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The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: asdf2231 on August 25, 2008, 06:56:26 AM
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sick as hell.
talk amongst yourselves.
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sick as hell.
talk amongst yourselves.
Bummer, asdf. Hope you kick whatever it is you have quickly!
Last day of summer vacation here....which means I get to beat on the kids to make sure all their clothes are washed, etc, and their rooms are clean. :-) It's a cloudy, probably rainy day here, anyway. I'll probably bake some cookies or something later for lunches.
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Aww, asdf..get better!!!
Flame, quiet time for you tomorrow! We are on day 3 of school here. So nice to be able to go work out in the mornings now since I can put the youngest in the daycare there for a bit. Frees up the rest of my day and the night.
Nothing much here going on...like I said, getting ready to head out and work out, heading to the campus to get my petition to graduate approved(woot), to Lowe's to get some paint, and then back here to do some cleaning. Not sure about dinner yet.
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Aww, asdf..get better!!!
We are on day 3 of school here. .
Same here. Son came home after the first day fussing about what a waste it was, no teaching. They just did (according to him) touchy-feely stuff like, what's your name, what's your hobbies, what do you like, what did you do this summer, hug your classmates, etc., etc.. He was pissed, said, "I go to school to learn something. I already know everyone in my class and what they like......DANG LIBERALS." ....and hey, I didn't make him that way. He got like that all on his own........ :rotf:
That right there ought to be good enough evidence that liberalism ain't worth crap. Eight years in a liberal government run school system and they produce a flaming rightwinger...... :rotf: I'm proud of the boy..... :-)
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feel better asd!
we got the older kiddo moved out over the weekend (woot!) and put a bunch of furniture on Craig's List yesterday and a good third of it is already sold (woot again!)
cleaning closets and rearranging .. we now have an official guest room that i get to re-decorate.
little kiddo still has two weeks to go before school starts and husband is off work this week so we are ... who the hell knows what we are doing but today starts with a visit to the dentist for all of us. (no woots)
:popcorn:
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Aww, asdf..get better!!!
We are on day 3 of school here. .
Same here. Son came home after the first day fussing about what a waste it was, no teaching. They just did (according to him) touchy-feely stuff like, what's your name, what's your hobbies, what do you like, what did you do this summer, hug your classmates, etc., etc.. He was pissed, said, "I go to school to learn something. I already know everyone in my class and what they like......DANG LIBERALS." ....and hey, I didn't make him that way. He got like that all on his own........ :rotf:
That right there ought to be good enough evidence that liberalism ain't worth crap. Eight years in a liberal government run school system and they produce a flaming rightwinger...... :rotf: I'm proud of the boy..... :-)
Well, now wait a second. This may be a difference between boys and girls. My daughter likes the first few days of school precisely for all the procedural, get to know people, social thing. Always has and she says the boys do tend to roll their eyes and look bored so I think it could be a difference in the sexes and absolutely nothing to do with liberal versus conservative.
Plus, I'm not sure what grade he is in, but my oldest just started middle school so she's seeing the merging of 2 schools and half of a 3rd into one. There ARE a lot of kids they don't know unless they've played sports with them before. Hell, there were still kids in her school she never met because they never shared a class together.
Anyway, I wish all the kiddos here a great school year! Another year towards adulthood and independence for them. :bawl:(ok, I'm done now) :-)
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First day of kindergarten here. My last little baby off to the big school.
and..
My eighth grader, I looked at him today and he is just about man-sized. He's 4 inches taller than me and his shoes are a half size bigger than his dads. Where did the little boy go?
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First day of kindergarten here. My last little baby off to the big school.
and..
My eighth grader, I looked at him today and he is just about man-sized. He's 4 inches taller than me and his shoes are a half size bigger than his dads. Where did the little boy go?
My 4-year old started Pre-K this morning.
