The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[21stamps]

When I was a kid and even when my daughters were school age, I/they never even went back to school until the day after Labor Day. Nothing to celebrate for us. A lot of us, as adults, had to work on Labor Day and in most cases it wasn't even considered a paid day. As it will probably be getting back to now... laborers were a whole lot less then important in the view of the wealthy business owners who considered it a loss of production and/or a day when they paid people to stay home. Not really a popular thing to celebrate for them.

This is tradition in Cincinnati on Labor Day, it’s called Riverfest/WEBN (a radio station) Fireworks.
I’ve never taken my son because it’s just so crowded, on both sides of the river.. but I told him on Sunday that we will go in the next 2 years.

It’s televised locally as well, the music and show is amazing.

 

[Songbird76]

Really? No exceptions? That is unbelievable. There can easily be an exception. It is just a t shirt. I am sure the company screen printing them(assuming this is what is being done), can easily add one more. Ridiculous.

Well, I suppose they have to draw the line somewhere for the school to order them, but I'm betting the company making them will take whatever orders they can get, and the school might get a special deal for ordering in bulk, whereas an individual parent might have to pay more if they don't go through the school? So then that's probably why they have a deadline? I would hope that it's still available to buy one yourself if you miss the deadline to get it through school. But they really should have a more reliable method of reaching the parents. Emails aren't always the best way.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Here’s the emails-

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My response to that-

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This is our 4th year at that school. I have never once seen a kid in a hand me down shirt that didn’t match the rest of the class!!!!

I understand that I made a mistake, but there has to be some way to put in one more order.. even if I have to pay more or have to do it myself and pick up myself. The run is in 2 weeks! That should be enough time for both tee shirts!

So here’s the last one I sent, but haven’t received a response-


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There are words for people like that.

 

[21stamps]

We drove it in 2010.That was the most enjoyable drive. I will never forget how the water looked. The road is just incredibly amazing.

My stress level decreases by 98% when I drive across the Seven Mile Bridge.

That is truly so unspeakably sad. I think they have done away with kids hitting the balls with their heads here because of the dangers. Prayers to the family. Just devastating.

Headballs are illegal in the US til 13U now because of concussions.


@Songbird76 i missed the original post.

The goal keeper was hit in the head? Did they say what caused him to die? Did he have a concussion or did he break his neck from the impact?

This is so devastatingly sad. I can’t even imagine. Prayers to the family and community.

 

[Songbird76]

Is the cast off now? Glad that the healing went well.

Yep, the cast finally came off the Monday after we got back from Germany. They gave him a brace for a few weeks after that, but he didn't have to wear it unless he was doing something with a higher risk of falling or contact....like, jumping on the trampoline, playing soccer, etc. He had gotten so used to the cast that it was hard to convince him to take the brace off. It took a couple of days, but he finally took it off and it never went back on. Halfway through the school vacation, he had an appointment to check it one more time and they cleared him to resume normal activity.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

This is tradition in Cincinnati on Labor Day, it’s called Riverfest/WEBN (a radio station) Fireworks.
I’ve never taken my son because it’s just so crowded, on both sides of the river.. but I told him on Sunday that we will go in the next 2 years.

It’s televised locally as well, the music and show is amazing.

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I always associated Labor Day as the end of summer, so never saw it as a reason to celebrate. If I lived where it was warmer, that might be a different story. So glad you are on this thread now because you will be able to read @figmentfan423 and me griping about the weather from October through April or May.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Well, I suppose they have to draw the line somewhere for the school to order them, but I'm betting the company making them will take whatever orders they can get, and the school might get a special deal for ordering in bulk, whereas an individual parent might have to pay more if they don't go through the school? So then that's probably why they have a deadline? I would hope that it's still available to buy one yourself if you miss the deadline to get it through school. But they really should have a more reliable method of reaching the parents. Emails aren't always the best way.

