I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

AnneW

My personal chuckle for the day, just thought I'd share among friends...

I knew I'd be getting up early to get in a workout before going to work today. So I packed my clothes last night, afte the usual agony of "what to wear." Got the skirt, one of two tops (Miss Indecisive), the sandals. Ran out the door in my gym clothes and purse.Yay, going to work out!!

Well, after the exercise, I was getting dressed. OMG--where are my undies??? I can handle braless, but Britney Spears I am NOT!

And there's not a thing open at 7 a.m. Not Target, not Walgreens. (No Walmart near me.) So, off I go to work, enjoying the slight breeze...And as soon as I get to work at 8, I inform my boss that I must run out to Kohls to buy a very necessary, though hidden, part of my wardrobe!

And then I found several other things on sale, so that one pair of panties cost me about $100!!

Hope everyone else's day started off a little better...

bluedahlia

There was a cafeteria in my High School and I remember my dad giving me 50 cents a day, so I guess that's how much it cost.  Some days I couldn't stomach the food and saved my money to buy Doors records.  Those were the days!

revkat

Oh Anne, imagine if you'd gotten in an accident, what would the EMTs have thought! (my motherly comment for the day). New rule: always keep extra underwear in your purse!

CherrylH

Anne, thanks for the giggle!!

covertanjou

Anne, LOL!  So I guess I am not the only one who does things like that?

blue, remember when we bought records!  Now I just buy off Itunes. 

leggo

Anne, when I was walking through the office one day and I had a pair of my undies stuck to the back of my blouse!!! Darn static cling. Never ever get dressed in the dark. I learned my lesson.

otter

(Here I go, tip-toeing into the gator pond...  Presumably it's not the pond with that leaky boat RP is trying to bail.)

One of the things that irks me is when schools close because of the weather or a budget crisis or whatever, and the biggest complaint people can come up with is, "School is closed!  Now, what are all those kids going to eat???".  As if keeping people's children well-fed is the most important role of the school system ... or the school's responsibility at all.

Not FCSL, I'll admit.  I'm not quite there yet.  Gotta work on that.

otter

3monstmama

Hola!  Back from holiday!  We did a walking pub tour of one section of Portland. . . mmmmm, I have a new favorite: sour beer!  And no1 contrary to what DH declared, it doesn't taste anything like hostess cherry pies!!!!

My monsters' schools have cafeterias.  I believe all the swill is shipped in--there are no real cafeteria ladies cooking in the back.  We bring our lunch---we do not buy.  Fact is, I can cook far better lunches for the three of them than it would cost to buy them at school.   One monster had a school lunch one day.  They declared it nasty. 

We pack lunches--leftovers usually or maybe some fresh cooked (fried rice, pasta, whatever) that morning.  On rare occassions, there are cookies in lunch boxes.  There is almost always fruits.  They get water to drink.   Some days when we forget, DH runs off to the local Vietnamese deli for bahn min (essentially a sandwich on a french roll with a bit of ham or pate or BBQ and veggies) or salad rolls (rice paper wrapper around rice noodles, veggies and a slice of ham or some shrimp).  

On field trips I have been horrified at what some  parents sned with their kids---lunchables or just some packs of peanut butter crackers.  Now I know that some kids buck at eatting certain things but honestly, isn't it the parent's job to teach them to eat properly?

Anonymous

Somebody has a very strange fixation .  Feels a bit like stalking to me.  very strange

I'll have my macadamia nutz, please.

AnnNYC

Otter, FCSL has me stumped! 

Florida Coastal School of Law?

Fairfield County Swimming League?

fo'castle?

Anonymous

3moms - sour beer?  I can't even drink the other kind.  Combined with the fried pickles we were "having" a little while ago, te BCOB&G is gonna have to serve tums tonight

leggo

Schools never close here...ever. Even when the temperature is -40 and cars can't move. I always get a chuckle when I hear about school closures in other places. Even if the school burns down, you're expected to show up at the "Emergency" school.

bluedahlia

Yes I remember my record collection and my son using them as Frisbees.

covertanjou

Ann, lol...

CS, My youngest daughter --now 18-- was a champion at throwing temper tantrums.  If there were an Olympic event for throwing a tantrum, she would have won the gold medal.  I learnt that ignoring the tantrum taught her that I would not give in to her whims.  I find that that strategy works not just with kids, but with adults as well.

leggo

You can make a nice popcorn bowl out of an old record too!

