Oh! Other funny thing about 2002 -- the emphasis on tapes. Tapes, people! We are old.
Mal: We're still flying. Simon: That's not much. Mal: It's enough.
'Serenity'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Liese S. - Mar 05, 2010 10:40:27 am PST #13576 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Dana - Mar 05, 2010 10:41:13 am PST #13577 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I remember first hearing about torrenting in the Buffy thread. People like Sophia and...Theo? Laura? were getting the episode that way before it aired.
msbelle - Mar 05, 2010 10:41:24 am PST #13578 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Thanks Burrell.
and now mac has gotten so bored that he is actually doing HOMEWORK! that would have been assigned today. Pre-emptive weekend homework! it's a child development miracle.
Liese S. - Mar 05, 2010 10:41:51 am PST #13579 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Hee. That's awesome boredom.
Barb - Mar 05, 2010 10:42:05 am PST #13580 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
*declares msbelle the winner of the standoff*
Connie Neil - Mar 05, 2010 10:42:47 am PST #13581 of 30001
brillig
Ah, the now-standard delayed Utah winter is upon us. Two inches of snow this morning, on top of the two yesterday. With more snow/rain to come. It's gotten so autumn persists until November around here and the cold rainy stuff hangs on till May. Then we have three weeks of glorious spring, then, joy, the 90s are on the doorstep and we endure summer.
Fortunately I love rain.
Kristen - Mar 05, 2010 10:42:58 am PST #13582 of 30001
That seems to be the worst thing about parenting. When you punish the kid, you get punished too.
My mother always tells this story. When she was a kid, she was a very picky eater. And my grandmother was a disciplinarian type who would say, "you'll eat it or you'll wear it." So my mom ended up wearing a lot of food as a kid.
Fast forward to my childhood. I didn't want to eat something once and my mom pulled out the old, "you'll eat it or you'll wear it." I didn't eat it and she dumped the plate over my head. Then she realized, OMIGOD, now I have to CLEAN all this up. Who am I punishing here anyway?
She never did it again. She also never understood how my grandmother had the patience to do that all those years.
msbelle - Mar 05, 2010 10:43:27 am PST #13583 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
oh yeah, my stubborn runs deep. I used to take spankings rather than admit wrong doing.
Dana - Mar 05, 2010 10:44:36 am PST #13584 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Uh, I admit I am not a parent, but does dumping food on a child convince them to eat it?
Jessica - Mar 05, 2010 10:46:19 am PST #13585 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
At home, "____ before I count to three or I'm taking it away" usually works pretty well, since hiding toys in the closet isn't a huge burden on me.
Out and about, there's less stuff to take away and "Stop ___ or we're going home" isn't always a threat I can follow through on. We usually wind up having a time-out on a bench or something.