Yes, and I think his school started not even 2 weeks ago. Also, for returning kids, they should have had a letter sent home at the end of the year with an order form. Emails do get missed. Parents will look in their kids folders though.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Yep, the cast finally came off the Monday after we got back from Germany. They gave him a brace for a few weeks after that, but he didn't have to wear it unless he was doing something with a higher risk of falling or contact....like, jumping on the trampoline, playing soccer, etc. He had gotten so used to the cast that it was hard to convince him to take the brace off. It took a couple of days, but he finally took it off and it never went back on. Halfway through the school vacation, he had an appointment to check it one more time and they cleared him to resume normal activity.

I hope he has an uneventful year at school.

 

[Songbird76]

When I was a kid and even when my daughters were school age, I/they never even went back to school until the day after Labor Day. Nothing to celebrate for us. A lot of us, as adults, had to work on Labor Day and in most cases it wasn't even considered a paid day. As it will probably be getting back to now... laborers were a whole lot less then important in the view of the wealthy business owners who considered it a loss of production and/or a day when they paid people to stay home. Not really a popular thing to celebrate for them.

It never made much sense to me that we'd have a week or 2 of school and then have a Monday off. Why not just wait until after the holiday?? It also never made much sense to me that we didn't start on a Monday.....it was always around my brother's birthday, and for a while I know we'd go to state fair and then start school the following week sometime. Now, they start school BEFORE State fair, which makes NO sense, because any of the kids showing stuff for 4H or FFA are gone that whole week for fair. I don't know who designed the school calendar, but it doesn't seem very logical to me. By waiting one more week, they could have everyone there and not have to immediately have a day off.

 

[Goofyernmost]

My stress level decreases by 98% when I drive across the Seven Mile Bridge.

My enjoyment of the 7 mile bridge was completely enhanced by the fact that one of the evenings in Key West was a rainy, stormy night so there wasn't a lot to do other then to watch HBO in the hotel room. By chance, they happened to be showing the movie "True Lies" with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis. The scene in the movie where the car is speeding, out of control across the bridge toward the end of the movie, was filmed on the closed section of the old highway. I loved that movie, in no small measure thanks to Jamie Lee's presence in it, but. driving back it was easy to see exactly where the scene was filmed and just added more to the enjoyment for me.

 

[Songbird76]

That is truly so unspeakably sad. I think they have done away with kids hitting the balls with their heads here because of the dangers. Prayers to the family. Just devastating.

Yes, I think they did away with that here, too, but from what I heard, this was just a tragic accident. He wasn't TRYING to hit it with his head. He wasn't used to playing goalie, so hadn't trained for that, and he went for the ball and it hit his head. I wasn't there, so I don't know for sure, but that's what I understood from what people have said. Of course it's been all over the local news for this area, but I haven't actually read any of the articles. I don't need to know the details...I just think it's heartbreaking.

 

[21stamps]

Well, I suppose they have to draw the line somewhere for the school to order them, but I'm betting the company making them will take whatever orders they can get, and the school might get a special deal for ordering in bulk, whereas an individual parent might have to pay more if they don't go through the school? So then that's probably why they have a deadline? I would hope that it's still available to buy one yourself if you miss the deadline to get it through school. But they really should have a more reliable method of reaching the parents. Emails aren't always the best way.

I understand all of that! And I do realize that I am at fault here. What angers me is it specifically says that Friday was the last day, not “11:00 am on Friday”. I tried just a few hours later.

I am more than willing to pay more, do the leg work, and handle it myself. I don’t know why she didn’t respond to my last email..

I’m giving her the benefit of the doubt that maybe they went out of town this weekend as the reason she didn’t respond. However, If I don’t get a response by noon today I am calling the school and seeing if they can step in. We’re talking a few hours late here, I could have put in the stupid order myself on Friday afternoon.

There are words for people like that.

I’m friends with people on most committees but not Spirit Wear.. those moms aren’t really my cup of tea. They don’t have kids who are T’s age, and they’re the stereotypical ‘lunch date/country club/Facebook I love my life/look what my husband bought for me/my house is bigger than yours’ club.

