The "What's on your mind?" thread

[dgoswald]

Originally Posted by Mike16

I don't know what to do... I was informed yesterday that my daughter skipped school the last two days, she loved school last year and was excited when school started up a month ago, but when I addressed her last night what's going on she's been elusive to what's changed and insisted i leave her alone. I can only assume she's being bullied or is having trouble keeping up in the advanced classes she's taking this year. She's going to be meeting with the school psychologist today and I'm planning on spending a lot of 1-on-1 time with her this weekend, hopefully we can resolve this before it gets any worse.

Sounds like a sensible plan. Good luck.

[llj]

Originally Posted by Mike16

I don't know what to do... I was informed yesterday that my daughter skipped school the last two days, she loved school last year and was excited when school started up a month ago, but when I addressed her last night what's going on she's been elusive to what's changed and insisted i leave her alone. I can only assume she's being bullied or is having trouble keeping up in the advanced classes she's taking this year. She's going to be meeting with the school psychologist today and I'm planning on spending a lot of 1-on-1 time with her this weekend, hopefully we can resolve this before it gets any worse.

Definitely a tricky balance. You want to give your kids some freedom to work stuff out on their own but you don't want a problem to snowball either.

I skipped school sometimes for various non-bullying reasons when I was young. Although, I wasn't a big fan of school to begin with so it wasn't that unusual. Definitely though, a change of behaviour is something to monitor more closely.

[Groot]

Chris Pine & Zachary Quinto talk pain, beauty standards and how destructive social media can be - YouTube

Everything Quinto says in this video is true. He sums up the state of social media are our lack of real communication perfectly.

[C. Anton]

1tbs coffee mixed with 1pkg of peppermint tea tastes kinda like chocolate. Very good. And, I can use my single cup coffee maker set to bold to brew it, just have to cut the tea bag open and mix it with the grounds. Only 30mg of caffeine, too.

[thewerepuppygrr]

I've had this cold for 5 days now and I still feel rotten. I'm at work feeling like death warmed up. This damn thing has already ruined my weekend (I slept until 3pm yesterday then went to bed at 8:30pm). I'm doing all the right things (resting, drinking water, taking cold meds and avoiding alcohol/dairy/fun), so I'm getting pretty tired of it now.

[Mighty Max]

Originally Posted by thewerepuppygrr

I've had this cold for 5 days now and I still feel rotten. I'm at work feeling like death warmed up. This damn thing has already ruined my weekend (I slept until 3pm yesterday then went to bed at 8:30pm). I'm doing all the right things (resting, drinking water, taking cold meds and avoiding alcohol/dairy/fun), so I'm getting pretty tired of it now.

1 - not to be mean or anything, but I think a lot more people just had a much worse weekend...
2 - feel better

[thewerepuppygrr]

Originally Posted by Mighty Max

1 - not to be mean or anything, but I think a lot more people just had a much worse weekend...
2 - feel better

1 - Well in the grand context of things, there's always people worse off than me. This just happens to be "on my mind".
2 - Thanks.

[Batman1980]

The fact that it's Monday and it's 5 days till the weekend.

[ArmyOfDarknessAW]

I'm thinking about how much Samsung massively screwed up. Today they announced the Note 7 is discontinued and their sticks dropped 8% which is $17 billion in value. Plus throw in lost sales from a phone they expected to sell 20 million, cost to recall all the phones out there, and future lawsuits. This whole debacle really really hurt their brand. I wouldn't doubt if the Note lime was done and they made the next "Note" phone with a new name.

Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

[Groot]

I don't know if I'm weird or not, but I always seem to get close to people but over time if that person isn't growing and changing I eventually abandon the friendship and it never seems to bother me. I dunno if it's just I'm always looking for someone to bounce ideas and thoughts off of instead of just being in a routine. The older I've got the less desire I have for just "fun" friends, and want to discuss life, politics, faith, etc.

[sk33tr]

i'm wondering why the thread title in the sports section says "2016-2017 NFL Football Season Thread (Week 6)"

saying NFL Football is a bit redundant; seeing as how the "F" stands for Football.

it's just something that's bothered me since i first saw it quite a while back.



sorta reminds me of NASCAR

National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing

car and auto are pretty much the same thing.

