"When I was that age I was selling newspapers on street corners and shining shoes! Why can't these kids do that?"
Inara: So. Would you like to lecture me on the wickedness of my ways? Book: I brought you some supper, but if you'd prefer a lecture, I've a few very catchy ones prepped. Sin and hellfire... one has lepers.
'Serenity'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 19, 2020 6:17:16 am PDT #21412 of 30019
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Cashmere - May 19, 2020 6:26:17 am PDT #21413 of 30019
Now tagless for your comfort.
Has any state unveiled a re-opening plan that prioritizes childcare? It boggles my mind how anyone thinks people can go back to work if their kids are still home all day!!
This is a nightmare--our YMCA kept their childcare open throughout the shutdown to provide care for essential and medical personnel, but considering how many private childcare operations and providers have closed, there is no possible way we can have open without providing support for childcare.
Of course, that means there isn't any. And we are still screwed (well, those that have to go to work and leave kids at home.)
Our county exec fired off a summary that makes me feel better about voting for him, but enrages me at the WI Supreme Court. Seriously, the GOP Assembly requested the order be overturned but THEY requested a 6 day stay to provide clarification and modified instruction for the whole state.
Instead, the Court overturned the order and nullified the stay. Which is why the bars flooded with people Wednesday night.
STOOPID Robin Vos should have had his own set of restrictions ready instead of relying on the stay and expecting the Governor, whom he despised, to come up with more ideas to save the people of Wisconsin.
ooops. Seems I had extra rage with my coffee this morning.
-t - May 19, 2020 6:44:56 am PDT #21414 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I don't want to work anymore. Can someone cover my mortgage and bills for a few months while I do laundry and wash dishes? That would be swell.
Jesse - May 19, 2020 7:15:27 am PDT #21415 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Has any state unveiled a re-opening plan that prioritizes childcare? It boggles my mind how anyone thinks people can go back to work if their kids are still home all day!!
A friend just suggested to our friend with a five year old that they just drop her off at the zoo, since that will be open!
DXMachina - May 19, 2020 7:22:28 am PDT #21416 of 30019
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
there is no possible way we can have open without providing support for childcare.
Every day is bring your daughter (or son) to work day!
Sophia Brooks - May 19, 2020 7:24:07 am PDT #21417 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Thanks everyone for the hand sanitizer stuff. I will PM you Cashmere, because that sort of seems the easiest.
We are "most likely" not having in person didactic education in the fall. This is so stressful. There are ways to do good online classes, but this is not it. If you are going online you need to plan for actual online education. And some things do not compute that way—- how do people conduct a health assessment that is in person while maintaining 6 foot distance!?!
DebetEsse - May 19, 2020 7:35:21 am PDT #21418 of 30019
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Yeah, my governor also put out a roadmap for moving forward. It's pretty well 100% focused on what can open when, to the point that even under the final "new normal (No Disruption)" step, you still stay 6 feet away from people you don't live with. There's also a lot of real vague terminology "physical distancing and safe practices" vs "open with adjusted safe practices" vs "fully open with safe practices." Are those explained? No. But the graphics are real pretty, so it's fine.
Jessica - May 19, 2020 7:52:07 am PDT #21419 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
A friend just suggested to our friend with a five year old that they just drop her off at the zoo, since that will be open!
BWAH I would love that. "Here's $15 for lunch, say hi to the elephants for me see you in 6 hours!"
DXMachina - May 19, 2020 8:02:49 am PDT #21420 of 30019
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
It would be educational.
Toddson - May 19, 2020 8:04:14 am PDT #21421 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
A number of years ago there seemed to be a wave of parents doing something like this - they'd drop their kids off at a library or toy store and then go on to do something they didn't want to haul the kids along for. This may have been the source of a sign I've seen reading something like, "unattended children will be given espresso and sent home with a puppy".