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[cosjobs]

They limit attendance?

Even Wisconsin can only handle so many drunks in a limited space.

 

[cosjobs]

Fun fact: North Dakota has the highest beer consumption per person in the country.
Wisconsin is 6th
Texas is 10th
Connecticut 50th

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Fun fact: North Dakota has the highest beer consumption per person in the country.
Wisconsin is 6th
Texas is 10th
Connecticut 50th

I have a feeling that might change soon.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

But if buys his beer in NH, won’t they get the credit?

 

[mr. furley]

the closest i get to that these days is the Great Taste in Madison every summer. a couple days of debauchery and nonsense with the likes of @bakes, @tangfoot, @The Gator, @Steve Tasker, @Tip Top, @urbanhack and others.

How do I get an invite to this?

Consider yourself invited, GB. Although the event itself is likely already sold out, tickets can usually be found. Most of the folks @'ed above are on a beer-themed Discord

They limit attendance?

yeah. i want to say it's 6000 tickets this year. mostly it sells out on the first day tickets go on sale, but there's a mail-in and online (this year) lottery component to it where ticket winners are being processed this week.

there's always a chance to buy tickets at the gate day of from people who bought their allotment but that can't use them.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

But if buys his beer in NH, won’t they get the credit?

He said "consumption" not "purchases", but point taken. I'm guessing the only way they could measure would be by sales?

 

[General Malaise]

My bipolar friend passed in her sleep Thursday morning. I was prepared long ago, I'm just looking after her adult kids, who view me as something between an uncle and an extra dad.

Somehow probably related: Yesterday I bought a ticket to the Monday night Packers-Raiders game in Vegas on 10/9.

Sorry GB. The kids are lucky to have you in their lives.

 

[General Malaise]

Fun fact: North Dakota has the highest beer consumption per person in the country.
Wisconsin is 6th
Texas is 10th
Connecticut 50th

I have a feeling that might change soon.

Isn't our buddy Cos a oenophile?

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Fun fact: North Dakota has the highest beer consumption per person in the country.
Wisconsin is 6th
Texas is 10th
Connecticut 50th

I have a feeling that might change soon.

Isn't our buddy Cos a oenophile?

I thought that was @HomerSimpson

 

[Mr.Pack]

Sorry for your loss GB Kev

 

[The Gator]

the closest i get to that these days is the Great Taste in Madison every summer. a couple days of debauchery and nonsense with the likes of @bakes, @tangfoot, @The Gator, @Steve Tasker, @Tip Top, @urbanhack and others.

How do I get an invite to this?

lottery closed last night https://greattaste.org/tickets/

but show up in Madison and you'll find one.

4 tix acquired
flights booked to madison
Double tree by the airport will run out of cookie.

 

[mr. furley]

the closest i get to that these days is the Great Taste in Madison every summer. a couple days of debauchery and nonsense with the likes of @bakes, @tangfoot, @The Gator, @Steve Tasker, @Tip Top, @urbanhack and others.

How do I get an invite to this?

lottery closed last night https://greattaste.org/tickets/

but show up in Madison and you'll find one.

4 tix acquired
flights booked to madison
Double tree by the airport will run out of cookie.

FOUR??????

you bringing the boys?

 

[The Gator]

the closest i get to that these days is the Great Taste in Madison every summer. a couple days of debauchery and nonsense with the likes of @bakes, @tangfoot, @The Gator, @Steve Tasker, @Tip Top, @urbanhack and others.

How do I get an invite to this?

lottery closed last night https://greattaste.org/tickets/

but show up in Madison and you'll find one.

4 tix acquired
flights booked to madison
Double tree by the airport will run out of cookie.

FOUR??????

you bringing the boys?

The wife and my brother with his wife. Pretty pumped, it's been 8 years for me.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Blows out…

So I mentioned my MIL having cancer, looks like 3 months chemo, some sort of HPIT Surgery , and 3 more months of chemo. She already can barely take care of herself physically and financially, and I’m guessing during the next 9 months will hell. She only lives about 15 min away, but it’s gonna be a chore to keep up with 2 houses

So, wife and I are discussing moving her in. Problem is we have a 3 bed house and it’s us and 3 boys. Youngest already share a room (bunks). And theirs is the only ground floor bedroom. So likely would need to move oldest in to basement and make legally live-able(egress, etc) and move youngest to upstairs, not a huge deal

Plan would probably be to move her in, sell her house and then sell ours and find something more suitable (like 6 mo-1 yr). And while I’d love to move (there was a shooting like 5 streets over today) oldest starts high schools next year and has a close knit group of friends (moving to a nicer hood in same city and options)

the financial pickup of selling her place and combining our income would be huge for both of us (she basically has no savings and only SS coming in and is scraping by, behind in taxes, etc) and we have too much debt

So I’ll call those the “pros”, cons are they fight like jackals. Like a few hours together max and someone has pissed someone off. And she’s a hardcore trumper. When we first stated dating in HS, they lived together with grandma (quite the character) and the 3 way ***** fests were legendary (like I could probably write a ****ty Hallmark movie out of it). So I know what I would be in for, and it would be hell, but at the same time it makes all the sense in the world for all of us… this is like life changing decision stuff for us though.

