Note: Never go near Graylien
No kidding, that guy/gal is scary. lol
Note: Never go near Graylien
I'd just shoot him. No need to ask why.
Problem solved.
Oh yeah - have you done any more music while you were away?Greylien,
Still doing Brubeck impersonations ?
SOURCE: https://apnews.com/730bb62c320d0890a8a0f303c261a4d6Teen girl sneaks into small plane, drives it into fence
A 17-year-old girl was arrested Wednesday after authorities say she sneaked into a small plane at an airport in central California and drove it into a chain-link fence.
The teenager breached the fence of Fresno Yosemite International Airport, started up the plane and crashed it into a fence, airport spokeswoman Vikkie Calderon told The Fresno Bee.
Airport officials said officers found the teen in the pilot’s seat, wearing the pilot’s headset.
No one was injured. No passenger planes were in danger, Calderon said.
The teen was arrested on suspicion of theft of an aircraft. She will be booked into the juvenile hall after officers finish questioning her.
The girl’s mother told Fresno news station KFSN-TV that she hadn’t heard from her daughter since Tuesday night.
At face value, this appears to be an overly elaborate approach to simply running away.
You mean she tried to take flight?
I don't think she donned the pilor headset and powered up the airplane just to joy ride around the taxiways ...
Just take a look at the headlines in the newspapers and the news on TV... if the destruction of our climate, the growth of international terrorism, economic collapse, the growing number of murders and other violent crimes (most fuelled by drink and drugs), political unrest, spread of diseases, pollution, poverty, and the dumbing down of our media, don't give reason for worry -- then what does?I can't help feeling a bit concerned for young people sometimes. Walking on the beach at the weekend, I heard a father having a conversation with a small child on his shoulders. He was saying that you couldn't make nature safe and that it wasn't supposed to be safe. Where is such a young child getting the idea that the beach is not safe? A few months ago I also overheard another child, a little older maybe 8 or 9, explaining to his older brother that he shouldn't be thrown into the sea as he had to look after his mental health. How did they get so worried about everything?
I am angry about all this anger!...you find something to get angry about...
I am angry about all this anger!
I think that's essentially true. The Internet and social media enable us to see the world, warts 'n all.Nothing is worse, the world's always had awful shit going on. We just hear about it all now.
I think that's essentially true. The Internet and social media enable us to see the world, warts 'n all.
Before, we were kept blissfully ignorant.
Politicians don't like it as their every failing and indiscretion is exposed on a daily basis.
That is not what they were worried about though. It is more fundamental than that. They should be able to walk (or be carried) on the beach or throw each other into the sea without being worried about health and safety or their mental health. I wonder if children are being so over-protected now that it is just making them fragile?Just take a look at the headlines in the newspapers and the news on TV... if the destruction of our climate, the growth of international terrorism, economic collapse, the growing number of murders and other violent crimes (most fuelled by drink and drugs), political unrest, spread of diseases, pollution, poverty, and the dumbing down of our media, don't give reason for worry -- then what does?
That is not what they were worried about though. It is more fundamental than that. They should be able to walk (or be carried) on the beach or throw each other into the sea without being worried about health and safety or their mental health. I wonder if children are being so over-protected now that it is just making them fragile?
Yes, I think so.Do you mean that idea that kids get so many allergies now because they're not allowed to go out and play and get dirty and bolster their immune systems? Could that be applied to their mental health as well?
Do you mean that idea that kids get so many allergies now because they're not allowed to go out and play and get dirty and bolster their immune systems? Could that be applied to their mental health as well?
I agree that the children on that occasion weren't worried about all those major issues (although it must create a background sense that the world is a dangerous place), but their parents obviously were, and even if they don't verbally instruct their offspring what to fear the emotion can be sensed and absorbed, as it is with prejudices of various kinds. Now, I'm not so sure about being allowed to throw each other into the sea though...That is not what they were worried about though. It is more fundamental than that. They should be able to walk (or be carried) on the beach or throw each other into the sea without being worried about health and safety or their mental health. I wonder if children are being so over-protected now that it is just making them fragile?
All very relevant points. I spent 5 years doing playwork, which was mostly a very enjoyable job, and it was a shock to me that out of a staff of 50+ in that "1st and middle" school, there were only four males -- two teachers, the site superintendant (i.e. janitor) and me! Luckily the lady who ran the after school club made the same point that you do, that an all female environment is unhealthy for the children, so she always looked to get male staff if she could. Another issue came up during the health and safety training that we received (and we had to take a worst case viewpoint for every possible source of harm and eliminate it) which was that in that London borough we weren't allowed to put plasters on children's injuries in case they were allergic to them. Obviously we knew from the parents which children did have allergies, and I never knew a child that wouldn't tell you not to put a plaster on if they were allergic or even just didn't like them, so I thought the dangers of letting them wander around with open wounds far outweighed any dangers. I sought advice from all the top authorities (BMA etc.) and received unequivocal backing for use of plasters. When I was discussing this with the local head of playwork, she remarked that her team had got the "no plasters" advice from just one particular lady "expert". She said, "I thought she was a bit strange because she told us that if children received a possibly fatal injury, we should always tell them that they were dying..."By the time they reach 16, 50% of UK kids will have seen their parents divorce.
(The only reasons that divorce rates seem to be falling are that (a) the rate of marriage is falling, and (b) the divorce courts are backlogged).
More than nine times out of ten, mum will get custody.
82.4% (and rising) of primary school teachers are female.
l shan’t even touch on issues of curriculum and p*l*t*cs.
Being raised in an all-female environment is not conducive to being encouraged to participate in “risky” activities.
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