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[shuke]

Just got back from taking daughter to eye doctor. After a couple years of patching and she's still exhibiting exotropia, doctor is recommending surgery. I think we are going to get a second opinion from doctor at main campus of Children's. The only reason we stopped seeing her is because she went on medical leave about a year ago but is back now I guess.

My oldest had eye surgery when she was 3.5 to correct her lazy eye, we tried the patching route first but it didn't help any. One day of downtime for her and since then her vision tests have been perfect. Second daughter has a slighly lazy eye that the doc is trying to fix with glasses (guess it is a different type then the older one had). Not sure if it is working since we have gone through 3 pairs of glasses in a few months since she keeps breaking them.

Thanks. We're obviously concerned about the risks of the procedure but it seems to be pretty commonly done.

My second boy had the surgery at about 18 months. It really helped a lot, patching was not doing it for us. He seems fine now.

Re-hashing the eye-surgery discussion. Was the surgery you guys are mentioning above something to the extent of "re-aligning the muscles" to help position the eye to seem straighter? (Sorry if I'm butchering the vernacular, but just going off of a conversation with my wife). It seems that our son has v-pattern e(x)stropia and they are recommending surgery that has an 85% success ratio. this should reduce (and potentially eliminated) the need for glasses.

The procedure recommended for my daughter is lateral rectus recession. Basically weaking the muscles on the outside of the eye so it doesn't have a propensity to turn outward. Of course a risk is that she ends up with the eye floating inwards.

 

[shuke]

This has been a crazy week, schedule-wise, plus the ex is on vacation so my child care situation has been a nightmare. I arranged babysitting for Friday so I could spend some time with the GF. Just got this text:

"Glad you're getting a babysitter Friday. We need to talk."

Yay.

EJECT

 

[shuke]

This has been a crazy week, schedule-wise, plus the ex is on vacation so my child care situation has been a nightmare. I arranged babysitting for Friday so I could spend some time with the GF. Just got this text:

"Glad you're getting a babysitter Friday. We need to talk."

Yay.

Probably "the anal talk"

ERECT

 

[shuke]

Just finished dexter season 5. In order:

S1

S4

S5

S3

S2

weak onslaught here

One of the worst Bicovian Movements I've ever seen attempted.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Sounds pretty stupid to me. Common Core? More like Commone BORE amirite?!?!

 

[Annyong]

commone

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Sounds pretty stupid to me. Common Core? More like Commone BORE amirite?!?!

Tim mastered the Common Bore standards years ago. amirite?

 

[Otis]

Just finished dexter season 5. In order:

S1

S4

S5

S3

S2

weak onslaught here

One of the worst Bicovian Movements I've ever seen attempted.

Love when shuke commits to a shtick.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Otis/Fuller cornhole?

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Sounds pretty stupid to me. Common Core? More like Commone BORE amirite?!?!

Tim mastered the Common Bore standards years ago. amirite?

Great minds and all that.

 

[ScottNorwood]

Onslaught was truly the golden age of FBGs

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Sounds pretty stupid to me. Common Core? More like Commone BORE amirite?!?!

Tim mastered the Common Bore standards years ago. amirite?

Great minds and all that.

When someone starts a sentence with "What delivering pizzas has taught me", that's usually the go-ahead to tune out.

 

[Otis]

Otis/Fuller cornhole?

Sure, fax me the digits.

 

[Otis]

Doesn't icon live in Memphis. That guy Loves jeeps. I remember the time I beat him and his cat heads up. Tanner you'd have been sooooo pissed.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Sounds pretty stupid to me. Common Core? More like Commone BORE amirite?!?!

Tim mastered the Common Bore standards years ago. amirite?

Great minds and all that.

When someone starts a sentence with "What delivering pizzas has taught me", that's usually the go-ahead to tune out.

My reaction.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Otis/Fuller cornhole?

Sure, fax me the digits.

901-4MU-LLET

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Otis/Fuller cornhole?

Sure, fax me the digits.

901-4MU-LLET

Or shoot him an email. No_Leg_Days75@pecpumpers.com

 

[General Malaise]

Kindergarten sucked.

Best 3 years of my life.

Hard not to enjoy yourself during the Roaring twenties.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Kindergarten sucked.

Best 3 years of my life.

Hard not to enjoy yourself during the Roaring twenties.

good one!

 

[mr. furley]

Kindergarten sucked.

Best 3 years of my life.

Hard not to enjoy yourself during the Roaring twenties.

good one!

hfs

 

[mr. furley]

guys predicts Bitcoin won't sink below $1000 by a certain point or he'll eat a hat w/ ketchup. Bitcoin falls well below.

http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/21gc2x/i_ate_a_hat/

guy eats hat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjiX7xiFD-o&feature=youtu.be

 

[Tiger Fan]

Graceland was awful

 

[mr. furley]

well that was a ballsy 3 by SMU

 

[krista4]

Graceland was awful

There is no reason to go to Graceland unless you're a huge Elvis fan.

