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I get that, and I am really sorry. That is a bit different though (and more than a bit creepy, I must say). I try very hard not to make personal references about people I know on here even though I will mention that I know them. Can you ask the mods to block him til he stops? weird
so did I. But I am guessing this was his response to the poster who insinuated he was too young to comment on something in that thread. (right?)
It seems to me that those little kids with the squeaky voices are always begging to come sing for us. Hows a bout we charge them this year. They can pay us $1 per song or a flat rate of $25 per show. It will be much easier to sit thru that tumult if I know there’s a treadmill on the other side.
jf – I disagree. (unless you say, “Oh, I can’t believe you’re so-and-so, I live two doors east of you”)
There are people who I have figured out because they gave info that only would mean something to someone who was there, and I was there. You have mentioned enough info for me to assume I might have known your grandparents but I still don’t know who you are, and I don’t think finding out would tell me who your friends are.
I would wear stilettos but they don’t look right with my sweat socks.
If you want to disregard something you don’t understand, at least be willing to admit it. I grew up in a place where we put down everything other frum people did that we didn’t do, because we KNEW they were foolish, wrong, crazy or whatever. Maybe you just don’t know the reason and you should try, respectfully, to get an answer. Try it, it’s a good lesson for life. Not everything you never heard of is a falsehood. Not everything you don’t understand is foolish.
eclipse – Just to clarify, I was commenting on the concept, not the poster. Also, I have that same phenomenon. When I am sleep deprived and manage to go to sleep early (for catch-up sake) I almost always get woken up during the night and nothing was gained.
I actually thought it was a great idea. I just meant that you would have to be prepared in case there is that rare, hardly ever seen, unkind poster who may have a mildly to moderately critical view of whatever you are advertising, not that it would ever happen. I am way too sensitive to risk it, but many aren’t.
I like your ideas, feel free to keep sharing.
I believe Hashem often “wastes” the time of those He feels aren’t using it well.
I don’t see what the issue is with losing anonymity by choice. Not everyone has need nor reason to be anonymous. It is the one’s who give away details but think they haven’t who run the risk of being stalked.
What you WILL be risking is nasty, condescending remarks about your business from bored people who hadn’t even heard of it til you posted. I may not be strong enough for that.
yup
sharp – exactly! But some peopleare too arrogent to admit they were wrong, even to themselves. Even when the facts slap them in the face they will tell you you are a pathetic parent in denial who can’t fathom their gadlus. As they continue hurting more and more children/parents.
Goq – I have that slurpee ready (diet coke). Are you the one who takes in the mail at your work? When they receive a slurpee adressed to ‘Goq’ will they know who to give it to? Otherwise just give me a number and I’ll fax it 🙂
Squeak – thanks for your sensitivity. My kids don’t like lollipops.
The slurpee comment was directed at me, the Corey comment wasn’t an insult, it was the name of another poster who was mean to Goq (IIRC) and the proper response would have been, ” sorry Goq”
NOT SUBTLE MUSSER
stanley – seriously? You’re gonna be obnoxious to Goq? What kind of poster are you?
I takes lots and lots of practice to condition yourself. Just like Baal Boose’s mashal. Every time those thought pop in, shove them over with a funny scene from a high school play. Have something picked out and ready and be consistent. It will take lots of persistence but it really works!
I find myself in that same dilemma when I am driving alone and see a man who needs a ride.
eclipse – I am guessing you mean he is giving the man/men time to catch on and change their ways? But children are being hurt while people throw roses. Why does this make me so angry that forgiveness isn’t an option? I am not like that generally. I have accepted illness, death, tragedy and poverty with no complaints to Hashem and no questions. Why does this eat me up? I can’t believe it is that I am questioning Hashem’s justice or wondering why good people suffer. I have never been that way. I would love to rid myself of this but I can’t seem to find the trigger yet.
Bingo! I have such a hard forgiving people who have not only hurt but damaged my children. And like someone mentioned, it is very hard to forgive people who will not admit they were wrong (or abusive), have no intentions of changing and are still hurting others.
I am trying to figure out just what it is that I can’t let go of so that maybe I can work on it. If it is just the pure injustice of it all, than perhaps that is a bitachon issue. I know I cannot stand watching them continue destroying young children while everyone hides their heads in the sand.
These pictures will stay with you but you have to work very hard on distracting yourself. Pick a plain thought or vision, such as your last birthday party, and decide to actively bring it to mind every time you find your mind “wandering”. You can’t really stop bad thoughts/images by closing your eyes, you have to actively replace them with something you chose in advance, and beg Hashem to make you successful. It will work! I promise!
toi – those pictures are really beautiful.
