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So my daughter is taking summer school in order to hopefully be able to pass on to 9th grade next year. The classes she struggled most with were social studies and science. She didn't do real well in reading and English either. Summer school is 21 half-days (8:15 - 12:15) and they only have math, reading and English. On one hand I don't want to see her fall behind and have to repeat a grade. On the other hand, I'm not sure what good going to summer school will do her if they aren't even going over the subjects she really had trouble with. In fact, math is one of the classes she actually managed to pass. 21 half-days ≈ 14 full days of school. I don't see how that can make up for a full year of classroom time but they said if she passes summer school she can move on to 9th grade.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 15, 2012 -> 02:01 PM) Another reason Ozzie's mouth wasn't bad to the average fan. He kept the Sox in the news, kept people buzzing about Ozzie. Sox are irrelevant again w/out Ozzie for now. We may all be diehards on here, and follow the Sox no matter what, but Ozzie was good keeping the Sox in the news for the average fan. He was free publicity for the White Sox/ticket sales. If you think his brashness affected the players negatively, I think you should reconsider your position. Who gives a f*** about his kids? These are grown men playing baseball. Ozzie was a GREAT sideshow as well as a WS winning manager. Many players commented in the off-season about how much of a distraction all the off-the-field Ozzie stuff started to become the last couple of years. Interesting article

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 15, 2012 -> 09:44 AM) People had given the advice before, but what's the best way to stop a dog's allergies? Specifically, when he keeps licking/chewing at his feet? Benadryl? Just as his back paw is finally healing up, he is starting to go to town on one of his front paws. When we leave for the day, not only does he get the cone of shame, but we also have to wrap the foot up because he can work around the cone if he really tries. Our vet said to use 10mg of Claritin every 12 hours. Just make sure it's not the Claritin-D.

Click is one of my favorite movies. I've probably watched it over a dozen times. I also liked Sandler's version of The Longest Yard. I've seen very little of the original.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jun 13, 2012 -> 07:43 PM) the weird thing is, the one class that probably helped me most in college was speech. Excellent public speaking skills have served me well. I hate that I had to take that class. I stumbled through it but I don't think it helped me all that much. Although I haven't really had to do any public speaking since then so I guess it's one of those things that you get more comfortable with the more you do it. I know at least one person that refuses to get a college degree because they are terrified of having to take speech class.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 14, 2012 -> 08:29 AM) Yeah, he's going to be sore for the first couple days. The bigger pain in the ass, IMHO at least, is keeping that damn cone on his head to keep him from licking the incision or trying to pull out the stitches. I simply could not bear to watch my dogs wear this thing around so clumsily, so I always just removed it and kept an eye on them. They also sell something called the "comfy cone" or something that is much more reasonable. As for his activity levels, just don't actively encourage him to play too strenuously and I think you'll be fine. Don't worry too much about trying to restrain him or anything unless he seems to really be pushing the envelope. They say they get dogs back in after a neuter all the time with re-opened wounds, but I've never seen it happen with the 15+ dogs my family and I have had that have been neutered. Our dog popped a stitch when we had her spayed. We had to run her back to the vet before they closed and they got mad at us like it was our fault somehow. We got a free year's worth of medical check-ups including the spaying through that particular vet when we got her. After the year was up, we have never been back. We also talked to a number of other people that didn't like it there. She was/is very active so we literally had to drug her to keep her from popping her stitches again. They gave us some pills and said to give her 1/4 of one pill every 6 hours or so and it did the trick.

QUOTE (Bighurt52235 @ Jun 13, 2012 -> 04:02 AM) For those of you who dislike Hawk, try listening to the lame ass guys the Cardinals run out there. They actually said that Orlando Hudson consulted with Jake Peavy prior to signing here since they know each other from playing together in San Diego. I guess they're allowed to make up whatever bulls*** and flat out lie if they want. I remember hearing an interview with Hudson on the Score right after they got him saying he did talk to one of the Sox players before he came here. Don't remember if it was Peavy or not but he talked to someone.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 8, 2012 -> 11:25 AM) His kid tells you that he is an idiot Wonder if they're related to this guy?

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jun 8, 2012 -> 02:18 PM) Now you have me drooling thinking about Das Essenhaus. We've been there two different times when we've been on vacation and I can never remember the name of the place. For us it's just always been "that Amish restaurant near Shipshewana." For some reason my mom pronounces it Ship-sha-wan-ee. Awesome food though.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 8, 2012 -> 09:38 AM) Why is that guy wearing a Cards jersey?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 5, 2012 -> 12:49 AM) Since 1995, the White Sox have been in first place 4 times (now 5) and won the division three times. 70% playoff predictability rate for those teams leading at that milepost. 2000 Up 1.5 games 2004 Up 1.5 games 2005 Up 4.0 games 2008 Up 0.5 game 2012 Up 2.5 games 1984 down 5 games 2006 down 1 1/2 games I assume you mean in first place on June 5?

The Cubs market an experience and have for many years. Wins and losses don't matter. It's all about the sunshine, beer, girls and partying. Their season ticket base has been high for a long time but I think it's starting to come down. The Sox on the other hand have to market the team on the field. Wins and losses matter very much.

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ May 30, 2012 -> 02:37 AM) They said they wouldn't let the goat onto the field... isn't that what got them "cursed" in the 1st place?? It's a dumb legend because that happened in 1945. That doesn't account for the 37 years prior to that. They haven't won since before they moved into Wrigley.

