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re: Governor of Kentucky says Americans are "getting soft" with all the school closings
Posted on 1/30/19 at 1:44 pm to DownSouthJukin
Posted on 1/30/19 at 1:44 pm to DownSouthJukin
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. I can’t recall getting hardly any days off for snow or other weather in the 1980’s or early 1990’s.
Seems like now they get out for threats of inclement weather too. They used to just make us line the hallways and cover our heads for tornadoes and stuff, but at the same time I was in HS 9 students died in Enterprise HS here in Alabama doing that when a tornado hit their school. I'm not a parent but if I was I think I would prefer this current system of being cautious and not risking it.
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Posted on 1/30/19 at 1:48 pm to BowlJackson
I'm a parent, and it is a royal pain in the arse when they cancel school. Wife and I both work, and our offices don't always close, so one of us has to take off which can sometimes pose a problem if we both have something important going on. Our kids are old enough to stay home alone now, so it's not as big of a deal as it used to be, but still not ideal.
Posted on 1/30/19 at 1:49 pm to I Bleed Garnet
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I think now it's because they'd rather be safe than sorry.
and the ability to have home learning with online classes/assignments.
When I was growing up the only way we got out is if there was still significant amounts of snow on the streets at around 6 am, and with all the plows and salt trucks it better have snowed 6 inches since about 2 am.
We never really got out.
Posted on 1/30/19 at 2:03 pm to thatguy45
quote:He was born in Colorado, grew up in New Hampshire but went to high a private school in Maine.
Didn't know that. That explains it
Oh and I know theres snow and ice, its outside my apartment
Posted on 1/30/19 at 2:13 pm to LouisvilleKat
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He was born in Colorado, grew up in New Hampshire but went to high a private school in Maine.
Is he the Manchurian Candidate?
Posted on 1/30/19 at 2:17 pm to The Spleen
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I grew up in the 80's and we definitely got out of school for snow/ice at least once a school year. We were out for almost a week for an ice storm around 82 or 83. Whole town was without power for a couple of days.
We may have gotten out once a year for snow or ice. Maybe. I can only recall one period of time where we got more than 1 day off, and that was for a bad ice storm, and it was like only 2-3 days.
These days, if there is a predicted bad thunderstorm day, or, like yesterday, predicted slight snow and temperatures at freezing, the schools shut down. The kids in my town must get off 3-4 days a semester for this stuff, and maybe 1 day out of the ones where they get off merits it. The rest are usually a laughable bust, like yesterday.
Like you said in another post-it doesn't just affect the schools and the children's parents. It affects all of the businesses where those parents work.
Posted on 1/30/19 at 2:37 pm to DownSouthJukin
quote:No he ran on a Tea Party platform and conducted has himself that way. For example when he was asked by a group of ministers in West Louisville what he planned to do about the rising amount of gang violence... well his official answer was "Have you tried prayer walks?"
Is he the Manchurian Candidate?
This post was edited on 1/30/19 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 1/30/19 at 2:40 pm to LouisvilleKat
We had a senator in Indiana who had property in Indianapolis so that he could legally run for office but he was never there. He had a home in DC that he was always at.
One of the people running for senate this passed time bought property in Indiana just before running so that he could. Carpet baggers are everywhere
Well that's bound to solve it.
One of the people running for senate this passed time bought property in Indiana just before running so that he could. Carpet baggers are everywhere
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West Louisville what he planned to do about the rising amount of gang violence... well his official answer was "Have you tried prayer walks?"
Well that's bound to solve it.
This post was edited on 1/30/19 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 1/30/19 at 2:43 pm to LouisvilleKat
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For example when he was asked by a group of ministers in West Louisville what he planned to do about the rising amount of gang violence... well his official answer was "Have you tried prayer walks?"
Maybe he meant to say "perp walks."
This post was edited on 1/30/19 at 2:44 pm
Posted on 1/30/19 at 2:46 pm to LouisvilleKat
I was in Kentucky in October of 2015 and the Matt Bevin ads I saw on TV while there were pretty cringe worthy. I guess maybe that was primary season? The other guy ran ads saying Bevin never paid his property taxes or something.
Posted on 1/30/19 at 3:09 pm to thatguy45
He's right. It's ridiculous for schools to be out today.
Posted on 1/30/19 at 3:22 pm to thatguy45
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We had a senator in Indiana who had property in Indianapolis so that he could legally run for office but he was never there. He had a home in DC that he was always at.
One of the people running for senate this passed time bought property in Indiana just before running so that he could. Carpet baggers are everywhere
Pretty common. I have a buddy who heads/coordinates republican campaigns for certain groups(Governors, Senators, etc..) they(along with them dems) place people all around the country to run, even though they really arent from there
Posted on 1/30/19 at 6:33 pm to NYCAuburn
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republican campaigns for certain groups(Governors, Senators, etc..) they(along with them dems) place people all around the country to run, even though they really arent from there
All the better for handpicking candidates. And then people wonder why the average candidate for congress is trash
Posted on 1/30/19 at 7:00 pm to thatguy45
Al Roker called Bevin a nitwit on NBC today.
Posted on 1/30/19 at 7:01 pm to BowlJackson
Of course Bowl is pro-Boomer.
Posted on 1/30/19 at 7:02 pm to thatguy45
The governor of Kentucky is fricking retarded.
Posted on 1/30/19 at 7:03 pm to nastywideouts
quote:No, it's not.
That is the definition of a pussified school closure
Posted on 1/30/19 at 7:06 pm to I Bleed Garnet
quote:Not only are many people not familiar with driving on snow/ice in the south, but many state agencies aren't prepared for it because it happens so rarely. I think Alabama only has something like 2 salt trucks in the entire state.
Okay this is more for the safety of people driving.
Posted on 1/30/19 at 7:19 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Well, more of a hypocrite
I do thing kids are softer today but when he was a kid he had a chauffeur so not like he had an excuse for not getting to school.
I do thing kids are softer today but when he was a kid he had a chauffeur so not like he had an excuse for not getting to school.
Posted on 1/31/19 at 9:42 am to pvilleguru
Damn near everybody elected official in that arse backwards State is retarded including a fair sum of its redneck citizens.
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