Being real – I would certainly want someone like you for my daughter. Not just because I cannot afford to support a boy in learning, but because 1) If the boy will eventually learn and work, I would like to see him do so to know he is capable. I can’t imagine it to be easy. 2) my daughter hopes to work in a professional field but my personal feeling is that children should not be raised by baby sitters. If she is the bread winner, it would be a given. 3) a boy working and learning means, to me, that he is more than just koveah itim. That is an important value to build a home with.
My personal thought is that I think there are frum girls out there in college because they have a desire to be professionals, and there are some girls who are in college because they are willing to be professionals if that is what it will take to build a bayis ne’eman.
I find the condescending attitudes much more troublesome than references to music. I also think that as much as most of the posters here live yeshivish lifestyles, anybody who is sincerely yeshivish would not be here at all.
for those who know (Ta)nach
I assumed only women would be here! I am duly impressed (and stand corrected). My faith in mankind has been restored.
Older Bachur in the parsha
parshas vayetzei, I assume?
Oh, I’m so glad! Sorry I didn’t chap – you do a great deadpan.
Actually the center of gravity is not about middle. The middle of a thing would usually refer to a spatial middle unless otherwise specified. Just curious, are you really this nit picky or are you just being tongue in cheek?
Torah – I think the middle of the knight is the belly button.
What did you have in mind for middle, jf?
That was kinda what I had in mind. I think of midnight as the middle of the night (for obvious reasons) and so I think of 11:30 as being in that “middle of the night” range. But I guess if you think in terms of someone who goes to sleep at 1 or so and wakes at 7, it wouldn’t be middle until about 4.
isn’t it?
By now its the middle of the night even in Vegas. You probably just can’t tell because of all the marquees.
So I told her that Popa would never agree to date her because she is fat
I had my daughter put on a few pounds for just that reason. She may be fat, but she’s safe.
Anything with feivish on it.
I think you are so funny mostly because so much of what you describe is taking place in my own house. I laughed until I cried at the Pesach columns, and then there was a tu bshvat column that compared trees to boys. The kids thought it was funny but not the parts I thought was funny, which made them think I was just loony tunes or something. But I was laughing so hard at one line that I could hardly breathe and now, anytime I laugh at something that my kids think I am over-responding to they will say to me, “and sometimes he eats a piece of fruit”.
I think you are so funny mostly because so much of what you describe is taking place in my own house. I laughed until I cried at the Pesach columns, and then there was a tu bshvat column that compared trees to boys. The kids thought it was funny but not the parts I thought was funny, which made them think I was just loony tunes or something. But I was laughing so hard at one line that I could hardly breathe and now, anytime I laugh at something that my kids think I am over-responding to they will say to me, “and sometimes he eats a piece of fruit”.
Thank you Ender, your post was not up when I posted.
morah – I don’t see why he would tell you that, it’s not wrong to do and it is your choice. It perpetuates the memory of the ancestor, it just isn’t their name. I’m pretty sure it’s in his book and I spoke to him about it as well. I davka wanted to give a name that gave the appearance of being after an ancestor but wasn’t.
I have read (im pretty sure it was in Rabbi Krohn’s bris book) that if you use names from two separate people, you haven’t really named after either one.
takahmamash – sorry for your loss 🙁
I wanted to be a mod but the editor has an issue with me so i didn’t bother asking. That being said, I probably wouldn’t have added to your subtitle either.
*smirk*
If only we would at least even greet people of the SAME gender instead of ignoring them and walking by!
if that’s your dream, try moving out of NY
My first song was the hatzoloh song on the suki and ding safety tape. And I didn’t even have any kids in the car. Go figure.
WIY
yup
I sometimes wonder if we are finally so steeped in garbage and so ignorant that just putting clothes on will be enough.
can we not get stuck in this sidebar just this once, I would hate for this thread to turn political. Please let us help them help their kids.
jewishfeminist – I agree. I was 19 when my 17 year old sister died and after that I never cried about anything because no other pain could compare. But I felt people’s pain tremendously, worked on myself, and changed dramatically. Oddly enough, after my mother died 8 years ago, I started crying about everyone’s pain and still do.
I wouldn’t say I’m a big slurpe fan, but we have an ice cream maker for Pesach that we have never used for ice cream. We use it to make slurpees out of pop.
BTW, Goq, how was your slurpee? I tried to buy one this morning but my crocs melted onto the pavement when I got out of the car so I never made it into the store.