what are you doing right now?

[giramomma]

Me: We need to cut back

Goes to Costco

Spends $400

But, in my defense, I bought a couple of bigger lego sets for both the peanut and the missy. They were each $20 off..I'm not going to have a ton of time to stalk sales and black friday** on the amazons, so I took advantage of the lower prices with little effort

**We got the low down on basketball for DD1. They practice 6 days a week, and she will have games during thanksgiving and winter break. 

There was a small amount of girls at the meeting, so it's likely it will be no cut for freshman.

[NastyWoman]

Living in very the moderate (temperature wise) Bay Area I have coats for all kinds of weather including a medium weight winter coat. The excuse for the latter is my annual trek to Munich at Xmas time but to be honest I wear that coat here too. I have always said that after two boys my parents were too focussed on making a girl and they lost track of the small details like adding a thermostat when they made me. I don't do well with either high or low temperatures. I do however know how to buy the clotbes to adjust to the weather so I am mostly fine.

Question for the not so young members of this board as this is my first year on Medicare. If I don't want to change my plan for 2023, do I need to do anything to stay on that plan or will I automatically roll over for next year? I have an HMO (part C?) plan that I have been on for the last 11 years and I am totally fine with what I have. I just want to make sure I don't mess this up and end up uninsured/partially insured.

[Deleted]

Sept 22, 2022 15:14:37 GMT -5 giramomma said:

Me: We need to cut back

Goes to Costco

Spends $400

But, in my defense, I bought a couple of bigger lego sets for both the peanut and the missy. They were each $20 off..I'm not going to have a ton of time to stalk sales and black friday** on the amazons, so I took advantage of the lower prices with little effort.

I'm not fond of the giant Lego sets.  The early sets were made to assemble, take apart, make something new, etc.  The giant sets are- pay $100+, assemble, find a place to put it, keep dusting it, buy another, rinse and repeat.  We're routed through the gift shop in the Aquarium/LegoLand complex in KC and the prices for the major sets are eye-watering.  Entry fees for the Aquarium are the same as LegoLand although you can get a discount if you do both.  I don't get it.  One has a large assortment of beautiful and not-so-beautiful sea creatures that need food, precise water conditions, veterinarians and other humans to care for them- and the other is plastic that needs to be dusted.

On coats:  let's see.  I have:

-Dress winter coat, Brooks Brothers camel hair, bought in 1982.
-Big puffy winter jacket, cast-off from DS probably 20 years ago.
-Champion jacket, used to belong to Mom.
-Lightweight freebie rain jacket from a cruise line.
-Another lightweight from Costco bought maybe 8 years ago.
-Trench coat, bought late 1983 when I needed something roomy enough to conceal the baby bump.

Most of my cold-weather activities consist of running between the parking lot and the building somewhere.  No need to buy anything else.

Sept 22, 2022 15:57:50 GMT -5 NastyWoman said:

Question for the not so young members of this board as this is my first year on Medicare. If I don't want to change my plan for 2023, do I need to do anything to stay on that plan or will I automatically roll over for next year? I have an HMO (part C?) plan that I have been on for the last 11 years and I am totally fine with what I have. I just want to make sure I don't mess this up and end up uninsured/partially insured.

You should be fine- just pay attention to your e-mail and snail mail in case you get notifications of changes for 2023 that might motivate you to look elsewhere. I tend to change prescription plans because I have only one prescription that doesn't get a break from ANY plan so I go with the lowest premium.

[skeeter]

Sept 21, 2022 17:49:40 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

Tomorrow is TD’s last dive day.  He will have about 36 hours before he needs to get on a flight, which should be sufficient.

Will he be able to do any diving at all when you go on your world cruise?

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Sept 22, 2022 16:01:35 GMT -5 skeeter said:

Sept 21, 2022 17:49:40 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

Tomorrow is TD’s last dive day.  He will have about 36 hours before he needs to get on a flight, which should be sufficient.

Will he be able to do any diving at all when you go on your world cruise?

