Also lols forever that a dog is inherently dangerous if it kills chickens. A dog that'll kill like...a sheep? that's a little scary. But chickens? I mean, doesn't sound like a viable pointer hunting dog for sure. Wrong instincts. (Also how did this dog you don't trust and are trying to rehab get into your neighbors chickens?? were you perhaps, not paying attention???) But regardless I've known plenty of friendly family dogs who will kill a chicken in a HEARTBEAT given the opportunity because chickens are basically mobile squeaky toys from a dog POV. My cousin's dog killed my granny's favorite hen one thanksgiving and nobody in the family was ever allowed to forget it, but Marcus still slept in my cousin's bed.
So many people think animal-on-animal aggression equals animal-on-people aggression. (I don't for one minute believe that she thought the dog was a threat to her family)
Post by redheadbaker on May 2, 2024 16:51:48 GMT -5
From the list I picked Doritos (cool ranch, yummy), but my all-time favorite is Herr's Ridged potato chips. Give me those and a bowl of onion dip, and I'm all set.
Post by redheadbaker on May 2, 2024 9:27:21 GMT -5
DS is graduating from 6th grade next month, and needs to wear dressy clothes (shirt & tie, some boys wear full suits, etc)
I'd prefer to take him somewhere to try stuff on rather than order online. He hasn't needed dressy clothes since our wedding in '16, so I haven't paid attention to whether stores have boys dress clothes on display. Any recommendations?
Post by redheadbaker on Apr 29, 2024 13:18:15 GMT -5
This month, I read:
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna - really enjoyed it
A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult - meh, I've enjoyed her other books much more. Too many characters and the reverse chronological order added nothing to the book
The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang - it was ok. They write well together (couldn't tell that who wrote what), but the pacing was off.
Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston - I'm probably one of the last people to read this book, but I'm glad I finally did. I have a thing about crazy popular books where I think they probably won't live up to the hype and never read them. But this one did not disappoint. Laugh out loud funny, loved the characters.
Genuine question: are the follow up sentences why it annoys you or is there something else? To me the interest of this question is not so much people's reasoned answers so much as their gut reactions. Does it bother you that women are answering bear?
It kind or rubs me funny too, and I think it's because it feels like fear mongering. Men are definitely the biggest predator for women - I would not argue that it's unreasonable to feel unsafe when encountering a random man in an isolated place. But the vast majority of men are not going to attack a random woman. It definitely happens, but implying that any man who comes across a woman is going to harm her is just creating even more fear than we already have in this world. I don't think it serves anyone to have to go through life feeling like your life is at risk at every turn.
This was probably already said, but just in case ...
The point is, you don't know if he's a good guy or not. So you're alone, you have to approach every interaction with a strange man as if he could be one of the bad ones.
Our parking spots go for $15k which seems crazy. You get a sign with your name so it’s definitely a thing and there are always fights for them. Four available via auction.
Post by redheadbaker on Apr 28, 2024 21:22:58 GMT -5
My company had a "Steps Challenge" last year. I signed up, only because we were training for a 5K anyway. I'd probably sign up again if they did it now, because I know I need to be more active.
Post by redheadbaker on Apr 28, 2024 17:34:44 GMT -5
DS is 12. No school uniform, so he wears sweatpants, track pants, joggers, etc., and long- or short-sleeve t-shirts (depending on the weather). He has to wear dressy black pants and a white dress shirt for band concerts -- I get black Old Navy uniform pants.
He will wear jeans if I tell him to (for picture day, or a nicer dinner out). The more "stretch" they have, the better. He wore linen khakis at Easter, and didn't complain.
To address the heavy backpacks and bikes - you can put racks and panniers on the bike so you're not wearing a backpack. Some of the kids here that I see in the morning have little bike trailers that they put their big instruments on.
I didn't even think about backpacks.
Most kids don't bike to school in our town because the school doesn't have bike racks to secure the bikes during the day.
Way back in my college days, this would not have swayed any anti. They would tell me that a mom dying was god's will, and who am I trying to prevent. I was just a girl who suffered from losing a mom, unrelated to pregnancy, but fully aware this was an awful fate. They don't care about the woman, either.
I just watched the video, and I don't think it will change anyone's mind. I don't think it will do anything positive or negative, either. If you're still neutral (how can you be?!), there's no 30 second spot that will change it.
Women and the men who support them have made up their minds, for better or for worse. The goal is getting the people who support bodily autonomy to the polls, and I'm not sure this will do that. But I also don't think it will cause harm.
I beg to differ. Maybe not at the polls, but it's still harmful to people dealing with grief around pregnancy loss.