Another caveat is she has no kind of legal stuff set up (wife an only child) so that’s another thing I’d rather get cleared up now, feel like I’d want to just consolidate that now

And that’s another part to dive into, what treatment will cost for someone on Medicare (applied for Medicaid I guess), do also need to figure out how to handle not owing everything to insurance

I don’t t know quite a ramble and I’m pretty blitzed. Oh and I’m basically mismanaging the highest profile project my division has ever had. I knew I was picking up a turd but man it’s going worse than expected. A lot out of my control though, and I think It’ll be ok, but it’s a f up and get fired type of roll, but…I just don’t care. My boss told me I have upward potential but knows I’m lazy (all true)

Anyway love you guys, maybe at @General Malaise and I can finally grab some beer son his next Michigan visit

 

[Dan Lambskin]

TL;DR: FML

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Oh god I forgot to add we’d be adding a cat and dog (we have 2 cats 1 dog now)

 

[belljr]

I need you to get the wagon out when I plant flowers.

Not sure why you need the wagon but it's sitting in the garage.

No I need the orange wagon....

You mean the wheel barrow?

OMG whatever, why would I need a wagon you know what I meant ...

Hi @mr. furley

 

[ChiefD]

Took my 12 year old daughter to the hardware store this morning. I was looking for a hose connector with a shut off valve on it. We are standing there looking at all the connectors and she says:

"Pa, why do they say male or female connectors."

A biology lesson ensued in the hose aisle of Home Depot this morning.

 

[GroveDiesel]

Took my 12 year old daughter to the hardware store this morning. I was looking for a hose connector with a shut off valve on it. We are standing there looking at all the connectors and she says:

"Pa, why do they say male or female connectors."

A biology lesson ensued in the hose aisle of Home Depot this morning.

“You see how the female one has a bigger hole than the male one? That’s because women talk way more than men so it’s like the mouth is open wider, now shut up.”

 

[GroveDiesel]

Blows out…

So I mentioned my MIL having cancer, looks like 3 months chemo, some sort of HPIT Surgery , and 3 more months of chemo. She already can barely take care of herself physically and financially, and I’m guessing during the next 9 months will hell. She only lives about 15 min away, but it’s gonna be a chore to keep up with 2 houses

So, wife and I are discussing moving her in. Problem is we have a 3 bed house and it’s us and 3 boys. Youngest already share a room (bunks). And theirs is the only ground floor bedroom. So likely would need to move oldest in to basement and make legally live-able(egress, etc) and move youngest to upstairs, not a huge deal

Plan would probably be to move her in, sell her house and then sell ours and find something more suitable (like 6 mo-1 yr). And while I’d love to move (there was a shooting like 5 streets over today) oldest starts high schools next year and has a close knit group of friends (moving to a nicer hood in same city and options)

the financial pickup of selling her place and combining our income would be huge for both of us (she basically has no savings and only SS coming in and is scraping by, behind in taxes, etc) and we have too much debt

So I’ll call those the “pros”, cons are they fight like jackals. Like a few hours together max and someone has pissed someone off. And she’s a hardcore trumper. When we first stated dating in HS, they lived together with grandma (quite the character) and the 3 way ***** fests were legendary (like I could probably write a ****ty Hallmark movie out of it). So I know what I would be in for, and it would be hell, but at the same time it makes all the sense in the world for all of us… this is like life changing decision stuff for us though.

Another caveat is she has no kind of legal stuff set up (wife an only child) so that’s another thing I’d rather get cleared up now, feel like I’d want to just consolidate that now

And that’s another part to dive into, what treatment will cost for someone on Medicare (applied for Medicaid I guess), do also need to figure out how to handle not owing everything to insurance

I don’t t know quite a ramble and I’m pretty blitzed. Oh and I’m basically mismanaging the highest profile project my division has ever had. I knew I was picking up a turd but man it’s going worse than expected. A lot out of my control though, and I think It’ll be ok, but it’s a f up and get fired type of roll, but…I just don’t care. My boss told me I have upward potential but knows I’m lazy (all true)

Anyway love you guys, maybe at @General Malaise and I can finally grab some beer son his next Michigan visit

That’s a lot man. We had to move my MIL in with us for a while after she had a stroke and was dealing with cancer. It was really the only option but my wife and she had a similar relationship it sounds like your wife and MIL have. Super close, but fought like middle school girls at times. All I can say is good luck and God bless.

 

[mr. furley]

I need you to get the wagon out when I plant flowers.

Not sure why you need the wagon but it's sitting in the garage.

No I need the orange wagon....

You mean the wheel barrow?

OMG whatever, why would I need a wagon you know what I meant ...

Hi @mr. furley

me this afternoon, sitting in the new zero gravity lounger out on the patio (my first time sitting in one since they arrived last week. wife has sat in them every day so far. win!)

me: (reclines, chair slowly sinks back to normal seated position) i thought these locked in place?

wife: what?

me: the chairs. i thought they locked so you could recline?

wife: the what?

me: the chairs. don't they lock?

wife: the lock... what?

me: THE CHAIRS. I THOUGHT YOU COULD RECLINE AND LOCK THEM IN PLACE.

wife: oh, yeah

me: how do they lock?

wife: you just lock it

me: (frustration rising) where is the locking mechanism?

wife: on the chair

me: no #@$$. WHERE?

wife: it's on the arm or something

me: why are you like this?

wife: (reclines and locks her chair in place)


i'm going to rig an airbag to the seat before she sits down next time and launch her on to the roof

 

[Cowboysfan8]

I need you to get the wagon out when I plant flowers.

Not sure why you need the wagon but it's sitting in the garage.

No I need the orange wagon....

You mean the wheel barrow?

OMG whatever, why would I need a wagon you know what I meant ...