TD just left for his last dive.  We fly out tomorrow night around 11 pm, catch the ferry at 3.  Just spoke to the desk about late check out.  Fingers crossed they let us stay here until our ferry leaves.

As to whether TD will be able to dive on the WC, there are some options but I think he is going to find them unsatisfactory. Right now, I’m looking to do a liveaboard for him for next September after the WC.  He really enjoyed the one out of Belize we did a few years ago and has talked about going back.  He also wants to go back to Meeru, in the Maldives.  He said the diving was the best there.  He really liked the way they ran their dive operation.  Unfortunately they are booked for next Sept.  Plus, it’s a flipping long flight to get there!

We learned a lot of this trip about booking dive vacations.  Even though it was well regarded by PADI, TD says their acronym meaning ‘put another dollar in’ is apt.  I doubt we book through them again, we could have done this trip much cheaper a la carte.  

[TheOtherMe]

I have accomplished a lot today.  Got lots of death certificates.

The most important thing I got was my grandparents marriage record.  I got to look at it in the book and then they made a copy of it.  Family stories are sometimes not the way it happened.  Grandma always told me they got married in the front yard of her house.  The record says they got married in a church.

I drove past where my grandparents lived.  It's now an apartment building with no sign that it was ever a house with beautiful gardens.

[TheOtherMe]

Great nephew really enjoys his kids version of Legos called Duplos.    He does build things, take them down and do it again.  He puts his little people in the houses he builds.  Sometimes he builds tall buildings. 

I am told he hasn't had them out since he discovered planets. 

His parents love the more expensive sets.  They love getting those for Christmas.  

[skeeter]

Sept 22, 2022 9:17:13 GMT -5 @athena53 said:

One poster I miss is Haitian.  I'm pretty sure we didn't scare him away but he was another person juggling a lot and he may have stopped posting due to all the other demands on his time.  

I also miss the Haitian and often wonder how he and his family are doing.

We've lost so many special posters (MissRigby, Lizard Queen, DoneThat, POM)  over time and still wish they would reconsider and rejoin.  They all added their own sense of humor and life experiences that were a pleasure to read.

[susana1954]

The past few days have not been good ones.

I am co-chair of a church committee that was formed to gather information on the disaffiliation process for our small Methodist church.  I would really call it vice-chair because the chairperson enjoys being large and in charge.  

He did a really good job preparing a brief report for the board members and agreed to prepare an insert for Sunday's bulletin.  As is typical, he sent it to me and the other committee members for "editing."  His exact words in the email to which it was attached were "Please edit, change, shorten, lengthen, laugh at, toss away and rewrite, whatever you need to do."  And, as is typical, I did!

What I did was revert back to the report he prepared for the board, which I felt was better for our audience.  Here's what I sent to him:

Ok, the memo you wrote didn’t do it for me in the context of providing information to the congregation. I thought the format “unfriendly”—styled as a formal memo, small print, too much information, etc. And I didn’t think it added much more information than the similar document you provided to the Board, which was much more user-friendly. In other words, I REALLY liked yesterday’s report.



So I edited that one instead, using your new memo to make sure that it included the same information. I changed the font so that I could keep it to one page, eliminated the red and underlining, etc., but it is essentially the same document. It is still large font, which Is important given the demographics of our congregation. And the information LOOKS more concise, whether it is or not. It probably needs editing and proofing again, but I didn’t want to waste my time if we are going to use the new one. You guys decide.

OMG.  He wrote back "In all truthfulness, I was disappointed in how brutal you were. I hope I am not that mean in being critical. Don't know why you needed to respond that strongly, because I really don't have the need for it to be mine."  And when I apologized for obviously hurting his feelings, he said, "You did NOT hurt my feelings. Truly, you made me nervous because is this the way you will address others in the church if they send or ask you something you don't agree with.


I am very proud of myself for not responding to this email.  My comment would have been that if I attacked  your writing style, you attacked me as a person."  But I didn't go there.  There is nothing gained by continuing the back-and-forth.  

Sorry for the long email.  It is just I am still not over the exchange.  I had edited emails to the congregation before, much more thoroughly, and obviously didn't realize how sensitive he was.  And I can't talk to anyone about it because I don't want to start something.

