Prime example of why I hate other parents...

"Nan" wrote in message
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On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:36:45 -0500, "Tori M"
wrote:


Lyn is a Childfree Wannabe. She calls the rest of us Breeder Cows.
She's Perfect because she adopted a child and doesn't let him eat in
public because she thinks children in restaurants are the nth level of
Hell.

LOL And sometimes it can be. What most people do not understand is the
parent with the screaming kid is praying that the wait staff will bring
the
check RIGHT NOW. We get out of the habit of all eating at the table from
time to time, and when we do the kids do awful eating out. The more we
eat
at the table the better they do eating out.

Yeah, the way I see it, there are family restaurants. If someone
doesn't want to deal with noisy kids, then stay home.

Nan

I will never forget getting a hairy eyeball for nursing my baby in a
*Friendly's* for heaven's sake. Come on! No one goes there for the cusisine!

Nope you go to friendlys for the free Happy Ending Sunday But man you
could split the meals between 2 people and still be stuffed.

I miss Friendlys we do not have them in Wisconsin.

Tori
I will never forget getting a hairy eyeball for nursing my baby in a
*Friendly's* for heaven's sake. Come on! No one goes there for the
cusisine!

On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:18:49 GMT, "StephanieTheGoofy"
wrote:


"Nan" wrote in message
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On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:36:45 -0500, "Tori M"
wrote:


Lyn is a Childfree Wannabe. She calls the rest of us Breeder Cows.
She's Perfect because she adopted a child and doesn't let him eat in
public because she thinks children in restaurants are the nth level of
Hell.

LOL And sometimes it can be. What most people do not understand is the
parent with the screaming kid is praying that the wait staff will bring
the
check RIGHT NOW. We get out of the habit of all eating at the table from
time to time, and when we do the kids do awful eating out. The more we
eat
at the table the better they do eating out.

Yeah, the way I see it, there are family restaurants. If someone
doesn't want to deal with noisy kids, then stay home.

Nan

I will never forget getting a hairy eyeball for nursing my baby in a
*Friendly's* for heaven's sake. Come on! No one goes there for the cusisine!

No doubt!

Nan

I don't know if the waiter had lost a bet or what, but one night we were at
Dixie Cafe (a definite family-style restaurant) and every single table in
one section had a child below the age of 3, many of them with older
preschoolers as well-and this was a section which was sort of separated from
the main seating area. Actually, it sort of reminded me of
smoking/non-smoking, except that it was more like "crying/non-crying". And
it was great! No glares about toddlers being toddlers, sure there was some
fussiness at various times, but every family knew that they could be next,
so no problems there, breastfeeding perfectly fine, and lots of toddlers
entertaining each other between tables.

Meanwhile, in the other section, the other diners were pretty well separated
from baby/toddler land, so presumably they could enjoy their meal, too.


--
Donna DeVore Metler
Orff Music Specialist/Kindermusik
Mother to Angel Brian Anthony 1/1/2002, 22 weeks, severe PE/HELLP
And Allison Joy, 11/25/04 (35 weeks, PIH, Pre-term labor)

Seems to me that the girl is going to get whatever the animal has
whether they kill it or not, so what's the point of killing it I
wonder. Is it just so they can test it for rabies? Won't that be
apparent eventually anyway? Like I said before, the animal may be dead
now, but that won't change the outcome of the girl, will it???





0tterbot wrote:
"L." wrote in message
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Five animals die needlessly because someone can't control their brat.
They should have made the brat's parents pay for the euthanization and
replacement of the animals. This is totally ridiculous. Nine years old
is old enough to know better.
-L.

