Random Thoughts XI (Eleven Pipers Piping)

[SaraV]

Have one of daughter's teammate's high school aged brother who gets dropped off at the bus before dawn every morning. The other morning it was 21 degrees and cloudy and he showed up in thin athletic shorts and a thin long sleeved t-shirt. The most I ever see him wear is a hoodie and thin warm up pants even when it is below zero and windy.

I often wonder if this is ever a point of conversation in the morning since the parent who drops him off clearly sees what he is wearing.

I just had an epiphany a few years back about the phenomenon of high schoolers just wearing hoodies on arctic days...

Way back when, when I was in high school, I had to share a locker. The locker was a normal size, but trying to fit two bulky winter coats was a chore. (And I did wear a winter coat to school. It was an exceptionally cold winter my senior year) A lot of HS lockers I've seen nowadays are smaller/skinnier than what I had.

Now, I'm not excusing the student you saw from wearing long pants or jeans...that's just teenager stupidity.

 

[VeloClone]

I just had an epiphany a few years back about the phenomenon of high schoolers just wearing hoodies on arctic days...

Way back when, when I was in high school, I had to share a locker. The locker was a normal size, but trying to fit two bulky winter coats was a chore. (And I did wear a winter coat to school. It was an exceptionally cold winter my senior year) A lot of HS lockers I've seen nowadays are smaller/skinnier than what I had.

Now, I'm not excusing the student you saw from wearing long pants or jeans...that's just teenager stupidity.

The problem is that in Minnesota they have started to have to cancel school due to cold weather - in Minnesota. In my recollection school was cancelled due to unsafe driving conditions due to blizzard conditions visibility, huge snowfalls or ice conditions but never cold. This is likely because kids aren't leaving the house adequately dressed and schools are afraid they will be held responsible if they allow them to go home from school dressed like that and they end up getting frostbite or something. Never mind that the parents let them leave the house in the morning with the same clothes on.

 

[BCClone]

Am I the only one who ever had to go to school (not for being in trouble, just a make a day) on saturday. I was first grade (so 79-80 year IIRC) and there were so many snow days that our school needed to make up many days. So they scheduled a couple saturdays. I had a young teacher and I'm positive, now, that she was hung over that day. We basically watched cartoons and listened to her complain about being there. A couple days after the first saturday, the state waived X amount of days and we never had to do the others.

 

[Cybirdy]

I just had an epiphany a few years back about the phenomenon of high schoolers just wearing hoodies on arctic days...

Way back when, when I was in high school, I had to share a locker. The locker was a normal size, but trying to fit two bulky winter coats was a chore. (And I did wear a winter coat to school. It was an exceptionally cold winter my senior year) A lot of HS lockers I've seen nowadays are smaller/skinnier than what I had.

Now, I'm not excusing the student you saw from wearing long pants or jeans...that's just teenager stupidity.

Daughter will wear a coat most cold days, but no one uses their lockers. Hers is upstairs in a corner and when it is time to catch the bus she doesn't always have time to run up to get it then down to the band room to grab her instrument and then out to the bus on time. So I think she usually keeps her coat in her girls' locker room locker.

They do say it is "safe" to keep things in your locker because they have hallway cameras if anything was ever stolen. But I think the majority of kids carry their full backpack to each class. One thing that is different is most textbooks are optional now, so they aren't carrying around a ton of books. Texts are either online or teachers don't use them. She decided to get the algebra textbook and the science textbook, but she keeps them at home.

 

[BCClone]

Daughter will wear a coat most cold days, but no one uses their lockers. Hers is upstairs in a corner and when it is time to catch the bus she doesn't always have time to run up to get it then down to the band room to grab her instrument and then out to the bus on time. So I think she usually keeps her coat in her girls' locker room locker.

They do say it is "safe" to keep things in your locker because they have hallway cameras if anything was ever stolen. But I think the majority of kids carry their full backpack to each class. One thing that is different is most textbooks are optional now, so they aren't carrying around a ton of books. Texts are either online or teachers don't use them. She decided to get the algebra textbook and the science textbook, but she keeps them at home.

My kids use their locker room locker for anything they basically need. Their other one is rarely used. My son shows up just as the bell rings and the lockerroom is on the way to this classes. It also allows him to grab his stuff after practice or school and just go home.

 

[VeloClone]

Am I the only one who ever had to go to school (not for being in trouble, just a make a day) on saturday. I was first grade (so 79-80 year IIRC) and there were so many snow days that our school needed to make up many days. So they scheduled a couple saturdays. I had a young teacher and I'm positive, now, that she was hung over that day. We basically watched cartoons and listened to her complain about being there. A couple days after the first saturday, the state waived X amount of days and we never had to do the others.