Hi @mr. furley

me this afternoon, sitting in the new zero gravity lounger out on the patio (my first time sitting in one since they arrived last week. wife has sat in them every day so far. win!)

me: (reclines, chair slowly sinks back to normal seated position) i thought these locked in place?

wife: what?

me: the chairs. i thought they locked so you could recline?

wife: the what?

me: the chairs. don't they lock?

wife: the lock... what?

me: THE CHAIRS. I THOUGHT YOU COULD RECLINE AND LOCK THEM IN PLACE.

wife: oh, yeah

me: how do they lock?

wife: you just lock it

me: (frustration rising) where is the locking mechanism?

wife: on the chair

me: no #@$$. WHERE?

wife: it's on the arm or something

me: why are you like this?

wife: (reclines and locks her chair in place)


i'm going to rig an airbag to the seat before she sits down next time and launch her on to the roof

 

[The Gator]

I need you to get the wagon out when I plant flowers.

Not sure why you need the wagon but it's sitting in the garage.

No I need the orange wagon....

You mean the wheel barrow?

OMG whatever, why would I need a wagon you know what I meant ...

Hi @mr. furley

wife: (reclines and locks her chair in place)

 

[DA RAIDERS]

I need you to get the wagon out when I plant flowers.

Not sure why you need the wagon but it's sitting in the garage.

No I need the orange wagon....

You mean the wheel barrow?

OMG whatever, why would I need a wagon you know what I meant ...

Hi @mr. furley

me this afternoon, sitting in the new zero gravity lounger out on the patio (my first time sitting in one since they arrived last week. wife has sat in them every day so far. win!)

me: (reclines, chair slowly sinks back to normal seated position) i thought these locked in place?

wife: what?

me: the chairs. i thought they locked so you could recline?

wife: the what?

me: the chairs. don't they lock?

wife: the lock... what?

me: THE CHAIRS. I THOUGHT YOU COULD RECLINE AND LOCK THEM IN PLACE.

wife: oh, yeah

me: how do they lock?

wife: you just lock it

me: (frustration rising) where is the locking mechanism?

wife: on the chair

me: no #@$$. WHERE?

wife: it's on the arm or something

me: why are you like this?

wife: (reclines and locks her chair in place)


i'm going to rig an airbag to the seat before she sits down next time and launch her on to the roof

Still think skipping her bday and getting really drunk with us would have been the right call.

 

[belljr]

I need you to get the wagon out when I plant flowers.

Not sure why you need the wagon but it's sitting in the garage.

No I need the orange wagon....

You mean the wheel barrow?

OMG whatever, why would I need a wagon you know what I meant ...

Hi @mr. furley

me this afternoon, sitting in the new zero gravity lounger out on the patio (my first time sitting in one since they arrived last week. wife has sat in them every day so far. win!)

me: (reclines, chair slowly sinks back to normal seated position) i thought these locked in place?

wife: what?

me: the chairs. i thought they locked so you could recline?

wife: the what?

me: the chairs. don't they lock?

wife: the lock... what?

me: THE CHAIRS. I THOUGHT YOU COULD RECLINE AND LOCK THEM IN PLACE.

wife: oh, yeah

me: how do they lock?

wife: you just lock it

me: (frustration rising) where is the locking mechanism?

wife: on the chair

me: no #@$$. WHERE?

wife: it's on the arm or something

me: why are you like this?

wife: (reclines and locks her chair in place)


i'm going to rig an airbag to the seat before she sits down next time and launch her on to the roof

You "win"

 

[Osaurus]

I’m in DC today. It’s not hot af like Tampa.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

I need you to get the wagon out when I plant flowers.

Not sure why you need the wagon but it's sitting in the garage.

No I need the orange wagon....

You mean the wheel barrow?

OMG whatever, why would I need a wagon you know what I meant ...

Hi @mr. furley

me this afternoon, sitting in the new zero gravity lounger out on the patio (my first time sitting in one since they arrived last week. wife has sat in them every day so far. win!)

me: (reclines, chair slowly sinks back to normal seated position) i thought these locked in place?

wife: what?

me: the chairs. i thought they locked so you could recline?

wife: the what?

me: the chairs. don't they lock?

wife: the lock... what?

me: THE CHAIRS. I THOUGHT YOU COULD RECLINE AND LOCK THEM IN PLACE.

wife: oh, yeah

me: how do they lock?

wife: you just lock it

me: (frustration rising) where is the locking mechanism?

wife: on the chair

me: no #@$$. WHERE?

wife: it's on the arm or something

me: why are you like this?

wife: (reclines and locks her chair in place)


i'm going to rig an airbag to the seat before she sits down next time and launch her on to the roof

furley response.

 

[General Malaise]

Blows out…

So I mentioned my MIL having cancer, looks like 3 months chemo, some sort of HPIT Surgery , and 3 more months of chemo. She already can barely take care of herself physically and financially, and I’m guessing during the next 9 months will hell. She only lives about 15 min away, but it’s gonna be a chore to keep up with 2 houses

So, wife and I are discussing moving her in. Problem is we have a 3 bed house and it’s us and 3 boys. Youngest already share a room (bunks). And theirs is the only ground floor bedroom. So likely would need to move oldest in to basement and make legally live-able(egress, etc) and move youngest to upstairs, not a huge deal

Plan would probably be to move her in, sell her house and then sell ours and find something more suitable (like 6 mo-1 yr). And while I’d love to move (there was a shooting like 5 streets over today) oldest starts high schools next year and has a close knit group of friends (moving to a nicer hood in same city and options)

the financial pickup of selling her place and combining our income would be huge for both of us (she basically has no savings and only SS coming in and is scraping by, behind in taxes, etc) and we have too much debt

So I’ll call those the “pros”, cons are they fight like jackals. Like a few hours together max and someone has pissed someone off. And she’s a hardcore trumper. When we first stated dating in HS, they lived together with grandma (quite the character) and the 3 way ***** fests were legendary (like I could probably write a ****ty Hallmark movie out of it). So I know what I would be in for, and it would be hell, but at the same time it makes all the sense in the world for all of us… this is like life changing decision stuff for us though.

