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25109. arkymalarky - 2/26/2009 2:21:55 AM How's your older daughter, btw? 25110. RickNelson - 2/26/2009 2:39:34 AM Our older is doing Ok, but had to postpone finishing her education. Ma and Pa have had to cut back, and she dropped 2 credits below minimum, and the Univ. Of Minn. dropped her off the map. That's what she tells me, and I wonder.
I would have fought for a probation of some kind, and she isn't of a mind to. At 24 I tend to let things role as she roles. She's got a good job, with Ok pay for her age and no degree yet. I wish she had fought for it, but when she's ready she'll go back. That was about a year ago now. Some of her friends are in NY or Seattle, so she feels the pressure to do her own thing. With that caveat that they've graduated and she hasn't.
I wish we had that money, but it's far beyond us at this particular time. Oh well.
I'm glad we all get to have life lessons.
I'm happy to read your with exchange students. That's such a cool program. Are they High School or College? Either is awsome. My neighbor had one on and off for a lot of years.
We're all older, and her 3 of hers are moving in and out and one still in High School. My daughter grew up with her daughter (who was one year behind). That was great, I hope the kids across the alley from us will get to know Jacob. We're still just "hey how are yuh" neighbors, but there's time.
I love being in one place a long time. 25111. arkymalarky - 2/26/2009 4:06:02 AM I do too.
Our students are HS, a girl from Korea and one from Thailand. It's a nixed bag, like everything. They're great, but we don't have the time, money, energy or location to keep them entertained. They do great together, tho. 25112. magoseph - 2/26/2009 1:58:09 PM Mago, should I continue on Mote Matters even though I am a saloon kinda guy?
No, not on Mote Matters, please Uz--here is just fine. Thatis where we usually talk about our lives. 25113. alistairconnor - 2/26/2009 4:48:29 PM I talk about my lives all over the place.
I'm not suggesting my example is a good one to follow. 25114. uzmakk - 2/27/2009 4:25:37 PM Hi again to all you friendly folks,
I hope to post a fair amount, but I am short on time for a while. I sent the following to the radio station this morning.
N,
Conahan's bimonthly meetings make the unsubstantiated sighting of Ciavarella, Burke/LaRock and Falvello ever more plausible. The meeting is unsubstantiated because the witness absolutely didn't want to be identified.
Heard a piece on NPR at the beginning of the month in which a state school board somewhere didn't want some dude applying 'critical thinking' to the theory of evolution. I think there may be a lesson here for certain self-righteous types. Don't you think so? -- I think I think critically, therefore, what I think is correct. I am as much of an evolutionist as you are; What I do not do is make all sorts of unjustified inferences like your little morning friend.
I love this one and have likely posted it somewhere, but here goes again:
'Had she thought for just a moment, she might have behaved differently,
But thinking is so difficult and a moment is such a long time.'
I have no idea what this is from, but it's good isn't it?
Yours in humble amusement,
Jimmy J., Kicking Kev's ass from here to Tuscaloosa with a southern accent.
.............
The allegation is that Conahan met bimonthly over a period of years with a mobster to discuss court cases. 25115. alistairconnor - 2/27/2009 4:56:56 PM Now that the principal guilty parties are in jail (if I've got that right), perhaps the time is right to write the fictionalised version? 25116. uzmakk - 2/27/2009 5:25:25 PM It seems that way, Conner, but the investigation is expanding and who knows what will turn up. 25117. judithathome - 2/28/2009 4:59:41 PM Have sent Ike for a spa weekend before his surgery on Monday morning. Actually, he went to the vet's clinic so they can monitor what he eats (or rather, be sure he doesn't) the night before surgery.
ACTUALLY, he went 2 days early because he has started spraying his territory and I just couldn't take two more days of it. This will also give Harley a little respite from from being dominated, chased, and intimidated. And it will give me two days of relief from pooper scooper duty. (Yes, I know they have litter boxes but I scoop them almost every time they use them.) 25118. judithathome - 2/28/2009 5:00:43 PM Oh, the surgery is for neutering...I figured everyone knew that but... 25119. wabbit - 2/28/2009 7:15:54 PM Ah yes, the spraying, the odor … it's always best to nip that spraying behavior in the bud, so to speak. Neutering an older male cat won't always stop them from spraying. It will cut down on that really strong odor, though.
Maybe Ike will calm down a bit and the snuggling will commence! 25120. judithathome - 2/28/2009 9:04:37 PM Well, he's only 6 months old so I'm hoping we got him in time.
I would have had it done earlier but my vet was in Tahiti for a month. 25121. wabbit - 2/28/2009 9:12:48 PM He's plenty early at that age. I knew someone who had two toms that she kept indoors and she couldn't understand why her house smelled so bad. D'uh. Once she got them neutered, the strong urine smell stopped after about a month, but they were 2 years old by then and they continued to spray out of habit. At least the smell wasn't as bad!
Tahiti for a month — well, someone has to do it, LOL! 25135. magoseph - 3/2/2009 10:08:33 PM I moved the posts above to Movies & TV. 25136. Ms. No - 3/3/2009 2:53:50 AM Great to see Rick and Uzmakk! 25137. magoseph - 3/3/2009 3:22:54 PM Good morning, folks
Interactive Poll in my area:
Poll Result
How do you feel about the proposed statewide smoking ban that's up for consideration by legislators?
38%
I fully support the idea
15%
No, I'm totally against the proposal
46%
Even as a non-smoker, I'm against it because government shouldn't have the right to make these rules
What would be your vote? 25138. magoseph - 3/3/2009 3:24:13 PM By the way, here's mine:
38%
I fully support the idea
25139. judithathome - 3/3/2009 6:56:49 PM I tend to side with the dissenters...I smoke but that's not the reason; I think if a designated area with proper ventilation is provided, smokers should be allowed to congregate there.
No one is calling for a ban on drinking in restaurants or bars...that is much more dangerous to innocent bystanders.
And if they are going to allow smokers to be shunned, let's take it a step further and outlaw unruly kids. I'd rather have a smoker at the next table than a squalling brat the parents blissfully ignore while MY evening out is ruined. 25140. alistairconnor - 3/3/2009 8:19:18 PM Good lord, outlaw smoking? Several reasons why that's a bad idea :
1) brings the law into disrepute, because it wouldn't be respected
2) interferes with an established personal freedom
3) will create an underground economy (commerce of illegal tobacco)
4) will bring young people into contact with drug dealers (who will obviously step into the breach!)
Jeez. I just re-read, and I suppose they are talking about a ban in public places... not prohibition! oh well. 25141. anomie - 3/3/2009 10:33:21 PM I'd have to read the exceptions and wherefore as's and unless's before deciding on the measure. In general, I'm for banning indoor smoking except in designated areas that are easily avoidable by non-smokers. I quit in 1999 and I'm still not sure it was the right thing to do.
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