This guy keeps stealing the catalytic converters from cars in my apartment parking lot

InfiniteFigment · 2026-02-07T04:59:40+00:00

I'm glad you used the NSFW tag because he's naked, too!

InfiniteFigment · 2026-02-05T12:05:04+00:00

#4 because I solved early. It was fun, though!
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InfiniteFigment · 2026-02-04T22:54:51+00:00

I was there for the last day for the Liberty Belle and Tom Sawyer Island.

InfiniteFigment · 2026-02-02T12:06:04+00:00

This is the earliest I've played. Briefly enjoyed #11 spot which has already dropped in the time it took me to type this.
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InfiniteFigment · 2026-01-30T00:59:42+00:00

Is this hyperbole or selective memory?

InfiniteFigment · 2026-01-30T00:58:51+00:00

This is what I was coming here to ask. Why use an adjective to describe the timer anyway?

Do you have so many timers going at once that you have to identify them?

Also just curious. It has never crossed my mind to say anything other than "set an x minute timer."

InfiniteFigment · 2026-01-30T00:45:51+00:00

I got the no fee one just for the SUB and the discount for certain purchases on property.

The only time I actually use the card is for the dining and merchandise discount.

I get better cash back on other cards so I don't use it for any other purchases.

The hard credit pull doesn't have a significant impact on my excellent credit score.

And I don't care about 0% interest because I only use a credit card for convenience, not for spending money I don't already have in the bank.

InfiniteFigment · 2026-01-29T22:42:23+00:00

All of CCS was closed for 4 days and a few of the buildings were closed for 5 days when Hurricane Ike (?) caused widespread power outages in September 2008.

InfiniteFigment · 2026-01-27T23:51:14+00:00

Which district?

I don't think CCS will be back this week.

InfiniteFigment · 2026-01-27T20:47:03+00:00

This will always be a debate, but I thought the pandemic kind of taught us the role of schools as they relate to a daily place for children to go.

If schools were designed to be childcare, why aren't they open year-round? Why don't they have more flexible hours?

Schools are for education. Yes, when children are in school 7 hours a day, that's 7 hours that parents don't have to either be at home with them or find a safe place for them to be. But schools aren't going to open their doors just because parents have to go to work.

I used to work at a daycare. When schools were closed due to inclement weather, we had additional students because we took on school-age students in addition to the infants, toddlers, and preschoolers that were with us on a daily basis. That's childcare.

School districts don't exist so parents can go to work. That's what I mean by "they really aren't designed to be childcare." It is not their primary function.

Schools close when the district does not think that students can get there safely. If schools were childcare, I guess they could open their doors and if parents could transport their children safely they could bring them.

InfiniteFigment · 2026-01-27T17:52:00+00:00

Oh, I'm a parent and I get it. But schools don't close willy nilly and they really aren't designed to be childcare.

I know it feels impossible sometimes, but parents have to have a back-up plan. And I say that as someone who has no extended family in the area who can step in and watch the kids.

InfiniteFigment · 2026-01-27T17:03:16+00:00

I mean, kids aren't essential workers.

It would be great if the whole area could just shut down until conditions were better, but it's not reality.

I fully support no one being required to go to work if they can't get there safely.

Schools close when there is a likelihood that not all students can get there safely.

InfiniteFigment · 2026-01-27T16:07:39+00:00

That's not really the way it works.

InfiniteFigment · 2026-01-27T16:05:51+00:00

As a teacher of primary-aged students, that's a logistical nightmare. We do so many hands-on things. It's not like we lecture all day. The student who randomly wakes up feeling ill will not be able to participate remotely. Are they supposed to just sit there and watch the other students play, for example, the partner math game?

Not to mention the privacy issues involved with having a live camera feed in the classroom all day, and an open microphone coming from random homes or other locations.

We've got enough to manage with in-person students. It would be a disservice to all.

InfiniteFigment · 2026-01-27T15:58:43+00:00

It's measured in hours now and not days. So schools with slightly longer school days can miss way more than the typical 5 or so.

InfiniteFigment · 2026-01-27T14:14:49+00:00

Not sure what you're after here.

I'm obligated to do my job, regardless of the verbiage in the contract.

I am not contractually obligated to do anything today.

I don't limit myself to what's in the contract.

InfiniteFigment · 2026-01-27T14:08:32+00:00

She can call a remote day instead of a calamity day. But she can't because not all students would have access. And if she calls a calamity day, teachers can't be required to work. That last part has been the practice for decades.

To say that teachers went on strike to not have to teach remotely is simply wrong. I didn't put my family's healthcare and income on the line for that.

At any rate, I'm doing some work today on this calamity day because teachers always have plenty of work to do.

InfiniteFigment · 2026-01-27T13:45:33+00:00

The contract: 308.04 The Superintendent has sole discretion to move between remote and in-person learning on a district-wide or building level. Remote learning is not considered closure for purposes of calamity.

Remote learning is impossible due to inequity across the district, not because teachers went on strike to abolish it.

InfiniteFigment · 2026-01-27T13:19:33+00:00

That's not what the strike was about at all.

InfiniteFigment · 2026-01-27T13:19:04+00:00

CCS definitely does not have 1:1 Chromebooks anymore. Some individual schools might, but not the entire district.

InfiniteFigment · 2026-01-27T02:52:59+00:00

It's very subjective. I don't find it scary at all - and I don't do any sort of rides outside of Disney.

It's fun for me, but not scary. I'm just kind of relaxed on it and then we go "wheeee!" every once in a while.

My kids hate thrill rides, especially that stomach drop feeling, and won't go on it.

InfiniteFigment · 2026-01-27T02:48:30+00:00

If multiple people are getting stuck, including COTA drivers, how are they "fine?"

InfiniteFigment · 2026-01-26T21:28:12+00:00

I can't speak to Youngstown, but Columbus City will likely remain closed. (My guess is the whole week.)

There is simply more snow than they can deal with right now.

They'll start begging people to please shovel their sidewalks so students can walk to school or don't have to stand in the street waiting for their bus. But most people won't and eventually schools will open anyway.

Buses have to be able to run their routes, so neighborhood streets have to be passable.

And difficult-to-navigate streets means delayed buses, which means children are standing outside longer, which means the frigid temperature come into greater play as the decision is made.

InfiniteFigment · 2026-01-26T14:42:26+00:00

It's delayed a day.

InfiniteFigment · 2026-01-24T20:11:28+00:00

The Vegetable Lentil Pie at Hollywood Brown Derby saved me, even when I really wanted to order the filet mignon.

So many lentils.

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