February 2014 Moms

FFFC????

Dig deep people, you must have something to confess? And if you've waited all this time to admit it, it's probably pretty good 
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Re: FFFC????

  • danaadell said:

    I'm from J14 but there is no action there (everyone left to fb) so I'm joining y'all if that's ok. My baby was born February 7.

    I've blamed 2 farts on the baby this morning and dh is totally believing me.

    Welcome! And I seriously LOL'd at your confession.
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  • MissDemeanorMissDemeanor member
    edited November 2014
    As mentioned in the randoms thread... I just snagged my bathing suit on the velcro of BF's shorts. Have done that in the past. I hate ruining expensive bikini's this way.

    I don't think I've had sex in the past year, without F14 going through my mind at least once for some reason or an other.
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  • Jeez how exclusive is the J14 fb group? Are you ladies relatively new or something?

    And if you aren't, why weren't you invited along?


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  • Dude, @Mevaroo‌, that sucks.

    Can you talk to him about it? That isn't fair. I'm not always big on everything needs to be super fair and equal and I think that's uncool.


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  • I think when states call for aid for emergencies, it should be for unforseen events. A dam fails and causes flooding - worthy of state and national aid. A 6.5+ earthquake, tsunami hits and the warning systems failed, all worthy of state and federal aid. Oakland Raiders winning or loseing is not a state emergency.

    A predicted huge storm causes about the predicted result but the municipalities don't prepair properly doesn't qualify. That's on the residents and the municipality to work together and resolve it.
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  • Also there are reasons some people can't leave promptly in an emergency, varying from mental health to physical disability to economic circumstance...

    Sense. You make too much sense.
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  • Also there are reasons some people can't leave promptly in an emergency, varying from mental health to physical disability to economic circumstance...

    Sense. You make too much sense.
    False. They should be prepaired for anything.
    Well, not anything. Apparently earthquakes are special snowflakes. I wonder about wild fires? Tornado (which they can predict that conditions are right for those, so those people are probably out of luck? Drought?
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  • What happens when there are not enough first responders? Or when the first responders need a break? I mean, isn't that what emergency aid is there for? It's not because my volunteer fire dept. decided not to show up one day. It's because they all showed up for days on end and were making no headway -- same with the highway dept and the police and the troopers and the paramedics. My community has all of those things -- they're prepared for emergencies, but natural disasters require more. 
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  • During thr SF '89 earthquake, many of the communities cleaned up without being paid. They worked together, and donated resources to make it work. The fire departments were never paid in my area because their was no money.

    The resent snow storm that caused so much drama was predicted to be worse then what happened. So why then was it not managed according it the worse case posabilty. If it going to snow 100 inches in such a short amount of time (the predicted amount), there needs to be plans made for that. Why were there not crews put on standby to plow constantly on the major roads? Why was not extra equipment brought in to bolster the normal fleet of snow removal equipment? Why were those who needed extra assistance (physical and mentally) not given preventaive help? Why was there no community resource sharing plan made and published? Why was there no place to go for those who houses could not take the amount of weight that would be added from the snow? Before the storm hit, did anyone in charge think where the snow would go? It's not like melted snow just waits around for some to decide what to do.

    I'm not taking about budget (because you can't budget mother nature), I'm talking about basic humanity. Everyone needs to stay dry, warm enough, feed and with sanitation. The not about being comfortable at home. The whole situation was handled so poorly it's rediclous. The residents got the short end of the stick. Here when it snows like that, the residents themselves shovel a car path on the highways to make sure it's servicable. When it snows badly, most people go to one home and share resources. Those who are older and not most there (like Mr pork and beans) are not given a choice, but forcibly moved to the fire station. For those on got assistance, the stores give a box with basics that will help them through the storm. We just had 3 ft drop over night. Everyone rallied together and check in on each other, made sure everyone had food and enough firewood. A fleet of volunteers shoveled and plowed the main roads and anyone who requested it. No 36 inches does not compared to the predicted 100 inches. But the actions would be the same up here if it were 3 ft or 100 inches, just to a different extent.



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  • personally, I'm extremely impressed that Bangsgiving lasted a whole hour.  Afternoon delight in this house did not. My FFFC is that i'm ok with that. Sadly, I spent half of it wondering when it would be over. 

    my shift key is broken, don't judge me.
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  • Day after confession: we have two high chairs because of child care. On days off we just don't bother cleaning them till they're both dirty. You may see that in my IG photos X_X
    Guilty as well! 
  • I have lived in a high rise apartment for 5 years. We still knew our neighbors. I knew exactly who I could call at a moments notice and trust them. No it was not every neighbor, but we purposely could name 4 in the event sometime happened. Living in a city is not an excuse from not being prepared. The cities and it's residents had warning a major storm was coming. The resent storm was exspected to be bad because of thr lake effect. The was why it was predicted to be 100 inches. Those in charge knew of these weather patterns, yet were unprepared for the worst case senerio, never mind the lesser reality.

    In response to shoveling the highway. In our area we shovel the roads to the fire station and life flight. We don't assume the road crews will get to it before someone needs it. We all hope the road crews will meet us, but never assume. They have hundreds of highway miles to clean, why risk our residents lives on a hope?

    All emergency personal are underpaid and overworked. But it doesn't mean residents can't strap up and make their lives significantly easier by doing their part. When it's bad here, people willingly syphon gas for the plow equipment. They don't get paid back for the 100 gallon tank that was emptied. They do it for the greater good. Everyone pitches together to resolve the situation. Stranger, best friend, everyone stops thinking about their personal needs and looks for the collective need.

    It's unfortunate those willing to help died from their unprepared efforts. But WHY were they unprepaired? Why were people not taking turns shoveling the vital pathways?

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  • courtls22courtls22 member
    edited November 2014
    @FlyingToast

    How were people supposed to organize taking turns to shovel vital roadways?  Should everyone have one of those telephone trees with a list of people to call in case of 100" of snow? 

    Your argument doesn't make any sense.  Also, I'm glad you knew of 4 neighbors you could trust when you lived in a city but that is not practical.  I live in a rural community and absolutely would not trust ONE neighbor to watch my LO in a situation like this so I could go do my part in shoveling.  

    What plan do you have that they could have implemented to be better prepared? 


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    Well, damn, the NBA should have been shoveling too. 

    LOL
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  • I'm really enjoying myself now.
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    I can't stop watching this!

     

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  • @Bookshelves‌
    Thanks for the laugh!


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  • Bummer, I really want to see it. @greenbunny79

     

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