[civiclx]

Originally Posted by sk33tr

i'm wondering why the thread title in the sports section says "2016-2017 NFL Football Season Thread (Week 6)"

saying NFL Football is a bit redundant; seeing as how the "F" stands for Football.

it's just something that's bothered me since i first saw it quite a while back.



sorta reminds me of NASCAR

National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing

car and auto are pretty much the same thing.

Let it out man, let it out

Wondering if the line I like from Sherlock Holmes is "you must widen your gaze Mr Holmes" as I remember it or "Mr Holmes, you must widen your gaze" as suggest by various sites

[Captain Flint]

I'm very tempted to buy Call of Duty: World at War now that it's backwards compatible on Xbox One and since it's only $10 this week. It's my all time favorite CoD, but I was forced to quit about 4 or 5 years back because it had become overrun by hackers and cheaters. I've been watching some streams on Twitch and all those streams seem to be hacker/cheater free. That's not to say all the hackers up and left. I'm sure there are still a good number of them around. I just don't want to drop $10 on it if I'm just going to run into hacked lobby after hacked lobby. But all that nostalgia is washing over me watching gameplay videos. I'm leaning towards pulling the trigger sometime tomorrow and buying this again. At the very very least, I can still play zombies if the multiplayer is totally unplayable.

This is one of the biggest decisions I've made in years.

[Erzengel]

I'm laughing that Taboo 2/Taboo 3 is listed under Best Buy Blu Ray Deals at the top.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

I'm starting to think I might have gotten ripped off on eBay. I bought something on the 2nd of this month, which was a Sunday. The guy said he would mail it out on Monday or Tuesday. I got a notification saying it was sent out. But there was no tracking when I checked. It just says "No estimate available"

It's been well over a week and I've waited patiently. But when do I begin to worry and wonder if the person ripped me off or not. I can understand something taking a while. But this long? I ordered something last Wednesday the 5th, it was shipped out the 6th and I received it on the 11th.

It said it was mailed first class. So I'm wondering what happen. Either the guy screwed me over $5.50 or the post office lost it. or are super, super slow. Why I hate ordering stuff online. Never have a problem buying at a store.

[sk33tr]

Originally Posted by Jennifer Lawrence Fan

I'm starting to think I might have gotten ripped off on eBay. I bought something on the 2nd of this month, which was a Sunday. The guy said he would mail it out on Monday or Tuesday. I got a notification saying it was sent out. But there was no tracking when I checked. It just says "No estimate available"

It's been well over a week and I've waited patiently. But when do I begin to worry and wonder if the person ripped me off or not. I can understand something taking a while. But this long? I ordered something last Wednesday the 5th, it was shipped out the 6th and I received it on the 11th.

It said it was mailed first class. So I'm wondering what happen. Either the guy screwed me over $5.50 or the post office lost it. or are super, super slow. Why I hate ordering stuff online. Never have a problem buying at a store.

send them a message inquiring about it and if it's been shipped or not. if it has, ask about a tracking #.

[Erzengel]

How much feedback does this person have?

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Originally Posted by sk33tr

send them a message inquiring about it and if it's been shipped or not. if it has, ask about a tracking #.

I'll wait one more day, and if I don't get it tomorrow. I will. The person is from California. But that should be no excuse. I've sent stuff to people over there, and it only took a week or so to get there media mail. So if it was shipped first class. It should have been here sooner already.

Originally Posted by Erzengel

How much feedback does this person have?

99.5% positive feedback

[Mighty Max]

Originally Posted by Jennifer Lawrence Fan

I'll wait one more day, and if I don't get it tomorrow. I will. The person is from California. But that should be no excuse. I've sent stuff to people over there, and it only took a week or so to get there media mail. So if it was shipped first class. It should have been here sooner already.

Well, what do you expect?
California to space?
Maybe if you land, you can get it...

[Erzengel]

Originally Posted by Jennifer Lawrence Fan

I'll wait one more day, and if I don't get it tomorrow. I will. The person is from California. But that should be no excuse. I've sent stuff to people over there, and it only took a week or so to get there media mail. So if it was shipped first class. It should have been here sooner already.

99.5% positive feedback

I think the seller does have 30 days but if it is somewhere written on his ebay posting on the length of time it would take, then if it's past that you could report it to Ebay.