Freeoples Thread 314

[Mo1]

Freeoples ....

Thread 314

[Mo1]

Your niece had a horse .. LOL

Just kidding ... he/she is a beauty

[ValerieUSA]

What beautiful coloring -- will that change as the foal grows? I really don't know much about baby horsies.

[lodwick]

Looks like everyone has got stuff to accomplish today - even I. The foal's coat should stay pretty much as you see it now. Beautiful. JL

[ValerieUSA]

Hi Loddy, the kids have way too much energy today. Gonna have to take them to the Y to go swimming or something before they make me even crazier than I am....

[ValerieUSA]

Seattle is totally hopeless - filled with liberal socialist IDIOTS. I can't begin to count the compounding wrong-headed notions throughout this little article:

Group wants to tax espresso for child care
It's a tax that could hit Seattleites where it really hurts: their coffee mugs.
A group of child-care advocates, seeking more money for early education, filed an initiative Friday that would place a 10-cent city tax on Seattle's lifeblood -- espresso drinks.
But in Seattle, where voters have already voted to tax their tobacco, their meals and their hotel rooms, among other things, initial word of the proposal caused barely a jolt among the area's latte lovers.
"Coffee, in a way, it's kind of a luxury item," said Patty Grazini, who frequents the Diva Espresso Bar in Seattle's Greenwood district. "As long as the money went to the programs it was supposed to, I would support it."
The Early Learning and Care Committee, which is made up of parents, teachers and child-care directors, expects the tax would raise $7 million to $10 million a year in this coffee-addicted city. The money would be used to increase wages for child-care teachers, assist low- and middle-income families in obtaining quality child care and increase the amount of high-quality care in Seattle, said Lisa Moy, campaign manager. ......

[ValerieUSA]

"We know that the city of Seattle voters are dedicated to their children," Moy said. "This is one way they can enable children more access to quality pre-kindergarten care."

Voters dedicated to their children. How about the PARENTS? Where's the dedication in dropping them off at gov't day care centers throughout their infancy and early childhood before moms stop off for over-priced lattes on their way to work, feeling good about themselves because 10 cents from that purchase will go to improve wages for daycare workers??? GGGRRRRRRRR ....It's INSANE! If you don't want to raise children, don't breed.

[Servant of the Nine]

A group of child-care advocates, seeking more money for early education, filed an initiative Friday that would place a 10-cent city tax on Seattle's lifeblood -- espresso drinks.

How silly. Put the tax on diapers, baby bottles and assorted maternity supplies. Tax the ones who will get the benefits.

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[Servant of the Nine]

If you don't want to raise children, don't breed.

Great concept. If we could enforce it we could shrink the population back to a reasonable 150 million in one generation.

So9

[Mo1]

Gonna have to take them to the Y to go swimming or something before they make me even crazier than I am....

You have that problem also .. LOL

Dropped all the stuff off at the pool but have too much to do today to go .. maybe tomorrow I will be better

[ValerieUSA]

We lived without many nice things for a lot of years so I could stay home and raise the kids. It didn't hurt us a bit. Not having the kids, or having them and then turning them over to strangers to raise every day would have really hurt.
I don't understand how women can leave their babies in someone's else's care, nor how men can encourage their wives to leave their homes so they can pay for them. I see these big fancy houses in nice neighborhoods sitting empty all day while both parents work and the kids are in day care and after school programs - what's the point in having the wonderful house if the family doesn't live there? It's a theatrical facade - not a home.

[ValerieUSA]

Boys seem to feed off of each others' energy. If one gets restless and rambunctious, they all start acting up. I'm going to lead them out to the garage for some cleaning therapy. BBL

[Servant of the Nine]

I see these big fancy houses in nice neighborhoods sitting empty all day while both parents work and the kids are in day care and after school programs - what's the point in having the wonderful house if the family doesn't live there? It's a theatrical facade - not a home.

It is almost too late for kids to stay at home. If our son had stayed home, there would have literally been no one for him to play with. Every other child for blocks around was in day care. If you keep your kids at home most places today, you are just going to raise anti social twisted kids.

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[lodwick]

Jeffrey Price Barber, 44, of Richburg, S.C., thought it would be a funny gag to pull on his wife: he smeared ketchup all over himself, grabbed his .22-caliber rifle, fired a shot, and lay down on the floor. When his wife heard the shot she came running, saw him "dead" on the floor and called 911.

Responding deputies weren't in a laughing mood. They found Barber had a police record and charged him as a felon in possession of a firearm -- a felony. He pleaded guilty and has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.
(Charlotte Observer)

...So Jeff, was it worth it?

[Servant of the Nine]

...So Jeff, was it worth it?

He's probably better off in prison than in the hands of his wife.

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[ValerieUSA]

Having more than one kid helps solve that -- my kids have brothers to play with -- I had sisters.
Peer interaction/influence is highly overrated as "healthy" among children anyway -- it can be destructive. They need more interaction with adults who love them and siblings who are stuck with them. My elderly neighbors/landlords next door who didn't have children and grandchildren of their own were best friends to my oldest boy. Other kids had moved into the neighborhood by the time the others were old enough to go outside and play, but they often chose to spend time with Frank and Laverne, too.

[ValerieUSA]

How will his poor wife live without him in the house?? *LOL*

[lodwick]

;-)

[lodwick]

As Swerve pointed out, they're prolly both much better off with the new arrangement. ;-)

[Servant of the Nine]

Other kids had moved into the neighborhood by the time the others were old enough to go outside and play, but they often chose to spend time with Frank and Laverne, too.

We couldn't have any more kids and you could shoot off a cannon in our neighborhood and not bother a soul. There was literally no one home in the daytime. I know women who have gone back to work because the children were so unhappy at home instead of with their friends in day care.

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[gogeo]

I saw that this morning, Val. Isn't it amazing the number of creative, well intentioned ideas one can produce...if it's OPM.