castleghost

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United States • Age 61

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Car Seats and Booster Seats

Bytemi @Bytemi (1553) • United States 25 Aug 08

What are you state laws. Viriginia just enacted a law that kids had to stay in a booster seat regardless of size until the age of 8. That seems a little excessive to me considering our neighboring state Maryland and West Virginia...

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castleghost I live in the state of Illinois. The law here states that a child must be in a booster seat till they are eight years of age. I am not sure if there is a height or weight requirment however. My two sons are fully grown but my wife has three children who are...

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Rude And Hateful Kids...

twoey68 @twoey68 (13627) • United States 8 May 08

The other day I was at Walmarts and there was a woman in her early 20’s who spoke in such a way that you could tell that she was somewhat mentally retarded. There were also 2 girls about 11 that were making fun of her. The one...

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castleghost I am the type of person who speaks his mind. I would have pointed out to the young ladies that they wouldn't appreciate it if someone decided to make fun of them so why do they feel it is right to do it to someone else. If one of our children ever did...

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i thought i had found my dog

aretha @aretha (2538) • United States 2 Apr 08

i was going though the list of found pets again on petfinder.com and came across a lady that found a husky not far from where we were so i emailed her and sent a couple pictures but she emailed us back saying no that it wasn't...

husky

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castleghost I am so sorry that the dog that lady has wasn't your dog. I would never give up hope if I ever lost one of our dogs. We have a total of five and each dog is special in his or his own way. I would suggest putting up flyers or even taking out a newapaper ad like...

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is it wrong to put a child on a diet

aretha @aretha (2538) • United States 2 Apr 08

my son is a little over weight but he is a bigger build too. he has always been a big boy and thats fine but in the past 5 months we have had to buy him all new pants 4 times. now i don't mean like a real diet but just cutting him...

diet

weight

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castleghost I think that it is a good idea that you monitor what your chaild is eating. Every parent should really monitor their child even if they aren't over weight because sometimes even skinny children have bad eating habits that can cause them to become over weight...

2 Apr 08

My sons school is officially crazy!

lilybug @lilybug (21107) • United States 11 Feb 08

This morning my son went to school like always. His school starts at 8:15am. At 8:30am is school calls to say that they are letting out at 9:15am due to weather conditions. The boy was at school for 15 MINUTES before they decided...

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castleghost The school that my step children go to does the same thing at times. At the start of the school year they did this for about a week or two straight. Their reasoning was that the weather was too hot for the children to be in school all day. The wouldn't tell...

11 Feb 08

My Fellow Americans - I am a Plagiarist!

cynicalandoutspoken @cynicalandoutspoken (4725) • United States 11 Feb 08

I cannot tell a lie. Well, I can, but I try to make it a practice not to. So here is my confession. When I heard about the recent actions taken against a much loved and admired friend to many in this little community I felt the...

everyone needs friends

stick up for everyone

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castleghost I can only speak for myself as to why I don't get involved. There are always two sides to every story. I would have to listen to both sides to really be able to see what is going on. Even with hearing both sides of the story how can anyone be certain that...

11 Feb 08

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When did you allow/encourage your kids to get their own meals?

4monsters4me @4monsters4me (2569) • United States 11 Feb 08

I catch a lot of flack from other moms because my older kids (7 and 6) get their own breakfast and lunch. They say I shouldn't force them to grow up so fast and let them be kids or that it should be my job because I'm the mom....

parenting

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castleghost My three step children are very independent, the youngest being six years old. All three children can do their own laundry. My wife has taught each of them how to sort the clothing as well as how to load it in to the washer. My wife or myself will add the...

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having four dogs is too many pets?

diyacee @diyacee (3) • India 19 Dec 07

Me, i mean my family, we hav four dogs..3 male and one female. two of them r four years old, one is 3 and the youngest is going to b two january..and all these r not at all in good terms with each other we hav to keep them...

dogs

family

pets

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castleghost We have five dogs in our family. Our oldest dog is about thirteen years old. Sleeps alot. We have a five year old who gets crabby at times. Then we have a three, two, and a one year old. Great dogs with lots of energy. Luckily for us the all get along well. My...

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Why Do Parents Get Up And leave School Concerts?

irishmist @irishmist (3814) • United States 18 Dec 07

Tonight I attended my grandsons winter concert with my daughter. I found it very rude that after quite a few children were done performing their parents took them and left. All the children worked very hard on the concert. I...

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castleghost I have to admit that last year my wife and I did leave the childrens Christmas concert before it was all over. I don't feel that we were being rude to everyone else that was there to see the concert. Our then five year old had gotten over heated while watching...

19 Dec 07

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Huckabee and the Illegal Alien Problem

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 28 Nov 07

Someone needs to ask Huckabee what his position on Illegal Aliens actually is... On his website he says.. The Governor opposes and will not tolerate sanctuaries for illegals. The federal government must crack down on rogue...

huckabee

illegal alien

scholarships

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castleghost At one time I thought that Huckabee would make a great President. That was until I saw that he advocates giving college scholarships to illegal immigrants. Why should this country pay for illegal immigrants to get a college education when it doesn't even pay...