We always had our school year extended (if necessary) to make up snow days. So instead of getting out on June 3rd, for example, we might have to go through June 5th. That was '70s and '80s

 

[VeloClone]

Daughter has her own tiny locker. She got together with her best friend and they put all of the coats, boots, etc in one locker and all of their school stuff in the other so they don't get any papers or books wet. She says they feel sorry for the boy who has the locker between their two lockers, though.

 

[BCClone]

Misread the word canal in a post in a different thread and I was really confused why someone would post that. Reread it after a couple sentences and made more sense with the full word.

 

[cowgirl836]

Yeah, but I did love all the other characters pointing out how stupid the "flling in love at first sight" trope is


I feel like another cool one would be best disney movies: I'll probably suggest that.
Anyway, my favorites from the movies I've seen:
1.) Anna
2.) Elsa
3.) Mulan
4.) Meg (not technically a disney princess but I'm running out of movies I've seen and remember)
5.) Cinderella (classic and it also blew my mind when I found out why she's named that)


Or if they are of age, it's because the age of consent is 16 so they're technically not underage.

your last line........it's a bit Argent-esque in the context, lol.

 

[cowgirl836]

Came out of the gym to drive home and the wind that had been hard from the southwest is hard northeast now and just about whiteout conditions. If there were more snow with this storm I bet it'd be a blizzard warning instead.

 

[WIBadger]

your last line........it's a bit Argent-esque in the context, lol.

ew, no

Came out of the gym to drive home and the wind that had been hard from the southwest is hard northeast now and just about whiteout conditions. If there were more snow with this storm I bet it'd be a blizzard warning instead.

I know, I was amazed how quickly conditions shifted

 

[CycloneErik]

I just had an epiphany a few years back about the phenomenon of high schoolers just wearing hoodies on arctic days...

Way back when, when I was in high school, I had to share a locker. The locker was a normal size, but trying to fit two bulky winter coats was a chore. (And I did wear a winter coat to school. It was an exceptionally cold winter my senior year) A lot of HS lockers I've seen nowadays are smaller/skinnier than what I had.

Now, I'm not excusing the student you saw from wearing long pants or jeans...that's just teenager stupidity.

On the way to the library tonight, I noticed on male student and one female student walking around in shorts. I thought that seemed stupid tonight.

Then I double-checked to make sure I wore jeans. I knew right away that I was set up for something stupid.
I was lucky. I wore real pants.

 

[SaraV]

It's been several years, spoilers no longer apply. I don't know how long you need to wait to reveal spoilers, but it's like obscenity, you know it when you see it

When "Last Jedi" came out, husband and I said that probably give people until January 2nd, then talking openly about the movie was fair game.

Then I double-checked to make sure I wore jeans. I knew right away that I was set up for something stupid.
I was lucky. I wore real pants.

So glad you wore real pants instead of those false pants that are all the rage today.

 

[CycloneErik]

Wanted to work something into a particular paragraph. Had a moment where I said, "Hey, just add this clause to the first sentence. Readers are familiar by now (chapter 3), and it'll just jog their memory. Sweet." So I added it.

Read the next paragraph, and saw that I already used it. D'oh! That won't be getting by anyone.
So I looked at the two paragraphs together, pondered a merger, saw it would never, ever work, and then saw the solution.
Switch the order of the paragraphs. Now it works coherently, and the addition to that original paragraph doesn't need to be there at all.

Yes. I spent half an hour working that out. It's all down to things like that now.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Forgot to mention for the Alien fans here that I watched Alien: Covenant Sunday night on HBO. Woof. Brutally awful. Ended up only half watching and surfing on my laptop.

 

[NWICY]

Forgot to mention for the Alien fans here that I watched Alien: Covenant Sunday night on HBO. Woof. Brutally awful. Ended up only half watching and surfing on my laptop.

It wasn't great but it was set up nicely for multiple sequels with the little aliens being transported all across the universe.

 

[BCClone]

Just saw Julie Bowen is single again. So is Jennifer Anniston, but Julie seems more my type.

 

[cycloneG]

Just saw Julie Bowen is single again. So is Jennifer Anniston, but Julie seems more my type.

 

[stormchaser2014]

I'm guessing you googled 'Julie Bowen gif", that first one though.

 

[cycloneG]

I'm guessing you googled 'Julie Bowen gif", that first one though.

I actually didn't Google that but now that I have I feel I should clear my browsing history.