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  1. I (aged about 11) was at a garage sale with my mom and told her to look at a brooch (rhyming with cooch).

    And my parents like to entertain my wife with stories about the time I was giving them a tour of school during a 1st grade Back-To-School night and showed them the teachers' lunge.

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  2. Wife tried to cut my 8yo daughters' bangs. They are crooked, uneven, too short, etc.

    Her: Well, I think they look cheek.

    Me: Cheek?

    Her: Wait, what did you say?

    Me: Did you say they look 'cheek'?

    Her: Yeah.

    Me: Do you mean chic?

    Her: (realizing she said something stupid) ooooohhhh. You're going to post this on your site, aren't you?

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  3. Anyone deal with their very little ones having social anxiety resulting in crazy tantrums?
    Our 22 month-old goes to daycare and does just fine. He can go play at a crowded park and is OK. He can go out to eat with just us or fly on a plane. But if we go out to eat with other people where there is any extended interaction with someone else, or have people over that he isn't very familiar with, it's meltdown city. Screaming, crying, arching his back, smacking his head on the ground.
    He is developing language just fine. He can interact appropriately with kids at daycare, or the caregivers there, or us. But throw him in a room with anyone who isn't family or daycare, and he loses his shit. 
    It's get super frustrating.
     
    Not to be a Debbie Downer or to see things that aren't there, but have you thought of having an evaluation for Autism or one of the lighter versions of it?

    My wife is a special education teacher dealing with Kindergarten down to 3yos. I had her read your description and she didn't necessarily think 'autism' but thinks maybe an evaluation might help.

    Autistic kids - from high functioning to severe - take comfort in familiarity: familiar surroundings, familiar people, familiar routines, etc. Moving into an unfamiliar place or around unfamiliar people (even people they've met before but aren't around a lot) can cause major meltdowns. It helps to really about the unfamiliar event multiple times over the few days before so they can get comfortable with the idea.

    Again, not saying this is what's going on with your kid, but you might want to think about it if it continues or gets worse.
  4. Just saw this thread.

    As some of y'all know, I work in delivery for Amazon, Target (via Shipt), and UberEats - among others. Some perspective I gleaned from the story:

    - the driver was getting fired regardless just because he had a gun with him. That's a big no-no across all platforms. An Amazon driver shot a homeless guy who attacked him with a knife and even got stabbed, but was still fired.

    - the fact that he got to the door, delivered the food, then shot the dog after means that either the dog didn't get out until the driver was going back to the car or wasn't perceived as a threat. It also means the guy had his gun on him during the delivery because if he had to go back to the car then he could have just gotten in the car to get away from the dog.

    - her comment about the delivery guy not matching the driver shown in the app is very common. Too many people who don't qualify (illegal, felonies, etc) or deactivated (from past bad conduct as a driver) will sign up their wife, gf, sister, friend, cousin, whomever and continue to work under their name. I see it all the time and every once in a while the companies start purging and putting in verification steps. I personally hate having to take a damn selfie every time I show up, especially if I was just there 3 hours earlier. Or having to scan my ID. Unless you have a physical person standing there to verify you are you, most of the security checkpoints can be gotten around somehow through dishonest techniques. Even a physical person can't stop all fraud, as the gf will just show up to pick up the order, then switch cars with the bf and he goes and delivers while she goes home.

    - anyone who has done this for any length of time can get a pretty good feel about whether a dog is just putting on a show of aggression or is actually a threat. A lot of dogs will bark and growl as you move towards the door and immediately shut up when you turn to go back to your car. Just this morning I was delivering at about 430a in the countryside outside Lockhart and got out of the car to get a package from the back only to be surprised to see a large black lab standing right next to me. Luckily he was very friendly and didn't bark or anything. But I've had times where I've tossed the package out the window at their gate, too. A couple days ago a small dog got out when the customer opened the door to get the box before I got back to my vehicle, but it was just excited to be out and run around and I helped chase it to get it back in the house.