***paste***


http://www.twincities.com/mld/twinci...s/15199813.htm

The five meerkats euthanized Thursday at the Minnesota Zoo tested
negative this morning for rabies, two days after one of them bit a
child
who reached into their exhibit.

i'm curious as to why you "hate" other parents (what, all of them? including
me? ;-) because the zoo's policy is moronic & the child is at fault?

the zoo is at fault here as well, (twice). i don't like zoos. i don't mind
most parents, though. it's not clear to me how this incident would lead to
parent-hating, unless it's just something you like to do, in which case
finding more "reasons" is probably a bit redundant.
?
kylie

"Donna Metler" wrote in message
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I don't know if the waiter had lost a bet or what, but one night we were
at
Dixie Cafe (a definite family-style restaurant) and every single table in
one section had a child below the age of 3, many of them with older
preschoolers as well-and this was a section which was sort of separated
from
the main seating area. Actually, it sort of reminded me of
smoking/non-smoking, except that it was more like "crying/non-crying". And
it was great! No glares about toddlers being toddlers, sure there was some
fussiness at various times, but every family knew that they could be next,
so no problems there, breastfeeding perfectly fine, and lots of toddlers
entertaining each other between tables.

Meanwhile, in the other section, the other diners were pretty well
separated
from baby/toddler land, so presumably they could enjoy their meal, too.


--
Donna DeVore Metler

I have had this happen too .. but it really bugs me. It's too "back of the
bus" for me. If I feel as though the seat we are shown isn't appropriate
for some reason (it seems that I always end up getting seated right under
the a/c or under a speaker. I have a hearing issue and neither one works for
me) I'll look around and request to be seated in the most appropriate
place.

Tori M wrote:
Nope you go to friendlys for the free Happy Ending Sunday But man you
could split the meals between 2 people and still be stuffed.

Okay. I need to ask. I don't watch TV, so I don't see the ads; and I
keep kosher, so I don't eat at Fridays.

They don't *really* have a *Happy Ending* sundae, do they? Do they,
ummmmm, ahhhhh, know what a "happy ending" in the adult world?

Barbara (with an admittedly dirty mind)

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"Donna Metler" wrote in message
news
I don't know if the waiter had lost a bet or what, but one night we were
at
Dixie Cafe (a definite family-style restaurant) and every single table in
one section had a child below the age of 3, many of them with older
preschoolers as well-and this was a section which was sort of separated
from
the main seating area. Actually, it sort of reminded me of
smoking/non-smoking, except that it was more like "crying/non-crying". And
it was great! No glares about toddlers being toddlers, sure there was some
fussiness at various times, but every family knew that they could be next,
so no problems there, breastfeeding perfectly fine, and lots of toddlers
entertaining each other between tables.

Meanwhile, in the other section, the other diners were pretty well
separated
from baby/toddler land, so presumably they could enjoy their meal, too.


--
Donna DeVore Metler

I have had this happen too .. but it really bugs me. It's too "back of the
bus" for me. If I feel as though the seat we are shown isn't appropriate
for some reason (it seems that I always end up getting seated right under
the a/c or under a speaker. I have a hearing issue and neither one works for
me) I'll look around and request to be seated in the most appropriate
place.



Same here. I've been seated in an obvious kiddie ghetto area even with just a
10 year old. I request a different area.

Banty


--

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5222154.stm

On 10 Aug 2006 13:11:08 -0700, lkfraley wrote:
Seems to me that the girl is going to get whatever the animal has
whether they kill it or not, so what's the point of killing it I
wonder. Is it just so they can test it for rabies?

They need to kill the animal because the test for rabies involves
dissecting the brain.


Won't that be
apparent eventually anyway? Like I said before, the animal may be dead
now, but that won't change the outcome of the girl, will it???



The meerkats would eventually show signs of rabies. The problem
is that the disease would have had more time to establish itself
in the kid, making recovery less of a possibility for her.

- Rich

"Barbara" wrote in message
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Tori M wrote:
Nope you go to friendlys for the free Happy Ending Sunday But man you
could split the meals between 2 people and still be stuffed.

Okay. I need to ask. I don't watch TV, so I don't see the ads; and I
keep kosher, so I don't eat at Fridays.

They don't *really* have a *Happy Ending* sundae, do they? Do they,
ummmmm, ahhhhh, know what a "happy ending" in the adult world?

LOL the Resteraunt has been around longer than that expression has been used
for that :P
Friendlys is a little more upscale than Mc Donalds but not as high as say
Fridays
Tori