Here's where you guys can tell me how brutal my response was.  But notice I said response, not me as a person.

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

Sept 22, 2022 17:50:30 GMT -5 susana1954 said:

The past few days have not been good ones.

I am co-chair of a church committee that was formed to gather information on the disaffiliation process for our small Methodist church.  I would really call it vice-chair because the chairperson enjoys being large and in charge.  

He did a really good job preparing a brief report for the board members and agreed to prepare an insert for Sunday's bulletin.  As is typical, he sent it to me and the other committee members for "editing."  His exact words in the email to which it was attached were "Please edit, change, shorten, lengthen, laugh at, toss away and rewrite, whatever you need to do."  And, as is typical, I did!

What I did was revert back to the report he prepared for the board, which I felt was better for our audience.  Here's what I sent to him:

Ok, the memo you wrote didn’t do it for me in the context of providing information to the congregation. I thought the format “unfriendly”—styled as a formal memo, small print, too much information, etc. And I didn’t think it added much more information than the similar document you provided to the Board, which was much more user-friendly. In other words, I REALLY liked yesterday’s report.



So I edited that one instead, using your new memo to make sure that it included the same information. I changed the font so that I could keep it to one page, eliminated the red and underlining, etc., but it is essentially the same document. It is still large font, which Is important given the demographics of our congregation. And the information LOOKS more concise, whether it is or not. It probably needs editing and proofing again, but I didn’t want to waste my time if we are going to use the new one. You guys decide.

OMG.  He wrote back "In all truthfulness, I was disappointed in how brutal you were. I hope I am not that mean in being critical. Don't know why you needed to respond that strongly, because I really don't have the need for it to be mine."  And when I apologized for obviously hurting his feelings, he said, "You did NOT hurt my feelings. Truly, you made me nervous because is this the way you will address others in the church if they send or ask you something you don't agree with.


I am very proud of myself for not responding to this email.  My comment would have been that if I attacked  your writing style, you attacked me as a person."  But I didn't go there.  There is nothing gained by continuing the back-and-forth.  

Sorry for the long email.  It is just I am still not over the exchange.  I had edited emails to the congregation before, much more thoroughly, and obviously didn't realize how sensitive he was.  And I can't talk to anyone about it because I don't want to start something.

Here's where you guys can tell me how brutal my response was.  But notice I said response, not me as a person.

It's not brutal.  It is factual and to the point. 

If you had a penis and sent him this email I bet his response to you would have been totally different.   You as a person with a vagina were not supposed to actually take a critical look at his memo.  

I would have responded that I am so sorry I hurt your weiner's feelings by actually doing what you asked.  I'll try to keep in mind how tiny it's ego is next time.

[NoNamePerson]

Sept 22, 2022 17:55:11 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

Sept 22, 2022 17:50:30 GMT -5 susana1954 said:

The past few days have not been good ones.

I am co-chair of a church committee that was formed to gather information on the disaffiliation process for our small Methodist church.  I would really call it vice-chair because the chairperson enjoys being large and in charge.  

He did a really good job preparing a brief report for the board members and agreed to prepare an insert for Sunday's bulletin.  As is typical, he sent it to me and the other committee members for "editing."  His exact words in the email to which it was attached were "Please edit, change, shorten, lengthen, laugh at, toss away and rewrite, whatever you need to do."  And, as is typical, I did!

What I did was revert back to the report he prepared for the board, which I felt was better for our audience.  Here's what I sent to him:
OMG.  He wrote back "In all truthfulness, I was disappointed in how brutal you were. I hope I am not that mean in being critical. Don't know why you needed to respond that strongly, because I really don't have the need for it to be mine."  And when I apologized for obviously hurting his feelings, he said, "You did NOT hurt my feelings. Truly, you made me nervous because is this the way you will address others in the church if they send or ask you something you don't agree with.


I am very proud of myself for not responding to this email.  My comment would have been that if I attacked  your writing style, you attacked me as a person."  But I didn't go there.  There is nothing gained by continuing the back-and-forth.  

