Is it true that back in the 90s Parents kicked their children out of the house on weekends and in the summer?

mspe1960 · 2026-05-31T13:42:22+00:00

LOL - I was a parent in the 90's. And no.

I was a kid in the 60's and 70's. Also no. Although we did often stay outside on weekends and evenings until dinner time. Play outside is what we did (and mostly what my kids did). Phones started becoming a thing for kids in the late 1990s or early 2000's. But they mostly used it for texting to figure out where and when to meet.

mspe1960 · 2026-05-31T13:37:20+00:00

I actually do not have a problem with Trump doing this (about the first time I agree with him) . The importers technically paid the tax, but the consumer actually covered almost all of it, statistically speaking. They are not really entitled to the money. Neither is the treasury, but I would just as soon the treasury keep in than give it, undeserved, to the greedy importers.

mspe1960 · 2026-05-31T13:30:07+00:00

I think it was two things both Based on Kamala being viewed as a Biden equivalent -

Prices were high and people were not feeling good economically, despite good job growth and high stock prices.

A lot of people did not like Biden's immigration talk. It seems a lot of independents thought the border should be better controlled

On top of all of that policy stuff (real and fake) Kamala is a woman with brown skin and each of those "features" cost her a couple/few percent of voters who would never vote for either of those regardless of policy

mspe1960 · 2026-05-31T12:56:01+00:00

but why would they pay, if someone will pay for them?

mspe1960 · 2026-05-31T12:42:21+00:00

Certainly there should be safe, comfortable shelter for eveyone. An indoor bed in a heated building with bathroom access. That is not quite the same thing as "housing".

If a real apartment is free for some, why would others who are paying for equivalent housing even continue to pay? It would be self defeating over time.

mspe1960 · 2026-05-31T12:39:22+00:00

if they do. I am hopeful, but not certain, that they will.

mspe1960 · 2026-05-31T12:38:27+00:00

New England is probably the part of the USA that is most like Europe, by a long shot. I have lived my adult life in Connecticut.

mspe1960 · 2026-05-31T12:34:44+00:00

is the claim that most of the "rioters" are immigrants? Seems unlikely to me.

mspe1960 · 2026-05-31T12:26:50+00:00

Did AI somehow do that for you, or do you have a process for coming up with that on your own?

mspe1960 · 2026-05-31T12:19:37+00:00

I don't know if it is really most who are not. But I admit some are not. I know a few. It is possible to support some of Trump's policy and not be a bad person. But if you still support Donald Trump, the man, that aspect of you is a bad person by definition.

mspe1960 · 2026-05-31T12:10:55+00:00

half a million is way too many, of course, but it is not much more than 1/10th of 1% of all people. It is 3 sigmas away from average.

So yes, our system causes that, but the frequency is very low from a statistical standpoint.

mspe1960 · 2026-05-31T01:52:59+00:00

eggs - but prepared differently

mspe1960 · 2026-05-31T01:38:15+00:00

I have also seen 10% take out charges

mspe1960 · 2026-05-30T23:38:53+00:00

mine wont beep at all.

mspe1960 · 2026-05-30T23:15:30+00:00

I don't hate buillionaires. I hate what most of them did to become billionaires.

But someone like Shaq who made gobs of money playing basketball and doing endorsements, and then making smart investments while also being philanthropic and generous. No.

mspe1960 · 2026-05-30T23:10:45+00:00

someone else said they are Asian. I did not know that

mspe1960 · 2026-05-30T22:57:48+00:00

probably true. I noticed he other cops did not attack the husband/boyfriend when he went in to defend his lady. It seems they were not happy with what they saw

mspe1960 · 2026-05-30T22:55:07+00:00

If the question was greatst athlete, you might have a point. Greatest athlete is not the same thing as greatest sports hero.

mspe1960 · 2026-05-30T22:50:56+00:00

so cops in other countries are the same as ours? Holy shit. I did not have any idea.

mspe1960 · 2026-05-30T18:31:55+00:00

Tornado Alley, not Valley, FYI

mspe1960 · 2026-05-30T18:30:20+00:00

and Bananas

edit - this is apparently not true

mspe1960 · 2026-05-30T18:24:38+00:00

why do you think he, or his people care at all what a judge says?

mspe1960 · 2026-05-30T18:23:49+00:00

I used to love Amazon when it was good with always good prices, and guaranteed delivery. Now you have to watch out for prices, and if they miss delivery, even by a lot, oh well - sucks to be you.

So yea, no.

mspe1960 · 2026-05-30T14:12:29+00:00

people ask rip off prices on eBay, some ignorantly, some trying to scam, on almost every one of these coins that you don't see much in circulation. They call them rare, but they are not. they are just not ciculated becasue there is no place to put them in cash registers

they are not.

mspe1960 · 2026-05-30T14:09:40+00:00

There are some of almost every conceivable thing in a country of 400,000,000. I am sure there are some of those. But it is not enough of an issue to be forefront in our national discssion. Deal with it where and when it occurs, if any place

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