Octopus Overlords

Paingod wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 8:52 am I'm pretty sure the limit of what my parents knew stopped when I left their sight. I lived a whole life outside my home that my parents were oblivious to. I played a lot in woods, fields, trees, and streams without another soul in sight for most of my childhood. I kept coming home alive and that seemed enough for them.

My cousin may have figured out that I found his Playboys, but I don't think he cared. My neighbors called the cops on me the one time they found me and a friend climbing trees in their yard - but not the other half dozen times before then. I don't think anyone was keeping tabs on the kids getting high behind the school gym during recess.

Adults are privy to a percentage of what goes on in their kids' lives. That percentage diminishes with age, as it should. At a certain point that child needs to be free to leave and be comfortable with doing so.

Zarathud wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 2:54 am You need car seats because cars are no longer designed to withstand a direct hit and crumple on impact.

Moliere wrote: Thu Mar 24, 2016 5:31 pm 2009 Chevy Malibu vs 1959 Bel Air Crash Test
Spoiler: drive a newer car if you care about safety.

Isgrimnur wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 10:21 am

Zarathud wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 2:54 am You need car seats because cars are no longer designed to withstand a direct hit and crumple on impact.

I know you were on a roll and all, but .. no.

Moliere wrote: Thu Mar 24, 2016 5:31 pm 2009 Chevy Malibu vs 1959 Bel Air Crash Test
Spoiler: drive a newer car if you care about safety.

hitbyambulance wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 5:45 pm my nephew turns ten years old in a few weeks and his parents still have him in a car booster seat. that just seems weird to me.

coopasonic wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 5:55 pm

hitbyambulance wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 5:45 pm my nephew turns ten years old in a few weeks and his parents still have him in a car booster seat. that just seems weird to me.

My 8 year old is still in a booster and my 11 year old is only recently out of his booster, but he is still borderline. It's about where the seat belt crosses their body. You *really* don't want the seat belt crossing the neck when you get in an accident.

hepcat wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 10:02 pm Jeff Bezos just became the richest person to have ever lived. Trump has got to be gnashing his teeth.

pr0ner wrote: Wed Jan 10, 2018 12:09 pm He posted an almost 200 tweet thread about the Fusion GPS transcript. It's absurd.

GreenGoo wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 3:04 am I'm pretty sure no one knew I was in the boiler room of the local sportsplex. Or invading the corn fields of the experimental farm nearby. Or going through the playboy collection of a neighbourhood kid's dad.

Trust me Zarathud, our parents had no clue where we spent our days, and that was the norm for almost all kids of my generation.

It's not really up for debate.

Zarathud wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 2:54 am You were kids back then, not adults. Do you really think that parents had zero idea of what you kids were doing? Or that someone didn't disapprove to your parents? Or your priests found out back in the days of confession?

stessier wrote: Wed Jan 10, 2018 4:20 pm I think this is where the discussion has been - Federal judges struck down the NC map for gerrymandering and gave them three weeks to submit a new one so it will be in place for the midterm elections.

The GOP has said it will appeal.

stessier wrote: Wed Jan 10, 2018 4:20 pm I think this is where the discussion has been - Federal judges struck down the NC map for gerrymandering and gave them three weeks to submit a new one so it will be in place for the midterm elections.

The GOP has said it will appeal.

In one scheme, authorities accused Ms. Harris of trying to capitalize on a natural disaster, improperly receiving nearly $25,000 in federal funds by falsely claiming that she had been displaced from her Coney Island home by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. In another, she is accused of siphoning money from a nonprofit she ran to pay her mortgage, take vacations and shop at Victoria’s Secret, according to the indictment.

Ms. Harris pleaded not guilty to all 11 charges. Her lawyers, Joel Cohen and Jerry H. Goldfeder, called Ms. Harris an “invaluable community organizer and a well-regarded legislator.”

“We are disappointed that Ms. Harris was indicted,” the lawyers said, noting that none of the charges were related to her conduct as a lawmaker.

Moliere wrote: Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:11 pm Permit required to tear down a tree house that was built without a permit.

Holman wrote: Wed Jan 10, 2018 10:07 pm

link

??

Does Taco Bell have an ad or something?

Also, is Charlie Daniels insane?

This week, three Moore supporters submitted a resolution to the Alabama Republican Party executive committee calling for Shelby to be censured. It argues that Shelby “publicly encouraged Republicans and all voters to write in a candidate instead of voting for the Republican Candidate Judge Roy Moore,” and that his “public speech was then used by the Democrat Candidate in robocalls to sway voters to not vote for Judge Roy Moore.”

The move came after a pro-Moore outside group, Courageous Conservatives PAC, ran robocalls last month describing Shelby as a turncoat and calling on him to resign..

“Sen. Richard Shelby stabbed President Trump and conservatives in the back,” said one of the calls, which urged listeners to call his office and complain. “Tell Shelby you’ll never forget his disloyalty to President Trump and the Republican Party for his treasonous actions. Tell Shelby he’s betrayed his trust to Alabamians and he should resign his office. Call now.”