The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[StarWarsGirl]

I have successfully bought jeans online and I'm not sure I've been this happy all week.

 

[Dead2009]

Well, that sucks. But not much you can do when it's a safety concern.

Yesterday I had to report to my boss that I believed a project wasn't being financed properly. I hated doing it because I really like the project manager, but what can you do? I just hope they're smart enough not to blame him because it really sounds like it isn't his fault.

Theres not much any of us can do cause management wont fire him. Dude has a tendency to flat out run into people with carts and the metal carts used for pushing freight, and if you've ever been hit by one of those, they hurt like hell.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Theres not much any of us can do cause management wont fire him. Dude has a tendency to flat out run into people with carts and the metal carts used for pushing freight, and if you've ever been hit by one of those, they hurt like hell.

Sorry.

 

[Songbird76]

Today is DS's 25th birthday! DWifey feels well enough, so we're gonna' all meet up and go hit a coupla' wineries in the Hill Country around noon-ish...!

In the meantime, some ketchup...!

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Happy birthday to him!! And many more to come! Can DW have wine right now or does she not have pain killers? Have a great time in any case and please share any fun and shenanigans with the rest of the class here!

 

[MinnieM123]

That is what we have all been trying to tell you, yet, you go on and on about how magnificent cold and winter is and no matter what we say... you don't seek help. You're on you own kid!

No, no, no . . . the cold weather euphoria is the only sane part of my mind.

 

[MinnieM123]

Hahaaa...!
Love it...!!!
To partially quote Lord Polonius from Shakespeares's Hamlet "...brevity is the soul of wit..."

But, that being said, sometimes a long, drawnout joke is worth the punchline. I've posted this one before. It's from an old (he passed a few years ago) local morning talk show host and musician, but, it still cracks me up every single time...!!!!!

That was so funny!!! (Another one for me to share with the office mates and my other pals.)

 

[Songbird76]

Sorry, but, at this point I have ask.
What's with all the bullying over there?
Even our DS, with his issues, was bullied extremely minimally, in all 3 schools, over here.
Really, just an honest question as to your opinion.

Well, I can only really give you my opinion on our school as that's the only one I have experience with. The Christian school my DD went to for her 2 kindergarten years (if you remember we do 2 years of K here) and DS did his first "year" (actually only 6 months) of K...we didn't have that problem. It was such a small school...there were only 3 to 7 kids in each grade...I think we had 60 kids in the whole school and the older kids really looked out for the younger ones and it was just such a nice atmosphere there. But this school... to be honest I think the parents play a huge role. This boy pointing at a darker kid shouting "Turk! Turk!" His mom was in the parents organization with me and made several comments about foreigners and "not knowing what kitchen that came from...it might be from a Turkish or Moroccan home." He's getting that from home...try telling his mom there's a problem with him shouting racist sentiment in the gym. She's not going to see it as a problem because she's racist herself. He told my son in first grade he was going to kill him and our whole family. His mom laughed about it and said he probably just got it from video games. She didn't think it was anything big...a 6 year old making death threats...."He doesn't MEAN it." His intent is to make my son afraid...that's WRONG.
And they have this method where they are trying to teach kids to communicate themselves and set their own boundaries...good in theory, but it assumes that all kids respect those boundaries and will treat each other with equal respect, but some don't and the school doesn't seem able to differentiate between normal accidents and bullying. They treat each incident as an isolated event and don't see a pattern where a particular student or group of students consistently singles out another and purposely does mean things. Then it's a "misunderstanding" that my son just took wrong, or it was an accident that the kid just stepped on his foot...6 times in a row walking down the hallway. Or a kid says "Let's play a new game, called Kick the ball as hard as you can at ----" (my son) and they do, and it hits him and he cries and then the teacher comes and the kids say "It was an accident...I didn't mean to hit him" and the other boys all go "Yeah, it was an accident" because otherwise they will get in trouble. So the teacher tells my son "You know...those boys just play rough...maybe you should find something else to do" and they can't do anything to the boys because they didn't hear the comment and so they can't take DS's side. It's a combination of not enough supervision, sneaky kids, and unsupportive parents. In the morning, they had 200 kids on the playground at our old school and only 2 teachers to supervise, and those two teachers would stand on one end of the playground drinking their coffee and chatting. I once saw a group of 6 kids...one was getting frustrated with the others who were teasing her, and she started windmilling her arms at them while they are laughing and dancing out of the way....they were literally less than 1 meter from the 2 teachers and the teachers didn't notice a thing. They don't want to be out there on playground duty, there are too many kids to watch, the parents don't care....there was a group of parents standing 10 feet from where my son was being bashed against a brick wall and screaming his head off and not one of the parents saw a thing. The school relies on the parents to support them and help, and the parents say "It's not MY job! That's what the TEACHERS are for." But when the parents don't care, there are going to be issues. Sorry, that was REALLY long.