The other side of the coin is that the better they are at their job, the more money they are likely to make. With most other jobs you can bust your ass all day everyday and your paycheck is going to be the same no matter what. Especially with minimum-wage type jobs.

So then the commonly held theory that servers rely on tips to make money doesn't really seem to hold true. They are guaranteed the exact same minimum wage as every other joe-blow standing behind a cash register in a retail store. They simply rely on tips to make more than minimum wage. If restaurants got rid of tips they would probably make less money.

I know that servers have a lower minimum wage than other jobs. But I remember reading somewhere that if for whatever reason they don't make enough in tips to bring them up to the "regular" minimum wage, their employer is required to make up the difference. Is this true?

We didn't have a problem counting our other daughter who was almost 2 at the time because she was actually sitting at the table and we were actually ordering food for her. But the baby never even left her carrier and needed no attention from the waitress at all. No crackers, no crayons, no drinks.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ May 29, 2012 -> 08:12 AM) I love it when people say things nobody wants to hear... To graduate from college and immediately get an amazing job only works in two ways: 1) you got EXTREMELY lucky, or 2) (and far more likely) you knew someone in a position of power that abused that power to get you a job you didn't yet deserve. The funny part is, in the case of both 1 & 2, those that this happened for will never admit they got lucky or knew the right people...because it's far more likely they actually believe they were that awesome and deserved it. This is my career track: 1996: Worked at Osco Drug (31st Halsted/Bridgeport) 3 to 4 days a week (weekday evening shifts 5-11pm or 6-11pm) $5.35 per hour. Worked at Dunkin' Donuts (31st Halsted/Bridgeport) Saturday and Sunday, early morning shift $5 per hour cash. Attended College, taking upwards of 20-24 credit hours per trimester Yes, all at the same time. 1997: Graduated. Got a job at AIS (American Information Systems, Inc.), an internet service provider working afternoon/evenings as technical support for Internet connectivity. This was in the days of Windows 3.11, OS/2, and Windows 95...and modems. $8.50 per hour. Note that out of college, I was making 8 dollars and 50 cents per hour. 1998: Got promoted from Tech Support to Jr. System Administrator. $31,200 per year. ~15$ per hour. Late 1998: AIS was purchased by Exodus Communications where I was promoted to Sr. System Administrator. Still making the same $31,200. 2000: Finally moved me to $55,000 per year. ---- In 2003 I was laid off. Between 2003 and 2006: Verisign Anexis Ambiron (later becoming AmbironTrustWave), later becoming TrustWave ---- 2006-2012: Sr. Network Specialist, Blue Cross/Blue Shield ---- I didn't step into this job right out of college...and looking back, I realize why. The day I graduated, I knew almost nothing REAL or useful about computers/the internet. I was book smart about them, though. College showed them I could stick with something and make it happen. Experience showed them I knew what the f*** I was actually doing. That looks eerily similar to my career path. I also worked at Osco while going to school. My difference is that I got my first job making ~ $15/hour before I graduated when I was only 20. I'll admit that I got extremely lucky. Mostly a right place/right time thing. Two of the people I was going to school with were already working there so I'm sure that helped but I didn't even know they were there until after I was hired.

QUOTE (Reddy @ May 25, 2012 -> 04:48 PM) but why take it out on the SERVER when it's the restaurant owners you had a problem with in regard to check policy and being out of everything... (obvs sans the waitresses complaint) I'm pretty sure the inclusion of our 3-month old in the count to bump it up to auto gratuity was on the waitress as well. I understand there are a lot of things that the wait staff can't control, but really that was the topper for the night on top of everything else. Honestly, we probably would've left something had she not tried a BS move like that.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 25, 2012 -> 02:25 PM) Letting Mark go IMO was the dumbest business decision of all time. Actually I think a worse business decision was moving the Sox to pay TV (Sportsvision) in the 80's while the Cubs stayed with WGN. Letting Harry go to the Cubs ranks right up their too.

We went to a restaurant that tried to add the auto gratuity to our bill because they included my 3 month old daughter in their count. After we had the worst restaurant experience in our lives (they were out of nearly everything we ordered and the waitress was overheard complaining about us to other customers) we told them to take it off. They did and we haven't been back since. That was over 10 years ago.

I think that's mostly due to people who have been on the season-ticket waiting list finally getting their chance to buy tickets. They are buying them now and trying to get rid of them so they will be around if/when Theo makes good on his promise in 3-5 years. The Sox don't have that many available simply because our season ticket base is smaller.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Apr 30, 2012 -> 02:46 PM) Anyone interested in a 12-foot pop-up or a 23-foot expandable? Both are going up for sale real soon. Our pop-up is officially up for sale if anyone is interested. PM me for details.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 22, 2012 -> 10:29 AM) I've killed a car battery before by neglecting to put it on a trickle charger. When I was considering what line of cordless tools to go with a couple of years ago, one of the main influencing factors was picking a well-known, professional-grade brand that would be likely to support a given battery technology/style for several years (ended up going Makita). It seems like a lot of the less expensive, consumer-level cordless products are always switching battery styles around. That's interesting considering Makita just changed their style within the past few years. They used to look like this:

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Apr 28, 2012 -> 12:35 AM) Nor would you break windows using a tennis ball. I accidentally broke 3 or 4 windows with tennis balls when I was a kid.