The ***OFFICIAL*** Weekend Singles' Thread -- Dear Abby/Dolly (June 2-4, 2006)

DollyCali & all the SUPER singles at FR | June 2, 2006 | Dear Abby/Dolly

[rzeznikj at stout]

Good Song!

[HitmanLV]

Neil Diamond is great and still a crowd-pleaser. I just didn't care for that particular show. Paced poorly. After JL Seagull and the band song, the crowd was in shock and they never really came back.

Neil Diamond at MSG on 10/12/2001 was amazing - a month after 911, he performed after Rod Stewart (who I'd never pay to see) canceled announced shows that month because of 'security concerns.' Wimp! Mr Diamond showed up and did an awesome show. First class!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Wow, I am so pleased!!

Thanks so much for you comments, it made my night, hehe.

[HitmanLV]

I call them not like I see them, but rather I call them...like they are!!! ;-)

You're welcome.

[pcottraux]

I use it as my excuse for not having any kids.

[darkangel82]

Me too, although I don't need an excuse, as I would not be a good parent.

[pcottraux]

Well, I've never been too much into what's trendy for 20 year-olds nowadays. I don't think it's any less weird than you do.

Or maybe I'll try to read your posts more carefully.

[pcottraux]

I wouldn't know about myself.

"Daddy! I want to grow up to be the President!"

"We've got a whole complicated electoral system to keep people like you OUT of the presidency!"

I don't know if that's good parenting or not.

[Victoria Delsoul]

I like this one a lot.

[Maximus_Ridiculousness]

I have a real problem with disorderly children in public, especially while trying to shop somewhere or go to the movies. Gone are the days where kids act up and the parent tries to discipline them. Now a days, kids get completely out of control and the parents say nothing and pretend nothing is wrong. Why is it that so few parents do anything, whatsoever, to discipline their kids? I can’t seem to go anywhere without kids recklessly running up and down aisles, screaming bloody murder, climbing up gondolas, dangerously perching themselves precariously on top things, or throwing horrific tantrums that go on and on and on, and the parents do nothing and act like everything is normal. I just don’t get that.

The last time I was in Barnes and Noble—a relatively quiet store—this 10 year old looking Problem Child walks in with his parents and starts demanding (at the top of his lungs) a list of all these books he wants for his birthday. When the parents tell him he could only get a few of the books, he grew louder and threatened to throw a tantrum (he actually told his parents that he will throw a tantrum and make a scene if they don’t give him what he wants.) The conversation between the kid and parents filled the whole store. Total strangers were giving each other the ‘WTF’ look. So after another 10 minutes of loud pissing and moaning, the kid gets what he wanted and proceeds to the checkout line.

[Victoria Delsoul]

LOL, you are OK, P. No worries.

[HitmanLV]

Good stuff!

[BigSkyFreeper]

Taking care of my grandmother was pretty hard at first. We'd argue over the littlest of things. It sort of felt like she was trying to press all my buttons, but these days I've pretty much brushed a lot of it off, or just take control of the conversation and change the subject of conversation and it brings her back around.

That was the hardest hurdle jump over, as she and I can be hot headed most times. Years ago, when I first moved in with her in 1991, we'd argue over politics of the day. She's a dyed-in-wool liberal (not in the modern sense of course) and I'm as conservative as one can get. The topics we'd generally agree on were religious issues, pro-life stance, private ownership, gun ownership, pro-death penalty and capitalism.

Responsibility does have it's price. These days it's both physically and mentally taxing. But, I've gotten into a routine. When she naps, I take a nap, so she's not running laps around me in the evening. LOL!

[pcottraux]

Ouch.

The other day, we had a kid come into the store who spent more than AN HOUR screaming at the top of her lungs. It was unbelievable. Her parents just walked around, shopping, with her right there in tow, going "WWAAAHHHH!!!! WAAAAHHHH!!!! WAAAAHHHHH!!!!" You could hear it all across the store.

Talk about grating! The parents just ignored her.

[pcottraux]

By 20 year-old kids, what exactly do you mean? Like...people who just need to grow up or something?

[MissAmericanPie]

Thanks to all of you. goodnite

[GOP_Raider]

Here in Milwaukee, we always have Roll Out The Barrel during the 7th inning stretch...

Does Bernie Brewer still slide down the gigantic stein of beer? I got such a big kick out of that.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Like...people who just need to grow up or something?

Yeah, that's what I mean.

Anyway, it's time for me to go to bed.

See ya tomorrow everybody.

Good night, all.

[pcottraux]

Okay. Making sure you weren't trash-talking dwarfs or something.

Don't let the bed bugs bite!

[Nowhere Man]

The last time I was in Barnes and Noble—a relatively quiet store—this 10 year old looking Problem Child walks in with his parents and starts demanding (at the top of his lungs) a list of all these books he wants for his birthday. When the parents tell him he could only get a few of the books, he grew louder and threatened to throw a tantrum (he actually told his parents that he will throw a tantrum and make a scene if they don’t give him what he wants.) The conversation between the kid and parents filled the whole store. Total strangers were giving each other the ‘WTF’ look. So after another 10 minutes of loud pissing and moaning, the kid gets what he wanted and proceeds to the checkout line.

That's a shame, the gimmee it now attitude will ruin these kids throughout life. I guess I understand what it is like when you can't have something, my parents divorced in 1976 when I was 10 so being the product of a single mom, well, I know what it is like to have and have not. It's a shame these kids threaten too, either throwing a tantrum, calling the cops for abuse and so on. Just today, I saw a mom with a kid on a leash. I find kids on a leash very tacky and weird.