I personally would stop coming home for visits.

• Does any give their 19 year old a curfew sm - just wondering
  • I personally would stop coming home for visits. - Msla MT
  • We did curfews for a couple of reasons - momof5
  • Curfew...... - sm
  • All living in my house have curfews. - Stick to your guns
    • I agree--your house, your rules. - Hayseed
  • I am the OP. Thanks for the input sm - just wondering
    • Sounds like you are doing everything right to me - sm - XXX
    • Tell her yes you are prying! - mtstudent
  • My 19 yo does not have a curfew. - sm
    • Your son sounds a lot like mine - Rad MT
    • Excellent post... - my thoughts exactly...sm
  • My 20-year-old son doesn't have curfew...sm - PAMT~MDM
  • You still worry, but sm - no way
  • Once ours hit 18, even living at home, I just wanted a call to know where they "might" be goin - Got phones, credit cards, BC, not babies anymore.
    • They have jobs & pay for all their own stuff. Just have to do away - with curfew and trust and pray. nm
      • if they are so grown then maybe they could - Debbie
        • I agree, I think as long as still living with parents - sm
          • I am glad everyone is giving their sm - ORIGINAL POSTER
            • All children are different - sm
          • Guess you were never a kid? - They're hanging out. sm
        • Ours attend local college PT and still live at home. Hard to make ends meet "out there" on - little income while still a student. Love my kids!
          • My dad told me that after 18 I was an adult, but as long as I was under his and my mom's roof th - joan
          • My home, my rules - Debbie
            • In my home if she kept arguing the curfew would change to 11, - (nm) mtstudent
              • 19 and at home! - Angela

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Thanks to HIllary and Obama getting involved in the case, the little boy is supposed to be returned to his father by 2 p.m. tomorrow. Hopefully, this 5 year battle will be over.

The only hitch is that the stepfather can appeal the decision. Keep your fingers crossed. If the father can get the boy out of Brazil, there may be a good chance it won't go any further.

Do you find that you question your doctor for every little thing?  I do and my poor doc gets very frustrated with me.

I recently took my 17-year-old for his sports physical.  Every year, we have been in and out, no problem.  This year, he says son needs an EKG, that it is required for sports physicals now. (I know that's not true).  He says he needs a meningitis vaccine to get into college (don't know about that one). 

At my last visit, out of the blue he said I needed a sleep study because I looked tired.  Of course, I'm tired.  Working all the time, going through menopause, kids to raise, husband who kicks all night long in bed.  I told him I would not have a sleep study and he got mad.

I had a friend tell me once that the way the docs at this certain practice (there are about 300 docs in this practice) get their raises is dependent upon how many of their patients actually follow through and get tests done that are ordered (the practice is associated with the hospital).  Has anyone else heard of this?  Since then I doubt everything the poor guy says.

water for a long long ways and water is clean and beautiful. Can't remember the name, but it's about a 3-hour drive from San Antonio. I'll see if I can locate it. They go there all the time. nm

Keypunch machines. That's why my hearing is a bit off now. LOL

First personal computer and printer: An Epson and continuous paper printer with DOS operating system. Cost: $3500.

I still have my mood rings and my torquoise jewelry but lost my class ring in the grocery store.It was expensive, $50, black onxy stone and gold band.

Snowstorms that shut the towns down for days on end. Couldn't get out to go to work unless you worked close to home and could walk. Schools never shut down. Five of us walked a mile a day to school with snow up to our hips. Our lessons for the day? Study hall.

My first car was a ི Chevy coupe. Gas was $.27 a gallon and I chauffered 5 friends to and from school for $.25 a week. On Friday and Sat. nights there was a dance with a group that became 'almost famous.' They got as far as the Steel Pier in Atlantic City dance club. It was a big deal to be on TV in those days. On those nights, I would go to the next town and pick up anybody hitch hiking to the dance. (I wasn't allowed to go to the dances). I wired the car with an older portable record player that only played 45s and kept my records under the seat.Worked great except when I would hit a bump. LOL

Bandstand every day from 3:30 to 5:00 EST.

Sleigh riding in the winter on our Flexible Flyer. We did it on steep coal banks. Much better thrill. Then we found out cardboard worked even better. No getting stuck halfway down the bank because the sleigh rails would hit a larger piece of coal sticking up.