Sorry for the long email.  It is just I am still not over the exchange.  I had edited emails to the congregation before, much more thoroughly, and obviously didn't realize how sensitive he was.  And I can't talk to anyone about it because I don't want to start something.

Here's where you guys can tell me how brutal my response was.  But notice I said response, not me as a person.

It's not brutal.  It is factual and to the point. 

If you had a penis and sent him this email I bet his response to you would have been totally different.   You as a person with a vagina were not supposed to actually take a critical look at his memo.  

I would have responded that I am so sorry I hurt your weiner's feelings by actually doing what you asked.  I'll try to keep in mind how tiny it's ego is next time.

Next time he sent something for editing, etc. I would just reply back "lookin good" and let it rip. It could be horrible but maybe he will let it go as written and then the egg is all over his pompous face/ass.   

[susana1954]

Sept 22, 2022 18:00:53 GMT -5 NoNamePerson said:

Sept 22, 2022 17:55:11 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

It's not brutal.  It is factual and to the point. 

If you had a penis and sent him this email I bet his response to you would have been totally different.   You as a person with a vagina were not supposed to actually take a critical look at his memo.  

I would have responded that I am so sorry I hurt your weiner's feelings by actually doing what you asked.  I'll try to keep in mind how tiny it's ego is next time.

Next time he sent something for editing, etc. I would just reply back "lookin good" and let it rip. It could be horrible but maybe he will let it go as written and then the egg is all over his pompous face/ass.   

I did just that. He sent an email last night saying he would send us a copy of the final version.  

My response was "Sounds good."  I only sent that because he previously complained that he sent the committee emails to which we never responded so he had no idea whether we got them or not.  So please respond with something.

[jerseygirl]

Guy you sent edit to probably never had experience with this
Good for you to do a real edit/evaluation!!
Don’t worry a bit about his response

Correct me but weren’t you an English teacher??

[NastyWoman]

Sept 22, 2022 17:55:11 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

Sept 22, 2022 17:50:30 GMT -5 susana1954 said:

The past few days have not been good ones.

I am co-chair of a church committee that was formed to gather information on the disaffiliation process for our small Methodist church.  I would really call it vice-chair because the chairperson enjoys being large and in charge.  

He did a really good job preparing a brief report for the board members and agreed to prepare an insert for Sunday's bulletin.  As is typical, he sent it to me and the other committee members for "editing."  His exact words in the email to which it was attached were "Please edit, change, shorten, lengthen, laugh at, toss away and rewrite, whatever you need to do."  And, as is typical, I did!

What I did was revert back to the report he prepared for the board, which I felt was better for our audience.  Here's what I sent to him:
OMG.  He wrote back "In all truthfulness, I was disappointed in how brutal you were. I hope I am not that mean in being critical. Don't know why you needed to respond that strongly, because I really don't have the need for it to be mine."  And when I apologized for obviously hurting his feelings, he said, "You did NOT hurt my feelings. Truly, you made me nervous because is this the way you will address others in the church if they send or ask you something you don't agree with.


I am very proud of myself for not responding to this email.  My comment would have been that if I attacked  your writing style, you attacked me as a person."  But I didn't go there.  There is nothing gained by continuing the back-and-forth.  

Sorry for the long email.  It is just I am still not over the exchange.  I had edited emails to the congregation before, much more thoroughly, and obviously didn't realize how sensitive he was.  And I can't talk to anyone about it because I don't want to start something.

Here's where you guys can tell me how brutal my response was.  But notice I said response, not me as a person.

It's not brutal.  It is factual and to the point. 

If you had a penis and sent him this email I bet his response to you would have been totally different.   You as a person with a vagina were not supposed to actually take a critical look at his memo.  

I would have responded that I am so sorry I hurt your weiner's feelings by actually doing what you asked.  I'll try to keep in mind how tiny it's ego is next time.

 Aren't you a retired HS/dual enrollment English teacher? If anyone would know how to write a memo It would be you. What does he expect? A grade with "well done" an a smily sticker? No hurt feelings? My rather ample ass!