Another caveat is she has no kind of legal stuff set up (wife an only child) so that’s another thing I’d rather get cleared up now, feel like I’d want to just consolidate that now

And that’s another part to dive into, what treatment will cost for someone on Medicare (applied for Medicaid I guess), do also need to figure out how to handle not owing everything to insurance

I don’t t know quite a ramble and I’m pretty blitzed. Oh and I’m basically mismanaging the highest profile project my division has ever had. I knew I was picking up a turd but man it’s going worse than expected. A lot out of my control though, and I think It’ll be ok, but it’s a f up and get fired type of roll, but…I just don’t care. My boss told me I have upward potential but knows I’m lazy (all true)

Anyway love you guys, maybe at @General Malaise and I can finally grab some beer son his next Michigan visit

Dang, man. That's *A LOT* on your plate right now. I know you'll figure things out as you always do, but I think it is always healthy and helpful to have an outlet like this to vent, gather advice or just type it out. Sometimes the typing it out is therapeutic in its own way.

Not sure when I'll be in Michigan again. I've artfully avoided it the last 3 years and I think I'm golden this year too. Not that I mind Michigan, but I kind of like my summers in Oregon.

 

[General Malaise]

Blows out…

So I mentioned my MIL having cancer, looks like 3 months chemo, some sort of HPIT Surgery , and 3 more months of chemo. She already can barely take care of herself physically and financially, and I’m guessing during the next 9 months will hell. She only lives about 15 min away, but it’s gonna be a chore to keep up with 2 houses

So, wife and I are discussing moving her in. Problem is we have a 3 bed house and it’s us and 3 boys. Youngest already share a room (bunks). And theirs is the only ground floor bedroom. So likely would need to move oldest in to basement and make legally live-able(egress, etc) and move youngest to upstairs, not a huge deal

Plan would probably be to move her in, sell her house and then sell ours and find something more suitable (like 6 mo-1 yr). And while I’d love to move (there was a shooting like 5 streets over today) oldest starts high schools next year and has a close knit group of friends (moving to a nicer hood in same city and options)

the financial pickup of selling her place and combining our income would be huge for both of us (she basically has no savings and only SS coming in and is scraping by, behind in taxes, etc) and we have too much debt

So I’ll call those the “pros”, cons are they fight like jackals. Like a few hours together max and someone has pissed someone off. And she’s a hardcore trumper. When we first stated dating in HS, they lived together with grandma (quite the character) and the 3 way ***** fests were legendary (like I could probably write a ****ty Hallmark movie out of it). So I know what I would be in for, and it would be hell, but at the same time it makes all the sense in the world for all of us… this is like life changing decision stuff for us though.

Another caveat is she has no kind of legal stuff set up (wife an only child) so that’s another thing I’d rather get cleared up now, feel like I’d want to just consolidate that now

And that’s another part to dive into, what treatment will cost for someone on Medicare (applied for Medicaid I guess), do also need to figure out how to handle not owing everything to insurance

I don’t t know quite a ramble and I’m pretty blitzed. Oh and I’m basically mismanaging the highest profile project my division has ever had. I knew I was picking up a turd but man it’s going worse than expected. A lot out of my control though, and I think It’ll be ok, but it’s a f up and get fired type of roll, but…I just don’t care. My boss told me I have upward potential but knows I’m lazy (all true)

Anyway love you guys, maybe at @General Malaise and I can finally grab some beer son his next Michigan visit

Dang, man. That's *A LOT* on your plate right now. I know you'll figure things out as you always do, but I think it is always healthy and helpful to have an outlet like this to vent, gather advice or just type it out. Sometimes the typing it out is therapeutic in its own way.

Not sure when I'll be in Michigan again. I've artfully avoided it the last 3 years and I think I'm golden this year too. Not that I mind Michigan, but I kind of like my summers in Oregon.

AND - you can always always call or text me. You got my fumber.

 

[SWC]

Fun fact: North Dakota has the highest beer consumption per person in the country.
Wisconsin is 6th
Texas is 10th
Connecticut 50th

thats only because they dont count wisconsins children take that to the bank brohans

 

[SWC]

the closest i get to that these days is the Great Taste in Madison every summer. a couple days of debauchery and nonsense with the likes of @bakes, @tangfoot, @The Gator, @Steve Tasker, @Tip Top, @urbanhack and others.

How do I get an invite to this?

lottery closed last night https://greattaste.org/tickets/

but show up in Madison and you'll find one.

4 tix acquired
flights booked to madison
Double tree by the airport will run out of cookie.

hit the essen haus for me take that to the bank brewhan

Took my 12 year old daughter to the hardware store this morning. I was looking for a hose connector with a shut off valve on it. We are standing there looking at all the connectors and she says:

"Pa, why do they say male or female connectors."

A biology lesson ensued in the hose aisle of Home Depot this morning.

better there than in the backseat of a 72 pinto im just sayin take that to the bank brohan

 

[The Gator]

the closest i get to that these days is the Great Taste in Madison every summer. a couple days of debauchery and nonsense with the likes of @bakes, @tangfoot, @The Gator, @Steve Tasker, @Tip Top, @urbanhack and others.

How do I get an invite to this?

lottery closed last night https://greattaste.org/tickets/

but show up in Madison and you'll find one.

4 tix acquired
flights booked to madison
Double tree by the airport will run out of cookie.

hit the essen haus for me take that to the bank brewhan

Added to my "must stops" lists

 

[GroveDiesel]

Being the parent of a kid with special needs can suck. 14 year old daughter on tbt autism spectrum with other learning disabilities got an iPhone recently. She had been making friends with some neurotypical girls in her grade level which was a first for her. Had been texting in a group text and even FaceTiming at times.

