Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
WIY- I only wear makeup to simchas, for shabbos I just put on a bit of pencil and mascara. No more than that. Makeup damages the skin which makes you have to wear it to cover the damage… Why get stuck in the loop?
If you have her working for you on shabbos you can’t allow her to use hot water for the dishes, etc.
We had a similar situation in my neighborhood… there are a few houses in a row with driveways between them. The driveways are not shared- each house has its own. In one house the owner didn’t have a car, so the people who lived in the house next door always used both driveways near their house- their own and the other one. When someone else bought the house and did have a car there was a scuffle over who parks in the driveway… A private driveway, not shared.
I always read them. If it said “please see me” I interpreted that to mean get a good look at her next time she comes in to teach…
pba- we’d just blame it on always runs fast with scissors.
I sometimes reply to texts with prank texts like “Error 90083: The recipient’s inbox is full” Then I don’t have to answer.
Haifagirl- I agree with you about the annoying people part, but the calling McDonalds is funny… no harm done.
If you’re in college you’re probably eligible for Discover students card. You can see online your eligibility.
zahavasdad- while I never really spend more than $40 on a pair of shoes, I don’t think it’s that terrible if someone else spends $200. If that’s what they need to make them feel decent, so be it. As long as they really need those shoes, not just buying them BECAUSE they got the money from tzedaka anyhow.
I’m sorry. I phrased it wrong. I should have said highly improbable, not impossible. There are many other animals in the area, none of them have stripes- more spots. It’s improbable for two creatures from different lines that happen to look a bit similar to choose exactly the same method of hiding from predators on their own.
Lakewood Fellow- I’d like to hear an explanation from you about convergent evolution. Why are there both donkey zebras and horse zebras? According to standard evolution lines that should be impossible.
This isn’t really the right site for this… try imamother
superlamdon- in my school we took the bio regent in 12th grade instead of ninth. All evolution questions were censored out, and the other materials that other schools censored out is appropriate for 12th graders to learn.
MorahRach- Fargin is a very hard word to translate or else I would have used an English word. It means basically to allow them to have it with pleasure… I guess. I can’t translate it exactly.
Oh. I didn’t know that. I never went there, so whatever I know is hearsay. The camp that had the fire didn’t even fail surprise food inspection, which many camps fail for not having enough… It’s owned by totally different people than the camp with safety issues.
DaMoshe- by the way, even if you were talking about the other Skver camp, when they were asked to evacuate they went to Raleigh hotel. That’s not called not evacuating. This place passed fire inspection but it doesn’t look like it helped them much. If you look at the pictures on other news websites the fire was really bad. One three story building and two smaller ones burnt flat to the ground.
The scarves that Muslim women wear that covers their faces.
MorahRach- the fact that you didn’t buy yourself new things this year doesn’t take away from the fact that the poor people do need them. A person is supposed to struggle to remain financially independent, even so far as eating the same food on Shabbos as they do during the week. Once a person is already taking tzeddaka money though, they’re supposed to live on a normal lifestyle. I don’t know about where everyone else lives, but where I live the norm is for a child to have special Shabbos shoes. When I was younger I didn’t get new shoes frequently enough and that caused permanent damage to my feet. I don’t think other kids should have to go through that. Let’s fargin these people decent shoes…
DaMoshe- you’re mixing up two totally different things. This camp that has the fire is Camp Bnos Square, commonly known as Tomer Devorah camp. The camp that had the safety concerns previously was Camp Bnos Skver, not known by any other name. Tomer Devorah never failed fire safety inspection. It was inspected every summer and passed.
What proves NASI’s theory even further is that in Belz where it’s common for the girl to be older than the boy there are more older boys than older girls.
I used to babysit quite a bit. Based on my experience, good and bad, here’s my ten things:
1) Please prepare a list of instructions such as the kids bedtimes, and when the baby has to eat before I come. That way when I come over all you have to do is review the list with me and show me where the kids are before you leave.
2) If you don’t want me to raid your cabinets and help myself to whatever I want, prepare some snacks, drinks and plastic cups for me on the table. It can be a fifty cent snack, but it makes me feel welcome and comfortable.
3) Prepare an extra pacifier, baby bottle and formula on the counter. It’s hard to rummage through drawers while holding the baby with one hand trying to keep the other kids from waking up.
4) When you called me to babysit your kids, I agreed to babysit your kids. Not your kids and the five month old baby your sister drops off. I also didn’t agree to watch the neighbors kids over a baby monitor, and go into their apartment to check on them every half hour.