Yesterday, Mrs. Defiant succombed to the boy's summer cold from a week and a half ago. Her head's all stuffed up, it's got a good hold on her larynx, and her sinuses keep her awake at night - and wouldn't you know it, Ny-quil in any form is off her acceptable medications list while she's pregnant. :thatsright:
Saturday I had to dive to recover the anchor I had set in an (unseen) nest of broken up concrete and rebar at the bottom of our nearby sailing lake, and the pressure at 35-40 feet of water did a number on my muscles and joints come Sunday morning.
Needless to say, it's going to ba an interesting week.
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sick as hell.
talk amongst yourselves.
Great way to start the week, ain't it?
Hope you feel better soon.
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Last week of summer vacation here. My little urchin is due back in a couple of days from his trip. I'm really looking forward to seeing him!
They are developing the property next door and started blasting. My nerves are now shot.
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asdf, I hope you feel better soon!
I got to sleep in a bit this morning, I didn't come to work until 10am. If the night receptionist shows up (which I doubt she will) she's allowed to work, otherwise I'm working until 9. Yea overtime! My boss has 3 interviews set up for today and 1 set up for tomorrow. We're hoping there's a good one in there and they can start Wed or Thurs. :)
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Aww, asdf..get better!!!
We are on day 3 of school here. .
Same here. Son came home after the first day fussing about what a waste it was, no teaching. They just did (according to him) touchy-feely stuff like, what's your name, what's your hobbies, what do you like, what did you do this summer, hug your classmates, etc., etc.. He was pissed, said, "I go to school to learn something. I already know everyone in my class and what they like......DANG LIBERALS." ....and hey, I didn't make him that way. He got like that all on his own........ :rotf:
That right there ought to be good enough evidence that liberalism ain't worth crap. Eight years in a liberal government run school system and they produce a flaming rightwinger...... :rotf: I'm proud of the boy..... :-)
Well, now wait a second. This may be a difference between boys and girls. My daughter likes the first few days of school precisely for all the procedural, get to know people, social thing. Always has and she says the boys do tend to roll their eyes and look bored so I think it could be a difference in the sexes and absolutely nothing to do with liberal versus conservative.
Plus, I'm not sure what grade he is in, but my oldest just started middle school so she's seeing the merging of 2 schools and half of a 3rd into one. There ARE a lot of kids they don't know unless they've played sports with them before. Hell, there were still kids in her school she never met because they never shared a class together.
Anyway, I wish all the kiddos here a great school year! Another year towards adulthood and independence for them. :bawl:(ok, I'm done now) :-)
You might have a point there. He just turned 13 and is entering the eighth grade. ....oh!.... and he's still a bit bashful around girls. He did, however, with a big grin on his face, tell me that all the girls in the "honors" program that he's in are "hot". That put my mind at ease for the time being. A couple of years from now it'll be something to worry about. :-)
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Just started second week of the semester. Ran to the bank earlier to make a deposit, and got my student ID and Student Discount card (10 % off at Cold Stone Creamery, anyone? :naughty: )
Anatomy and Physiology is my only class for today, thank goodness. It's become very boring. :yawn: Since I've taken the class before, I remember more from the previous times I took the two courses than I realized. :cheersmate:
Need to start with the flashcards, though, and organizing the notebooks better, as I will have a TON of handouts in this class, as well as my Intro to Research in Healthcare class. :o
Right now, just sitting back and enjoying the peace and quiet. The illegal resident has not been back here in quite some time. :evillaugh:
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First day of kindergarten here. My last little baby off to the big school.
and..
My eighth grader, I looked at him today and he is just about man-sized. He's 4 inches taller than me and his shoes are a half size bigger than his dads. Where did the little boy go?
you sure we don't have the same son? My 8th grader (as of tomorrow) has shoes bigger than his dads, but he's not quite taller than I am yet...he's got another inch or so to go, but I'm pretty tall!
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To the sick ones ...hope y'all feel better soon!
Dixie...they are blasting next to you? You have my sympathy! <<<<hugs>>>>
I've been doing reports all day...have 3 done and one more due by 3AM. Pictures are done, all I have to do is find 6 comps @ $700-800k and do a 12 page report. It's a new company for me and my first one, so I'm stressing a littel.