    - I don't think there was any reason to shoot the dog unless it actually tried to bite you. If you want to get your gun out and be ready, then fine, but don't pull that trigger until you're under direct attack. This wasn't a pit mix where you might not have the luxury of hesitation. Looks like a German Shepherd or mix thereof. Was probably barking like crazy, running towards you (but not to you) but was wagging its tail the entire time.

    Btw - why would Angie not have hard-wired security cameras? But then, she does videos of putting on makeup while a squirrel crawls all over her, so who knows?

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  5. All this purse talk reminds me...
    We're dog people and foster a bunch of dogs until they get adopted.
    We usually sequester them in the kitchen.
    Wife comes home and puts one of her expensive purses on the kitchen table.  Of course leaves the strap dangling off the table.  
    Foster pup, chews through the strap.
     
    Next day, different expensive purse....same thing, except dog pulled the whole thing down and is gnawing on the corner.
    She's doing it on purpose to get new purses.
  6. Oh, and pick up a 6pk of pre-mixed formula just in case. Our son seemed to do fine initially at the hospital, but then had latching problems at home and wasn't getting enough. We were released on a Saturday and didn't see the pediatrician until Monday and he lost 2lbs in that time. Doc immediately got a bottle of formula and he ended up on formula the rest of the way. Never could latch properly and wife's production dropped quickly. Better to have some and not need it than to need it and not have it. You can donate it if you end up not needing it.

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    those Luvs are size 3 and were gifted. Below them are a box of Kirkland brand 3s. We’ve slowly collected plus whatever we get from showers. 
    One thing I always tell people expecting a first kid (or any kid, I guess) is stock up on diapers now. CVS had a thing (not sure if they still do) with their CVS Bucks that every once in a while they're would be a sale where spending $30 on baby stuff would give you $10 in CVS Bucks. So I'd but three $10 bags of diapers in various sizes then use the free $10 to get a 4th bag. I bought every size from 1 to 4 multiple times. Only got 1 back of NB (up to 10lbs) because my wife had blood sugar issues and there was a risk of a big baby. Boy came out at 7lbs so we had to pick up a couple packs of NBs until he fit the 1s, but we didn't buy diapers again until he was 7mo old.

    Those baby item sales at CVS are also a good time to pick up bottles of baby powder, bags of wipes, baby lotion, bath soap/shampoo, etc. Then get your free bag of diapers.




  8. *Canada stats*


    Yeah, I typically go find crime and police data from other countries with different laws to support my arguments on why Austin has too many police, too.

    Next you'll be telling me how Copenhagen and Baltimore are basically the same because the population is the same. Yet Copenhagen has increased their police force by quite a bit since 2016 and crime rates have been declining steadily over the same time period. Baltimore has decreased their police force and has one of the highest crime rates in the country. I wonder what's different been the two when they both have similar populations and similar amount of officers?

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  9. I've seen no evidence of shortages that doesn't require me to take the union's word at its face value.
    How about from a site that seems geared towards your desires? We have a little more than half the police as other cities of similar size. If you go by the oft-mentioned "225 officers per 100k people for cities with a population over 500k", then we should have 2218 officers. That's a little over 400 short, and over 1400 less than cities of comparable population per this website that wants less police.

    Or maybe the police union is conspiring with them? 7ea478d1f914d448ef0cd6055801cf88.jpg
  10. My wife is 45. This past weekend was the first time she ever heard the phrase "righty tighty lefty loosy".

    She broke the garage door a few months ago. Knocked it off the track and the vertical channels got bent. Door was wedged crooked about halfway down. One roller bracket got so twisted I had to cut it just so I could get the door shut or risk having thieves stealing all of my tools and shit. I ordered all the parts to fix it and have been busy with work so haven’t had time to fix it until this past weekend.

    Since she broke it, and I needed a 2nd set of hands to pull the panels off and put them back in, I made her help me. I have an old car in the garage I'm restoring so if course it was in the way. I was taking out hinge bolts on one side of the car, then handed her the socket wrench to take out the two bolts on her side.

    I stood there and watched as she rotated the socket wrench the wrong way - click click click click - for a good 2-3 minutes. I kept telling her to turn it the other way but she couldn't figure it out. "It's not turning." I had to walk around the car and show her how a socket wrench works.