 

[MinnieM123]

Today is DS's 25th birthday! DWifey feels well enough, so we're gonna' all meet up and go hit a coupla' wineries in the Hill Country around noon-ish...!

A very Happy Birthday to DS!! Hope the trip to the winery is fun for all. (Maybe DWifey can take a few rest stops to sit down, while she is there. She's on the mend, but I assume still has a way to go in her recovery after surgery this week.)

 

[MinnieM123]

I have successfully bought jeans online and I'm not sure I've been this happy all week.

That's major. When I find a company with clothing that fits the way I want, I'm a loyal customer to them ever after!

 

[MinnieM123]

Theres not much any of us can do cause management wont fire him. Dude has a tendency to flat out run into people with carts and the metal carts used for pushing freight, and if you've ever been hit by one of those, they hurt like hell.

Why can't they fire him? If he's a "hazard" to others, that's grounds . . .

 

[Songbird76]

I guess I really can't speak for @Songbird76 , but I have seen my share of kids and sometimes there are just kids in a class that are jerks and feel the need to belittle others and have no sense of empathy for other around them. And sometimes there are classes of kids that take care of the kids with special needs or even if there aren't any extreme special needs they just band together and are nice kids to all. Fortunately most of the students I've had students have taken it upon themselves to be special caretakers of the kids that have had special needs like Down Syndrome and Autism. But sometimes we have gotten kids that don't care and are just a$$holes who won't listen to others or try to have empathy.

Yes, and I think a lot of it has to do with demographics...you see more of the rough behavior in certain areas, particularly in low income areas like ours, or in areas where there is a large gap in socioeconomic classes. I don't know WHY other than what I said...the kids learn the prejudices from their parents and the parents don't see it as a problem and so they don't do anything about it with their own kids, so the cycle continues. But in our school, it even differs per grade...one of my co-workers...her son is kind of the same as mine, but 2 years older...he was in DD's class, but was really intelligent and had Autism...he skipped a grade and ended up a year ahead of my DD. His mom says the kids treated him like a little brother and protected him, recognizing that he was younger and more vulnerable. My son didn't really SKIP a grade, but was allowed to continue as though he had already completed a full year of kindergarten, so he was 5 going into first grade...as the youngest kid, he was more vulnerable, but rather than protecting him, his class was full of the little jerks and they took advantage of the vulnerability. Similar situations, same school, but completely different attitude.

 

[Songbird76]

Well today's work day didnt end the way I wanted it. Had to report a coworker for being a safety concern.

Sympathy like. It doesn't sound like something you really wanted to do...sorry you were put in that position.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Well, I can only really give you my opinion on our school as that's the only one I have experience with. The Christian school my DD went to for her 2 kindergarten years (if you remember we do 2 years of K here) and DS did his first "year" (actually only 6 months) of K...we didn't have that problem. It was such a small school...there were only 3 to 7 kids in each grade...I think we had 60 kids in the whole school and the older kids really looked out for the younger ones and it was just such a nice atmosphere there. But this school... to be honest I think the parents play a huge role. This boy pointing at a darker kid shouting "Turk! Turk!" His mom was in the parents organization with me and made several comments about foreigners and "not knowing what kitchen that came from...it might be from a Turkish or Moroccan home." He's getting that from home...try telling his mom there's a problem with him shouting racist sentiment in the gym. She's not going to see it as a problem because she's racist herself. He told my son in first grade he was going to kill him and our whole family. His mom laughed about it and said he probably just got it from video games. She didn't think it was anything big...a 6 year old making death threats...."He doesn't MEAN it." His intent is to make my son afraid...that's WRONG.
And they have this method where they are trying to teach kids to communicate themselves and set their own boundaries...good in theory, but it assumes that all kids respect those boundaries and will treat each other with equal respect, but some don't and the school doesn't seem able to differentiate between normal accidents and bullying. They treat each incident as an isolated event and don't see a pattern where a particular student or group of students consistently singles out another and purposely does mean things. Then it's a "misunderstanding" that my son just took wrong, or it was an accident that the kid just stepped on his foot...6 times in a row walking down the hallway. Or a kid says "Let's play a new game, called Kick the ball as hard as you can at ----" (my son) and they do, and it hits him and he cries and then the teacher comes and the kids say "It was an accident...I didn't mean to hit him" and the other boys all go "Yeah, it was an accident" because otherwise they will get in trouble. So the teacher tells my son "You know...those boys just play rough...maybe you should find something else to do" and they can't do anything to the boys because they didn't hear the comment and so they can't take DS's side. It's a combination of not enough supervision, sneaky kids, and unsupportive parents. In the morning, they had 200 kids on the playground at our old school and only 2 teachers to supervise, and those two teachers would stand on one end of the playground drinking their coffee and chatting. I once saw a group of 6 kids...one was getting frustrated with the others who were teasing her, and she started windmilling her arms at them while they are laughing and dancing out of the way....they were literally less than 1 meter from the 2 teachers and the teachers didn't notice a thing. They don't want to be out there on playground duty, there are too many kids to watch, the parents don't care....there was a group of parents standing 10 feet from where my son was being bashed against a brick wall and screaming his head off and not one of the parents saw a thing. The school relies on the parents to support them and help, and the parents say "It's not MY job! That's what the TEACHERS are for." But when the parents don't care, there are going to be issues. Sorry, that was REALLY long.

