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[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
You took them and then refused to eat them? Hoarder.

Yeah, but no food issues.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
A law school classmate died from anaphylactic shock after coming in contact with peanuts--they think from shaking hands with someone who had earlier grabbed a handful at the party.

this is my point. what are you protecting a kid from, ultimately, by banning any peanuts at school. how about the sidewalk in the city he's walking down next month?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I've added "You get what you get and you don't get upset."

This is new in our generation.

I've added "no I never took drugs, and even if I did if was different back then, and safer than now!"

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Because they re-did pricing tiers on your prescription drug plan. That $180 a year extra really puts the hurt on you. I am sure that this pricing change will not cause you to call your employee benefits rep, scream at them to the extent that they go pale and shake and possibly cry, prompting me to tell the poor rep that I will call you back, and then really expect that if you argue with me about it enough, somehow we will lower the copay on Zyrtec to $35. Or just send you $15. Or whatever. Because it's now $50, and while I understand that you don't like paying $15 more a month, the plan is what the plan is.

All my prescription drugs except Sonata are now generic. Yay! That means I over-contributed to my FSA. Boo.

I'm not really a bitch about it generally. And people who get bumped up to me or another VP generally feel like they are really special, so they are all nice and shit instead of screaming.

ETA and not infrequently I look up to see who they are. VP and above, I'm not sympathetic to whining about costs. Regular people, I actually do think it's hard for them, and my tone of voice will reflect it.

I already budgeted that $180 for hookers and blow. Think of the long-term effect of this co-pay increase on those less fortunate than us.

Maybe I just have hookers and blow on my mind because I saw Hustle & Flow the other day. Better than I expected. I generally keep my movie expectations pretty low though. My favorite part was when he had to go next door and bribe his neighbor to keep the noise down. I don't think that's a spoiler, and I'm not putting in spoiler space because you damned posters are too coddled these days with your lactose intolerance and peanut allergies.

[dtb]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
What I want to know is just how many kids have severe reactions to peanut products. According to this website: http://www.allerg.qc.ca/peanutallergy.htm#statistics , approximately 125 people die each year in the USA secondary to food-induced anaphylaxis. I did not read far enough to figure out how many of those people die from peanut exposure. And I certainly wouldn't want anyone who is severely allergic to have to suffer.

But I have never met anyone whose kid was that allergic to peanuts. My kid's school is apparently peanut-free, but I don't think there are any kids there who are deathly allergic. In fact, since it has never, ever been an issue, it totally slipped my mind that the school was peanut-free.

Do public schools have these policies? Or do kids who are allergic to peanuts have to go to private, peanut-free schools? Maybe this increases the number of allergic kids at private schools equipped to monitor peanut consumption?

It seems to me (and I could be wrong) that schools declare themselves to be peanut-free, whether or not they have any kids with peanut allergies that year. And once you're known as a peanut-free school, you have to maintain in case a parent with a child allergic to peanuts wants to enroll their child.

But I will tell you this: There are 100s of lunatic parents at my kid's school who overreact to everything in an effort to shield their child from absolutely anything they can think of. And I think 80% of the kids are on some kind of behavioral modification drug, as are their parents. It is truly amazing. If my daughter didn't love the place so much (what coddled, overprotected child wouldn't?) and if it wasn't necessary she go there for other reasons, I would yank her out of there so fast, her head would spin.

TM

I have a child in public school, and his CLASSROOM is peanut-free because of some kid with a peanut allergy. The whole school isn't, though.

The private school where my other child goes is nut-full.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by dtb
I have a child in public school, and his CLASSROOM is peanut-free because of some kid with a peanut allergy. The whole school isn't, though.

The private school where my other child goes is nut-full.

huh? I thought every day was peanut butter day? or did this peanut ban just come up in the time since 6 posts ago? have you been testing for schizo-syndrome?

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I already budgeted that $180 for hookers and blow. Think of the long-term effect of this co-pay increase on those less fortunate than us.

You should have gone with "pigs in blankets for Fringey" instead of "hookers and blow."

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
huh? I thought every day was peanut butter day? or did this peanut ban just come up in the time since 6 posts ago? have you been testing for schizo-syndrome?

dtb and I are separate people, Hank.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
dtb and I are separate people, Hank.

post 1013 seems to conflict with post 1025.

[dtb]

Originally posted by patentparanyc
my health plan upped my pre natals to $50 co pay. I still take them since I am nursing.

Really? Isn't your youngest child like, 5? (NTTAWWT)

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
I don't need a reason. I'm your mother.

wow. i never knew there was a version of Tourettes syndrome that manifests itself through typing.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by dtb
Really? Isn't your youngest child like, 5? (NTTAWWT)

maybe she takes in work as a side job on the weekends?

[Icky Thump]

Originally posted by ironweed
Word. In Jersey, the kids get sugar and TV instead of ritalin, the moms are all chain-smoking secret drunks and the dads are just drunk. It's all so fucking wholesome and refreshing, like the America I knew as a child. Who says you can't go back again?

I know. They they run around the rink after drinking Hawaiian Punch and eating airheads. Icky Jr. feels quite at home.

[dtb]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
huh? I thought every day was peanut butter day? or did this peanut ban just come up in the time since 6 posts ago? have you been testing for schizo-syndrome?

For the private school kid, every day is peanut butter day. For the (now) public school kid, he has to tough it. But I don't keep him from eating it at home! I give him EXTRA so his breath smells like peanuts, in case he comes across one of those malingerers.

[Replaced_Texan]

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