pattyr5

I loved this. It is why I became a Home Economics teacher, to save people from disasters like this. But, sadly, Home Ec. has been cut out of the budget almost everywhere. So there will be a lot more funny threads like this.

I always try to be nice and patient with retail clerks, because I did that job when I was young, and the bosses always gave the teens the lousiest hours, so that the working mothers could be home with their kids/family on weekends, in the evening and on holidays. I needed the money,… Read More

Rule #1 for all teachers: NEVER smile in your classroom until November.

About the bathroom, I always told my students that they had to go during the bathroom recess time we had in the morning and afternoon, not during class. Someone always asked, "but what if it is an emergency?" And I always replied that if it was a real emergency, and anyone refuses… Read More

Soooo, if you're awkward and clumsy, then you're white? Oke-dokey, all rightey, then!

Needham is free to express his opinion because it is a free country....oh, wait, you mean if a LAW is passed, and then the Supreme Court says it is the law of the land, and then knuckleheads try to defund/repeal the law 41 times, you mean the millions who voted for the President in… Read More

That's easy for him to say. I bet he not only gets a fat paycheck, but excellent group insurance that doesn't exclude his pre-existing conditions. The web site was modeled after the one they use for Medicare; they thought they would get a similar amount of traffic. Response… Read More

Too bad they don't understand, the ACA is the LAW of the land, there is nothing they can do to defund it. It is now an entitlement, like Social Security or Medicare, and even if they manage to shut down the government (which I doubt) it will still be implemented, with automatic… Read More

How about when they walk into a living room that is at least 18x20 and they say, "this is kind of tight....I don't think our furniture will fit in here" and they have been living in someone's basement, for Pete's sake.

Not only were his comments insulting to the victim, 31 days in jail and the rest suspended is no punishment for the perpetrator. I am glad the community is standing up and making everyone take notice. I predict he will not seek re-election, and that is as it should be. Better still… Read More