

To be fair, in her case she did ask their opinions of whether he should pay, though it got out of hand with what ifs. Do people really post questions and only want to hear the first response, not how many people feel which way?

This is my theory, and sometimes they even say so. Other times it might be a "you are a serious minority and should know it" but unless it's a very minor issue people doing it to a post of mine wouldn't change my mind.

Where I live that outfit would be stylish, kids and adults, for all but the most diehard preppies so "fitting in" wouldn't be a problem unless she was part of that group and just started dressing like that today.

The kid to bike comparison is not equitable. My answer to your original question about if I would feel differently had it been a person rather than a toy, using identical circumstances of the person/bike lying behind the rear wheel, was rejected by you because there *could* be other ways the child was positioned and what they were doing. A bike cannot hear the car it was left behind turn on nor move itself out of the way. A child doing anything behind a car and being there when it turns on can move. Your "what if" allowing that the child is doing anything other than laying like an abandoned bicycle requires the circumstances to change from what happened in the original scenario, making comparison except by rough analogy useless. No child would ever deserve to be run over, even if they were never taught not to ever be stationary behind a vehicle, forgot that they had been told, or ran behind one chasing any object, and I hope you are not thinking that I feel any other way about it. I would however use this situation as a memorable teachable moment to my child on *why* he should never place himself or anything else he didn't want to be damaged the way the bike was behind any car.

This is more personal responsibility, kneeling down behind a running car, running behind a running car after a toy, playing behind a car and not moving when it starts, all things that should never be rules that vary from family to family. All of those things could also happen *after* I walked around my car and saw that it was clear. If you're comfortable with children not putting their things away because it's private property, that's totally your call, however neglecting to teach them to take responsibility for their own bodies (or letting them wander outside alone when they're too young to understand) where cars are involved?

No gentle way to say this. I'd be concerned that a child was laying on the ground behind my car to begin with. Standing up I would see them in my mirrors and when checking my blind spot over my shoulder. I also don't peel out, backwards or otherwise, from driveways and any sentient and mobile being who lays behind a car, hears the car start, and continues to lay there like a dropped bicycle has a serious disregard for their own safety. Any child too young to stay away from cars should not be outside unsupervised.

This is my thought at almost every price point actually. 35% of my take home pay at the best job I've ever had was $540/month, and you can barely rent for that in my area, let alone pay down student loans to get approved for a mortgage even approaching that rate. I hear a lot about renting being throwing away money but I have a hard time even dreaming about qualifying for a mortgage.

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/lincoln mouse hover over the Violence rating (3/5) for a few details. Gore is kinda subjective.

Hel-e-na, like Helena, MT unless I knew the family was European, then it would be Huh-leen-uh. Like Bur-ta/ Bear-ta for Berta

I agree it's an equal responsibility and would probably offer to pay, but I'd be put off by someone *demanding* that I pay for something their child neglected to take care of. I don't agree with this. Entitlement to leave their stuff in places where cars drive? No, that is not an appropriate place to store a toy or bicycle. Maybe I'm jaded from the city life but anything left outside is liable to be broken or stolen as soon as you turn your back and personal responsibility is huge to me.

I don't think having all the same brand is essential, unless you were planning to replace your fridge very soon and/or are worried that the style of fridge won't be available when the old one dies, KWIM? I'm slowly transitioning all of my appliances to black. Matching everything is my longterm goal, flatware, pots and pans, measuring utensils, etc in matching sets. :laugh: Dare to dream, right?

This times a million.

Oregon here, long e sound for all of the words ending in -ink that I can think of. I do have a relative who says Pay-nk but she also says May-gee and bay-g for Maggie and bag, which no one else in the family does.