5) Let your kids know before I come over that a babysitter will be coming, and she will be here for a few hours. When a kid wakes up and sees me without expecting it, it can be very difficult on both of us.
6) Please make sure I have a way home. I can’t always arrange a way home when I’m not exactly sure when you’re coming home. If you or your husband can’t drive, call a car service that’s trustworthy.
7) Please give me a call when you’re on the way home. It’s very awkward when you walk in and I’m in the bathroom or have my things scattered across the table.
8) If you told me that the kids will be sleeping, try to have them all in bed when I come. I might have agreed knowing I can still study for my final tomorrow. I understand you can’t force them to fall asleep, but please try your best.
9) If one of your kids is sick, or needs special care please let me know on the phone before I agree to come over. That way I prepare my schedule accordingly.
10) Please let me know what I may or may not use in your house. This includes computer, phone, books, and anything else. I have babysat for people where I had to bring my own phone because they paid per minute on their landline. I didn’t mind because I was warned in advance.
Overall, most parents were a pleasure to deal with. If you want to hear my nightmare stories… let me know. I babysat enough to have plenty.
It was mentioned in a speech, not actually listed as a rule in the rule book. There’s a difference. Not that I think anyone should speak against it either…
ZD- That would be beyond stupid, because how can you enforce that?
I don’t know why everyone here seems to think that older singles are a modern invention. According to my great-grandmother there were always quite a few woman that never married.
Biology books will tell you about the importance of early brain developement…
nanny- I was in a sem where we had to have kosher phones. Maybe they were improved, but when I was there I was able to put a non-kosher sim in a kosher phone and text. My friends did the same. A lot of girls had two sim cards. Talk ‘n Save has phones with the stamp.
Or singing zzzzzzzzzz….. while frying and burning yourself…
You can get a kosher phone and stick in whatever sim card you want… then you’ll have text.
Someone told my sister “I subbed your sister yesterday. I knew I could expect a smart kid. When I walked into class and saw this gorgeous blonde girl… I was shocked!” Hows that for a compliment?
just a member- ultimateskier said to learn megilas rus. That’s in ksuvim- torah shebichsav. Totally lichatchila.
WIY- No need to duck. There’s no rational gain from throwing things. π
I see I was right… Ken Zayn- there are small spools, large spools and commercial spools. Which spool do you think this thread is on?
I’ll bet at least four
I would suggest opening a mikraos gedolos and digging in….
Sam2- it has to do with what type of memory you have. If you have a strong visual memory, you can probably pass a pin test without much difficulty. I used think it was cheating for me to study, because when I studied I retained an image of my notes in my head, and would read them during the test. It took a lot of time for people to convince me that there’s nothing wrong with memorizing the image of the notes…
Someone could really make an app that tests you on that… Stick a pin in a virtual shas and it gives you a random daf, and offers you a choice of four words that can be there. It shouldn’t be too hard to make.
Do what I did- change my nickname when I decided I didn’t like my old one.
Yups! Was really cute. I was wondering if you’d spell my name right, because a lot of people get it wrong. I guess you figured it out…
Torah- if you know my name you can just email me… my email address is my legal name @gmail.com
jbaldy22- kosherphones there cost pennies. Also, the other point I was trying to bring out is that it’s very different not to have a smartphone when even if you had one there would be no one for you to text…
I’m so curious!!
Torah- on of my friends asked my if I’m Gamanit a while ago because of my post about gebrokts… She said that post was so your type- did you by any chance write it? She was the only one that guessed before she knew that I went by this screen name.
My cousin that lives in Israel has a kosherphone, because in Israel they’re cheaper. She said that all her friends have kosherphones, so either way she has no one to text or email. Having a smartphone when no one else you know has one sort of takes away the point.
I named my doll Esty because it’s the prettiest name!
keep their hair short or gathered. Warn them not to use other peoples hair brushes or accessories.
I’m not sure if this story comes in here, but it’s a cute story so I’ll repeat it. When my sister was four years old, my seven year old brother asked me why we can’t see Hashem. My four year old sister piped up “Let’s say you would be able to see Hashem, and you would want to see the oven. You wouldn’t be able to see it, because Hashem is all over…”
There is actually an opinion, I don’t remember who I heard this from, that rich people should davka buy expensive things. Like that they won’t be stingy with what they give to the poor. Going with your example of the Gucci bag. If a wealthy woman has a $10 bag, and a poor woman wants $20 to buy a bag, she’ll say here’s $5- you should be able to get something decent. Whereas now she might say here’s fifty- get a wallet to go with it.