CHARLIE AND BUBBA
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Um, well, we listened to aggressively cheerful music sung by people chosen for their ability to dance. Then we ate cookie dough, and talked about boys.
Giles ,'Get It Done'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Nov 25, 2014 2:17:48 pm PST #11348 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
SuziQ - Nov 25, 2014 2:29:41 pm PST #11349 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I need advice from anyone who owns guns or feels confident enough to speak from that viewpoint. CJ is now 18 and has bought himself a new rifle. He and a few friends from the Search and Rescue team are going camping this weekend. He is the only one over 18. He wants to take the rifle and get some shooting practice in. Per him, the other three have been brought up with guns and know all there is about gun safety.
My point of view is that this is a bad idea. IF something were to go wrong, he is the adult and would carry the liability. To that, he says "but nothing will, I won't let anything bad happen". Yes, my dear son, I'm sure that is your intent, but crap happens.
So, I'm trying to get a more balanced viewpoint, if at all possible.
Connie Neil - Nov 25, 2014 2:32:13 pm PST #11350 of 30000
brillig
If the person with the most liability at stake says "Oh, nothing bad will happen, I won't let it", I don't care if he's 18 or 80, they shouldn't be incorporating guns in a play situation. Something will happen. Something always happens, and having a gun anywhere around will make the Something exponentially worse.
edit: I both shoot and own guns.
Tom Scola - Nov 25, 2014 2:50:50 pm PST #11351 of 30000
hwæt
Jesse, have you checked the donations at b.org email lately?
§ ita § - Nov 25, 2014 3:04:26 pm PST #11352 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I agree with Connie. I am not comfortable with that level of casualness around firearms (and children!) unless your name is James Bond.
Jesse - Nov 25, 2014 3:13:27 pm PST #11353 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesse, have you checked the donations at b.org email lately?
It should just forward to my regular mail! But I will investigate.
Jesse - Nov 25, 2014 3:18:25 pm PST #11354 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Huh -- no email. But thank you! ita, can you see where donations@ forwards to?
§ ita § - Nov 25, 2014 4:53:45 pm PST #11355 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Should be okay now, Jesse.
God, just when I think I have the hang of it, they changed the rules. No more Dreamhost user id login, instead email address. LIKE I HAVE ANY IDEA WHICH EMAIL ADDRESS. But that's all sorted now.
How did I manage to get 185 entries in my password vault?
How many do you have? How do you manage them?
Jesse - Nov 25, 2014 5:04:40 pm PST #11356 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
There are a bunch of sites that I just have to reset the password every time, because I can never remember the password rules. Like, a site that really doesn't have to be that secure, so I forget that they insist on every kind of character in the password.
Kat - Nov 25, 2014 5:04:46 pm PST #11357 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
ita, she didn't Krav the lady from the floor, but she did stand up and then take the cart and shove it back at the lady hard enough to push her back.'
I wanted pretzel bread and we needed gas. Keep in mind, this was after Grace's surgery this AM, and the world's worst pharmacy moment.
In other weird news, the doc took a look at Grace's airway and said it looked GREAT. She said if it were any kid other than Grace she would have decannulated her right then.