I realize that I sound catty and petty here.. I grew up belonging to a country club, plenty of nice people.. but this little group of women is a different type of clique. One I have no interest associating with... but I just want the shirts!

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

DD's school schedule was slightly altered for this week. (School here is so different!!!) Apparently over the weekend, a 13 year old boy who is a 2nd year student at her school, died in a soccer accident. I'm not sure exactly what happened....I thought I read that 2 kids collided, but someone else said no, a boy kicked the ball and it hit the kid in the head. The goalie was out because of an injury, and this kid was the tallest or biggest, so he filled in, took a ball to the head, and he collapsed. They did CPR and revived him and he died at the hospital. So they brought in grief counselors for the 2nd years, canceled school ID pictures, and I think they were having some sort of an assembly. I'm sure the family would appreciate any prayers you might be inclined to send their way. So so sad...just a fluke accident. We think it might have been someone on DS's best friend's team, but we're not sure and don't want to ask, but we talked to DS about not peppering him with questions in case it was a friend and he's really sad.

That is sad.

 

[Songbird76]

Here’s the emails-

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This is our 4th year at that school. I have never once seen a kid in a hand me down shirt that didn’t match the rest of the class!!!!

I understand that I made a mistake, but there has to be some way to put in one more order.. even if I have to pay more or have to do it myself and pick up myself. The run is in 2 weeks! That should be enough time for both tee shirts!

So here’s the last one I sent, but haven’t received a response-


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Can you get a picture of the design and color and order it from a vendor of your choice? I'm sure the vendor won't want to pass up an opportunity to make a sale, especially if they are already making that tshirt right now. It requires no extra effort for them, but gives them a bit more profit. Do you know the name of the vendor?

 

[21stamps]

Yes, I think they did away with that here, too, but from what I heard, this was just a tragic accident. He wasn't TRYING to hit it with his head. He wasn't used to playing goalie, so hadn't trained for that, and he went for the ball and it hit his head. I wasn't there, so I don't know for sure, but that's what I understood from what people have said. Of course it's been all over the local news for this area, but I haven't actually read any of the articles. I don't need to know the details...I just think it's heartbreaking.

It is heartbreaking. It’s also scary. When I was a kid we wore helmets in goal.. but that’s been gone for many years. I don’t know if it would have helped in this scenario.
So sad.

 

[Songbird76]

My stress level decreases by 98% when I drive across the Seven Mile Bridge.




Headballs are illegal in the US til 13U now because of concussions.


@Songbird76 i missed the original post.

The goal keeper was hit in the head? Did they say what caused him to die? Did he have a concussion or did he break his neck from the impact?

This is so devastatingly sad. I can’t even imagine. Prayers to the family and community.

Well, this says he collided with another player. https://www.omroepgelderland.nl/nie...ige-keeper-gesprek-van-de-dag-in-s-Heerenberg so the people talking about it at work yesterday must have been wrong. Or I suppose the news story could be wrong. It just says he collapsed and didn't get back up after the collision, and they took him to Nijmegen to the hospital (That's quite far!) where he died of "Brain injuries". If it WAS a ball to the head, it was an accident, because I'm pretty sure they banned headballs here a few years ago up until the adult level.

 

[21stamps]

Can you get a picture of the design and color and order it from a vendor of your choice? I'm sure the vendor won't want to pass up an opportunity to make a sale, especially if they are already making that tshirt right now. It requires no extra effort for them, but gives them a bit more profit. Do you know the name of the vendor?

I requested the name in my last email on Friday afternoon. Still waiting on a response.


I wish we could set up an account for school, Like put $500 or $1000 at the beginning of the year.. let them deduct as necessary and then we get the balance if any is left over at the end of the school year.