Anonymous

oh, darn, we''ve jsut gotten an Amber Alert on the radio - a 4 month old boy abducted in Adams MA - black ford mustang, new york plates - in case anyone in SouthernVT, or western NY is on these boards - how frightening.......

revkat

otter, it is a conundrum. Children need to be fed. Parents should have the responsibility for feeding their kids. People in poverty often do not have the resources (financial or informational) to meet their responsibilities. Feeding kids means they can study better. It benefits all of us if the kids learn, and therefore it benefits all of us if we feed the kids who's parents can't/aren't. If parents become dependent on schools feeding their kids perhaps they become less responsible for their children's well being. In a perfect world there would be no irresponsible parents, there would be no people living in poverty, there would be no children needing food in order to be able to learn at school.  Right now I can't see a better solution to the problem in the short term than to feed the kids. 

covertanjou

CS- how terrible!  I hope the child is found soon.

gracie, our schools do close sometimes--I live in Montreal.  It has to be a huge storm, not a few inches!  I do get a chuckle when I see cities close down because of a few inches of snow.

1Athena1

That's awful, CS.

revkat

I have to admit that I sent lunchables with my kids on field trip days. It was a treat just for those occasions. 

BarbaraA

Anne your morning had me LOL. Blue, I would KILL anyone who touched my 33's. StepD#2 played ONE and was on restriction for the weekend. That nipped it in the bud. They are mint condition. I have some rare ones like Buckingham/Nicks. Yes Stevie and Linsday pre Fleetwood. Great album.

RetiredLibby

Anne, your morning gets the prize!

Revkat, I have to admit that every once in a while, I used to buy a lunchable as a naughty treat for myself. 

I have all my old albums, and a decade or so ago, got an unexpected windfall when I went to the trash room in my condo building and found that someone had thrown away ALL OF THEIR 33s!  DOZENS of them!  So I happily carted them back to my lair and added them to my collection.  I've been working on transferring them to my computer, but it takes some time (i.e., you have to actually play them ... there is no high-speed way to do it). 

L

kira1234

otter, To make it worse even during the summer the kids can come to the school for breakfast and lunch if they are free or reduced during the summer school time. Out at risk kids get an extra month of school in summer school.

thenewme

Ohmigosh, TUNA PEA WIGGLE???  Bwaaahahaha - that gives me the giggles just trying to imagine what that would be!!  Something like brown opaque-with-peas Jello Jigglers???   Eeeewwww

AnneW, tooooo funny!   Those are some pricey drawers, LOL!

otter

"Florida Coastal School of Law"?  Heh heh.  Didn't know it existed, but now I do.

No, I meant FCSL = fiscally conservative, socially liberal, an acronym and political label someone brought up on this thread eons ago (or maybe it was just yesterday).  I'm trying it on for size.  Here was an article -- a "manifesto" -- that was offered as explanation:  http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2010/03/29/fiscal-conservative-and-social-liberal/

Some people have equated FCSL politics with libertarianism:  http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/more-data-on-fiscally-conservative-socially-liberal-voters/ and http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=11152

... but I'm not so sure (or perhaps I don't understand the nuances of libertarianism).  That would be okay.  My positions on issues often (not always) match with those of libertarian candidates.

"The Onion" was not so impressed, however, as was pointed out in a column they ran earlier this summer:  http://www.theonion.com/articles/fiscally-im-a-rightwing-nutjob-but-on-social-issue,20486/

otter

[Sheesh. Edited to make a link active, and to delete a paragraph that I decided was not relevant.]

Bren-2007

Anne .. what a morning you had!  I do understand the $100 pair of undies!  ha!  Sounds like something I would end up with.

My mom always packed our lunches.  They didn't have a cafetaria at the Lutheran school.  I packed my son's lunches too.

Bren

IronJawedBCAngel

It's been over 40 years, but tuna pea wiggle was a revolting gelatinous concoction served on toast, tuna and peas mixed in some kind of mushroom cream sauce that literally wiggled as you walked with your tray.  It had a life of its own, and seemed to always find its way onto your clothes, the floor, everywhere. The mere thought makes me vomitis!

Anne going commando!   Priceless!

revkat

Diagnosis: 1/28/2008, IDC, 2cm, Stage II, Grade 2, 1/20 nodes, ER+, HER2-

kira1234

Oh my tuna pea wiggle. Now I know what it is. My dear mother gave it to us weekly when we were kids.

Anonymous

Annew

LOVED your post - giggled enough I was glad I've been doing my Kegel exercises!  LOL at the $100. happens to me when I walk PAST an art supply store.  Stuff just jumps int my shoping bags - expecially lately, watercolor pencils.

i am still FREAKED, by that Amber Alert - it's s town so close to me.  Makes me wonder what we're supposed to do if we do see the car.  I can hear everyone saying, call the police, most here ( except me) do have cell phones, even tho we don't HAVE cell phone service where I live.  I did say it was rural.  

Just want to send a HELLO Blue, what can we serve you from da BCOB&G This one is on house.....