My youngest son is 17. I closed the door about a year ago...when the dog refuses to enter his room, then I tell him he needs to clean it up...and yeah, the smell is indescribable. Thank goodness for the airwicks in the hallway!!!
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For mother's out there...cleaning a son's bedroom!
by restrangled inmy son is twenty years old, a good kid, is doing great in college so i usually keep the door closed to his bedroom so i don't have to look.
today he took out a huge batch of laundry for me to do and the odor from that bedroom had me reeling.. here is my humorous but deadly serious post on the matter:!!!!!.
after vacuuming, enough dust to fill the entire dust bin in the vacuum.. enough change on the floor to keep him in fast food for a week.....(don't ask me for money).
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Stop college or keep plugging on?...opinions please.
by FreedomFrog inhere's my situation...i'm doing college online because i can't very well do college the traditional way with a 2 year old.
anyway, my computer has been acting really funny and it's not reliable anymore.
my ex worked on it for almost 4 hours and the darn thing still crashes saying my "virtual" memory is too low.
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Keep going! You can do it! I went back to school in 1999 at age 35. I finished a 2 year degree, AAS in 2001. I'm now completing a 4 year BBA degree online. Life will only get more hectic as time goes on. I'm doing online too. I'm finishing my first quarter and so far so good, I have an A average. Next quarter, I'll be taking 2 classes. Financially, it's not much of a strain for me as I do have tuition reimbursement from my employer, but books cost anyway. Is there any way you can find what text they're using by the ISBN number and order from Barnes & Noble or Amazon?
I have 3 kids at home, ages 2.5, 4 and 16, take care of my mom, and work about 50 hours a week. YOU CAN DO IT!!! Just think of the opportunities when you're done! Find out about the FASFA, student loans, grants, etc. There's also a website for scholarships, I don't have the URL on me, but google scholarships.
If you want to talk, feel free to pm me.
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IVP willing I hope to go to colledge later this year.
by 5go inwhat is it like by the way i will be attending community colledge in a hope of going to a unversity.
i am kind of old for it but i am tired of hearing how stupid i am.. i am deffinately taking foreign languages several i want to learn.. probaly will be taking it courses maybe accounting and some engineering.
i almost don't care just want a degree..
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You're never too old! I got my AAS degree at 37, my BBA at 44-45 and MBA after that! You can do it...and just do it!
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My Mom died yesterday
by skeptic1914 inmy mom passed away yesterday.
she was a die-hard jw.
i tried to explain why i couldn't accept certain teachings but rather than rationally consider what i had to say she chose to believe i was just "confused".
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My condolences. No matter what, it still isn't easy.
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Give me a tune to put on my I-pod
by ninja ini have just gotten myself an i-pod with loads of space...i have exhausted my choice of tunes and still have loads of space left 60+gb....so give me your essential tunes you know i will like.....i like every type of music without exception......ideas please
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Ted Nugent...Stranglehold, Wango Tango and Free for All
Anything Nickleback
Metallica
TB...of the I like it LOUD crowd
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Is it time to Reconsider Nuclear Power? Article re: Stewart Brand, and more
by Seeker4 inhttp://www.peoplesvoicemagazine.com/.
above is a link to an article i just wrote on the movement among some environmentalists to reconsider nuclear energy, focusing in particular on stewart brand, the futurist, author, entrepeneur and genius who created the whole earth catalog, the well, and lots of other extremely cool stuff.
click on the link and then click on the main feature at the top of the page, where it mentions brand.. brand is also a scientist, and is basing his change of view about nuclear power on reason and science as opposed to the romantic emotionalism of much of the environmental movement.. this is a huge change in the focus of some environmentalists and is creating quite a stir.
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Seeker, I've often thought that disposing of waste by incineration was a great idea...the issue seems to be that if the rocket blows up, then the waste is scattered over a HUGE area (reference arianne and delta accidents). So, until the rockets are better...
Living off the grid, for the most part is very attractive to me. We hope to move to Arizona in the next few years, and living off the grid there would probably be easier than taking my chances with the variable weather here.
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Is it time to Reconsider Nuclear Power? Article re: Stewart Brand, and more
by Seeker4 inhttp://www.peoplesvoicemagazine.com/.
above is a link to an article i just wrote on the movement among some environmentalists to reconsider nuclear energy, focusing in particular on stewart brand, the futurist, author, entrepeneur and genius who created the whole earth catalog, the well, and lots of other extremely cool stuff.
click on the link and then click on the main feature at the top of the page, where it mentions brand.. brand is also a scientist, and is basing his change of view about nuclear power on reason and science as opposed to the romantic emotionalism of much of the environmental movement.. this is a huge change in the focus of some environmentalists and is creating quite a stir.
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I work in nuclear propulsion design. The problem with civilian nuclear power has been a lack of standardization of the plants and control systems. IF one design was developed, controls standardized, and maintenance of civilian plants more like naval plants, the risks would be negligible. In the navy world, the reactor operators are basically kids who have spent about a year in nuclear power school. Civilian plants do not certify operators, test engineers, etc. the same way. (Thank you Admiral Rickover). The civilian world should take a page out of the military in this case, and run the plants in the same manner.
I've studied the accident at TMI, and the bottom line was sloppy maintenance. The valve that let go was KNOWN by the vendor to be faulty. It had been replaced in other plants, but TMI had not replaced it. That caused the issue, along with some people in the control room who didn't read the signs correctly until it was too late. The reactor wasn't the problem, the operators were.
I'm all in favor of more use of nuclear power. I live near the North Anna plant here in Virginia, and in the 30+ years I've lived here, the sirens have NEVER gone off.
In case anyone is interested, while I'm not a "tree hugger", I'm in favor of alternate power, passive/active solar, grey water recycle, etc. If I had the money, I'd build a new home to take advantage of many technologies that are softer on the environment...
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I need new music - something peppy and something sad - suggestions?
by UnConfused innot a hip-hop fan or country, but would like something that will bring me up and something to wallow in also.
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so i'd love to hear you suggestions of what i should download.
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Try the latest from Tommy Shaw and Jack Blades..."Inspirations". Covers of some great 60's stuff, Sounds of Silence, California Dreaming, Dance With Me...It hasn't left my CD player since I bought it. (yeah, no mp3 player in the truck)...
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JW's and the internet
by *jeremiah* ingrowing up as a jw in the 70's and 80's we didn't have the influence of the internet.
i, of course, believed i was in "the truth" and never heard anything (from the outside) that negative about our jw religion.
of course, now and again, we had some angry people at the door, but other than that i can't recall very many outside negative criticisms.
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My stepdaughters, now 21, won't use the 'net for anything except myspace and IF they have to look something up for school. That's it. How sad.
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Condolences to Brooke and Da' Bear's fans.......
by AK - Jeff ini still love ya'...... and so do these guys....... .
smilin' not smilin'.
jeff .
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As a rabid Colts fan...well...
WE FINALLY DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!
No more dejected..."well, there's always next year"...
TB (who takes a LOT of abuse as a Colts fan in SE Virginia)