Best place to visit in Memphis is Stax Museum. I could go there weekly. Sun Studios is also worth a visit, as is the Gibson guitar factory.

 

[shuke]

guys predicts Bitcoin won't sink below $1000 by a certain point or he'll eat a hat w/ ketchup. Bitcoin falls well below.

http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/21gc2x/i_ate_a_hat/

guy eats hat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjiX7xiFD-o&feature=youtu.be

Did he say where he got those sandwiches from?

 

[GroveDiesel]

guys predicts Bitcoin won't sink below $1000 by a certain point or he'll eat a hat w/ ketchup. Bitcoin falls well below.

http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/21gc2x/i_ate_a_hat/

guy eats hat.

Pat's in Philly.

 

[General Malaise]

Kindergarten sucked.

Best 3 years of my life.

Hard not to enjoy yourself during the Roaring twenties.

good one!

Lolz

 

[General Malaise]

Starting a new novel this evening. Boss has been spoon feeding me books for a year now. He's 4 for 4 so far and says this one will really speak to me. 'A Fan's Note'....Frederick Exley.

 

[Abraham]

Starting a new novel this evening. Boss has been spoon feeding me books for a year now. He's 4 for 4 so far and says this one will really speak to me. 'A Fan's Note'....Frederick Exley.

Nyt book review:

"A coming of age tale about the trials and tribulations of a young girl on a journey. Based on Homer's 'the oddessy', Exley knocked it out of the park as heroine Shelby carries onward to that elusive home we all hope to find...5 stars"

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Starting a new novel this evening. Boss has been spoon feeding me books for a year now. He's 4 for 4 so far and says this one will really speak to me. 'A Fan's Note'....Frederick Exley.

Nyt book review:"A coming of age tale about the trials and tribulations of a young girl on a journey. Based on Homer's 'the oddessy', Exley knocked it out of the park as heroine Shelby carries onward to that elusive home we all hope to find...5 stars"

Milan to Minsk?

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

guys predicts Bitcoin won't sink below $1000 by a certain point or he'll eat a hat w/ ketchup. Bitcoin falls well below.

http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/21gc2x/i_ate_a_hat/

guy eats hat.

Pat's Steaks!?!

 

[kevzilla]

This has been a crazy week, schedule-wise, plus the ex is on vacation so my child care situation has been a nightmare. I arranged babysitting for Friday so I could spend some time with the GF. Just got this text:

"Glad you're getting a babysitter Friday. We need to talk."

Yay.

EJECT

He did. That's why they have to talk.

 

[GroveDiesel]

guys predicts Bitcoin won't sink below $1000 by a certain point or he'll eat a hat w/ ketchup. Bitcoin falls well below.

http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/21gc2x/i_ate_a_hat/

guy eats hat.

That's what it says further down in the Reddit link.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

guys predicts Bitcoin won't sink below $1000 by a certain point or he'll eat a hat w/ ketchup. Bitcoin falls well below.

http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/21gc2x/i_ate_a_hat/

guy eats hat.

I have no idea what Pat's Steaks is but the mentioned it on Mad Men once.

 

[El Floppo]

Graceland was awful

There is no reason to go to Graceland unless you're a huge Elvis fan.

Best place to visit in Memphis is Stax Museum. I could go there weekly. Sun Studios is also worth a visit, as is the Gibson guitar factory.

in 1992, I went to a bbq place in a strip mall that was recommended to us by a security guard who stopped my gb and I from breaking into that big glass pyramid building they have down there. After watching my friend and I practically drooling over his food, the guy behind the counter- after asking where we were from and then lovingly (I like to think) ridiculing us for being ######s from NYC and SF- asks if the food is hot enough and if we'd like some house-made hot sauce. My friend chickened out, but I had some. It melted my left eardrum and I've never been actually able to smell anything since... but it was one of my top 4 meals evah.

So... Is that place still there?

 

[krista4]

Graceland was awful

There is no reason to go to Graceland unless you're a huge Elvis fan.

Best place to visit in Memphis is Stax Museum. I could go there weekly. Sun Studios is also worth a visit, as is the Gibson guitar factory.

in 1992, I went to a bbq place in a strip mall that was recommended to us by a security guard who stopped my gb and I from breaking into that big glass pyramid building they have down there. After watching my friend and I practically drooling over his food, the guy behind the counter- after asking where we were from and then lovingly (I like to think) ridiculing us for being ######s from NYC and SF- asks if the food is hot enough and if we'd like some house-made hot sauce. My friend chickened out, but I had some. It melted my left eardrum and I've never been actually able to smell anything since... but it was one of my top 4 meals evah.

So... Is that place still there?

The place was near the pyramid? No, I don't think so then.

 

[El Floppo]

Graceland was awful

There is no reason to go to Graceland unless you're a huge Elvis fan.