Sounds like a rotten system if you ask me. Seems like a social experiment gone wrong and no one is willing to say, “Hey, something is wrong here. “Just my opinion based on what I have gathered from your posts about the school.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

So we had a nice morning and early afternoon. Enjoyed the lovely 80 degree weather while we chose some pumpkins. We were at a garden center and found a really cool plant. Ornamental pepper. DS said it looks like Christmas lights. We bought on of them. Not this one. It is a picture I found on google. Love how they trimmed it.

Then we went to Chili’s. They changed their menu. I was torn between the black bean burger that I think is the best tasting one I ever had and veggie fajitas. In the end I tried the new veggie and bean fajitas. There were loads of yummy veggies on the plate and on top was a black bean burger!! They couldn’t have done it better! It was super scrumptious. The amazing part was the price. Under $15 for all that food. Here is a pic of my plate not including the tortillas and condiments for it that included salsa, guacamole, sour cream and cheese. Took half of it home.

There were loads of peppers and onions under the huge allotment of asparagus. Amazing meal! And a great waitress.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Happy bday to ds @donaldtoo !! Hope it was a glorious day and DWifey was able to get along without issue.

 

[Gabe1]

Oh....I figured you were talking about "Bug ger".

There are so many. Who would know right?

 

[donaldtoo]

So we had a nice morning and early afternoon. Enjoyed the lovely 80 degree weather while we chose some pumpkins. We were at a garden center and found a really cool plant. Ornamental pepper. DS said it looks like Christmas lights. We bought on of them. Not this one. It is a picture I found on google. Love how they trimmed it.
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Then we went to Chili’s. They changed their menu. I was torn between the black bean burger that I think is the best tasting one I ever had and veggie fajitas. In the end I tried the new veggie and bean fajitas. There were loads of yummy veggies on the plate and on top was a black bean burger!! They couldn’t have done it better! It was super scrumptious. The amazing part was the price. Under $15 for all that food. Here is a pic of my plate not including the tortillas and condiments for it that included salsa, guacamole, sour cream and cheese. Took half of it home.
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There were loads of peppers and onions under the huge allotment of asparagus. Amazing meal! And a great waitress.

Both the plant and the meal look and sound amazing...!!!

 

[Gabe1]

So we had a nice morning and early afternoon. Enjoyed the lovely 80 degree weather while we chose some pumpkins. We were at a garden center and found a really cool plant. Ornamental pepper. DS said it looks like Christmas lights. We bought on of them. Not this one. It is a picture I found on google. Love how they trimmed it.
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Then we went to Chili’s. They changed their menu. I was torn between the black bean burger that I think is the best tasting one I ever had and veggie fajitas. In the end I tried the new veggie and bean fajitas. There were loads of yummy veggies on the plate and on top was a black bean burger!! They couldn’t have done it better! It was super scrumptious. The amazing part was the price. Under $15 for all that food. Here is a pic of my plate not including the tortillas and condiments for it that included salsa, guacamole, sour cream and cheese. Took half of it home.
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There were loads of peppers and onions under the huge allotment of asparagus. Amazing meal! And a great waitress.

Yum. I have a gift card to Chili's too.

I have 3 of those pepper plants. Just not as pretty as that one but still loaded with colorful peppers. Mine came from Meijer

 

[donaldtoo]

Happy bday to ds @donaldtoo !! Hope it was a glorious day and DWifey was able to get along without issue.

Thanks!
And yes, DWifey did fine and we all had a great time! We're at home now, but, we're all gonna' get together again later and head to a local comedy club...!!!

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Yum. I have a gift card to Chili's too.

I have 3 of those pepper plants. Just not as pretty as that one but still loaded with colorful peppers. Mine came from Meijer

I am hoping it survives in my house.

Thanks!
And yes, DWifey did fine and we all had a great time! We're at home now, but, we're all gonna' get together again later and head to a local comedy club...!!!

It is awesome how your family always does stuff together! I hope my family has the same fortune of being close like yours as the kids get older. Right now they are like leaches. They know who spends the money on them to take them to Disney.