cali
(1000+ posts)
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Sun Nov-15-09 02:49 PM
Response to Original message |
| 22. It's a total failure of basic thinking on your part to draw any conclusions |
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whatsoever from this incident. Completely ludicrous.
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A sad comment on our coming generation |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-09 02:02 PM |
#0 |

Can you tell us what the lady said |
Jane Austin |
Nov-15-09 02:05 PM |
#1 |
 
Steam it, after cleaning it |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-09 02:08 PM |
#4 |

That's how I cook it |
Warpy |
Nov-15-09 02:23 PM |
#9 |
 
Well I did not know how to cook it |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-09 02:27 PM |
#12 |
 
Butternut squash roasts pretty nicely too. (NT) |
Tesha |
Nov-15-09 06:44 PM |
#56 |

Thanks. Do you cook it whole |
Jane Austin |
Nov-15-09 05:50 PM |
#50 |

I guess I will cut it into chunks |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-09 06:00 PM |
#52 |

roasted butternut & apple soup |
Desertrose |
Nov-15-09 08:02 PM |
#60 |

Thanks so much. |
Jane Austin |
Nov-16-09 01:57 AM |
#62 |

A piece of advice: |
rockymountaindem |
Nov-15-09 02:05 PM |
#2 |
 
Thanks these days I mostly do not put that in the garbage unit, I have |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-09 02:09 PM |
#5 |

The big rise of stranger-danger in the 80s corrupted a generation of parents. |
Brickbat |
Nov-15-09 02:08 PM |
#3 |
 
And what I saw today was extreme |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-09 02:10 PM |
#6 |

Coming generation? The current ones are already okay with |
saracat |
Nov-15-09 02:14 PM |
#7 |
 
Actually fear of strangers is the end of community |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-09 02:20 PM |
#8 |

Exactly. No community means no social contract, |
anonymous171 |
Nov-15-09 02:26 PM |
#11 |
 
And why kids are willing to accept a lot of the crap |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-09 02:27 PM |
#13 |

This is also very true. And unfortunately, the internet age makes it even worse. |
saracat |
Nov-15-09 02:58 PM |
#27 |

Very good point but combined with the fear is an awful lot of selfishness built into the self |
saracat |
Nov-15-09 02:54 PM |
#26 |
 
There used to be a time when people surrendered their seats |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-09 03:11 PM |
#28 |

I also remember the DNC coming to my state and stipulating that the |
saracat |
Nov-15-09 03:34 PM |
#31 |

That is a general attitude |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-09 03:46 PM |
#33 |

Isn't the source of the failure, the people who aren't to be trusted? |
lukasahero |
Nov-15-09 05:06 PM |
#40 |

and believing that every shadow will do this |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-09 05:09 PM |
#41 |

My sister's kids are terrified of everything. |
JackDragna |
Nov-15-09 02:23 PM |
#10 |
 
I am sorry because they will not grow into well adjusted adults |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-09 02:31 PM |
#15 |

the child |
Maureen54 |
Nov-15-09 02:29 PM |
#14 |
 
Possible, but I have seen that with very normal kids as well who |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-09 02:31 PM |
#17 |

Yes, the campaign to spread irrational fear of everything has been quite successful. |
Greyhound |
Nov-15-09 02:31 PM |
#16 |
 
And this is part of the process that has absolutely |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-09 02:36 PM |
#18 |

But we're crazy conspiracy loons... |
Greyhound |
Nov-15-09 03:43 PM |
#32 |

Pass the tinfoil |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-09 03:46 PM |
#34 |

Here ya go... |
Greyhound |
Nov-15-09 04:32 PM |
#36 |

Gotcha |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-09 05:17 PM |
#45 |

I would be cautious in making a blanket statement about the coming generation. |
Avalux |
Nov-15-09 02:39 PM |
#19 |
 
Well the blanket statement has to be qualified of course |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-09 02:43 PM |
#20 |

I was walking to work on the UC Berkeley campus |
lunatica |
Nov-15-09 02:47 PM |
#21 |
 
Strange feeling indeed, but to me far more of a warning |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-09 02:52 PM |
#25 |

It's a total failure of basic thinking on your part to draw any conclusions |
cali |
Nov-15-09 02:49 PM |
#22 |

If your attitude here is any indication |
TwixVoy |
Nov-15-09 02:49 PM |
#23 |
 
Well, well if saying by all means, take a seat |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-09 03:13 PM |
#29 |

Take a look at employment numbers my friend |
TwixVoy |
Nov-15-09 04:48 PM |
#38 |

I am not talking of Wall street indicators |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-09 05:15 PM |
#44 |

That kid sounds like me at that age. |
Odin2005 |
Nov-15-09 02:50 PM |
#24 |
 
Yeah that is possible |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-09 03:14 PM |
#30 |

Ah, OK! |
Odin2005 |
Nov-15-09 04:00 PM |
#35 |

I think extrapolating the condition of an entire generation |
lukasahero |
Nov-15-09 04:43 PM |
#37 |
 
Don't be silly. The OP sees all, knows all...this is critically important stuff |
anigbrowl |
Nov-15-09 05:05 PM |
#39 |
  
Oh. Sorry |
lukasahero |
Nov-15-09 05:10 PM |
#42 |
 
My three little terrors would have mugged her. |
Ikonoklast |
Nov-15-09 05:11 PM |
#43 |
  
LOL! |
lukasahero |
Nov-15-09 05:18 PM |
#46 |
  
You know it! |
Number23 |
Nov-15-09 06:27 PM |
#54 |
 
No that kid is a canary in the mine |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-09 05:19 PM |
#47 |

Everything is an indicator of much greater significance with you |
anigbrowl |
Nov-15-09 05:26 PM |
#48 |

I have 4 nephews |
lukasahero |
Nov-15-09 06:59 PM |
#57 |

I don't think it's the generation |
pipi_k |
Nov-15-09 05:39 PM |
#49 |
 
Of course a lot is parents and this is a damn extreme case |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-09 05:59 PM |
#51 |

Some reasons why kids aren't out running and playing in the streets |
pipi_k |
Nov-15-09 06:27 PM |
#55 |

I see kids ~10 years old on the subway going back and forth to school |
lukasahero |
Nov-15-09 07:04 PM |
#58 |

too many fenced-in front yards aren't exactly encouraging kids to play |
KakistocracyHater |
Nov-15-09 07:48 PM |
#59 |

I doubt that a woman asking to sit with you was that overbearing..... |
ProudToBeBlueInRhody |
Nov-15-09 06:12 PM |
#53 |

Shy children are not a new phenomenon. |
Kitty Herder |
Nov-15-09 08:12 PM |
#61 |
 
Exactly... I could see my youngest (now 11) doing something similar |
JCMach1 |
Nov-16-09 05:38 AM |
#65 |

I think we will see alot of stunted kids due to the rise in homeschooling. |
bamacrat |
Nov-16-09 02:02 AM |
#63 |

You are a very strange person |
Egnever |
Nov-16-09 02:18 AM |
#64 |