We are getting rain finally....some of "Fay's feeder bands" started coming through about 9:30 this morning. Weather guy said we could get between 1-10 INCHES over the next 2 days....glad they were able to narrow the amount down... :whatever:
Have Fox News on in the background.....going to be a long 2 weeks..... :popcorn:
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Hang in there Deb!
Yes, they are blasting at the construction site next door. I keep waiting for the floor to open up and swallow me. A guy came by a while back to tell us but I still freak out. I have to fight the urge to hide under my desk or run around yelling "air raid!". No word on how long they will keep going.
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Hang in there Deb!
Yes, they are blasting at the construction site next door. I keep waiting for the floor to open up and swallow me. A guy came by a while back to tell us but I still freak out. I have to fight the urge to hide under my desk or run around yelling "air raid!". No word on how long they will keep going.
We're hiring for night/Saturday receptionist if you're interested...there's no construction here. LOL!
Unfortunately none of the interviews for today showed up! None! I can't believe it. There are two scheduled for tomorrow, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they show up and one is acceptable to hire.
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^horrible * economy!! :-) :-)
They always seem to blast right when I'm taking a sip of coffee. Grrrr.......
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Are they blasting next door to your office, or home?
Are things falling off the walls yet?
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next to my office. they are building a ginormous office building. the land just got cleared and now they are blasting holes. The dirt mounds are sky high.
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^horrible * economy!! :-) :-)
They always seem to blast right when I'm taking a sip of coffee. Grrrr.......
I just wish we could get someone in here that lasts more than 3 months. This one was complaining about having to work on Saturdays. The day receptionist offered to let her work one day during the week all day and she would work every other Saturday. Well the girl didn't want that either, b/c the one day during the week she would have worked 8am-9pm. :whatever:
What I don't understand is 1. taking a job knowing that you have to work Saturdays, then bitch about working said Saturdays, and 2. giving a notice of 10 days when you're spoiled ass just isn't going to show up again anyways. :whatever:
I start school next week and I won't be able to watch the receptionist desk like I always have been, so they need someone in here ASAP.
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little ingrates. It amazes me how much attitudes have changed. Yes, working on the weekend stinks when all of your friends are out partying but....I did it when I was younger and starting out. I worked all kinds of hours doing things like waiting tables to managing a retail clothing store. Why apply for a job and then bitch about it? It's not like you're keeping the job responsibilities a big secret!
I don't envy hiring managers these days.
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next to my office. they are building a ginormous office building. the land just got cleared and now they are blasting holes. The dirt mounds are sky high.
loud noises always startle me....I'd probably pee my britches.... :o
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Uh-oh !!!!!! My honar role son, best student ever(according to his teachers), fell off the wagon today. Third day in school and he has messed up already. When his teacher started going off on "global warming" today, he corrected her. He told her that it has now been changed to "climate change" because it has been cooling off for the last ten years. He says she got mad and started talking fast. He couldn't understand her......... and then the bell rang.
At least it was his language arts teacher and not his science teacher. Maybe he'll learn to keep his mouth shut and muddle thru this year.
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Free speech is not necessarily a "right" in high school.... :uhsure:
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little ingrates. It amazes me how much attitudes have changed. Yes, working on the weekend stinks when all of your friends are out partying but....I did it when I was younger and starting out. I worked all kinds of hours doing things like waiting tables to managing a retail clothing store. Why apply for a job and then bitch about it? It's not like you're keeping the job responsibilities a big secret!
I don't envy hiring managers these days.
That's what I'm doing now. I work long hours on the weekends (and do homework on the hour-long breaks I get), while my friends are either doing homework at home or partying (though most are smart and do their homework before going anywhere). I have bills to pay, and I have no problem with skipping out on bar-hopping and such for the time being. Some call me a wimp, but I see myself as sensible.
