First graders are about 50 lbs. Pre-K and Kindergarteners would work better for this. Too much weight and you’re going to lose power on the swing.

It could just be an audience problem. Teenagers have a whole lingo I am not privy to. Does that mean they are wrong? I probably know more words than the average teenager. Does that mean I’m using them wrong? A lack of knowledge from one party or both can lead to miscommunication. That doesn’t automatically mean someone is wrong. I used to use the term POS in the early days of my Internet use. It meant parent over shoulder so that my friends knew why if I was acting differently all of a sudden. My parents thought I was calling them a piece of shit or referencing point of sale. The former was just funny and the latter was a bit silly. They figured they were just missing something, but it didn’t mean they were using POS wrong. They just lacked the knowledge on one use for a different age group.

Other than them dropping plots that felt unfinished, yes. We really liked it.

Have you seen Evil? I bet you’d enjoy those scenes.

Fuck. I’ve been using one with an M.D. No wonder it wasn’t working.

I’ll second that.

Certainly, and I’m in support of all the things that would need to happen to prevent the world from exploding. I just wish it happened without the stress and threat of bombs.

My children are fairly well behaved, and I would be nuked on day 1.

What would you do about those with mental illness, Intellectual Disabilities, zealots, and children? In other words, people who may not have the capacity, or in the case of zealots, to make rational decisions.

I’ve been worried about security, and therefore haven’t even researched the options. I’d like to have one, but I don’t want people able to see what’s happening without me allowing it for specific footage. Only guaranteed way was to just not have any. I could do local only, but there is less utility with that. So, it wasn’t worth the effort and cost.

Yes, plus, organic farms near non-organics can have the chemicals, too.

Depends on how much I drink. I have to get up in about 1 in 10 days. I usually take sips of water right as I get into bed and a couple more times throughout the night. So, maybe 6 oz at most. However, I sometimes need 6-12 at one time. So, I bring a fair amount with me.

Oh, I know it. But it’s old school Lego where the pieces were bigger. So, only the smallest countries ’ GDPs. Lego today, the average size of the piece is less. They seldom use the classic 2x4 in their builds now.

I store mine in the middle of my Lego in Rubbermaid bins. Looks legit enough if you aren’t digging through it. My vault and treasure chest are decoys!

My wife’s rabbit (from before we were married) used to nudge me to stack his blocks. When I started, he’d trot in a circle around the living room. When I had finished, he’d go from stack to stack knocking them over. We’d do that a bunch. When was bored of that, he’d lay down near me and require me to rub him. He had things going the way he liked them. He absolutely would have been excited to have a rug and a whole area devoted to him and his stuff.

Yeah, the rumors about Triplett are true.

I reviewed a bunch of sources from a quick (and not extensive) search, and it looks like it may vary by district, but I’m seeing sources (across different years) with averages as high as 13% and as low as 8%. I don’t know where I was getting my number, but I thought it was more like 43%. Even 13% is shite. 8% is abysmal. So sad.

I’m not arguing that state and local levels don’t have any impact. There’s no doubt that they do, but imagine if federal funding was double or triple what it is now. The outcomes could be so much better, even in places like MS where the government is actively working against its people.

Edit: I also agree with where you seemed to be heading, which is that there should be some national minimums both or education content and how funding is spent.

No wonder they’re insecure with you calling them idiots all the time.

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Funding does impact what, how, and by whom kids are taught. A large portion of education funding is federal.