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Post by The Captain on Mar 7, 2018 18:56:39 GMT -5
My daughter's school was the identified target of a possible violent attack earlier this week via social media. Apparently two morons thought it would be fun to post themselves with guns making threats against the school. Thank God that other students who saw it reported it immediately and the authorities were able to stop them before anything happened.
Oh, and each of these two Mensa candidates are in one of my daughter's classes. In. Sixth. Grade.
Now, I'm not saying that guns aren't a huge piece of the problem, especially when 12 year olds can access them, but can we also recognize that there are a lot of profoundly stupid people out there? These kids, probably due to a lack of any kind of actual parenting in their lives, not only sent two entire schools (the middle school and elementary school are connected) into a panic, but they've also pretty much screwed themselves for years to come, all because no one took the time to tell them that, in this current environment, even the slightest hint of a threat against a school, particularly with a gun, is going to be taken seriously, even if you were just messing around.
And people wonder why homeschooling and cyber schools are gaining in popularity. SMH..
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Mar 8, 2018 6:32:34 GMT -5
Now, I'm not saying that guns aren't a huge piece of the problem, especially when 12 year olds can access them, but can we also recognize that there are a lot of profoundly stupid people out there? Very true. The internet was supposed to bring knowledge to the people, but it also gave morons all sorts of new ways to cause chaos. Back in the ‘70s, I doubt those two clowns would have taken the pain to send a prank letter to a local newspaper. Too much effort. I am sorry for those who will have to listen to those two brats complaining about how it’s not fair that they aren’t allowed to go online anymore.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 8, 2018 19:11:41 GMT -5
Now for something different- I delivered this today.
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Post by hondobrode on Mar 9, 2018 1:24:46 GMT -5
WTF
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Mar 9, 2018 9:41:43 GMT -5
So much for discreet packaging. I wouldn't order anything from that site anymore.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 9, 2018 22:09:18 GMT -5
So much for discreet packaging. I wouldn't order anything from that site anymore. It's an old Sicilian message, he sleeps with the chickens.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 9, 2018 22:13:02 GMT -5
So much for discreet packaging. I wouldn't order anything from that site anymore. It's an old Sicilian message, he sleeps with the chickens. Cluca Brasi.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2018 9:05:29 GMT -5
Hope everybody remembered to move your clocks/watches/etc forward one hour today!
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Post by EdoBosnar on Mar 11, 2018 15:25:32 GMT -5
Well, no. They don't steal our hour for another 2 weeks here in Europe.
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Post by Søren on Mar 11, 2018 17:39:19 GMT -5
Really enjoying watching the winter Paralympics. Already GB got medals in downhill visual impaired skiing. Doing well in curling in round robin stage. Watch some biathlon too. Its cool how sport is adapted but not made easier. The blind shooters judge by sound if they are on target. The sitting skiiers/ shooters have to get whole sled off the ground The hockey is cool to, leathal looking but if you paraplegic or got no legs slamming into a wall doesn't hurt much.
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Post by The Captain on Mar 11, 2018 18:04:04 GMT -5
The next few days are going to be fun, as my wife has the flu and I am just praying my daughters and I don't get it. She started feeling crappy Friday night, then made it to about noon on Saturday before it took her down for the count, where she spent the rest of the day on the couch before transitioning up to our bed, where she spent 12 hours until dragging herself to the urgent care facility near us to get a script for Tamiflu. She's been back in bed for the last 7 hours, only getting up to throw a load of laundry into the washer (she doesn't trust me to do it, as I only have two loads: whites and not whites).
I'll be sleeping on the couch tonight to avoid breathing the same air as her, since I really can't afford to get sick this week.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 11, 2018 18:11:40 GMT -5
This has been some year for the flu, I can't believe people are still getting it on March 11.
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Post by hondobrode on Mar 11, 2018 23:31:25 GMT -5
The next few days are going to be fun, as my wife has the flu and I am just praying my daughters and I don't get it. She started feeling crappy Friday night, then made it to about noon on Saturday before it took her down for the count, where she spent the rest of the day on the couch before transitioning up to our bed, where she spent 12 hours until dragging herself to the urgent care facility near us to get a script for Tamiflu. She's been back in bed for the last 7 hours, only getting up to throw a load of laundry into the washer (she doesn't trust me to do it, as I only have two loads: whites and not whites). I'll be sleeping on the couch tonight to avoid breathing the same air as her, since I really can't afford to get sick this week. Sorry to hear that The Captain. Yeah, a friend of mine and I were going to get together tonight but she had to cancel as her 15 year old daughter got the flu and she's helping her.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 12, 2018 6:31:46 GMT -5
My wife has been out of work for the last 3 months and I am beginning to feel a little uncomfortable. We have savings but I'd thought by now she would have gotten a job. On April 1st I am going to join the OT list in my job but I'm hoping that she has secured a job by then.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Mar 12, 2018 10:16:22 GMT -5
The next few days are going to be fun, as my wife has the flu and I am just praying my daughters and I don't get it. She started feeling crappy Friday night, then made it to about noon on Saturday before it took her down for the count, where she spent the rest of the day on the couch before transitioning up to our bed, where she spent 12 hours until dragging herself to the urgent care facility near us to get a script for Tamiflu. She's been back in bed for the last 7 hours, only getting up to throw a load of laundry into the washer (she doesn't trust me to do it, as I only have two loads: whites and not whites). I'll be sleeping on the couch tonight to avoid breathing the same air as her, since I really can't afford to get sick this week. Hope your wife gets well soon Captain. So I've been doing it wrong all these years, because that's my mode too.
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