Hearing some of the younger coworkers bitch and moan about working weekends REALLY makes me want to slap them. I have, on more than one occasion, told some of them that they are lucky they are still live with their parents (high-schoolers), and thus, have most expenses taken care of by their parents. I remind them of all the bills they will end up paying once they are out on their own. I tell them about my college tuition and housing payments, the car note, car insurance, cell phone (no land line, though). Some of them shut up after my lecture, but the others, with their bad attitudes, simply rolled their eyes.
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If they're rattling your building and makeing a lot of noise, then the person overseeing the blasting doesn't know his business very well.
Why, back in my day, I could blast out granite under roosting hens and never even wake'em up.
....and I got a bridge in New York for sale if you need one.
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little ingrates. It amazes me how much attitudes have changed. Yes, working on the weekend stinks when all of your friends are out partying but....I did it when I was younger and starting out. I worked all kinds of hours doing things like waiting tables to managing a retail clothing store. Why apply for a job and then bitch about it? It's not like you're keeping the job responsibilities a big secret!
I don't envy hiring managers these days.
Oh honey, I was the evening/Saturday receptionist here for 3-1/2 years! I used to get a Saturday off every 6 weeks or so. I would pull a double for the day receptionist and then she'd work Saturday for me.
AND you get off on Saturdays at 6pm! I'm sorry, it's the easiest job in the world. A freaking monkey could do this, if they spoke enough English to answer the phones. And it definitely pays more than minimum wage as well.
I have zero sympathy for a 21 year old spoiled brat that doesn't want to work on Saturdays. She needs to grow the f up.
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^hehehe!
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little ingrates. It amazes me how much attitudes have changed. Yes, working on the weekend stinks when all of your friends are out partying but....I did it when I was younger and starting out. I worked all kinds of hours doing things like waiting tables to managing a retail clothing store. Why apply for a job and then bitch about it? It's not like you're keeping the job responsibilities a big secret!
I don't envy hiring managers these days.
That's what I'm doing now. I work long hours on the weekends (and do homework on the hour-long breaks I get), while my friends are either doing homework at home or partying (though most are smart and do their homework before going anywhere). I have bills to pay, and I have no problem with skipping out on bar-hopping and such for the time being. Some call me a wimp, but I see myself as sensible.
Hearing some of the younger coworkers bitch and moan about working weekends REALLY makes me want to slap them. I have, on more than one occasion, told some of them that they are lucky they are still live with their parents (high-schoolers), and thus, have most expenses taken care of by their parents. I remind them of all the bills they will end up paying once they are out on their own. I tell them about my college tuition and housing payments, the car note, car insurance, cell phone (no land line, though). Some of them shut up after my lecture, but the others, with their bad attitudes, simply rolled their eyes.
Yeah, I don't get it at all. It's part of having a job. The best part is she was bitching to sales men about how she wanted Saturdays off. LOL! They can only have a Saturday off if they're near death in a hospital.
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little ingrates. It amazes me how much attitudes have changed. Yes, working on the weekend stinks when all of your friends are out partying but....I did it when I was younger and starting out. I worked all kinds of hours doing things like waiting tables to managing a retail clothing store. Why apply for a job and then bitch about it? It's not like you're keeping the job responsibilities a big secret!
I don't envy hiring managers these days.
That's what I'm doing now. I work long hours on the weekends (and do homework on the hour-long breaks I get), while my friends are either doing homework at home or partying (though most are smart and do their homework before going anywhere). I have bills to pay, and I have no problem with skipping out on bar-hopping and such for the time being. Some call me a wimp, but I see myself as sensible.
Hearing some of the younger coworkers bitch and moan about working weekends REALLY makes me want to slap them. I have, on more than one occasion, told some of them that they are lucky they are still live with their parents (high-schoolers), and thus, have most expenses taken care of by their parents. I remind them of all the bills they will end up paying once they are out on their own. I tell them about my college tuition and housing payments, the car note, car insurance, cell phone (no land line, though). Some of them shut up after my lecture, but the others, with their bad attitudes, simply rolled their eyes.