We’re still trying to figure out what happened, but my wife just got a call from her teacher that the girls have asked that my daughter no longer contact them in any way anymore and said something about some of their parents requesting that too. But she said she had no details which really sucks even more because now we can’t even appropriately address it with her and walk her through what happened to help her better understand and try to avoid whatever it was in the future.

My heart is broken for my daughter as she is really going to be hurt and I’m decently frustrated with the school for not getting more information. If she truly did something wrong/offensive/whatever, I really need to know that so that we can address it. It’s very possible, and I guess probable, that she did. But there’s also the chance that they just decided that my daughter was a little too weird or atypical and now are essentially bullying the special needs kid.

Being a parent is tough man.

Oh man, this is heartbreaking. Sorry.

I was going to recommend maybe reaching out to a few of the parents, just to get feedback and maybe start some dialogue, but I know that will come across as being "Karenish".

I think it might still be worth doing but give it a little time. Don’t press but explain this is the first time she’s been in a social setting like that and reacted poorly and would like another chance down the road?

So after my wife calmed down a bit more we did talk more and it sounds like the no contact thing was suggested for 2 weeks.

But to be honest, there’s only 4 weeks left of school and then they’re all on to our regional high school. I’m a bit torn between trying to make sure she doesn’t get discouraged from trying to make friends in general versus advising her just to move on and not risk any more drama since it will basically be 2 more weeks before school is out at that point and she’ll likely rarely see them at the high school.

My daughter did admit that there were other kids that were picking on her last year saying she had greasy hair and gross teeth. So she felt the need to try to act tough this year so that she wouldn’t get picked on. Really wish she had told us that last year when we kept asking why she was so miserable. Probably could have helped her address things in a healthier manner, but with her autism she has a really hard time expressing how she’s feeling.

If nothing else, I’m definitely trying to get her into some counseling to try to help her with all of this. Just gotta figure out where to start.

SMH. So today was the 2 week period end. My daughter basically had this circled in her mind. Was supposed to be meeting with her teacher and, she thought, the girls possibly. Yeah, “supposed to”. Teacher had “5 meetings” and didn’t meet with her. When my wife checked in the teacher told my wife there must have been a miscommunication because nothing was ever planned to even possibly change. Which was not what my wife was told and was not what my daughter was told either.

If there wasn’t just 2.5 weeks left at this school I’d be going in pretty hot. Total disregard for my daughter’s feelings.

To make things even more fun, the one friend she had left to eat with at lunch is a kid who is also in her self contained classroom and he had the bright idea to apparently kick in a window in the school’s door last week and is suspended so she’s been eating lunch all by herself.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

Being the parent of a kid with special needs can suck. 14 year old daughter on tbt autism spectrum with other learning disabilities got an iPhone recently. She had been making friends with some neurotypical girls in her grade level which was a first for her. Had been texting in a group text and even FaceTiming at times.

We’re still trying to figure out what happened, but my wife just got a call from her teacher that the girls have asked that my daughter no longer contact them in any way anymore and said something about some of their parents requesting that too. But she said she had no details which really sucks even more because now we can’t even appropriately address it with her and walk her through what happened to help her better understand and try to avoid whatever it was in the future.

My heart is broken for my daughter as she is really going to be hurt and I’m decently frustrated with the school for not getting more information. If she truly did something wrong/offensive/whatever, I really need to know that so that we can address it. It’s very possible, and I guess probable, that she did. But there’s also the chance that they just decided that my daughter was a little too weird or atypical and now are essentially bullying the special needs kid.

Being a parent is tough man.

Oh man, this is heartbreaking. Sorry.

I was going to recommend maybe reaching out to a few of the parents, just to get feedback and maybe start some dialogue, but I know that will come across as being "Karenish".

I think it might still be worth doing but give it a little time. Don’t press but explain this is the first time she’s been in a social setting like that and reacted poorly and would like another chance down the road?

So after my wife calmed down a bit more we did talk more and it sounds like the no contact thing was suggested for 2 weeks.

But to be honest, there’s only 4 weeks left of school and then they’re all on to our regional high school. I’m a bit torn between trying to make sure she doesn’t get discouraged from trying to make friends in general versus advising her just to move on and not risk any more drama since it will basically be 2 more weeks before school is out at that point and she’ll likely rarely see them at the high school.

My daughter did admit that there were other kids that were picking on her last year saying she had greasy hair and gross teeth. So she felt the need to try to act tough this year so that she wouldn’t get picked on. Really wish she had told us that last year when we kept asking why she was so miserable. Probably could have helped her address things in a healthier manner, but with her autism she has a really hard time expressing how she’s feeling.

If nothing else, I’m definitely trying to get her into some counseling to try to help her with all of this. Just gotta figure out where to start.

SMH. So today was the 2 week period end. My daughter basically had this circled in her mind. Was supposed to be meeting with her teacher and, she thought, the girls possibly. Yeah, “supposed to”. Teacher had “5 meetings” and didn’t meet with her. When my wife checked in the teacher told my wife there must have been a miscommunication because nothing was ever planned to even possibly change. Which was not what my wife was told and was not what my daughter was told either.

If there wasn’t just 2.5 weeks left at this school I’d be going in pretty hot. Total disregard for my daughter’s feelings.

To make things even more fun, the one friend she had left to eat with at lunch is a kid who is also in her self contained classroom and he had the bright idea to apparently kick in a window in the school’s door last week and is suspended so she’s been eating lunch all by herself.

