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Posted on 01/05/2014 1:54:20 PM PST by matt04
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To: usconservative
We had a huge rural district with no more than a dozen or so students within a mile of the school.
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posted on
01/05/2014 3:04:15 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: matt04
From a post on FB, a teacher I know said that CPS said that kids missing school would be given an excused absence.
In light of that, if they are telling the kids not to come in, it seems like they should just close for the teachers and other staff.
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posted on
01/05/2014 3:05:02 PM PST
by
Patriotic1
(Dic mihi solum facta, domina - Just the facts, ma'am)
To: tet68
I have a semi-heated garage (meaning it's attached to the house on two sides and doesn't get anywhere near as cold as it is outside) so I'm not worried about it starting in the morning.
I'm worried about parking it all day (about 12 hours) in an open parking lot during the day subject to the cold, wind and snow and I'm worried it wouldn't start in the evening.
Doesn't matter now!
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posted on
01/05/2014 3:06:01 PM PST
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: cripplecreek
That’s lame! I would still be open selling toasted cheese sandwiches, drinks and fries. Hell all the profit is in the drinks and fries.
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posted on
01/05/2014 3:06:53 PM PST
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: Mastador1
What makes your comment truly funny, is that there are those who think that way.
Its the governments responsibility to feed them AND its the governments job to make sure they stay safe and warm.
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posted on
01/05/2014 3:11:24 PM PST
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: cripplecreek; All
Projected wind-chills for tomorrow. Tom Skilling is one of Chicago's best weathermen with a great track record for being correct.
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posted on
01/05/2014 3:12:14 PM PST
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: mountn man
What makes your comment truly funny, is that there are those who think that way. I don't think it's funny, I think it's pretty sad actually. Yes, it's true there are ALOT of parents of Chicago Public School kids who don't feed their kids -- the school's do it.
About 15 years ago when I worked for a large advertising agency in Chicago (Leo Burnett) we did alot of volunteer work, one year we spent a number of weekends rehabbing kitchens and pantries in Chicago Public Schools in some pretty poor neighborhoods. It was painfully obvious that were it not for the meals these kids got at school they'd probably go hungry. These schools fed these kids 365 days a year.
Not saying it's right, not saying I agree schools should feed the kids ... just saying what's happening.
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posted on
01/05/2014 3:15:41 PM PST
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: tomkat
Then, everybody buys bread and milk. One of modern life's funniest rituals ! d:^)And eggs. We call it French Toast day.
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posted on
01/05/2014 3:19:57 PM PST
by
Starstruck
(If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
To: Starstruck
oh great ! now a foreman burger AND french toast sound good .. is that allowed ?
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posted on
01/05/2014 3:29:31 PM PST
by
tomkat
To: matt04
One of the things I love about Maine Governor Paul LePage:
He was the CEO of a well known and beloved company in Maine called Mardens. Mardens is the Maine place to go for salvage, closeouts, bargans. At least 12 stores in the state. Good business.
As Governor he found that the state office workers were going home early or not having work for any little snow spit up in Maine, and there are many. Meanwhile businesses throughout Maine opened, even on the tough days.
So he decreed that if Mardens is open, the state is open.
I love him.
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posted on
01/05/2014 3:31:19 PM PST
by
Chickensoup
(we didn't love freedom enough... Solzhenitsyn.)
To: cripplecreek
The manager would have posted that sign. Had to,since the hourly employees can’t read or write.
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posted on
01/05/2014 3:35:39 PM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: cripplecreek
Here. These are for you. You seem to see things only in black and white, in a simplistic manner. You like to paint everyone in certain categories with a broad brush, not allowing for individualities. So here. Go crazy!
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posted on
01/05/2014 3:39:57 PM PST
by
EinNYC
To: EinNYC
And self righteous too I see.
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posted on
01/05/2014 3:41:16 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: tet68
I don't think my elementary school EVER held classes when it was snowing.
Of course, in Guantanamo Bay, we never had any. Hurricanes, sure. But no snow or ice.
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posted on
01/05/2014 3:49:55 PM PST
by
gitmo
(If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
To: cripplecreek
Darn straight. Better than someone like you who routinely slams whole groups of people based on the behavior of a few. And you an outsider, too. You don’t even know what goes on in a classroom these days, I’ll bet.
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posted on
01/05/2014 4:12:48 PM PST
by
EinNYC
To: EinNYC
There are plenty of good conservative teachers here at FR that I get along with just fine. You’re the only one who seems to have a problem.
You are dismissed.
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posted on
01/05/2014 4:17:53 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: mulligan
This is a crucial time for children to learn about the new family dynamic.
You know, the one about two dads or two moms. A slight variation on this that was just discovered, is one mom lives in Hawaii and one dad lives in DC.
The chillrun need to learn this stuff...
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posted on
01/05/2014 4:18:07 PM PST
by
Delta Dawn
(Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
To: cripplecreek
Dismiss yourself, who speaks in ignorance.
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posted on
01/05/2014 4:30:21 PM PST
by
EinNYC
To: matt04
MGD was a Boy Scout back in the day.....once on a winter tent campout he got up in the middle of the night to find it was -22F.
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posted on
01/05/2014 5:00:18 PM PST
by
Mygirlsmom
(Washington: "I cannot tell a lie". Obama: "I cannot tell.....I lie")
To: tet68
“Bunch of wimps, when I went to grade school in Arlington
Heights we walked all the time, sometimes the snow
would be piled up on either side of the side walk”
It isn’t the snow, Mr. Macho. It’s the icy cold of -15 degrees as the high (meaning even colder in the morning) on Monday, along with 22 mph winds, making the wind chill factor even much worse. Use your head, not your testosterone.
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posted on
01/05/2014 6:01:40 PM PST
by
flaglady47
(When the gov't fears the people, liberty; When the people fear the gov't, tyranny.)
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