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Topic: OT-Politics Thread: please TRY to keep it civil, you damned dirty apes

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Cincydawg

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Re: OT-Catch all thread - Personal attacks will result in a time out
« Reply #41510 on: January 29, 2025, 07:40:32 AM »
... like yesterday ...

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« Reply #41511 on: January 29, 2025, 03:09:37 PM »
Most of us don't remember the 30s
CD was in AA Minors with the Chattanooga Lookouts tossing BP
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Re: OT-Catch all thread - Personal attacks will result in a time out
« Reply #41513 on: January 29, 2025, 07:39:50 PM »
My damn Roku is on the fritz. Keeps jumping out of apps, likely due to some sort of flaw in the DRAM or something. Oddly I've used Spotify for a while now and it hasn't kicked me out. Guessing that it might be due to much lower resource usage due to lack of video content with Spotify. 

But, with Amazon and $80, a replacement should be here same-day and in the next few hours...

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Re: OT-Catch all thread - Personal attacks will result in a time out
« Reply #41514 on: January 29, 2025, 07:50:22 PM »
I use firestick 
Not sure it's the answer 
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« Reply #41515 on: January 29, 2025, 08:01:17 PM »
I have multiple Rokus, no real issues with them to date.  Like most other electronic devices they do occasionally wig out a little bit and need to have power cycled on and off.

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« Reply #41516 on: January 29, 2025, 08:41:53 PM »
CD was in AA Minors with the Chattanooga Lookouts tossing BP
Ah my coaching days, beats selling tires at Sears.  

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« Reply #41517 on: January 29, 2025, 08:59:28 PM »
 But it's NOT sweet relish, which is the trash that takes up space in the condiment bar.

THIS!  I lived for ~35 years wondering what demonic mind control had people eating sweet pickle relish.  Once they started making dill, that made sense.
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« Reply #41518 on: January 29, 2025, 09:01:26 PM »
Most of us don't remember the 30s
CD does, like it was yesterday.
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« Reply #41519 on: January 29, 2025, 10:38:17 PM »
I have multiple Rokus, no real issues with them to date.  Like most other electronic devices they do occasionally wig out a little bit and need to have power cycled on and off.
I'm familiar with the "turn it off and on again" troubleshooting method. Trust me... Been there. Didn't work. 

That Roku is at least 8 years old. Could be more. Think it just hit its wall... 


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« Reply #41520 on: January 30, 2025, 08:13:24 AM »
I'm familiar with the "turn it off and on again" troubleshooting method. Trust me... Been there. Didn't work.

That Roku is at least 8 years old. Could be more. Think it just hit its wall...


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« Reply #41521 on: January 30, 2025, 01:45:48 PM »
It's college admission season if you have a senior in high school, which I do. I've coached high schoolers for several years now, which has prepared me pretty well for this.
I live in a pretty nice, highly educated suburb where it feels like everyone goes to college, and lots of folks go to places with fancy names that people have heard of. This is a hard season for the kids and their parents. (1) even though it feels like everyone is going off somewhere, not everyone is, and it's isolating for the kids (and their parents) who don't know yet when everyone is celebrating their admissions. (2) where I live there is so much wealth that everyone assumes the kids can all afford whatever; they can't. It really hit home when I was listening to a kid I've coached talking about waiting to see what financial aid she was awarded to determine whether she was headed off to a or b, or staying home and going to community college. In the end she split the difference--she left, but went to a community college (which worked out great for her). (3) Some kids don't get in to a place they are happy with. Unfortunately, where I live, too many of them settle for their "safety" when a better option would have been to go to community college, get more competitive, and transfer to where they want to go. I've seen kids do that, too, with a lot of success. But that's an isolating choice when all the kids around are talking about their big adventures coming next fall. (4) There are lots of choices that are every bit as good, if not better, than heading off to college. Some kids join the military. Honorable. Some join the trades. We need people in the trades, which are also good paying jobs. Some go to community college because they don't know what else to do (or aren't ready to travel to college). Also a fine choice. Some just go find a job. Kudos. The "Gap Year" seems to be a thing, although I feel like I'm hearing less about it right now. I normally think that sounds like privileged kids doing privileged things.
I know a lot of communities aren't like mine as it relates to college applications. There is a privilege that is associated with so much focus on colelge [I was going to correct this typo, but then I decided it's more fun to leave it], but it comes with a lot of anxiety for the kids. My recommendation is that if you know parents or seniors who are waiting to learn what their future is, let them be. They will tell you when they are ready to talk about it.
All that said, my senior got accepted to one of his "reaches" yesterday, so his stress level dropped dramatically. He's got several to hear from (including some B1G schools), including his top choice, which is the reachiest of the group, but he felt a lot better after getting that first one.

*My eldest went through this two years ago, but they were applying to (and are now attending) art college for a BFA, which involves a pretty different process than traditional college.

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« Reply #41522 on: January 30, 2025, 01:54:25 PM »
I have a junior so we're really starting to get into this journey.

The good news-- she has the grades and the intellect to get into most places.  Probably not Stanford or MIT, but she doesn't really want to go to those types of places anyway.

The bad news-- she has no idea what she wants to do and is paralyzed when it comes to discussing her college future.  We can't get a long list or a short list or a single name, of a college that might interest her.  She jokingly says she wants to join the trades, become a plumber.  But that's really just her way of deflecting because she's frightened of the uncertainty of her future.

Consequently, I'm having a lot of trouble helping prepare for this important step. 

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« Reply #41523 on: January 30, 2025, 01:55:54 PM »
Thanks @SFBadger96 -- that's a good read as a parent who will be going through that next year, with my son being a junior. In fact, I'm trying to schedule a trip for my son now during Spring Break to go visit Michigan and Purdue. His biggest "reach" I think is Berkeley. 

The stress level these kids are going through is already ramping up. The pressure on them to take AP classes and push themselves is insane. And the craziness is that the pressure comes less from parents as it comes from the other students. I'm trying to make sure my son enjoys some of his time in HS, not just have his full time job be focusing on getting into college. 

Congrats to your senior! Getting that first acceptance letter, especially if it was one of the "reaches", has to be a huge burden lifted. 

 

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