That way parents as disorganized as I am wouldn’t miss any deadlines.
It boggles my mind how I struggle with one kid when other people manage with 3 to 5. Between work, soccer, and school I feel like I’m on overload.

Maybe even using an app instead of random emails from different people.

I wish all info/requirements came in ONE form of communication. Instead, we have some papers that come home, some things on the website, some in the weekly emailed newsletter, and then others from these emails from committee moms. Just condense it to ONE!

 

[Songbird76]

I understand all of that! And I do realize that I am at fault here. What angers me is it specifically says that Friday was the last day, not “11:00 am on Friday”. I tried just a few hours later.

I am more than willing to pay more, do the leg work, and handle it myself. I don’t know why she didn’t respond to my last email..

I’m giving her the benefit of the doubt that maybe they went out of town this weekend as the reason she didn’t respond. However, If I don’t get a response by noon today I am calling the school and seeing if they can step in. We’re talking a few hours late here, I could have put in the stupid order myself on Friday afternoon.



I’m friends with people on most committees but not Spirit Wear.. those moms aren’t really my cup of tea. They don’t have kids who are T’s age, and they’re the stereotypical ‘lunch date/country club/Facebook I love my life/look what my husband bought for me/my house is bigger than yours’ club.

I realize that I sound catty and petty here.. I grew up belonging to a country club, plenty of nice people.. but this little group of women is a different type of clique. One I have no interest associating with... but I just want the shirts!

Is it a mandatory thing to have the tshirt or is it a thing like....it's a memento? If it's a mandatory thing, they should have made more of an effort to get in touch with parents who hadn't ordered yet.

 

[21stamps]

Is it a mandatory thing to have the tshirt or is it a thing like....it's a memento? If it's a mandatory thing, they should have made more of an effort to get in touch with parents who hadn't ordered yet.

They wear the class shirt at least 10 times throughout the year. Field trips..Olympic Day..Class Photos..etc etc.

The walk/run-athon shirt is only once on that specific day. I think he’d be embarrassed if he didn’t have it, but would be a lot better than not having a class shirt. The paperwork specifically says that they have to wear the walk shirt or their class shirt on that day.

 

[Tony the Tigger]

I would go to Key West. Go see some 5 toed cats and free roaming chickens.

We love love love Key West, and have gone many times, including our honeymoon. It’s a solid 4 hour drive, so kind of “at the line” of what’s a reasonable day trip.

Plus Kylie does not do well in public there. My dog who never barks, barks at every rooster on the street!

I never drove in Joisey !!!

We never tawk like that!

It was a Harry Potter marathon again on Sy fy channel. Couldn't help but watch even though we have the Blu Rays of them all.

I had them all on my DVR without commercials from the HBO marathon last Christmas. Of course, we got a new DVR and I lost them all. I have the SyFy ones with commercials now.

I understand all of that! And I do realize that I am at fault here. What angers me is it specifically says that Friday was the last day, not “11:00 am on Friday”. I tried just a few hours later.

I am more than willing to pay more, do the leg work, and handle it myself. I don’t know why she didn’t respond to my last email..

I’m giving her the benefit of the doubt that maybe they went out of town this weekend as the reason she didn’t respond. However, If I don’t get a response by noon today I am calling the school and seeing if they can step in. We’re talking a few hours late here, I could have put in the stupid order myself on Friday afternoon.



I’m friends with people on most committees but not Spirit Wear.. those moms aren’t really my cup of tea. They don’t have kids who are T’s age, and they’re the stereotypical ‘lunch date/country club/Facebook I love my life/look what my husband bought for me/my house is bigger than yours’ club.

I realize that I sound catty and petty here.. I grew up belonging to a country club, plenty of nice people.. but this little group of women is a different type of clique. One I have no interest associating with... but I just want the shirts!

I’m sure there’s a way to get a shirt made - the thing is they may have to charge you a hefty set-up fee. But my concern is how the other kids treat your kid when they’re all supposed to wear one and he isn’t. So get it anyway.