[debthaven]

I'm sorry susana1954 because your editing and emails were just perfect. Yet another example of how no good deed goes unpunished. 

THIS is why when people ask me if I'll be volunteering after I retire (in January!), I say absolutely not! Often the people who rely on volunteers are EXTREMELY ungrateful, IME. 

[Deleted]

Sept 22, 2022 17:55:11 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

It's not brutal.  It is factual and to the point. 

I agree- in fact, you made a point of saying how much you liked his report to the Board, which was why you used it as a basis instead. This observation is usually directed to women but I'd say he's too sensitive!

[steph08]

Susana, as a writer/editor myself, I think your email was not critical at all and simply stated what you did and why.

For me, I usually just write "this is what I would do" with my edits. They can accept them or not. Their poor writing only reflects badly on them.

[minnesotapaintlady]

susana1954 - His response was just bizarre.  Talk about thin-skinned...

[swamp]

What a pansy. Your email was fine. 

[laterbloomer]

Sept 22, 2022 9:43:47 GMT -5 bean29 said:

Sept 22, 2022 9:00:30 GMT -5 NoNamePerson said:

I don’t even own a coat. The possibility of maybe 15 days of below 40 doesn’t warrant owning one. I do have a blue Jean jacket that has martini glass in sequins and “It’s Five O’clock Somewhere” in sequins on the back. Son gave it to me when I drug up from work long ago. 

I agree they are a pain in the ass!  

If you lived in Wisconsin you would own a coat.  DD and I were just discussing Boston - she said they get way more snow but it is no where near as cold as we get here.  She said their friends that visit them from Boston are just shocked at how bitter cold it gets here.  It was 50 here this am and I had a light quilted jacket on.  That is like for fall, I have 2 one blue Michael Kors and one Black Eddie Bauer.  I have 2 raincoats, 2 windbreakers, a lightweight fall wool coat, a down jacket for winter, a long wool winter jacket with a synthetic fur collar that is maybe 25 years old, and 3 long down coats for "walking the dogs".  I hate being cold.  My commute is 35-minutes to an hour depending on traffic, and I need my coat in the car.  Brr. 

You beat me when you got to 3 long down coats, but otherwise it sounds about right for Northern Ontario as well. We have closets dedicated to just coats. And boots. I'm so jealous of people that don't need coat closets.

[laterbloomer]

Sept 22, 2022 17:50:30 GMT -5 susana1954 said:

The past few days have not been good ones.

I am co-chair of a church committee that was formed to gather information on the disaffiliation process for our small Methodist church.  I would really call it vice-chair because the chairperson enjoys being large and in charge.  

He did a really good job preparing a brief report for the board members and agreed to prepare an insert for Sunday's bulletin.  As is typical, he sent it to me and the other committee members for "editing."  His exact words in the email to which it was attached were "Please edit, change, shorten, lengthen, laugh at, toss away and rewrite, whatever you need to do."  And, as is typical, I did!

What I did was revert back to the report he prepared for the board, which I felt was better for our audience.  Here's what I sent to him:

Ok, the memo you wrote didn’t do it for me in the context of providing information to the congregation. I thought the format “unfriendly”—styled as a formal memo, small print, too much information, etc. And I didn’t think it added much more information than the similar document you provided to the Board, which was much more user-friendly. In other words, I REALLY liked yesterday’s report.



So I edited that one instead, using your new memo to make sure that it included the same information. I changed the font so that I could keep it to one page, eliminated the red and underlining, etc., but it is essentially the same document. It is still large font, which Is important given the demographics of our congregation. And the information LOOKS more concise, whether it is or not. It probably needs editing and proofing again, but I didn’t want to waste my time if we are going to use the new one. You guys decide.

OMG.  He wrote back "In all truthfulness, I was disappointed in how brutal you were. I hope I am not that mean in being critical. Don't know why you needed to respond that strongly, because I really don't have the need for it to be mine."  And when I apologized for obviously hurting his feelings, he said, "You did NOT hurt my feelings. Truly, you made me nervous because is this the way you will address others in the church if they send or ask you something you don't agree with.


