Also a lot of it is really just the dynamics of the building -- hollow walls etc., sound really carries. Floor is also creaky. They apparently had an ongoing feud with the couple who lived there before.
― Kooki-Wan Tanooki (Hurting 2), Monday, 1 December 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link
(lived in our place before)
i don't think it's worth it tbh, since you mentioned they are generally rude as well. from now on i really think that every time they come up to complain you just say " "I'm done talking to you now, have a good night" and shut the door like you did with their teenager
― marcos, Monday, 1 December 2014 19:17 (nine years ago) link
the good part of me says invite the people up, meet your kid, give them a gift (I probably stole this idea from ilx)
the normal side of me says "this too shall pass", yelling at you is annoying but it doesn't "mean anything"
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 1 December 2014 19:20 (nine years ago) link
Def not inviting them up at this point -- too much bad feeling already, but I thought about going down and trying to have a civil conversation with them at least. The irony is that a few months after we first moved in was K's 2nd bday party and we left them a note about the noise, and they actually wrote a note back thanking us for our civil communication or something like that. But they have never once communicated civilly to us (other than that reply note), they just bang on the ceiling or send their idiot son up.
― Kooki-Wan Tanooki (Hurting 2), Monday, 1 December 2014 19:22 (nine years ago) link
if there's anything that quiets a baby its loud banging coming from the floor amirite
― Οὖτις, Monday, 1 December 2014 19:26 (nine years ago) link
BTW haven't said so yet, but we have another one on the way so they are in for a treat ;)
― Kooki-Wan Tanooki (Hurting 2), Monday, 1 December 2014 19:27 (nine years ago) link
(said so on ILX)
well toddler I guess in K's case
xp
― Οὖτις, Monday, 1 December 2014 19:27 (nine years ago) link
congrats hurting! we have one coming next year too, in april
― marcos, Monday, 1 December 2014 19:31 (nine years ago) link
Congrats!
― pplains, Monday, 1 December 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link
congrats marcos!
― Kooki-Wan Tanooki (Hurting 2), Monday, 1 December 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link
Ilxors doin it, I love it
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 1 December 2014 20:37 (nine years ago) link
Hey awesome you two! Congratulations!!
― carl agatha, Monday, 1 December 2014 20:59 (nine years ago) link
And I would bet if you tried to talk to the neighbors about their son, they would just get really defensive, like how dare you defame our beloved boy. I might have to have the conversation anyway but I'm pretty direct with neighbors about that kind of stuff, for better or worse.
― carl agatha, Monday, 1 December 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link
I just feel this very old-fashioned old man feeling welling up in me, like "somebody needs to teach that kid some respect"
― Kooki-Wan Tanooki (Hurting 2), Monday, 1 December 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
hire him as a babysitter, see how he likes it
― Οὖτις, Monday, 1 December 2014 21:10 (nine years ago) link
so my wife just got back from a visit with an old friend of hers who had a new baby and now I have been made aware that this exists: http://praisebaby.spinshop.com/
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 20:41 (nine years ago) link
Gross.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 20:48 (nine years ago) link
BORN TO WORSHIP
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 20:55 (nine years ago) link
yeah they're god-i-ness is a bit of a sore spot
How is this any grosser than any of your other standard "manger babies" type merchandise?
― pplains, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 21:22 (nine years ago) link
R.I.P. Brittany Murphy
― american tail/american pie (how's life), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 21:27 (nine years ago) link
I look forward to Shakey's officious updates.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 21:33 (nine years ago) link
Although I find that stuff weird, my daughter's Jewish preschool get's a lot more god-y than I was expecting too, it's kind of weird having her coming home talking about "adonai" and "neshama" and saying blessings given that we're more or less atheistic. But I figure we'll explain when she's older.
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 21:39 (nine years ago) link
― pplains, Tuesday, January 20, 2015 9:22 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This is actually real?