    Later when we're reassembling, she kept trying to tighten a bolt with the wrench set to loosen. This was after I had already shown her how to switch it. "You need to come do this one. I can't get it tighten."

    Seriously - how do you live 45 years and not understand which direction to turn something to tighten or loosen it? She's changed light bulbs before.

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  11. Not me, but my business partner:
    About 13 years ago his daughter and last remaining child living in the house was finishing up medical tech school and was planning on moving out.
    In anticipation of not having tuition or a child in the house to pay for, he started work on his dream man cave. He tore down the old garage and rebuilt it and redid all of the drive with some pretty cool hard scape work. Inside he had a kitchen, bath, and open area where he put his new pool table. All surfaces were hard and could be washed down with a hose if need be. It even had floor drains. The fridge was stocked with plenty of beer and nothing else. Antlers and other hangings not suitable for the house were placed about the room and got it just like he wanted.  He even beat cancer during this time. Life was good.
    Well, the daughter did not move out, so while she was living there no crazy parties were allowed.
    Eventually, daughter met someone and he had to fork over a bunch of money for the wedding. Like 30 grand or something. But it would be worth it he thought, just so she could be out on her own with her husband making their way in the world.
    Unbeknownst to him, his wife promised them they could live at home to save money.
    So the man cave had to be converted to a residence. All new flooring, new kitchen, new bath, new bedroom walls, closet walls, and lighting. Pool table had to go to storage along with all of the other trappings.
    He thought it would be ok after  a few years when they moved out after saving some money for a house.
    Well, that day never came because his daughter freaked out and got a divorce 6 months after getting married. So daughter moves back into the house and garage apartment sits empty.
    So after about a year when the coast is clear, business partner converts garage apartment back into a man cave. Walls are torn down, new flooring, new kitchen, new bath Yada Yada yada. All the while, daughter is still living at home.
    He has been enjoying his man cave for a few years now worry free. His daughter even met another guy a few years back and he has a good job so her days at home are numbered.
    So last week on Thursday, he doesn't show up for our usual beer drinking meeting even though he says he would be coming right over (he basically lives across the street from our office/yard).
    So I walk on over to see what's up and he and his wife are under the man cave patio-talking. I can tell I am interrupting, so say my hellos and leave.
    The next day I apologize for interrupting and he just shakes his head. He says his wife told him that his daughter wants to buy a house and move out and wants to move in with her boyfriend to save money. He asked where they were moving and his wife tells him, she said it would be ok if they moved into the man cave, after it was converted back into an apartment. Face palm.
    Just have him buy a tiny house and set it up somewhere on the property. They can live in that. And he can sell it when they no longer need it.
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  12. Dammit. I was delivering off this street yesterday (and do often) and was thinking, "Who the fuck thought this was a good idea?"

    There was a small roundabout there before they redid it. It wasn't great since the intersection wasn't made initially for a roundabout, but it wasn't terrible to get thru. This one is stupid - not only because of those bike lanes on both sides, but because the roundabout forces you to drive partially into the cross street on both sides which has square corners instead of the circular drive you typically see with a roundabout. If another car is coming up to turn and waits for you, you pretty much have to stop and let them go first because there isn't room to maneuver without running over the reflectors

    And this is the only roundabout in that neighborhood. And it's in a stupid place. Sendero runs straight through the entire neighborhood between Loyola and 969. This roundabout is at an intersection where one cross street goes a block and deadends - with about 12 houses on it. The other side goes down and loops back to Sendero in a different spot that has no roundabout. There can't be enough traffic from the cross streets to warrant needing a roundabout to let people out easier.
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  13. Yeah I’ve used both. Tapatalk is actually ass tier. 
    Computer expert can't understand why non-computer experts don't want to abandon the comfortable setup they are familiar with for the "easy" system he developed.

    J/k

    But I've used Tapa for years with other sites and like having all of my different forums in one spot, the ease of uploading pics, jumping to my participated threads automatically, etc. I can switch forums without having to navigate in a browser. I'm old.

    That about sums it up.

    Yeah, I used the browser method when Tapa was down, and I figured out how to show activity in threads I posted in, but I came back when Tapa worked again.
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