I am very proud of myself for not responding to this email.  My comment would have been that if I attacked  your writing style, you attacked me as a person."  But I didn't go there.  There is nothing gained by continuing the back-and-forth.  

Sorry for the long email.  It is just I am still not over the exchange.  I had edited emails to the congregation before, much more thoroughly, and obviously didn't realize how sensitive he was.  And I can't talk to anyone about it because I don't want to start something.

Here's where you guys can tell me how brutal my response was.  But notice I said response, not me as a person.

He basically said you weren't nice enough correcting him. It's not what you said but how you said it. Sexist tactic 101. Ignore him. Personally I would not do anything to appease him, including answering an email because he complains he doesn't know if people got it. He can add a delivery receipt if he's so worried about it. If he said anything else about not being nice enough tell him it's 2022, women don't need to apologize for being smart anymore.

[finnime]

Good morning, invisible intellects of Y Ma'am, offering snippets of your lives. Welcome to Friday! Friday! Friday! As in, TGIF. I hope your day is full of promise that you see fulfilled. And I hope your weekend is joyous. As of yesterday, happy autumn equinox, too.

We did finally get a really drenching rain yesterday. It's a bit disconcerting after having a drought to actually need to wear clothes that are weather appropriate. Also yesterday I got all the brakes done on the car. We were down to metal in the rear, which is why the car was making that unearthly racket. The front ones were very low but could have gone a few more weeks. I had them done because we're going to be driving over 1000 miles in a couple of weeks, and while they were at it, it made sense. Because we only have the one car I'm inclined to get everything that will need attention done at one time.

Today I swear I will get the office completely set up. Also, do laundry, return an unneeded cable box to xfinity, write, and hope for the best.

Before I dropped the car off for service and before the deluge, before dawn, Franklin the Dog and I went to the beach.

[toomuchreality]

Sept 23, 2022 2:22:32 GMT -5 finnime said:

Good morning, invisible intellects of Y Ma'am, offering snippets of your lives. Welcome to Friday! Friday! Friday! As in, TGIF. I hope your day is full of promise that you see fulfilled. And I hope your weekend is joyous. As of yesterday, happy autumn equinox, too.

We did finally get a really drenching rain yesterday. It's a bit disconcerting after having a drought to actually need to wear clothes that are weather appropriate. Also yesterday I got all the brakes done on the car. We were down to metal in the rear, which is why the car was making that unearthly racket. The front ones were very low but could have gone a few more weeks. I had them done because we're going to be driving over 1000 miles in a couple of weeks, and while they were at it, it made sense. Because we only have the one car I'm inclined to get everything that will need attention done at one time.

Today I swear I will get the office completely set up. Also, do laundry, return an unneeded cable box to xfinity, write, and hope for the best.

Before I dropped the car off for service and before the deluge, before dawn, Franklin the Dog and I went to the beach.

Good morning!
Your morning walk with Franklin the dog, looks like it was wonderful.
Although we're suffering from a drought and need it, I'm not looking forward to cold, wet weather.
I'm glad you got your brakes fixed. It's such a relief to me, to have mine fixed before winter hits.
Enjoy your weekend!

[daisylu]

Sept 22, 2022 12:06:50 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

Gwen told me there is allegedly a 7th grader selling edibles at school.

I said there is no way in hell he's selling actual edibles.  I said if he is smart he's taking Jolly Ranchers or gummy bears out of their wrappers, putting them in baggies and then selling them.  You guys are impressionable enough to THINK you are getting high.  You don't have the experience to know what you're getting.  Meanwhile he's making out like a bandit.

That is when I realized I unintentionally gave my 7th grader an awesome business idea.  

One year when DS was in middle school, someone gave me an enormous amount of apples. I sliced a bunch, soaked in lemon juice, then sprinkled with cinnamon and dehydrated them. They were delicious, but started disappearing fast. One morning I saw DS loading some up in a bunch of sandwich bags. When I asked him why he needed so much he said he was selling them at school. 