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Stray Dog...Maybe Not...

twoey68 @twoey68 (13627) • United States 8 Nov 07

I was out with my Mom the other day and saw a dog sitting on the side of the road by a store watching the traffic go by. I thought for sure he was a stray and my heart just broke thinking of him laying there in the cold, probably...

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castleghost We have a total of five dogs. All of our five dogs were rescued. The oldest is a 12-13 year old Brittany Spaniel who was going to be put down because he had an over bite and the breeder couldn't sell him. The next two are German Shepards that came from the...

8 Nov 07

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which law and order is your favorite?

kia11226 @kia11226 (19) • United States 13 Oct 07

law&order law&order criminal intent law&order svu

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castleghost We love to watch all of the Law & Orders but I would have to say that Criminal Intent is the one that my wife refuses to miss. She is in love with Detective Goren. If it happens to be Detective Logan running the case she doesn't mind missing the episode.

5 Nov 07

Drivers Licenses for Illegal Immigrants

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 23 Oct 07

Governor Spitzer (D) of New York wants to give New York State Drivers Licenses to Illegal Immigrants. The leader of the Assembly, a Republican, opposes the idea and the Governor has retaliated by cutting off all state funds to his...

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castleghost When I first heard about this situation on the Glen Beck show I really wasn't shocked. Lately, there are several politicians who are trying to pull stunts such as this. I believe that illegal immigrants should be shipped back to their own country no matter...

23 Oct 07

Can you look into the eyes of a huge dog?

I_LUV_U @I_LUV_U (2519) • India 9 Jul 07

I'm not talking about your pet doggie here. Suppose, you are walking on a calm road and you see a well built stray dog coming towards you as if a tiger. It comes more and more close to you, you are only few yards away from...

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castleghost I love all types of dogs. If I happen to be walking down the street an see a strange dog then I will smile at it. I approach the dog cautiously to see what its temperament is like. I haven't ran in to an aggressive stray dog as of yet but I believe in being...

10 Jul 07

What to do if dog is afraid of fireworks?

polachicago @polachicago (18716) • United States 2 Jul 07

Fireworks are not fun for animals! It is unfortunately a common occurrence with fireworks displays that few animals in the area will panic and escaped their homes. In their panic, animals become lost, will run onto the road and...

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castleghost We have a total of four dogs, two that are scared of fireworks and two that aren't. We always put the two that are afraid in their kennel with a cover over the top. Then we turn on some loud music so that its harder for them to hear the loud bangs. By doing...

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My Ex Refuses to take Daughter

stacy624 @stacy624 (2776) • Canada 2 Jul 07

Ok so here is the deal. I married my Ex husband back in 1996 being only 18 years old, When we married I was pregnant with my daughter who was not from the man I married. He and his family knew this and had accepted her into the...

parenting

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castleghost I don't think that there is much that you can do on a legal note. On a more personal note I think I would explain to Cierra what a selfish person he is being. Be honest with her an let her know that it is nothing that hse has done and in no way is it her fault...

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Fast Food Clerks don't care...

estherlou @estherlou (5015) • United States 1 Jul 07

My husband's biggest pet peeve is the way he sometimes gets treated by fast food/drive-through clerks. They sometimes don't seem to care, don't smile, don't say please and thank-you and so on. Since he works with the public and...

fast food

manners

saying thank you

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castleghost I would love to see what this man gets for such behavior. I also hate when cashiers or others who work with the public are rude and don't treat people the way that they should. I don't believe though that violence is the solution to the problem. It lowers the...

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How old is your TV?

serena_wai @serena_wai (970) • Malaysia 1 Jul 07

My TV was a house warming present from my uncle to my family 10 years ago. Since parents have rented out the house, i bought the TV to my place. It is a bulky Panasonic 21" CRT Television. At times, i have to tap on top of the...

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castleghost We just bought a new living room television this last April. It is a twenty seven inch standard television. In our bedroom we have a twenty seven inch television that is about fifteen years old. It works the same as the first day we bought it. We very seldom...

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Speech Therepy and Kids

speedy1279 @speedy1279 (2665) • United States 30 Jun 07

Okay I just found out that my son is going to have to have speech therepy. He is two years behind in his articulation. I couldn't believe how far behind he was. So I am wondering. Have anyone else here had to get thier kids...

kids

speech therepy

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castleghost There are a few children in my fiancees family that have speech problems. What I learned is speech therapy can do the children a world of good as long as you are willing to work with the child at home as well. My fiancee one brother worked with his son on a...

2 Jul 07

Sam gets A Firework In His Mouth !!

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 1 Jul 07

I went to my daughters for setting off fireworks for her and my 2 grandsons. Everything was going so geat until....... We sat at the opening of the garage and I was setting the fireworks off near the street maybe 30 feet from our...

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castleghost Grandpa Bob, I really wished you had a photo to share. This was a really good story you shared with us. I have to admit you had me at first. I thought you was talking about a young grandchild. I have seen a young child pick up one of those smoke bombs before....

2 Jul 07

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