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  • badger
    badger Member Posts: 34,614
    edited July 2016

    I wasn't all that rebellious but did date a guy my mom didn't like.

    Kaption, my workplace adopts a school each year and in Aug we buy them supplies for the start of school in Sep. (To help the farm & tourist industries, our legislature passed a law that school can't start until after Labor Day.) No one spends more than $10 but together we amass an impressive array of needed items like pencils, notebooks, composition books, and backpacks. Maybe you could start something similar in your area to help the kids and satisfy your urge to shop for school supplies. :-)

    There is power in ...

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  • Kaption
    Kaption Member Posts: 3,192
    edited July 2016

    hsant- I taught grades 2,3,5, 6 as well as Title 1 preschool and Title1 8th grade reading (both for those with special needs). I was curious about education at all levels and types. Then I moved to higher education, and became a professor and program director in education. I mostly taught adults coming back to college to become teachers. They were wonderful students. I taught from 4 year olds to nearly 40 year olds!

    Teenage rebellion- not too much. I was pretty boring. Tried smoking in college, but didn't like it. Let's see if someone else was more interesting.

    One way I rebelled against my parents as a teenager was...

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  • hsant
    hsant Member Posts: 790
    edited July 2016

    Kaption, very impressive! I have much respect and admiration for teachers.

    There is power in knowledge.There is also power in having a lot of money, not that I would know anything about that.

    My parents were extremely lenient. My sister and I didn't have a curfew. We had very few rules, so there wasn't anything to rebel against. We were good kids.

    My child (children) impress me because....

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  • Kaption
    Kaption Member Posts: 3,192
    edited August 2016

    they both balance big responsibilities with being excellent parents and really good people.

    My greatest wish for my family is...

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 57,235
    edited August 2016

    that they stay close & also have good friends who will stick with them through thick and thin

    Something that I have to get done this week is......

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  • hsant
    hsant Member Posts: 790
    edited August 2016

    Listen to my father's voice mail messages.

    This weekend I plan on...

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 57,235
    edited August 2016

    painting, painting, painting (we are remodeling the kitchen and throwing in the front hall just for 'fun').

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  • Wonderland
    Wonderland Member Posts: 3,288
    edited August 2016

    Painting is such good exercise Ruth!

    Another thing I have to do this weekend is................

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  • Kaption
    Kaption Member Posts: 3,192
    edited August 2016

    attend a 30 th anniversary party of some friends on Saturday, then celebrate our 34th anniversary on Sunday.

    August is the best month to...

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  • PattyPeppermint
    PattyPeppermint Member Posts: 11,162
    edited August 2016

    get back to school supplies

    If I could change one thing abouty day today it would be ,,,,,

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  • Valz
    Valz Member Posts: 37
    edited August 2016

    50 years ago.


    Last night I lost my last

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  • hsant
    hsant Member Posts: 790
    edited August 2016

    Happy Anniversary, Kaption!

    Will to truly get a good night's sleep. I have accepted that I'll wake at 3 a.m., and fall back asleep at 4 and get up up at 6 to start my day.

    Right now, I crave...

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  • Kaption
    Kaption Member Posts: 3,192
    edited August 2016

    Thank you!

    Some cooler weather-and it's coming tomorrow.

    Something else I'm craving is...

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 57,235
    edited August 2016

    potato chips.

    One scary car accident I had (or almost had) was.......

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  • hsant
    hsant Member Posts: 790
    edited August 2016

    This happened a few days ago. There was a landscaping truck parked on a two lane road. I was driving on the opposite of the road, and a car coming in the other direction didn't yield to me, swerved around the truck, and almost caused a head on collision. I was pretty shaken from that experience.

    Another situation where I was "all shook up". ...

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 57,235
    edited August 2016

    Ha....here's the first thing that came into my mind.....about 17 years ago, DS's baseball team was in a tournament in the town where I had attended college. We were gassing up the car before coming home & the guy pumping gas next to me stopped and came over. It was my college FINANCE (whom I had had minimal contact with and whom I hadn't seen for years)! We had a very nice chat. I met his wife (who was sitting in his car), he met DH; but I was so shook up, I almost drove onto the exit, instead of entrance, ramp to the freeway!

    This is interesting, another "all shook up" situation I found myself in is......

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  • Kaption
    Kaption Member Posts: 3,192
    edited August 2016

    Great story, Ruth!! Ha!

    Still thinking on my "shook up" story...

    Next shook up story...

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  • badger
    badger Member Posts: 34,614
    edited August 2016

    I have a long commute to work and see a lot of terrible driving. People are impatient and rude. They forget there's a person, not an enemy or a competitor, in the other vehicle. They ignore the laws of physics. Been shook up several times but the closest call was the guy who was driving too fast for winter conditions, lost control on a curve, and spun around the line of cars he had just passed. He somehow didn't hit any of us more sensible drivers, but we all had to brake and some of us fishtailed before regaining control, myself included. Scary!

    The first vehicle I ever drove was a/an ...

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  • PattyPeppermint
    PattyPeppermint Member Posts: 11,162
    edited August 2016

    cadialla of my parents. Huge boat

    The person who taught me to drive was .......

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  • Kaption
    Kaption Member Posts: 3,192
    edited August 2016

    a driver's education teacher. We had those-back in the day :)

    The first car that was really MINE was...

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  • PattyPeppermint
    PattyPeppermint Member Posts: 11,162
    edited August 2016

    a chevy chevette manul transmission. I had a driver's Ed teacher also. Funny they don't teach that at school now


    My dream car is ....
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  • badger
    badger Member Posts: 34,614
    edited August 2016

    one that gets great gas mileage and never needs repairs. Hey it's a dream, right?

    The fastest I ever drove was to get to ...

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  • PattyPeppermint
    PattyPeppermint Member Posts: 11,162
    edited August 2016

    see my dad before he died

    The last person in my family I would trust is .......... ( come on. We all got at least one )

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  • hsant
    hsant Member Posts: 790
    edited August 2016

    I have a list, but I'm going to go with my MIL. I just want to throw a bucket of water on her, watch her melt and call it a day.

    I'm so sorry for your loss, Patty.

    The person I trust most in my family is....

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  • PattyPeppermint
    PattyPeppermint Member Posts: 11,162
    edited August 2016

    dh. Married ,,25 years

    I've been married. Years

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 57,235
    edited August 2016

    28 years as of June.

    I would describe my parent's marriage as......

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  • PattyPeppermint
    PattyPeppermint Member Posts: 11,162
    edited August 2016

    convenient

    Favorite Summer Olympic activity is...

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  • Kaption
    Kaption Member Posts: 3,192
    edited August 2016

    tie between track events-especially sprints, and gymnastics

    We did watch the cycling road races yesterday and today. That course was way too dangerous. There should not be that many serious injuries.

    A sport I wish could have excelled in is...

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  • hsant
    hsant Member Posts: 790
    edited August 2016

    Figure skating. I skated for many years when I was a kid, but I just didn't have the natural talent it takes to excel.

    A sport I'm good at is...

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  • PattyPeppermint
    PattyPeppermint Member Posts: 11,162
    edited August 2016

    was volleyball MVP in college

    The last class reunion I went to was ......

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