Sorry man, that sucks

 

[GroveDiesel]

Being the parent of a kid with special needs can suck. 14 year old daughter on tbt autism spectrum with other learning disabilities got an iPhone recently. She had been making friends with some neurotypical girls in her grade level which was a first for her. Had been texting in a group text and even FaceTiming at times.

We’re still trying to figure out what happened, but my wife just got a call from her teacher that the girls have asked that my daughter no longer contact them in any way anymore and said something about some of their parents requesting that too. But she said she had no details which really sucks even more because now we can’t even appropriately address it with her and walk her through what happened to help her better understand and try to avoid whatever it was in the future.

My heart is broken for my daughter as she is really going to be hurt and I’m decently frustrated with the school for not getting more information. If she truly did something wrong/offensive/whatever, I really need to know that so that we can address it. It’s very possible, and I guess probable, that she did. But there’s also the chance that they just decided that my daughter was a little too weird or atypical and now are essentially bullying the special needs kid.

Being a parent is tough man.

Oh man, this is heartbreaking. Sorry.

I was going to recommend maybe reaching out to a few of the parents, just to get feedback and maybe start some dialogue, but I know that will come across as being "Karenish".

I think it might still be worth doing but give it a little time. Don’t press but explain this is the first time she’s been in a social setting like that and reacted poorly and would like another chance down the road?

So after my wife calmed down a bit more we did talk more and it sounds like the no contact thing was suggested for 2 weeks.

But to be honest, there’s only 4 weeks left of school and then they’re all on to our regional high school. I’m a bit torn between trying to make sure she doesn’t get discouraged from trying to make friends in general versus advising her just to move on and not risk any more drama since it will basically be 2 more weeks before school is out at that point and she’ll likely rarely see them at the high school.

My daughter did admit that there were other kids that were picking on her last year saying she had greasy hair and gross teeth. So she felt the need to try to act tough this year so that she wouldn’t get picked on. Really wish she had told us that last year when we kept asking why she was so miserable. Probably could have helped her address things in a healthier manner, but with her autism she has a really hard time expressing how she’s feeling.

If nothing else, I’m definitely trying to get her into some counseling to try to help her with all of this. Just gotta figure out where to start.

SMH. So today was the 2 week period end. My daughter basically had this circled in her mind. Was supposed to be meeting with her teacher and, she thought, the girls possibly. Yeah, “supposed to”. Teacher had “5 meetings” and didn’t meet with her. When my wife checked in the teacher told my wife there must have been a miscommunication because nothing was ever planned to even possibly change. Which was not what my wife was told and was not what my daughter was told either.

If there wasn’t just 2.5 weeks left at this school I’d be going in pretty hot. Total disregard for my daughter’s feelings.

To make things even more fun, the one friend she had left to eat with at lunch is a kid who is also in her self contained classroom and he had the bright idea to apparently kick in a window in the school’s door last week and is suspended so she’s been eating lunch all by herself.

Sorry man, that sucks

Thanks. Really it’s just frustration at having to help her manage and process the same loss twice now when it could have just been once if they had just told us this was permanent to start with. In retrospect, I’m pretty surprised that none of this was documented or communicated by the school to us in writing. Seems like a non-ideal way of handling discipline.

 

[SWC]

the closest i get to that these days is the Great Taste in Madison every summer. a couple days of debauchery and nonsense with the likes of @bakes, @tangfoot, @The Gator, @Steve Tasker, @Tip Top, @urbanhack and others.

How do I get an invite to this?

lottery closed last night https://greattaste.org/tickets/

but show up in Madison and you'll find one.

4 tix acquired
flights booked to madison
Double tree by the airport will run out of cookie.

hit the essen haus for me take that to the bank brewhan

Added to my "must stops" lists

go on a friday night and they have real live polka after 7 i believe take that to the bank brochacho

 

[-fish-]

Being the parent of a kid with special needs can suck. 14 year old daughter on tbt autism spectrum with other learning disabilities got an iPhone recently. She had been making friends with some neurotypical girls in her grade level which was a first for her. Had been texting in a group text and even FaceTiming at times.

We’re still trying to figure out what happened, but my wife just got a call from her teacher that the girls have asked that my daughter no longer contact them in any way anymore and said something about some of their parents requesting that too. But she said she had no details which really sucks even more because now we can’t even appropriately address it with her and walk her through what happened to help her better understand and try to avoid whatever it was in the future.

My heart is broken for my daughter as she is really going to be hurt and I’m decently frustrated with the school for not getting more information. If she truly did something wrong/offensive/whatever, I really need to know that so that we can address it. It’s very possible, and I guess probable, that she did. But there’s also the chance that they just decided that my daughter was a little too weird or atypical and now are essentially bullying the special needs kid.

Being a parent is tough man.

Oh man, this is heartbreaking. Sorry.

I was going to recommend maybe reaching out to a few of the parents, just to get feedback and maybe start some dialogue, but I know that will come across as being "Karenish".

I think it might still be worth doing but give it a little time. Don’t press but explain this is the first time she’s been in a social setting like that and reacted poorly and would like another chance down the road?

So after my wife calmed down a bit more we did talk more and it sounds like the no contact thing was suggested for 2 weeks.

But to be honest, there’s only 4 weeks left of school and then they’re all on to our regional high school. I’m a bit torn between trying to make sure she doesn’t get discouraged from trying to make friends in general versus advising her just to move on and not risk any more drama since it will basically be 2 more weeks before school is out at that point and she’ll likely rarely see them at the high school.

My daughter did admit that there were other kids that were picking on her last year saying she had greasy hair and gross teeth. So she felt the need to try to act tough this year so that she wouldn’t get picked on. Really wish she had told us that last year when we kept asking why she was so miserable. Probably could have helped her address things in a healthier manner, but with her autism she has a really hard time expressing how she’s feeling.