Yeah, I don't get it at all. It's part of having a job. The best part is she was bitching to sales men about how she wanted Saturdays off. LOL! They can only have a Saturday off if they're near death in a hospital.
My employer, I hate to admit, is a little lax on such policies. The younger workers are ALWAYS leaving work early, claiming they're sick or their mom is in the hospital (the latter happened last week, when a high-school female told management she had to leave because her mom was in the hospital... that was a complete lie, as the person who picked her up from work WAS her mom. :mental: :thatsright: ).
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little ingrates. It amazes me how much attitudes have changed. Yes, working on the weekend stinks when all of your friends are out partying but....I did it when I was younger and starting out. I worked all kinds of hours doing things like waiting tables to managing a retail clothing store. Why apply for a job and then bitch about it? It's not like you're keeping the job responsibilities a big secret!
I don't envy hiring managers these days.
That's what I'm doing now. I work long hours on the weekends (and do homework on the hour-long breaks I get), while my friends are either doing homework at home or partying (though most are smart and do their homework before going anywhere). I have bills to pay, and I have no problem with skipping out on bar-hopping and such for the time being. Some call me a wimp, but I see myself as sensible.
Hearing some of the younger coworkers bitch and moan about working weekends REALLY makes me want to slap them. I have, on more than one occasion, told some of them that they are lucky they are still live with their parents (high-schoolers), and thus, have most expenses taken care of by their parents. I remind them of all the bills they will end up paying once they are out on their own. I tell them about my college tuition and housing payments, the car note, car insurance, cell phone (no land line, though). Some of them shut up after my lecture, but the others, with their bad attitudes, simply rolled their eyes.
Yeah, I don't get it at all. It's part of having a job. The best part is she was bitching to sales men about how she wanted Saturdays off. LOL! They can only have a Saturday off if they're near death in a hospital.
My employer, I hate to admit, is a little lax on such policies. The younger workers are ALWAYS leaving work early, claiming they're sick or their mom is in the hospital (the latter happened last week, when a high-school female told management she had to leave because her mom was in the hospital... that was a complete lie, as the person who picked her up from work WAS her mom. :mental: :thatsright: ).
Yeah, it was easy for me to get a Saturday off. First, I'm already naturally bitchy, but after 5 weeks or so, I started getting extra bitchy with the sales men. Seriously, they ask the same damn question over and over and over. And one guy always managed to ask for his spiff money while I was eating lunch, every week, and never caught on that I was mean to him because it was so rude (he could have just waited 10 minutes, but ohhhh noooo, he had to have right then!).
So, I would just nicely ask the day receptionist if she could work Saturday for me. I would work a double one day and have Saturday just to be away from here. And sometimes, she'd have something planned already for that Saturday, no problem, then we'd do it for the next week. *shrug*
Now, the sales men, that's different. Saturday is our biggest day of the month. It has to be extraordinary circumstances for them to have the day off. :)
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ugh.
I have been asleep for most of the day.
I started getting sick around 1 am this morning.
I will spare the gory details. :p
I was taking a narcotic anti nausia drug to keep from frowing up and it had me on my arse. Which had problems of it;s own.
Stomach flu is the wurst. :(
I got someone to cover my on-call til tomorrow night and my wife dealt with 5 seperate kids things that needed doing tonight.
I did get some lovely broth and dry toast to stay down/in though. What a good time.
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sick as hell.
talk amongst yourselves.
Sorry man, hope you are feeling better soon!
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little ingrates. It amazes me how much attitudes have changed. Yes, working on the weekend stinks when all of your friends are out partying but....I did it when I was younger and starting out. I worked all kinds of hours doing things like waiting tables to managing a retail clothing store. Why apply for a job and then bitch about it? It's not like you're keeping the job responsibilities a big secret!
I don't envy hiring managers these days.
It amazes me what people wear to apply or interview for jobs...have even seen people bring their kids!