Hide-and-seek when it got dark. I missed the pole and hit face first. What a bloody mess, but you didn't run to the ER for it.

Throwing corn at the nasty neighbor's house at Halloween. He called the cops. We ran and hid. I was caught. Where was I hiding? In the neighbor's garbage pile. Today garbage piles are called compost piles.

I own and live in a house in a midwest city in a bad neighborhood (wasn't that bad 11 years ago).  I spent the day waiting for the plumber to come and jackhammer the foundation (slab house, no basement) to find a leaky pipe that is flooding my DD's bedroom. Last week, it was the electrician with quotes for costly repairs.

In the meantime, I've really been thinking about selling out and moving into a mobile home.  Has anyone done this before?  Is a mobile home in a decent park less of a hassle than a regular house?  I'm so tired of cutting the grass and spending $$ to fix things and tired of old flooring and cabinets, etc., that are just too costly to replace.  I'm single with no man to do these things for me and I can't afford a mortgage on a newer house in a good neighborhood.  Some of the pictures I've seen of the mobile homes look really nice and modern on the inside. 

Any advice and comments appreciated.  Thanks!

I've been hearing this crap all my life due to a religious upbringing.  Oooh, we'll be persecuted and have to go live in caves during the end times.  I'm over it!

The only thing one can do is get right with God the best they can.  And that's between them and their deity.

If the planet shifts on its axis, the sun sends out a flair, or any other global disaster, there is no way to prepare for it, physically, mentally, etc.  You'll either be in the right place/time or not.  You'll either die, or not.  Whatever unpredictable circumstance you're in, you'll do the best you can.

And if nothing unusual happens at all on winter soltice 2012, it will still be a matter of surviving whatever socioeconomic mess we are in at that time.

Live your life one day at a time, that's all you can be sure of.  Don't worry about tomorrow because God is already there.  Why go nuts like we did preparing for 2000?  I refuse to stress on it, I did enough time doing that when I was a child having religious propaganda shoved down my throat.  I did more stressing during the 2000 non-crisis because my boss was paranoid and put ME in charge of safeguarding all our electronic medical records from the big crash that never happened.  This time, I don't give a hoot, and I'm not doing anything any different than I would any other day of the year.  Tell your loved ones you love them and go the heck to bed!

What did you think about last night's performances , who is the winner.

I liked Kris better.   Adam killed Kara's song.   I also think when the judges talked to Kris after his last song it felt like they were saying goodbye to him and saying he did not have a chance to win.  I hope Kris wins to prove them all wrong.  I would have loved to see Allison be in first or second place. 

The clue for your caller would have been when you said "hello"?  Don't ya' think? 

If there's anyone left on the planet (well, maybe it's just this country) who doesn't know this, and isn't sick and tired of hearing about it, seeing TV spots about it, etc. It's been going on for what, almost a year? It started before Feb 2008 because some got the idea THAT was when it was going to change, but it was 2009- over a year away.

I haven't paid much attention to it, after hearing that if you have cable or satellite you don't have to do anything, that takes care of it, but was noticing recently, one of our TV channels has (at times) a marquee running along the top of the picture, telling about it. At first I thought it was some breaking news like WW3 or the troops coming home from Iraq, but no, it was the same stuff about the change to digital and SOME TVs won't work (but some channels will still be in no digital, maybe the PBS ones can be?) 

Thinking it was some big news story, I read it, and I don't know if it's been saying this all along but, along with saying you won't get (or might NOT get) good or any TV when it changes, unless you get a converter box, it also says YOU CAN USE A VCR OR DVD (as a convertor)!

Not a lot of people don't have a VCR or DVD player and if not, you can get a cheap one for $39.99 or so.

So, you can hook up your antenna to the VCR or DVD player and that "converts" it to the digital the TV needs, and you also get the VCR and DVD player (if you don't already have one)? So, why haven't they said this before? Or, if they have it wasn't stressed.

People can get coupons to buy a converter box, more wires and things to hook up, when they can use their VCR or DVD player (or buy a cheap one and watch tapes or DVDs or record, etc. on them, too)?

Maybe I have this wrong, but I know it said you either MIGHT need a convertor box, OR a VCR or DVD player to get the digital signal (just not with your TV and anntenna)

Just thought I'd pass this on, in case anyone who uses an antenna still hasn't gotten a converter box but might have a VCR or DVD player (or would rather buy one, instead)