[daisylu]

Yesterday morning was 68 degrees, this morning was 47. Way too early for cooler temps for me. I think I am going to need my SAD light today.

[giramomma]

Sept 22, 2022 15:59:56 GMT -5 @athena53 said:

I'm not fond of the giant Lego sets.  The early sets were made to assemble, take apart, make something new, etc.  The giant sets are- pay $100+, assemble, find a place to put it, keep dusting it, buy another, rinse and repeat.  We're routed through the gift shop in the Aquarium/LegoLand complex in KC and the prices for the major sets are eye-watering.  Entry fees for the Aquarium are the same as LegoLand although you can get a discount if you do both.  I don't get it.  One has a large assortment of beautiful and not-so-beautiful sea creatures that need food, precise water conditions, veterinarians and other humans to care for them- and the other is plastic that needs to be dusted.

We keep the sets in totes. They might fall apart a little bit. The peanut is not a toy child (my like DS was). But, she will play with her legos.

We also have a tote that just has random pieces. Now, most of the tote, we bought second hand from a previous sitter at least a decade ago. Her kids are now at least in their mid 20s, if not close to 30. 

We will keep them for grandkids. 

I'm pretty frugal with the kids, but, again, if they really only play with legos, and the choices are legos or nothing for Christmas because other toys will be a waste, I'll go with legos.  Remember, the peanut was not safe for public consumption for a long time. So we couldn't do experiences.  That would have been an equal waste of money.

[giramomma]

Our furnace popped on for about 5 minutes this morning,

[Deleted]

Sept 23, 2022 6:31:41 GMT -5 giramomma said:

We keep the sets in totes. They might fall apart a little bit. The peanut is not a toy child (my like DS was). But, she will play with her legos.

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We also have a tote that just has random pieces. Now, most of the tote, we bought second hand from a previous sitter at least a decade ago. Her kids are now at least in their mid 20s, if not close to 30. 

We will keep them for grandkids. 

I'm pretty frugal with the kids, but, again, if they really only play with legos, and the choices are legos or nothing for Christmas because other toys will be a waste, I'll go with legos.  Remember, the peanut was not safe for public consumption for a long time. So we couldn't do experiences.  That would have been an equal waste of money.

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That makes sense. DS and DDIL have a plastic bin of them that my brother gave me for DS' kids- his grandchildren were done with them. Some of them were small "projects and they still had the boxes and the instructions, which was nice.

BF's kids aren't allowed to have Legos. Dad is a pro soccer player and he cannot afford to risk a foot injury stepping on them.

[minnesotapaintlady]

BF's kids aren't allowed to have Legos. Dad is a pro soccer player and he cannot afford to risk a foot injury stepping on them

That seems a little over the top.  We have gazillions of Legos.  Totes upon totes.  We're talking thousands of dollars worth (and no organization whatsoever ). While I'm sure I stepped on one a time or two over the past couple decades it certainly never resulted in what I would call an "injury" of any magnitude.  Just an ouch and move on.  

[daisylu]

Sept 23, 2022 7:30:54 GMT -5 minnesotapaintlady said:

BF's kids aren't allowed to have Legos. Dad is a pro soccer player and he cannot afford to risk a foot injury stepping on them

That seems a little over the top.  We have gazillions of Legos.  Totes upon totes.  We're talking thousands of dollars worth (and no organization whatsoever ). While I'm sure I stepped on one a time or two over the past couple decades it certainly never resulted in what I would call an "injury" of any magnitude.  Just an ouch and move on.  

I imagine ANY small toys or items would carry the same risks. I wonder what else they are not allowed to have. 

My brother was big on legos and passed that onto my kids, so I have stepped on plenty in my lifetime. It may hurt like a b*tch for a minute but I have never gotten so much as bruise let alone a serious injury. And I bruise very easily, even on the bottoms of my feet. I sometimes attempt to get something out of my car without shoes on, which is 2 steps into our gravel driveway, and always end up with a couple of tiny bruises. I have had doctors ask me if I "feel safe" with my partner.