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This car looked similar to airplane crashes I’ve seen where the plane didn’t catch fire. It broke apart into pieces. I doubt they stayed in the car. I can’t even guess how fast they were going, and they hit one of those big silver light poles.

Out of curiosity, who is responsible for picking up the bodies in this situation? A funeral home worker? Is there an actual job for this?

They family’s upset, and I get it, but I think anyone who’s seen the pictures from this crash could reasonably understand how a piece of bone might be overlooked.

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That’s brutal

No doubt. That said, choosing to live by the plants and suing over air quality is like moving to the beach and trying to sue someone over sunburns.

I would think it’s common sense. I’m sure some would move onto harder things, though.

It’s a rough job, and I understand why a lot of cops turn to alcohol. That said, it’s not hard to drink responsibly, either with a DD or at home. Cops, of all people, know exactly how bad drunk driving can turn out. It’s crazy to me they still do it.

I do think that if those junkies didn’t have to buy from people who sold heroin, a lot of them may have never started.

Ours hasn’t been great in Fannett. I’ve found boxes in the ditch next to the mailbox. Our new carrier is better. She’ll bring stuff down our 500 yd driveway and leave it on the porch.

Those professions definitely require a strong understanding of geometry. Could they pass on their knowledge of geometry to 25 16-year-olds of varying intelligence levels, with various learning disabilities, all while maintaining control of the classroom? And then do it 4 or 5 more times to their other classes? Could they do the computer work entailed with the job, for things like attendance, grades, and IEPs? Could they write lesson plans based on state standards, and help the students pass standardized testing? Would a carpenter or a pool shark have the ability to help those kids on a personal level when they’re struggling with their teenage problems and it affects their grades? It’s clear you don’t understand what a teacher’s four year degree entails, or what they’re expected to do daily.

Yeah, teachers have it worse than a lot of those professions. And the difference between the two is that teachers could do a lot of those jobs, but most of those workers couldn’t teach. I could adequately learn to do some of those jobs in a few days, several of them in 6 months, and ALL of them in the 4 years time it took me to earn my teaching degree (I don’t have the body to strip, admittedly). Things are a lot different than they were 30 years ago. The kids are worse, the parents are worse, and teachers can do a lot less about it. Students aren’t as smart and less inclined to try, and many are used to things being given to them for nothing. All the while, expectations for teachers are much higher than they once were. Then we have to deal with parents who have the same attitude you do, thinking we’re just babysitters. Many expect us to discipline their kids while not doing so at home, and don’t understand why their kids don’t listen at school. As for the Covid comment, there’s literally no profession outside of healthcare with a better chance of exposure than teaching. Kids are germ factories, and classrooms are cesspools, and extended exposure to sick kids is unavoidable. Teachers this year had to teach both in person AND online at the same time. That was a nightmare, and we didn’t get paid for all of that extra work. And for the hours comment, we work countless hours of OT every year, and during our summers, we’re just never paid for it. I’ve never been one to make a big deal about my salary because I do understand that my schedule is a benefit to the job. That said, your insistence on belittling the profession is absurd, and it’s highly doubtful you could do it, at least effectively. You might could do it as poorly as it appears you think most in the profession do.

You post a lot of stuff I agree with on here, but this might be the most ignorant post you’ve ever made.

Because the other stuff is a personal choice between adults that doesn’t infringe on other people’s rights. It’s kinda ridiculous that you keep grouping homosexuals and transsexuals with child rapists.

Kinda doubt it. They’d probably wear it as a badge of wokeness.

I went through the math with Realville. 8000 people die a day in the US. At its peak, the US was vaccinating 2M+ people a day. I’m not saying that none of those 5,000 reported deaths were do to the vaccine, but simple statistics shows that many (likely most) would be coincidental overlap, especially considering the amount of elderly and folks with preexisting conditions who were vaccinated.

I don’t think anyone on this site will argue the fact that I’m one of the more progressive folks on this forum. That said, this is absurd. I don’t care if a grown man wants to become a woman, and I don’t care what they do or do not do to their body to become one. I don’t care if they get married, or who they marry (as long as it’s a consenting adult and not a child or a platypus or something). When they get married they should be able to get insurance for their spouse. But I draw the line at allowing transgender women to compete against biological women. Allowing a tiny fraction of a percent of the population step on the rights of half the population for the sake of “fairness” is inherently unfair. This dude (lady) was a mediocre male powerlifter before he changed to a she. Now she’s shattering world records. Activists claim there’s no unfair advantage. The numbers show otherwise. There are several examples out there of mediocre male athletes transitioning to women and then dominating competitions, and often setting new records. Surely that’s obvious proof that there’s an advantage? If we want to include transgenders in the Olympics, have a transgender competition. If not, keep them out.

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Interesting place. My college roommate lives there, and it’s this weird mix of an old country town combined with urban sprawl. I hope houston never makes it here the way that Dallas has crept up on them there.

Horns down 2-0 with 2 after 7. Out of their 21 recorded outs they’ve managed to strikeout 18 times. I don’t even know how this is possible.

Not sure that he’s the one that’s going to push them over the top. 5.7 pts and 3.3 assists a game with plenty of playing time last season at McNeese. And next year will be much tougher competition if he does make the move.

It’s cool seeing Dallas do so well. He’s not the pitcher i would’ve predicted to be here from that district during that time frame, but then again, I don’t follow baseball that closely.

I think I read somewhere that they’re replacing the dividers between east and westbound in an effort to alleviate flooding. Not sure if that’s today?

I’d like to see the comments. I tend to agree with you that if the complaints are valid (safe to assume they are since he has in fact resigned) that he should just resign now. The only exception being if they absolutely need someone in his position for things to run, and also need some time to find his replacement.