A couple weeks ago I had a guy in a wife beater t-shirt, tattoos all over, and a cell phone to his ear ask if I was "hiring"....I thought to myself "not you" and said "no"...he was still on the phone!!!
Job Hunting for DUmmies...at least put down the phone when you are asking about a job!
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little ingrates. It amazes me how much attitudes have changed. Yes, working on the weekend stinks when all of your friends are out partying but....I did it when I was younger and starting out. I worked all kinds of hours doing things like waiting tables to managing a retail clothing store. Why apply for a job and then bitch about it? It's not like you're keeping the job responsibilities a big secret!
I don't envy hiring managers these days.
It amazes me what people wear to apply or interview for jobs...have even seen people bring their kids!
A couple weeks ago I had a guy in a wife beater t-shirt, tattoos all over, and a cell phone to his ear ask if I was "hiring"....I thought to myself "not you" and said "no"...he was still on the phone!!!
Job Hunting for DUmmies...at least put down the phone when you are asking about a job!
We had a girl walk in off the street asking if we were hiring for receptionist this evening! w00t!
If things work out, she'll be hired tomorrow. :-)
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Job interviews....LOL....used to have'em walk in holding up their baggie pants and ask for a job. I'd tell'em I didn't have an opening for one-armed people at this time. They'd usually respond, "I got two good arms?" And then I'd say, "Yeah. But you're using one of'em to hold your pants up." Now days with cell phones they don't have any arms.
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Hang in there Deb!
Yes, they are blasting at the construction site next door. I keep waiting for the floor to open up and swallow me. A guy came by a while back to tell us but I still freak out. I have to fight the urge to hide under my desk or run around yelling "air raid!". No word on how long they will keep going.
We're hiring for night/Saturday receptionist if you're interested...there's no construction here. LOL!
Unfortunately none of the interviews for today showed up! None! I can't believe it. There are two scheduled for tomorrow, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they show up and one is acceptable to hire.
Wonder how many of those two are going to post over at DU how they can't find a job? :thatsright: :-)
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Uh-oh !!!!!! My honar role son, best student ever(according to his teachers), fell off the wagon today. Third day in school and he has messed up already. When his teacher started going off on "global warming" today, he corrected her. He told her that it has now been changed to "climate change" because it has been cooling off for the last ten years. He says she got mad and started talking fast. He couldn't understand her......... and then the bell rang.
At least it was his language arts teacher and not his science teacher. Maybe he'll learn to keep his mouth shut and muddle thru this year.
Maybe he should have asked her if she needed a hug since it made everyone so warm and fuzzy the first day of school. :-)
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Uh-oh !!!!!! My honar role son, best student ever(according to his teachers), fell off the wagon today. Third day in school and he has messed up already. When his teacher started going off on "global warming" today, he corrected her. He told her that it has now been changed to "climate change" because it has been cooling off for the last ten years. He says she got mad and started talking fast. He couldn't understand her......... and then the bell rang.
At least it was his language arts teacher and not his science teacher. Maybe he'll learn to keep his mouth shut and muddle thru this year.
Maybe he should have asked her if she needed a hug since it made everyone so warm and fuzzy the first day of school. :-)
:rotf: Good idea, I'll tell him. :rotf:
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Uh-oh !!!!!! My honar role son, best student ever(according to his teachers), fell off the wagon today. Third day in school and he has messed up already. When his teacher started going off on "global warming" today, he corrected her. He told her that it has now been changed to "climate change" because it has been cooling off for the last ten years. He says she got mad and started talking fast. He couldn't understand her......... and then the bell rang.
At least it was his language arts teacher and not his science teacher. Maybe he'll learn to keep his mouth shut and muddle thru this year.
Maybe he should have asked her if she needed a hug since it made everyone so warm and fuzzy the first day of school. :-)
:rotf: Good idea, I'll tell him. :rotf:
Just be prepared to be reading about it in bouncy form on DU :-) You are a good sport, JR! :cheersmate: :-*