General discussion - Mom and Dad Esq.

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Make sure he builds a garage to fit your conversion van. A station wagon won't handle that load.

:-) Doesn't the M5 Touring have a 3rd row?

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by taxwonk
Good for you, cranky-pants.

I WAS laughing until you followed the unwanted "advice" with a totally unnecessary hyphen. Good GOD, how much am I expected to take?

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
:-) Doesn't the M5 Touring have a 3rd row?

On whose lap will the Swedish au pair sit?

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
I WAS laughing until you followed the unwanted "advice" with a totally unnecessary hyphen. Good GOD, how much am I expected to take?

You're right. I am feeling suitably contrite, let me assure you. I apologize for my grammatic lapse.

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
On whose lap will the Swedish au pair sit?

She can follow in the z8.

[pony_trekker]

Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
I'm not sure what we were thinking, but Baby dL No. 2 is on the way, due in August. The Babies dL will be only 19 months apart. Lord help us.

Instead of a stroller, steal a shopping cart.

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
Instead of a stroller, steal a shopping cart.

Not a bad idea. Do they fold easily?

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
Not a bad idea. Do they fold easily?

They do if you run over them with an X5.

[viet_mom]

I've taken a few flights with my (gasp) 4 year old. Maybe I'm just getting a fear of flying but it seems every landing has the plane frantically trying to right itself when it is almost on the ground. And the landings always seem rough.

Could someone explain this fumbling in a way that is reassuring (or at least honest). I'm trying not to let my stress show to my little one but I'm practically having a heart attack whenever we land. If one wing is way higher than the other when the plane hits the ground, aren't we going to flip over and die terrible deaths? When one pilot is landing the thing, why can't the other one get on the overhead and reassure us how everything is going great? Because otherwise, when the plane is spazzing I imagine all the pilots in the cockpit freaking out, doing the novena and sweating profusely. I am always looking for the flight attendant, watching for signs of horror.

Yeah, I know. Valium.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by viet_mom
I've taken a few flights with my (gasp) 4 year old. Maybe I'm just getting a fear of flying but it seems every landing has the plane frantically trying to right itself when it is almost on the ground. And the landings always seem rough.

Could someone explain this fumbling in a way that is reassuring (or at least honest). I'm trying not to let my stress show to my little one but I'm practically having a heart attack whenever we land. If one wing is way higher than the other when the plane hits the ground, aren't we going to flip over and die terrible deaths? When one pilot is landing the thing, why can't the other one get on the overhead and reassure us how everything is going great? Because otherwise, when the plane is spazzing I imagine all the pilots in the cockpit freaking out, doing the novena and sweating profusely. I am always looking for the flight attendant, watching for signs of horror.

Yeah, I know. Valium.

Yeah, valium. For what it's worth, I loved turbulence as a child. It was like a roller coaster. I don't think kids really appreciate the concept of death or the potential for dying.

Also, when the wings are much higher on one side, it's usually because they're landing with a crosswind, and they dip the wings towards the wind. That way, if a gust comes, it will push the plane down flat. Roughly, but flat.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

Also, when the wings are much higher on one side, it's usually because they're landing with a crosswind, and they dip the wings towards the wind. That way, if a gust comes, it will push the plane down flat. Roughly, but flat.

Translation: if I were Neo i would have taken the blue pill.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

At what ages do you give kids how much for an allowance? And how does it work?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
At what ages do you give kids how much for an allowance? And how does it work?

at 3 or 4 my son had a chore. He had to help me take the garbage cans back in. He wasn't much help, but having a chore helped establish responsibility maybe (we could never get daughter to do fuckall). We gave him a buck or two a week. He always has some job now, and still has that dumb chore. how much depends on shopping opportunities at the age of your kids, no? I mean they aren't on their own at stores right?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
at 3 or 4 my son had a chore. He had to help me take the garbage cans back in. He wasn't much help, but having a chore helped establish responsibility maybe (we could never get daughter to do fuckall). We gave him a buck or two a week. He always has some job now, and still has that dumb chore. how much depends on shopping opportunities at the age of your kids, no? I mean they aren't on their own at stores right?

I don't want to tie chores and allowance too closely because the family is not a market economy. Kids should do the chores because they have to do chores, not because they'll be paid.

I want to move to an allowance not because L'il Ty is going shopping on his own a bunch, but because right now we buy him stuff from time to time, and I'd rather get him to prioritize and know where the limits are. A dollar or two a week isn't much, but I'm not sure where the right line is.

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I don't want to tie chores and allowance too closely because the family is not a market economy. Kids should do the chores because they have to do chores, not because they'll be paid.

I want to move to an allowance not because L'il Ty is going shopping on his own a bunch, but because right now we buy him stuff from time to time, and I'd rather get him to prioritize and know where the limits are. A dollar or two a week isn't much, but I'm not sure where the right line is.

My kid is randomly showered with cash by her grandmother and others (grandma is the worst offender). It is hard to get her to prioritize when she can pull a $100 bill out of her piggy bank, which she did once, much to my surprise. I took it for research purposes.