If nothing else, I’m definitely trying to get her into some counseling to try to help her with all of this. Just gotta figure out where to start.

SMH. So today was the 2 week period end. My daughter basically had this circled in her mind. Was supposed to be meeting with her teacher and, she thought, the girls possibly. Yeah, “supposed to”. Teacher had “5 meetings” and didn’t meet with her. When my wife checked in the teacher told my wife there must have been a miscommunication because nothing was ever planned to even possibly change. Which was not what my wife was told and was not what my daughter was told either.

If there wasn’t just 2.5 weeks left at this school I’d be going in pretty hot. Total disregard for my daughter’s feelings.

To make things even more fun, the one friend she had left to eat with at lunch is a kid who is also in her self contained classroom and he had the bright idea to apparently kick in a window in the school’s door last week and is suspended so she’s been eating lunch all by herself.

Sorry man, that sucks

Thanks. Really it’s just frustration at having to help her manage and process the same loss twice now when it could have just been once if they had just told us this was permanent to start with. In retrospect, I’m pretty surprised that none of this was documented or communicated by the school to us in writing. Seems like a non-ideal way of handling discipline.

you have a 504 plan?

 

[shuke]

Sorry Grove and Lambskin what you guys are going through. Continue to vent at will.

 

[urbanhack]

I need you to get the wagon out when I plant flowers.

Not sure why you need the wagon but it's sitting in the garage.

No I need the orange wagon....

You mean the wheel barrow?

OMG whatever, why would I need a wagon you know what I meant ...

Hi @mr. furley

me this afternoon, sitting in the new zero gravity lounger out on the patio (my first time sitting in one since they arrived last week. wife has sat in them every day so far. win!)

me: (reclines, chair slowly sinks back to normal seated position) i thought these locked in place?

wife: what?

me: the chairs. i thought they locked so you could recline?

wife: the what?

me: the chairs. don't they lock?

wife: the lock... what?

me: THE CHAIRS. I THOUGHT YOU COULD RECLINE AND LOCK THEM IN PLACE.

wife: oh, yeah

me: how do they lock?

wife: you just lock it

me: (frustration rising) where is the locking mechanism?

wife: on the chair

me: no #@$$. WHERE?

wife: it's on the arm or something

me: why are you like this?

wife: (reclines and locks her chair in place)


i'm going to rig an airbag to the seat before she sits down next time and launch her on to the roof

Link to chairs?

 

[urbanhack]

the closest i get to that these days is the Great Taste in Madison every summer. a couple days of debauchery and nonsense with the likes of @bakes, @tangfoot, @The Gator, @Steve Tasker, @Tip Top, @urbanhack and others.

How do I get an invite to this?

lottery closed last night https://greattaste.org/tickets/

but show up in Madison and you'll find one.

4 tix acquired
flights booked to madison
Double tree by the airport will run out of cookie.

FOUR??????

you bringing the boys?

The wife and my brother with his wife. Pretty pumped, it's been 8 years for me.

Should I come?

 

[The Gator]

the closest i get to that these days is the Great Taste in Madison every summer. a couple days of debauchery and nonsense with the likes of @bakes, @tangfoot, @The Gator, @Steve Tasker, @Tip Top, @urbanhack and others.

How do I get an invite to this?

lottery closed last night https://greattaste.org/tickets/

but show up in Madison and you'll find one.

4 tix acquired
flights booked to madison
Double tree by the airport will run out of cookie.

FOUR??????

you bringing the boys?

The wife and my brother with his wife. Pretty pumped, it's been 8 years for me.

Should I come?

YAAAASSSS

Just need @beagelmac now

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Love y’all. Raising kids ain’t easy. My 16 year old daughter is testing the envelope. It’s not fun from this side.

 

[heckmanm]

the closest i get to that these days is the Great Taste in Madison every summer. a couple days of debauchery and nonsense with the likes of @bakes, @tangfoot, @The Gator, @Steve Tasker, @Tip Top, @urbanhack and others.

How do I get an invite to this?

lottery closed last night https://greattaste.org/tickets/

but show up in Madison and you'll find one.

4 tix acquired
flights booked to madison
Double tree by the airport will run out of cookie.

hit the essen haus for me take that to the bank brewhan

Added to my "must stops" lists

And if you get the "boot" of beer, remember to keep the toe pointed UP

 

[SWC]

the closest i get to that these days is the Great Taste in Madison every summer. a couple days of debauchery and nonsense with the likes of @bakes, @tangfoot, @The Gator, @Steve Tasker, @Tip Top, @urbanhack and others.

How do I get an invite to this?

lottery closed last night https://greattaste.org/tickets/

but show up in Madison and you'll find one.

4 tix acquired
flights booked to madison
Double tree by the airport will run out of cookie.

hit the essen haus for me take that to the bank brewhan

Added to my "must stops" lists

And if you get the "boot" of beer, remember to keep the toe pointed UP

yes exactly and take a video of that take that to the bank brochacho

 

[General Malaise]

Being the parent of a kid with special needs can suck. 14 year old daughter on tbt autism spectrum with other learning disabilities got an iPhone recently. She had been making friends with some neurotypical girls in her grade level which was a first for her. Had been texting in a group text and even FaceTiming at times.

We’re still trying to figure out what happened, but my wife just got a call from her teacher that the girls have asked that my daughter no longer contact them in any way anymore and said something about some of their parents requesting that too. But she said she had no details which really sucks even more because now we can’t even appropriately address it with her and walk her through what happened to help her better understand and try to avoid whatever it was in the future.

