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jax- i am sure everyone is going to say this, but hatzalahs number should be in your phone even if you dont know it by heart….
speed dial on my phone. if i lost my phone i would have no idea. but hten again, if i lost my phone i wouldn’t be able to call…
Jax, that’s really bad. My teacher in third grade taught it to us and we chanted it together every single day of third grade. That’s why I know it and why I’m able to remember it in an emergency situation. Parents should really be responsible to teach it to their children and constantly remind them of the number.
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i got a random question:
how many people know Hatzlolah’s number by heart???
I keep it taped to the phone, but I also knwo it by heart. I hope that whoever you knwo who needed Hatzalah is ok, and that it was just a minor thing.
My mother O”H passed out the day after we got up from shiva for my father O”H, and as I was unsuccessfully trying to revive her, my then seven year old son ran to call Hatzalah without wasting a second, then ran to the door to let them in. Talk about remaining calm in an emergency!
I also had to learn it in school, and who ever said its not worth anything to sit in school? 718-387-1750 hope no one ever needs it 🙂
good going jax (asdf!!!!!) hope everything is ok 🙂
moish01
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>> just frustrates me how people think they can say whatever they want and that it won’t have any effect on me. just couse i give a tough impression doesn’t mean i ignore them. what’s so hard for people to understand? <<
moish I can’t believe I missed this important conversation.
1- It is utterly annoying when you really need to get something off your chest and the mods don’t let it through- even if you know that maybe the content doesn’t belong in the CR
2- my heart sank to my toes when I read your posts (I’m serious)- it sounds like someone lost all tact, all their sensitivity and you were deeply hurt as a result
3- you do not sound tough, you do not sound tough, you do not sound tough- should I say it again? … you just like to argue is all
thanks, areivim but i can’t let myself get all worked up right now.
moish, I’d be happy to get you worked up if you can’t do it yourself
😉
i know you could- you’ve done it in the past. and i never said i can’t. i just can’t let myself
it’s just gonna get me more upset. it’s not worth it.
moish- I don’t know the situation, so I can’t say if you should talk it out or let it pass. Just one thing- if it’s still sizzling inside, you gotta let it now before it’s too late
we knew we can count on you squeak in times of need 😉
you can read the last page of the egg/coffee bean/carrot thread if you wanna know.
basically i was recently informed that i’m the reason my friends do things that they shouldn’t. that was the nicest way i could put it.
basically i was recently informed that i’m the reason my friends do things that they shouldn’t. that was the nicest way i could put it.
and WOW!!! you did a great job saying it nicely despite the fact that you were deeply hurt by it. Yeah, yeah, you always say you’re a nice guy so I shouldn’t be surprised.
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kapusta: thanks for answering my question earlier 🙂
anonymisss, this is me four days later. and it still really bothers me. you should have seen how angry i was on motzei shabbos. there’s no way i could have phrased it like that if you asked me then.
but yeah, you shouldn’t be so surprised that i’m such a nice guy 😉
moish- I just posted a long one on the egg/coffee bean/carrot thread. May take time for the mods to send it, but please read.
Imo anoichy b’tzara- I really feel in your tzar moish
Has anyone ever wondered about the fact that saying something is such a cliche, is such a cliche? (Which in fact makes this such a cliche.)
To be tooootalllly off topic:
Random question here- “I hate shabbos! I’m so bored, what am I supposed to do for so many hours?” What do you answer a teenager (who didn’t make it in the mainstream yeshiva/BY system) who has this complaint?
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thats a tough one anonymiss!!! hhmmm let me think about this one
tell them to text me, i’m sure we could figure something out, anonymisss 😉
jk- does this person have friends? i mean, i know i’m not the prime example of how to spend a shabbos, but there are plenty of things to do (even besides for playing ball!)
how about reading? sleeping? chess? even candyland with little kids 😉 (ok, i wouldn’t advise that one to anyone…)
lol, moish, i’ll pass on the message.
ames and moish- seriously; yes to the friends, but now that this person is not currently living at home, the friends live way on the other side, so it makes that complicated.
any other ideas?
