25 Ways to Simplify Your Life with Kids - Page 2

monster · 03-30-2008, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Do you feel my assertion that, "But in Monster's house.

No, I just objected to the "house" bit. So limiting.

monster · 03-30-2008, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by skysidhe

you'd have an article no body would refute.

except Bruce. and for the others it would only be because they didn't dare..... :p

(thanks

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monster · 03-30-2008, 11:29 PM

It does simplify your life if you give your kids the same initials......right up until the point they compete/participate in the same events.

skysidhe · 03-31-2008, 09:36 AM

oh the irony. double edged and I am not bleeding. This is a first. I think I have become docile in my old age.

Don't let Bruce bother you. His funny and sardonic wit far outweighs ....that little edge.

classicman · 04-01-2008, 10:26 PM

As I told my kids since they're were young - "This is not a democracy, it's a dictatorship....and I'm the Dick!"

xoxoxoBruce · 04-01-2008, 11:00 PM

Make that, Big Dic.

binky · 04-02-2008, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

OK here's a tip for a simpler family life. Buy identical socks for all your kids. Pick a color they all like and go for it (suggest blue). No fighting over ownership, no matching task, only ever one odd sock at most......and no one ever sees socks anyway so they won't get teased about all wearing the same.

Hey! I was going to post that - my kids have all white socks, one with pink heels and toes, and one with grey, and it really does eliminate the mismatches

hampor · 04-09-2008, 02:17 PM

Costco has stifled my personal sock plan. They used to sell fourpacks in the same color. As soon as a sock gets a hole in the toe, it goes to the rag bin. Theoretically I would never havemore than one sock left over.

Now they sell fourpacks in four different colors.

Flint · 04-09-2008, 03:00 PM

Damn the big box stores and their unreliable sock vendors. Damn them to hell.

Sundae · 04-10-2008, 10:06 AM

My ex and I both used to wear the same socks - I got them from work and they had the company name on. No mis-matched socks for us!

Even when I moved back to London (10 years after we separated) I still had one lonely Dr Solomon's sock. I binned it in a ceremonious way. Funny that the last thing to survive a marriage would be a sock.

03-30-2008, 11:29 PM	#18
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	It does simplify your life if you give your kids the same initials......right up until the point they compete/participate in the same events. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-01-2008, 10:26 PM	#20
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	As I told my kids since they're were young - "This is not a democracy, it's a dictatorship....and I'm the Dick!" __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

04-01-2008, 11:00 PM	#21
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Make that, Big Dic. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-09-2008, 03:00 PM	#24
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Damn the big box stores and their unreliable sock vendors. Damn them to hell. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-10-2008, 10:06 AM	#25
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	My ex and I both used to wear the same socks - I got them from work and they had the company name on. No mis-matched socks for us! Even when I moved back to London (10 years after we separated) I still had one lonely Dr Solomon's sock. I binned it in a ceremonious way. Funny that the last thing to survive a marriage would be a sock. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

03-31-2008, 09:36 AM	#19
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	oh the irony. double edged and I am not bleeding. This is a first. I think I have become docile in my old age. Don't let Bruce bother you. His funny and sardonic wit far outweighs ....that little edge.

04-09-2008, 02:17 PM	#23
hampor Colloquialist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: SiliValley Posts: 75	Costco has stifled my personal sock plan. They used to sell fourpacks in the same color. As soon as a sock gets a hole in the toe, it goes to the rag bin. Theoretically I would never havemore than one sock left over. Now they sell fourpacks in four different colors.

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