My heart is broken for my daughter as she is really going to be hurt and I’m decently frustrated with the school for not getting more information. If she truly did something wrong/offensive/whatever, I really need to know that so that we can address it. It’s very possible, and I guess probable, that she did. But there’s also the chance that they just decided that my daughter was a little too weird or atypical and now are essentially bullying the special needs kid.

Being a parent is tough man.

Oh man, this is heartbreaking. Sorry.

I was going to recommend maybe reaching out to a few of the parents, just to get feedback and maybe start some dialogue, but I know that will come across as being "Karenish".

I think it might still be worth doing but give it a little time. Don’t press but explain this is the first time she’s been in a social setting like that and reacted poorly and would like another chance down the road?

So after my wife calmed down a bit more we did talk more and it sounds like the no contact thing was suggested for 2 weeks.

But to be honest, there’s only 4 weeks left of school and then they’re all on to our regional high school. I’m a bit torn between trying to make sure she doesn’t get discouraged from trying to make friends in general versus advising her just to move on and not risk any more drama since it will basically be 2 more weeks before school is out at that point and she’ll likely rarely see them at the high school.

My daughter did admit that there were other kids that were picking on her last year saying she had greasy hair and gross teeth. So she felt the need to try to act tough this year so that she wouldn’t get picked on. Really wish she had told us that last year when we kept asking why she was so miserable. Probably could have helped her address things in a healthier manner, but with her autism she has a really hard time expressing how she’s feeling.

If nothing else, I’m definitely trying to get her into some counseling to try to help her with all of this. Just gotta figure out where to start.

SMH. So today was the 2 week period end. My daughter basically had this circled in her mind. Was supposed to be meeting with her teacher and, she thought, the girls possibly. Yeah, “supposed to”. Teacher had “5 meetings” and didn’t meet with her. When my wife checked in the teacher told my wife there must have been a miscommunication because nothing was ever planned to even possibly change. Which was not what my wife was told and was not what my daughter was told either.

If there wasn’t just 2.5 weeks left at this school I’d be going in pretty hot. Total disregard for my daughter’s feelings.

To make things even more fun, the one friend she had left to eat with at lunch is a kid who is also in her self contained classroom and he had the bright idea to apparently kick in a window in the school’s door last week and is suspended so she’s been eating lunch all by herself.

Heartbreaking. I'm so sorry man.

 

[UOFI_316]

I haven't been this happy to reach the end of a school year in a long time. My oldest is a Freshman, and was in the freshman play, speech team, musical, and children's play. Of course none of those practices ended in time for her to get the after school activity bus home, so almost everyday I was driving out to get her at the school. She is not one to willingly talk to other kids, other than for school related things, so she had no idea where any of the other kids lived to try and setup a carpool. On top of that studying/doing homework was a nightly fight. LIke most teenagers, TikTok, Insta, and SnapChat were more important. My other two have gotten beyond the point where my wife can help with their math homework, so almost everyday I would be busy from the moment I walked in the door after work til 10 helping someone with homework while trying to cook and get them ready for bed. Now I get a summer of calls/texts from them or my wife to look forward to, complaining about what someone is or is not doing.

 

[mr. furley]

I need you to get the wagon out when I plant flowers.

Not sure why you need the wagon but it's sitting in the garage.

No I need the orange wagon....

You mean the wheel barrow?

OMG whatever, why would I need a wagon you know what I meant ...

Hi @mr. furley

me this afternoon, sitting in the new zero gravity lounger out on the patio (my first time sitting in one since they arrived last week. wife has sat in them every day so far. win!)

me: (reclines, chair slowly sinks back to normal seated position) i thought these locked in place?

wife: what?

me: the chairs. i thought they locked so you could recline?

wife: the what?

me: the chairs. don't they lock?

wife: the lock... what?

me: THE CHAIRS. I THOUGHT YOU COULD RECLINE AND LOCK THEM IN PLACE.

wife: oh, yeah

me: how do they lock?

wife: you just lock it

me: (frustration rising) where is the locking mechanism?

wife: on the chair

me: no #@$$. WHERE?

wife: it's on the arm or something

me: why are you like this?

wife: (reclines and locks her chair in place)


i'm going to rig an airbag to the seat before she sits down next time and launch her on to the roof

Link to chairs?

srsly?

 

[belljr]

The locking mechanism is obviously below the arm rest....idiot

I have one i love it lol

 

[The Gator]

I need you to get the wagon out when I plant flowers.

Not sure why you need the wagon but it's sitting in the garage.

No I need the orange wagon....

You mean the wheel barrow?

OMG whatever, why would I need a wagon you know what I meant ...

Hi @mr. furley

me this afternoon, sitting in the new zero gravity lounger out on the patio (my first time sitting in one since they arrived last week. wife has sat in them every day so far. win!)

me: (reclines, chair slowly sinks back to normal seated position) i thought these locked in place?

wife: what?

me: the chairs. i thought they locked so you could recline?

wife: the what?

me: the chairs. don't they lock?

wife: the lock... what?

me: THE CHAIRS. I THOUGHT YOU COULD RECLINE AND LOCK THEM IN PLACE.

wife: oh, yeah

me: how do they lock?

wife: you just lock it

me: (frustration rising) where is the locking mechanism?

wife: on the chair

me: no #@$$. WHERE?

wife: it's on the arm or something

me: why are you like this?

wife: (reclines and locks her chair in place)


i'm going to rig an airbag to the seat before she sits down next time and launch her on to the roof

Link to chairs?

srsly?

Those are great, we've got a couple for laying out at night stargazing

 

[mr. furley]

The locking mechanism is obviously below the arm rest....idiot

I have one i love it lol

now you tell me