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gave you all my ideas. besides for reading or sleeping, i don’t know of anything a kid could do solo that’s not being mechalel shabbos. unless he wants to play solitaire or something.
anonymisss: lots of eating!!!
anonymisss this is not my kind of thing but maybe learn something about shabbos, so the kid can enjoy it for what it is, and look for a form of escape. or is the kid off? 🙂
kapusta, well, not off yet…..
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Why doesn’t she get a friend to stay with her for shabbos and they could do stuff together?
22, that’s actually a good idea and works sometimes, but not always.
ames, how about fifty cents? I think that’s correct.
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When the weather gets nice why doesn’t she walk to her friends houses (depends on the distance.)
anonymisss youre not making me too happy :/
ames I think both .50 and 50 (or fifty) cents goes 🙂
anonymisss: beside all the good ideas everyone said, maybe play something with the people around (they don’t live alone, do they)? sometimes when i have nothing better to do i play games (like a board game or cards) w/ one of my siblings or anyone at my house. even if different ages, sometimes it can work.
ames, I really think that is the most correct way to write it in a formal writing.
kapusta, not happy about what? Oh, I just went back to reread, you’re talking about this kid? I’m not very happy about it either. I wish I could do something I just don’t know what.
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AOB, thanks! I’ll see what I can do.
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does she respect any part of frumkeit? 🙂 maybe appeal to a different part of her and go to a nursing home or something with her if shes the type… lots of people do it and really enjoy it. (is it a she or a he?) I wish you luck with this one, its not easy 🙂
anonymisss: good luck! keep us updated 🙂
anonymisss I wish I had an idea for you, but maybe (this is a bad time for this, I know, and I apologize) but maybe you can show her that (normally) you are very happy being frum and wouldnt give it up to become happier. how old is she? the older she is, the easier it is 🙂
kapusta, firstly, it’s really nice that you took into consideration my current situation when answering. Thank you! By the way, today and yesterday were b”h good days. Secondly, I’m not sure I understand what you’re trying to say, “and wouldn’t give it up to become happier. What do you mean?
She’s sixteen.
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Yes, I know this is backwards of me. Kapusta, about respecting any part of frumkeit, she (not surprising) LOOOOOOOVES people who are nice. So the nursing home thing actually might appeal to her. It’s a really good idea that I will definitely explore. Thank you. Any other similar ideas will be greatly appreciated.
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question: what does visiting a nursing home have to do with being frum?
moish absolutely nothing, but its something people who are frum do, and people who are not frum may do, and if not that then at least they respect it. 🙂
anonymisss this is more of a “frum” thing but maybe something along the lines of a bnos group? 🙂
so what does this mean?
does she respect any part of frumkeit? 🙂 maybe appeal to a different part of her and go to a nursing home or something
ames: & i visit the most old ppl daily 😉
ames, you’re totally hilarious!!!! I literally LOLed at that line!
moish, it’s appealing to the “being a nice person” aspect. Not necessarily to being frum as in davening or keeping shabbos kind of things. I guess what I mean is more bein adam lachaveiro.
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ames: oh gosh, you really think the cr is full of senior citizens???
moish you should become a cake decorator, you pay attention to the nitty gritty. ok, it was just a poor choice of words. basically that helping is a basis of yiddishkeit, not to say that non frum/non jewish dont help or anything, but its one of the principles of Judaism. 🙂
ames: thanks 😉
but how is that more frum….? (like what moish01 was saying?)
not frum actually, maybe stronger bain adam lechavairo 🙂
ames, how old am i??
ames: then you must be very very young… 😉
kapusta: ok
in that case, with my 🙂 I must register as 3 or 4… 🙂
moish, I would say lately you’ve been acting about two!! lol, it’s a compliment. I’m scared to ask that question about myself!!!
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ames: so according to your theory, how old does that make me???
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