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 21:40 (nine years ago) link
I wish!
― pplains, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 21:56 (nine years ago) link
I like you and your husband, but I question your decision to leave your 8 yo with a history of behavioral problems (incl repeatedly threatening to murder family members and classmates) at home by himself while you take your younger child to the library.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 17:14 (nine years ago) link
That's actually illegal in some states I think, there are often minimum ages to be home alone.
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 17:15 (nine years ago) link
In Maryland it's 8, but we didn't let our kid stay home alone until he was 10.
― american tail/american pie (how's life), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 17:21 (nine years ago) link
So many states with no minimum: http://www.latchkey-kids.com/latchkey-kids-age-limits.htm
My state's included in the "none" column. Here's how we define it: "Leaving the juvenile alone when the juvenile is too young to care for himself…" I've known 17-year-olds who would've fit that description.
Minimum age in Kansas is six. Why even make a law, Kansas?
― pplains, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 19:00 (nine years ago) link
Six only if a firearm is present, eight otherwise, iirc.
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 19:03 (nine years ago) link
6? Jesus christ.
― american tail/american pie (how's life), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 19:04 (nine years ago) link
parents who insist on going outside for a morning run when it's 5 degrees out and roll their freezing children in a jogger stroller, i judge thee. your kids are not warming up. they are not exercising like you are. they are fucking cold.
― marcos, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 19:10 (nine years ago) link
Illinois is 14???? Shit, we're probably going to break that law.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 19:10 (nine years ago) link
xpost, just bundle them up in one of those stroller sleeping bags and put a windshield on the stroller, they'll be find. Toughens them up.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 19:12 (nine years ago) link
14! my parents definitely should be in prison.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 19:12 (nine years ago) link
parents who insist on going outside for a morning run when it's 5 degrees out and roll their freezing children in a jogger stroller, i judge thee. your kids are not warming up. they are not exercising like you are. they are fucking cold.― marcos, Wednesday, January 21, 2015 2:10 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― marcos, Wednesday, January 21, 2015 2:10 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21537988
― american tail/american pie (how's life), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 19:15 (nine years ago) link
Delaware recommends 12, although there's no law, which is good because I was letting myself into our apartment after school when I was ten.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 19:16 (nine years ago) link
hah here in France there's no legal age, and I see lots of kids ages 8 and younger going around town alone, to/fro school, even riding public trans.
― droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 19:18 (nine years ago) link
back in Illinois I suspect we have taken liberties though. 14! that's nuts.
― droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 19:19 (nine years ago) link
In Maryland though, there's a current thing where some parents are under investigation for letting their kids walk home together.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/maryland-couple-want-free-range-kids-but-not-all-do/2015/01/14/d406c0be-9c0f-11e4-bcfb-059ec7a93ddc_story.html
― american tail/american pie (how's life), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 19:23 (nine years ago) link
kids are probably all drunk on fine wine too
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 19:27 (nine years ago) link
man have I told you about school lunches here?
― droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 19:32 (nine years ago) link
all stinky cheese and foie gras I assume
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 19:33 (nine years ago) link
yes on former; don't think they've had foie gras yet. but it's four courses every day: entrée, main dish, dairy, and dessert. and they get 2 hours for lunch (including a recess). in the USA they get 15 minutes, no joke. which is all you need to scarf down your corn dog I guess.
― droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 19:37 (nine years ago) link
15 minutes? my kid gets an hour
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 20:22 (nine years ago) link
We get half an hour lunch, half an hour recess. The 1/2 hour recess is insufficient, imo.
― american tail/american pie (how's life), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 20:24 (nine years ago) link
Doesn't school get out late in France though?
― badg, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 20:30 (nine years ago) link
my little one gets out at 4:30pm each day, whereas yeah in the usa it was 2:30pm. still 15 minutes is horrible.
― droit au butt (Euler), Thursday, 22 January 2015 11:04 (nine years ago) link