heh ... we've been having a good deal of publicity recently because a couple of parents allowed their children (aged ... six and ten, I believe) to walk to or from the local park. Someone saw them walking alone and called the police, who reported the parents to CPS. A couple of weeks later, the children were again seen walking alone, so they were picked up by the police and held for FIVE HOURS in a car, not allowed to call their parents, not allowed to use the bathroom, not given water or anything. And CPS was investigating the parents.
Willow: You know what they say. The bigger they are... Anya: The faster they stomp you into nothin'.
'The Killer In Me'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
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.
Toddson - Sep 01, 2015 11:49:23 am PDT #4582 of 30003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
msbelle - Sep 01, 2015 11:50:18 am PDT #4583 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I think Mac has finally caught on to the advantages of cleaning out his room. Just went shopping this weekend, he got 3 pairs of pants, 3 pairs of shoes, and a jacket. He has pulled out 1 pair of shoes and 5 shirts to get rid of.
Now I need to do the same.
flea - Sep 01, 2015 11:56:55 am PDT #4584 of 30003
information libertarian
Yeah, Casper is 5'3" and it's a 5 minute bus ride in the university district, so I think she will not be harassed by CPS. This is her first solo public bus ride. mr. flea and I have texted each other 20 times already.
Jesse - Sep 01, 2015 12:08:58 pm PDT #4585 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Aw! She'll do great. (Even if not today.)
FWIW, I took the public bus alone when I was 7.
flea - Sep 01, 2015 12:11:30 pm PDT #4586 of 30003
information libertarian
She made it! I am so proud.
Jesse - Sep 01, 2015 12:16:26 pm PDT #4587 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yay!
shrift - Sep 01, 2015 12:25:09 pm PDT #4588 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I deliberately did not look in your direction!
I know! I just have to sit on my hands and not say anything.
She made it! I am so proud.
Go Casper!
-t - Sep 01, 2015 12:26:16 pm PDT #4589 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yay Casper!
Steph L. - Sep 01, 2015 12:27:30 pm PDT #4590 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I deliberately did not look in your direction!
I know! I just have to sit on my hands and not say anything.
Well, but, could you just sneak into the room where they keep the logo and, I don't know, BURN IT DOWN?
t edit Burn down the logo, not the room. Burning down the room would be wrong.
Zenkitty - Sep 01, 2015 12:28:03 pm PDT #4591 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I just have to sit on my hands and not say anything.
Be strong, shrift! Never reveal the awful truth behind the change to sans serif.
It was probably the lizard people. Lizard aliens hate serif fonts.