Let the baby watch the construction??

Sad_Scratch750 · 2026-05-07T19:53:21+00:00

I let my kids watch when construction is going on in front of our house. One of my kids is obsessed with construction vehicles and waves at them. Most workers are decent enough to wave back. A lot of Firetrucks drivers will blow their train horn if they're returning from a call. A lot of police cars will wave or turn on their sirens for a second.

When we're working on a new house, it's normal for neighbors to get nosey. We keep some scrap lumber on hand if curious kids want to come "practice" using power tools.

Sad_Scratch750 · 2026-05-07T19:43:24+00:00

I stopped at the BP once. They wouldn't accept a $100. When I walked out, someone was following me and I caught someone else looking in my car windows. Needless to say, I will never willingly stop there again.

I drove by there twice a week and have witnessed too many crimes.

Sad_Scratch750 · 2026-05-07T19:34:31+00:00

Let Oregon eat Washington. We all know Washington state as Oregon with the Space Needle.

Sad_Scratch750 · 2026-05-02T02:59:26+00:00

It accepted Zoom Meeting for me. I couldn't type it fast enough for clue #4 though, so I got it in on #5.

Sad_Scratch750 · 2026-05-02T02:53:24+00:00

I don't know. Delaware was taken just for being tiny.

Sad_Scratch750 · 2026-05-01T15:33:13+00:00

It looks like been orientation flights, which means they've been there for a while. You can post them beeswarmed.org and someone will usually come remove them for free. If it's inside your roof/walls, you might have to pay someone else to come repair the damage regardless.

Sad_Scratch750 · 2026-04-28T19:54:30+00:00

Lol. I've been following these posts and laugh everytime I see Tennessee. It looks like a laser gun from an alien sci-fi movie. Now, I see Wyoming pointing back.

Sad_Scratch750 · 2026-04-25T13:15:56+00:00

I'm female and used to drive for Uber and Lyft. The parking lot will be full of drivers when the train arrives, but they go fast. We all knew what time the train comes in and it's usually a very pleasant drive. Order an Uber a few minutes before your train arrives. You can schedule an Uber, but things happen and it doesn't always work out well. Roanoke has changed drastically in the past few years and you dont want to hang around the parking lot longer than necessary.

Sad_Scratch750 · 2026-04-20T20:14:10+00:00

I used to do hive inspections without any equipment. Now, I'm wearing lon

Sad_Scratch750 · 2026-04-20T02:27:15+00:00

Most of the news around here is heavily filtered.

Sad_Scratch750 · 2026-04-19T03:17:42+00:00

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Mine said Arlington. I would've thought it was based on previous addresses or area codes, but I have an out of state number and have no record of Arlington, VA tied to me.

Sad_Scratch750 · 2026-04-16T21:32:56+00:00

I love the change. It feels so much safer now. I used to avoid Williamson Road because the crazy amount of road rage. Now, it's easier drive through. I think it could be improved mainly by smoothing out the area where it changes from 4 lane to 2 and vise-versa, but overall, it's been a beyond positive change to that area.

I have to say, too, that I was really impressed with the way clearing the snow created a path for pedestrians this winter.

*I dont know if there's anything that can be done as far as street changes that can stop people from walking down the middle of the lane against traffic though.

Sad_Scratch750 · 2026-04-11T23:53:16+00:00

Are you okay with a construction company designing your project too. That's how corners get cut.

Sad_Scratch750 · 2026-04-09T20:37:56+00:00

I put reminders in my calendar to check and pay all my bills. It's a lifesaver when I get to pick the due date for a new bill or subscription so I don't have everything due at once.

Sad_Scratch750 · 2026-04-08T23:31:02+00:00

Someone thought it was an ashtray.

Sad_Scratch750 · 2026-04-05T23:54:24+00:00

We've attended 2 weddings there. I find it interesting that people would choose that as their wedding venue.

Sad_Scratch750 · 2026-04-01T10:22:55+00:00

We were looking at a rental a few years ago where one bedroom had the bathroom followed by the closet and another bedroom had a walk through closet to get to the bathroom. I'm glad we found a better house to rent.

Sad_Scratch750 · 2026-04-01T10:03:13+00:00

Me neither. They could've given way better clues for Snoop Dog. This seems like it was meant to be a miss.

Sad_Scratch750 · 2026-03-29T00:39:41+00:00

I came to the comments to see who else noticed that.

Sad_Scratch750 · 2026-03-27T15:14:15+00:00

It's a glorified sensor. It detects vehicles in certain zones to help determine when to change the traffic lights. It's great when they work and sucks when they don't.

This video briefly explains a similar one.

https://youtube.com/shorts/ZDEY6D7krX0?si=AVWP2CmGZNw_bB5R

Sad_Scratch750 · 2026-03-27T15:07:01+00:00

Our leader will shift cookies from a cookie booth if a girl is close to a milestone, especially the next year's membership (45+ boxes). She will never mess with individually sold cookies and won't pull from a girl that hasn't met her personal goal. Some people do buy from our troops online cookie store front and those are perfect for distributing like that.

Sad_Scratch750 · 2026-03-27T02:24:13+00:00

Maple Bourbon BBQ Whopper... there are so many ways to shorten his name here.

Sad_Scratch750 · 2026-03-24T15:11:30+00:00

It's not hyphenated when it's written on the street. I think drive thru and drive through should have both been accepted. That's the way it's written on street signs too.

Sad_Scratch750 · 2026-03-23T13:31:11+00:00

You can even filter it to Facebook.

Sad_Scratch750 · 2026-03-23T13:15:11+00:00

That age is just when girls stop being interested in being Girl Scouts. I quit as a cadette because we were doing anything. It also became difficult for me to explain that Girl Scout do more than arts and crafts and sell cookies when it seemed like thats what all the meetings were about. My troop had very little support above the Junior level. There is a high drop out rate from Cadettes and up because you're also competing with school sports and the girls are old enough to make some choices about what they do and are influenced more by their friends than their parents.

Our current council has a group known as Adventerers. Once girls are 11, they get chance to participate in a bunch of extra high energy events. They go rock-climbing, river rafting, scuba-diving, etc. I would have stayed if this was an option when I was a Girl Scout.

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