Mmm… Baskin-Robbins roast

Think of all of the interesting things you can do with regional dialects!

I am an occasional rollator user and my partner is an occasional wheelchair user! (Different needs.)

If you’re driving, kind of sucks. Unless you have a more spendy, lighter wheelchair, the wheelchair is a bit heavy to get in and out of vehicle. (I have hurt my back dealing with my partner’s chair, but I am short.) The rollator is still a bit bulky, but they also fold like a wheelchair but are also smaller and lighter.

I haven’t used public transportation with these types of mobility aids. But I have seen wheelchair users get strapped in separately. You would need to hold your rollator in front of you.

I haven’t had trouble in a restaurant with either one. With a rollator, I put it between me and the (vacant) chair next to me. Never tried a booth because I wasn’t sure where to put the rollator.

If you’re going to a place where you would use a cart (like shopping), you need to handle the rollator somehow. I usually leave it in my car, but I’m not sure how you’d handle this if you took public transportation.

I got you, fam.

No, what is the difference?

Loss of benefits

My partner and I are committed, and want to get married. Can’t for financial reasons.

We both have to go to the hospital every once in a while (bad health). I fear for the time I am barred from seeing her because it is “family only” and I am legally a stranger.

I worked with someone that I later found out used AI to code her stuff. She knew how to code some, but didn’t understand a lot of fundamentals.

Turns out, she would have AI write most of it, tweak it to work with her test cases, and call it good.

Half of my time was spent fixing her code, and when she was fired, our customer complaints went way down.

I knew people from bigger cities that had metal detectors in the mid-aughts. I think they’re wider spread now, but I don’t know much about schools now. Not sure about X-ray machines, never heard about those in a school.

In the sticks, we don’t have any of the machines. The textbooks are usually older than the pupils too and a lot of the stuff is in poor repair, so it may be an issue of funding.

It’s so good, I don’t even remember it’s there.

Laser pointer

What would he do on his own? What would have you done on your own as a kid? If these answers are different, why?

How will negative consequences be handled, like he doesn’t pay rent, runs out of money for food, or he damages the apartment? What about really big ones, like he allows someone to stay over long enough that they become an established tenant, cause problems, and then don’t leave? In your jurisdiction, are there legal consequences for you if he breaks the law that you would not face if he were legally an adult?

Is there a plan for if he decides he wants to move back?

Do you foresee any legal consequences? For instance, if his school learns about this arrangement, will CPS or the police get involved? Is that something you can recover from?

In the right circumstances, I think this is a good idea. As a parent, your job is to prepare him for adulthood. Letting him live on his own, while meeting his needs (food, shelter, healthcare) with a safety net can work. A lot can make these the wrong circumstances. Only you can answer whether or not the circumstances are right in your situation.

Ten years ago? Maybe. Not regularly but as a treat. I might talk with the manager about my concerns. Might even take it to corporate if I’m still unhappy. If I still don’t like it, then I would just probably go without instead of exerting extra effort.

Now? No way. I’m so fed up with companies giving us less for more, I participate as little as I possibly can.

Hmmm…

Yes, there are textbooks. They can’t bring them home because they stay in the classroom and are shared between different classes.

The kids do have Chromebooks, though. They can access materials online.

On one hand, I like the material being online. As a kid, I would often forget a book at school or I would forget to bring a worksheet or not write down what problems I was supposed to do. So it’s nice that my child can check all their online portals in case they forget something.

On the other hand, it’s not always implemented great. Particularly with the math homework, submitting answers can be harder than just writing the answer. (At one point, they had the kids draw the answers with their cursors. Painful if you’re using a track pad. It is better now at least.) Having to check so many places for assignments can be a bit of a chore. The integration between the Google applications and other platforms is a bit clunky and breaks occasionally.

If you ask me, if you gave me a choice between the old way and the new way, I would choose the new way every time. It mimics how I am assigned work at my job anyway, and it is easier to keep up with assignments I might have otherwise missed.

I am a parent. I have no problem with “adult-only” spaces. I don’t bring my kid to a lot of places where it is not appropriate. There are plenty of child-friendly places activities for kids. Yeah, it sucks that I have to make arrangements ahead of time if want to go to an adult-only space, but that’s what you do as a responsible parent.

It is only an issue if parents face discrimination for something that actually matters, like access to housing, food, and medical care or career opportunities.

What did I do to make you not like me? You liked my sibling.

Why was everything I did worthy of your contempt?

Why did you make my transition to adulthood so much harder than it should have been?

Why did you move me to a car-dependent area, make it so it was impossible for me to get a car, and use the fact I was useless against me?

All time is poo time when you’re close to the boss’s desk

I can’t speak to games, but I’ve found that when I used Ubuntu, it was pretty easy to figure out. I’m thinking other distros should be comparably simple.

No, Luke. Meesa your father.

No. I’ll take someone at their word about their sexual orientation.

If someone is bi and they only date people of the opposite gender, they’re still bi. They’re not straight but want to be different.

If someone is bi and they only date people of the same gender, they’re still bi. They’re not gay in denial.

If someone says they’re bi, and they’re not… Who cares?