Best place to visit in Memphis is Stax Museum. I could go there weekly. Sun Studios is also worth a visit, as is the Gibson guitar factory.

in 1992, I went to a bbq place in a strip mall that was recommended to us by a security guard who stopped my gb and I from breaking into that big glass pyramid building they have down there. After watching my friend and I practically drooling over his food, the guy behind the counter- after asking where we were from and then lovingly (I like to think) ridiculing us for being ######s from NYC and SF- asks if the food is hot enough and if we'd like some house-made hot sauce. My friend chickened out, but I had some. It melted my left eardrum and I've never been actually able to smell anything since... but it was one of my top 4 meals evah.

So... Is that place still there?

The place was near the pyramid? No, I don't think so then.

down a main road from the pyramid... about 5 minutes or so.

 

[krista4]

Graceland was awful

There is no reason to go to Graceland unless you're a huge Elvis fan.

Best place to visit in Memphis is Stax Museum. I could go there weekly. Sun Studios is also worth a visit, as is the Gibson guitar factory.

in 1992, I went to a bbq place in a strip mall that was recommended to us by a security guard who stopped my gb and I from breaking into that big glass pyramid building they have down there. After watching my friend and I practically drooling over his food, the guy behind the counter- after asking where we were from and then lovingly (I like to think) ridiculing us for being ######s from NYC and SF- asks if the food is hot enough and if we'd like some house-made hot sauce. My friend chickened out, but I had some. It melted my left eardrum and I've never been actually able to smell anything since... but it was one of my top 4 meals evah.

So... Is that place still there?

The place was near the pyramid? No, I don't think so then.

down a main road from the pyramid... about 5 minutes or so.

Can't think of what it could be, so I don't think it's there.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Graceland was awful

There is no reason to go to Graceland unless you're a huge Elvis fan.

Best place to visit in Memphis is Stax Museum. I could go there weekly. Sun Studios is also worth a visit, as is the Gibson guitar factory.

in 1992, I went to a bbq place in a strip mall that was recommended to us by a security guard who stopped my gb and I from breaking into that big glass pyramid building they have down there. After watching my friend and I practically drooling over his food, the guy behind the counter- after asking where we were from and then lovingly (I like to think) ridiculing us for being ######s from NYC and SF- asks if the food is hot enough and if we'd like some house-made hot sauce. My friend chickened out, but I had some. It melted my left eardrum and I've never been actually able to smell anything since... but it was one of my top 4 meals evah.

So... Is that place still there?

The place was near the pyramid? No, I don't think so then.

down a main road from the pyramid... about 5 minutes or so.

Can't think of what it could be, so I don't think it's there.

Pat's Steaks?

 

[El Floppo]

Did I mention it was in a strip mall?

Did I also mention that I may have imagined the whole thing?

 

[krista4]

Did I mention it was in a strip mall?

Did I also mention that I may have imagined the whole thing?

It's a great story in any case.

 

[-fish-]

I pretty much drink vodka like bottled water these days.

Liver> it was a run

 

[bentley]

I'm pretty sure that Darko owned that place, so no.

Man, I've had a lot of drink tonight. Luckily my whole work day tomorrow involves drinking with clients at a PGA tournament so I should be good. Just have to sober up in time for a breakfast speech on Friday at this point.

Would love to get flirty with K4 right now, but I'm going to pass out before it would get good.

 

[krista4]

I'm pretty sure that Darko owned that place, so no.

Man, I've had a lot of drink tonight. Luckily my whole work day tomorrow involves drinking with clients at a PGA tournament so I should be good. Just have to sober up in time for a breakfast speech on Friday at this point.

Would love to get flirty with K4 right now, but I'm going to pass out before it would get good.

and

 

[proninja]

fish or proninja or drifter need to find Krista's house and put a sign up on the front stoop that reads...

"Go Home Krista!

-Seattle"

Would have been way better shtick if you'd have PM'd me this idea

 

[Good Posting Judge]

You guys should check out this "Money Talks" show on CNBC, a reality show about a scamdicapper named "Steve Stevens." 70% winners!

 

[YSR]

You guys should check out this "Money Talks" show on CNBC, a reality show about a scamdicapper named "Steve Stevens." 70% winners!

Azcards?

 

[Good Posting Judge]

You guys should check out this "Money Talks" show on CNBC, a reality show about a scamdicapper named "Steve Stevens." 70% winners!

Azcards?

Waaaay better.

 

[kevzilla]

You guys should check out this "Money Talks" show on CNBC, a reality show about a scamdicapper named "Steve Stevens." 70% winners!

Azcards?

Waaaay better.

The part where he explains that he can be trusted because he did time for wire fraud is

 

[GroveDiesel]

Back to my rant for a moment, I should say that the principle issue at my wife's school isn't necessarily Common Core, but some kind of Marzano teaching methods that they are implementing. That's nonsense where kindergarten teachers have to post objectives for every lesson that the kids can't even read and constantly ask the kids if they feel like they are getting it or not.

Seriously. Multiple times throughout a lesson teachers have to ask the class if they understand. If they feel like they have it mastered they out up 1 finger, if they feel like they are getting it they put up 2, and if they aren't getting it all all they put up 3.

The dumb thing to me is that kids that age that really don't get it typically don't even know that they don't get it. Having the youngest kids self-evaluate is moronic.