Is it so emotional that people might mute it or change the channel like the sarah mclaughlin ads for spca? But, if so, won't they already be siding with pro-choice? Or is this one of those things that people don't realize how far reaching into every day lives these bans have been?
I know why they did it but I’m not sure it’ll be effective. Those of us who have any empathy at all have already heard the stories and are on their side. The rest don’t give a shit about others and their experiences and it isn’t going to change anyone’s mind.
everyone here knew for years that designating an embryo as life would completely shut down IVF. And yet, a few months ago that became reality and we watched how quickly so many stupid clueless people turned on a dime? I really think the right has its head in the sand and ‘abortion’ is anything a teen mom or BIPOC person needs but anything they need shouldn’t count. In all those stories you read there is always someone in the equation who never thought this could apply to them/their daughter/etc, .
I agree with fernweh -- there are already stories on the news and on social media of women being denied abortions in cases like these. They either don't believe them, or think the doctors are exaggerating, or the lawyers are being purposely obtuse.
Post by redheadbaker on Apr 12, 2024 9:56:00 GMT -5
Saw a Biden ad last night featuring a couple going through a memory box from their pregnancy loss, with captions about how she miscarried but couldn't get an abortion, so was sent home until she became septic, almost died twice and may never be able to get pregnant again. It ends with "Trump did this."
I'm almost 14 years out from my loss (how has it been that long??) and it still brought me to tears. I wasn't expecting such a pointed ad.
I get that they want to drive the point home, but .... this was already going to be a very painful election for a lot of people. This piles on the pain.
I guess I'm just posting for awareness, so others aren't caught as off-guard as I was.
Also read the Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (recommended on here), I had kind of a tough time getting through this one, but ended up liking in the end.
I just started this one! I heard about it through a book group on Facebook, though, I don't remember seeing it mentioned here.
Post by redheadbaker on Apr 10, 2024 9:35:46 GMT -5
I finally finished The Winners by Fredrick Backman. Sad that the Beartown trilogy is done. It was a little slow at parts, but the end brought me to tears.
Also recently read Red White and Royal Blue -- I tend to not read really popular books right away because I'm afraid they won't live up to the hype. This was a really fun read, though. Totally predictable, but still enjoyable. It was a nice balance to The Winners.
It's funny because we all grew up with oily jars of various kinds of achaar including garlic from the regular old ethnic Indian store. So we can't help but find the humor in the woman from Brooklyn selling her fancy achaar.
The woman they ripped off is 1st generation Indian-American.
Yeah I don’t understand why the potential seizure element of this is being breezed over. Whenever there are flashing lights on a show or at a concert etc there is always a warning so why shouldn’t that be part of the email.
I always though the issue was with more of a strobe light type effect - these aren't blinking that rapidly so I wouldn't have associated them with seizures. That said, I and probably most people in this thread are privileged that we haven't had to deal with seizures so I really wouldn't feel comfortable making claims about what would or wouldn't cause one.
Generally, flashing lights between the frequencies of five to 30 flashes per second are most likely to trigger seizures. In order to be safe, the consensus recommends that photosensitive individuals should not be exposed to flashes greater than three per second.
Post by redheadbaker on Apr 2, 2024 13:58:39 GMT -5
DS (12 years old) just rewatched all three season of The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett.
Now he's watching Bad Batch, Gravity Falls, Adventure Time, any Scooby Doo series he finds (original, A Pup Named Scooby Doo, Scooby Doo Guess Who, etc).
If he just wants background noise, sometimes he'll put on the How to Train Your Dragon series, Race to the Edge.
Oh, plus, he and DH just started watching every Godzilla and King Kong movie ever made.
Post by redheadbaker on Mar 29, 2024 16:54:19 GMT -5
DS is in 6th and has missed 1 day for illness, and left early 1 day for a doctor appointment. We're lucky that he doesn't have a chronic illness.
Like Velar Fricative, I won't pull my kid from school for a trip to Disney.
I don't agree with striving for perfect attendence at all costs even if you go to school sick (my mom's approach was, you're going to school unless you're throwing up, and she ended up sending my brother to school with pneumonia). A mental health day here or there, ok. Keep them home when they have a contagious illness, obviously.
But pulling your kid out for family vacations that could be taken any time isn't great, either. Yeah, I get that they're cheaper. That's not really a compelling reason for me (we can't afford to travel during any time of year, so ... no sympathy from me.)
Post by redheadbaker on Mar 29, 2024 16:02:17 GMT -5
I was curious, so I looked up how long it would take to take public transit, bike, or walk to work (6.5 miles away). It would take longer to take public transit than to bike!