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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 05:29 PM Original message |
Whatever happened to packing your child's lunch (re: Cheese-gate) |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. You assume there's something to pack. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. And assume that there's something to be embarrassed about. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. One of the first things poor kids learn how to do, once they figure it out, |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. Exactly. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. My high school district disappeared me. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. I'm right there with you. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. You go, my sister. |
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leftyclimber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #40 |
59. Yep. I still want to crawl under my desk sometimes. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 07:22 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. "Radish in the roses" |
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leftyclimber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Wait for me to get completely fed up with The Report That Will Not Die. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. LOL! Together, we'd make a decent salad. |
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leftyclimber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. LOL! |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #40 |
65. I don't know how old you are, but the embarassment |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. I've found that it's a lot easier to talk about it *here* |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #68 |
92. One of the few advantages of age, I've found, |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. How about we just stop with the public humiliation? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. No, let's just promote Republican myth that parents don't take care |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. I honestly don't understand this. I'm open to hearing an explanation. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. They don't know about it, they don't know how to get on it |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
87. Because Mommy didn't fill out the forms for 2 weeks |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. I've packed my son's lunch every school day for the past 7 years. |
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NavyDavy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
52. and? some people don't have the money to pack their kids lunches, |
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Chorophyll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
61. Be grateful you have something to pack for him. |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #61 |
70. I'm very grateful. I'm grateful I worked my ass off to attend a public university. |
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Chorophyll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #70 |
88. Congrats. Not everyone can pull that off. |
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luvspeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. We were poor when I was a kid... |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. No, the cupboards aren't usually *totally* bare. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. When I didn't have a lunch, I used to walk home and open the cupboards. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I didn't slam parents. I defended them. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. (Yes, that was me chiming in.) |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Ahhhh, gotcha. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. People don't get it. Until you've been a 9 year old |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. I would like to give guided tours of my childhood. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I think giving a visual guided tour of what some kids do |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Schools treating peanut butter like a Class V Biohazard... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. apparently- some people just shouldn't have kids. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. I can't tell if your reply is sarcasm or not, but just in case it isn't |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. Freezer cold packs?Tupperware containers?? |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Your parents let you take turkey sandwiches to school without a cold pack? |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Yes - I was born in 1950 I was not recommending it - but that's what we did |
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dustbunnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. I still do that today. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
98. Same here. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. "I feel like my granddad" |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #42 |
77. cold cuts are designed to last awhile |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. Believe it or not, this was fairly common in the 1960s. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
66. OMG! "Cold Lunch Rules"? |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. I know!! ZOMG!!11 |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #66 |
91. I'm cracking up at that, too |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #35 |
74. We never had cold packs..... |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
76. When I was in elementary school, my mom used to pack fried egg or tuna sandwiches |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #35 |
80. oh for fuck's sake ... no child is going to die by eating a tuna fish |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #80 |
93. I didn't say a word about tuna fish. |
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tanngrisnir3 (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #93 |
97. No one is going to die from turkey or egg salad that's been warm... |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #93 |
99. right back at ya' sweet cheeks ... |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #35 |
100. I do it myself, all the time. I think cooked turkey can hang around at room temp for a few hours. n |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
75. One more time |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #75 |
81. "PB & J is not allowed in most schools at all anymore" |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
79. sounds like my lunches.... |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. I've accepted the myth that a cheese sandwich, fruit and milk |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yeah but that cafeteria meatloaf sucks |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. It's government cheese. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Gov't cheese was the BEST back in the 70's. I don't know what |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Think Velveeta. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Ugh! Glad I had the other. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I grew up on cheese sandwiches and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Not looking for trouble, but |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I agree - depending on the lunch at school my cheese sandwich was more appealing |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. in our school the only thing that even looked close to being any good |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. The pizza at our school was vile |
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Lost in CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. Good Lord I remember my school's lunches... I would rather have a |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
20. Many the time, when I was a kid, no lunch, no bag to carry one in. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
30. BAD MOTHER, not fit for motherhood |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. These OPs freak me out. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Me too. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. So screwed up and in so many ways. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #41 |
73. good description - "Look what the big tent dragged in..." |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #41 |
94. bingo |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. THey don't freak me out |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. A lot of kids in suburbia are in a very bad way due to |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Correct, but the fact remains |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #57 |
72. still, is it so wrong to have some expectation of empathy and a willingness to understand |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #30 |
71. No, kidding. I recently read a report that said some families forgo COOKING because they can |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
31. My mom packed my lunch at least 30% of the time when I was a kid. |
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shari (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
39. I'm confused. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. No, you aren't misunderstanding anything. This is largely DU'ers proving how UBER-Liberal they are. |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #45 |
83. teach children that what others say about them, especially stupid bullies/other kids |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
89. Yep, that seems to be it. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #39 |
55. Yes. You're missing the kids whose parents haven't applied for free/reduced lunch and should. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
56. Yes, you are confusing what children need with adult conflicts. |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #39 |
82. no, you are not misunderstanding a thing. n/t |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
54. This "controversy" is silly. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. When I read posts like yours, I'm so grateful my boys survived their schools. n/t |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #54 |
69. Fortunately, we didn't have to, either, b/c EVERY child got a |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #54 |
85. Well, it's *your* ideological counterparts |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
78. Apparently mom has money to pay for webhosting. |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #78 |
84. what's the matter with you? don't you think poor people deserve any fun? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #78 |
102. What proof is there "she" paid for it? |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
86. Seems like a job for the PTA. |
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Chorophyll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #86 |
90. In some schools in this country... |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #90 |
96. They could plant gardens, if they chose to. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #90 |
101. Not to mention books, paper, etc. |
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Zing Zing Zingbah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
95. Actually.. I think the school meals are cheaper than packing meals |
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