OT: General OT Thread [NO POLITICS OR RELIGION]

[trwi7]

Can't wait for the kids to start walking themselves to school

Was doing this in kindergarten.

Uphill both ways and through the snow I presume. You can say this sort of stuff now.

There was one tiny hill on the way and lots of snow.

[humanrefutation]

Taking the bus to school >>> Walking to school.

Some of my favorite school memories came riding the city and school bus.

[trwi7]

Taking the bus to school >>> Walking to school.

Some of my favorite school memories came riding the city and school bus.

Bus wasn't available from me from K-4 or in high school. And riding the bus in 5th-8th grade sucked. First picked up and last dropped off so my day was basically 8-5 either being at school or being on the bus going to or getting back from school.

[humanrefutation]

Taking the bus to school >>> Walking to school.

Some of my favorite school memories came riding the city and school bus.

Bus wasn't available from me from K-4 or in high school.

Really? Where did you go to school? Was it because you lived too close?

[trwi7]

Taking the bus to school >>> Walking to school.

Some of my favorite school memories came riding the city and school bus.

Bus wasn't available from me from K-4 or in high school.

Really? Where did you go to school? Was it because you lived too close?

I lived right down the street in K-4 so I was too close then. I lived 1.5 miles away in high school and they said that was too close but there were kids who lived closer to the school than I did and they could take the bus. It was weird and dumb.

[humanrefutation]

Day care is one of those things that I didn't realize was such a massive expense until all my friends and family started having kids. It's especially ridiculous when I hear horror stories of flaky places that will cancel care on days and parents just have to deal with it.

Yeah, same here. When I moved back to Madison, I talked to a lot of my coworkers about the issues they had finding daycare for their kids. The best places - those with good reputations and quality facilities - have waiting lists and are extraordinarily expensive. It blew my mind how much of a challenge it was.

[humanrefutation]

Bus wasn't available from me from K-4 or in high school.

Really? Where did you go to school? Was it because you lived too close?

I lived right down the street in K-4 so I was too close then. I lived 1.5 miles away in high school and they said that was too close but there were kids who lived closer to the school than I did and they could take the bus. It was weird and dumb.

Ah. I experienced walking and getting driven to school, but going by bus in high school was fun. I had about a half hour ride in my first couple years in high school, and met many of my closest friends on the bus. When we moved to Oak Creek when I was a Junior, I had about a 75 minute ride. The 5:30AM wake up sucked then, but once I got on the bus, the longer rides weren't too bad - just pop in headphones with my dope CD player and take a nap.

[Bucksfan28]

While we're on outrageous child-related costs, I couldn't believe when I saw the price of adoption.

[HaroldinGMinor]

I lived four blocks from grade school, 3/4 mile from middle school, and 5 blocks from high school. What's a bus.

[AussieBuck]

Fractured my ankle playing basketball, wife wants me to retire. Got to say injuries certainly don't heal the same when you're 38 as they do when your 18 or 28.

For fun/comparison, what's the recovery time slated at? I broke mine at I think 13 or 14 and I was in a walking shoe/boot for 3 weeks and took a week or 2 of therapy just to get used to walking on it again. I think it was hairline and they were being overly cautious with it.

Almost at 3 weeks, still can't stand on it, getting old sucks

[Kerb Hohl]

Day care is one of those things that I didn't realize was such a massive expense until all my friends and family started having kids. It's especially ridiculous when I hear horror stories of flaky places that will cancel care on days and parents just have to deal with it.

Yeah, same here. When I moved back to Madison, I talked to a lot of my coworkers about the issues they had finding daycare for their kids. The best places - those with good reputations and quality facilities - have waiting lists and are extraordinarily expensive. It blew my mind how much of a challenge it was.

Yeah, the more stable setups are at the daycare centers which you mentioned are more expensive.

I do understand it though. Other than maybe our provider telling us a week earlier or something (we had a friend we had referred to her had found out earlier because she told future clients earlier) I really can’t complain. It sucks for the consumer but it’s also her livelihood and she does a great job.

Some of the centers are probably jacked up in price but a single provider in a large metro area generally makes decent, not huge money IF they can remain fully occupied ($50-80k)...man, for what they provide, they are underpaid even if that is a decent living wage and some providers can probably push over $100k if they take 7+ kids.

Back to our situation which started this all...as some suspected, the kid was told by his current provider and already somewhat open/excited to the idea of somewhere new and we have something potentially lined up...but then after he got time to think he randomly broke down crying late tonight telling us he didn’t want to go away from his current daycare and doesn’t want her to move.

Again, this is a minor as hell problem and the kid will forget it and be fine but those moments as a parent still tear you apart.

[stellation]

Fractured my ankle playing basketball, wife wants me to retire. Got to say injuries certainly don't heal the same when you're 38 as they do when your 18 or 28.

For fun/comparison, what's the recovery time slated at? I broke mine at I think 13 or 14 and I was in a walking shoe/boot for 3 weeks and took a week or 2 of therapy just to get used to walking on it again. I think it was hairline and they were being overly cautious with it.

Almost at 3 weeks, still can't stand on it, getting old sucks

You're like tissue paper. I thought Jesse Hogan had left Melbourne.

[emunney]

At some point you just have to power through and endure. I mean walk on that broken ankle, man, you're not a horse.

[trwi7]

I once stubbed my toe and only cried for 30 minutes and managed to walk on it a week later.

[ReasonablySober]

When I tore my ACL, my doc misdiagnosed it after I drove to the hospital. Hobbled on it for a week. Then I got up from a chair the next Saturday and felt what seemed like every last thing ripping apart at the knee. Went back to the same hospital but saw a difference guy and it took him 15 seconds to be like yea your knee is ****. And it was!

[AussieBuck]

At some point you just have to power through and endure. I mean walk on that broken ankle, man, you're not a horse.

Counter point: horse has way more spare legs to use. I'm just some bipedal sucker.

[Mags FTW]

Uber rides are like Chatroulette IRL without the nudity.

[Mags FTW]

Every hotel A/C unit sounds like it's powered by a nuclear reactor.

[trwi7]

Every hotel A/C unit sounds like it's powered by a nuclear reactor.

They do keep a room nice and cold though.

[MickeyDavis]

Every hotel A/C unit sounds like it's powered by a nuclear reactor.

Hell yeah. I've been in 6 hotels over the past 9 days. Very nice places, all have the super loud AC.