Stealing copper piping was a huge issue up in Central New York, too.
Grace is officially adorable! That's adorable in itself.
Hey, don't worry about it. Nest full of vampires, you come get me, okay. Box full of puppies, that's more of a judgement call.
Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Oct 20, 2011 5:41:34 pm PDT #2554 of 30001
Because books.
Kat - Oct 20, 2011 5:43:44 pm PDT #2555 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Or terrifying. Grace asked for Signing Times by signing. yay!
TV Works... I don't care what the pediatricians say. But granted, she's over 2.
Noah has a sword stuffed down the back of his t-shirt.
My kids are weird.
Ginger - Oct 20, 2011 5:47:46 pm PDT #2556 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Thieves pulled the copper from the AC across the street a few years ago, as well as from a nearby house owned by a friend. They were apparently using "for rent" ads to look for vacant houses. I know another guy who bought a house in a somewhat blighted area who had the copper pulled from the HVAC system twice before he moved in.
There's also been a rash of thefts of semi trailers for scrap, and while the scrap dealers are supposed to get all the information from the sellers, that frequently doesn't happen.
Hil R. - Oct 20, 2011 5:55:20 pm PDT #2557 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
This week, I gave four students zeros on written homework for plagiarism -- all of them had several sentences copied directly from the textbook. I'm puzzled as to why now -- I hadn't noticed any plagiarism before, and now four people all the same week?
Cass - Oct 20, 2011 5:56:48 pm PDT #2558 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
note that they do have a hummus app which is actually pretty tasty.
Is there nothing that iPhones can't do?
Now I am hungry.
Amy - Oct 20, 2011 5:59:14 pm PDT #2559 of 30001
Because books.
TV Works... I don't care what the pediatricians say. But granted, she's over 2.
TV is fine. None of mine were really interested until two-ish anyway.
Honestly, I miss an excuse to watch Sesame Street.
JenP - Oct 20, 2011 6:00:39 pm PDT #2560 of 30001
They plagiarized from the textbook you're using in class? That's, uh, I don't know that I have words for that.
§ ita § - Oct 20, 2011 6:01:55 pm PDT #2561 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I miss an excuse to watch Sesame Street.
Amy, you are your own excuse. I validate you.
How about we settle on Noah being so cute it should be illegal?
Hil R. - Oct 20, 2011 6:04:51 pm PDT #2562 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
They plagiarized from the textbook you're using in class? That's, uh, I don't know that I have words for that.
Yep. I'm fine with them copying a theorem directly, but the assignment was to explain what the theorem meant, and they copied a few sentences from the explanation in the textbook. (Interestingly, they all chose different parts to copy, and only one of them picked a part that actually answered the question I'd asked.)
Kat - Oct 20, 2011 6:07:10 pm PDT #2563 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
ita, he's less cute than he used to be, but that's the nature of aging. Remember when he was like this: [link] I guess, though, I'm less cute too.
Though now he can carry things like baguettes which is handy. And when he's sweet with his sister (lori took that one) he's really sweet.