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ParticipantHave the kid do sports because they want to do sports. If they are in an introverted you may never be able to bring them out of the shell anyway.
But you do have some options to help with your fears.
First selection: Team or Single person sport.
Second selection: League.
If your kid is more of the loner type they may prefer something along that lines. You still are forced to interact with people but there is no peer fear for failure.
I was not really a loner but I did not like the thought or people relying on me or the other way around. I preferred swim club, martial arts, and BMX to team sports.
There are also a great many options in terms of league play and skill.
Rec park offer great “get involved but not-so-competitive” leagues… While on the other hand SDR has a kid playing at the almost “Semi-Pro” level league.
So you should be able to find something that fits your kids personality and comfort…
CE
Participant[quote=spdrun]
For you… I have no problem being condescending as you are quite frequently rude and condescending yourself. So little man take a look in the mirror or blame it on being a New Yorker.. I really don’t care.
First of all — … and the horse you rode in on. Good, now we have that out of the way, putz.
As for you argument about circuit breakers I am going to split hairs here.
Second of all, I never made an argument about circuit breakers being life-saving equipment (other than fire-prevention). Sduuuuude did. I actually AGREE with you that GFCIs are for shock safety and breakers are not. And actually, it takes less than two amps (TSOR says a few milliamps in the wrong situation) to be lethal.
PS – Are you arguing just to argue or something? Really confused!
PPS – Drunken posting is typically regretted the next morning…[/quote]Well I admit to being tired when I wrote it but you continue not to understand anything that is presented to you. Nor do you try. You just want to argue… seemingly about everything…
If I cannot make you understand after two very detailed analysis then that is your issue.
Your assertion about life safety has been explained and you are incorrect.
CE
July 12, 2014 at 10:27 AM in reply to: OT: Californian’s laugh as Man Attacked by Shark – Video #776477ParticipantWell then… I’ll admit to being a jerk…
I have laughed at guys jumping out of the water when a fin pops of of the water and everybody pulls their feet and hands in.
I have been laughed at in turn.
Perhaps its just a sick joke that us water-men share.
What no one has considered so far is that despite the danger… Those Native Californians put their own lives at risk and went to the aid of that man.
And let me add… Almost every time there is a shark bite rescue it was made by a civilian. Not a professional. As the civilian is always the first to the scene.
Surfing is a sport that transcends all lines (yes I realize he was a swimmer but I am using surfing as the sample set). Poor, rich, educated or not, and ethnic, and is a good sample set of all Californians. Never once have I seen people swim away from the danger of someone in need. Every single time I have seen someone hurt, risk or not, and with no connection to the injured, have been quick to the aid of that person.
So I reject the idea that Native California are uncaring. In fact I would say that we are above the norm in terms of a caring society. I can say that having literally lived all over this country.
Simple fact is every time you get into the water there is a risk factor associated with it. Whether or not the fisherman added to that risk is irrelevant. Period.
Part of the reason I stay here in CA is for the culture and the people.
That is a compliment to us all.
CE
Participant[quote=spdrun]I understand the difference pretty clearly, actually. No need to be a condescending little man. A separate ground path is provided, because if you combine ground and neutral, any break in the neutral will cause normally grounded parts to go HOT.
You’d have the following situation.
H->LOAD->N->human->ground — the neutral/grounded side would be connected to hot through the load, but not tied to ground (0V). Since the load generally has a lower impedance than the human body, you’d have close to 120V across any grounded human that is unfortunate enough to touch the casing.
If it’s combined in the appliance, any break in the cord’s neutral conductor would have this result. If it’s combined in the outlet, any break in the neutral conductor leading to the outlet would have the same result.
Separating neutral and ground at the main breaker box is done for LIFE SAFETY, not for the power company’s safety.[/quote]
For you… I have no problem being condescending as you are quite frequently rude and condescending yourself. So little man take a look in the mirror or blame it on being a New Yorker.. I really don’t care.
But to discuss your point the two things that you describe above are electrical equivalencies. That is what you fail to recognize. Whether you ground the case or have a ground wire the effects are the same…
To carry the larger and deadlier amount of current through the wire instead of your body.
The ground wire does not carry all the current. Your body is also providing a path for the current as well but that current is very small and, usually less than what will kill you.
As for you argument about circuit breakers I am going to split hairs here. Circuit breakers are not life saving equipment pure and simple. They don’t save lives. Plenty of people have died on a untripped circuit and that is not their intent. A GFCI is a life saving device it, in itself, is a smart circuit breaker but those have only been in vogue for roughly 15 years now. Circuit breakers have always been there.
You only need 2 Amps to kill you. If for some reason there is a fault and you pull 2 Amps across your body and lets say for some reason the grounded instrument only pulls 2 Amps that is going to be far less than the 15 Amps used to trigger the breaker.
And you will be a nice char, where the current passes through you, when the cops finally open the door…
So no… circuit breakers are not life savers they are circuit savers otherwise the need for a GFCI would be unnecessary.
CE
Participant[quote=spdrun]^^^
Riddle me this:
Equipment is connected between hot and neutral (common). Case is also connected to common. What happens if equipment is turned on, hot is connected and undamaged, the common connection is broken in the cord, and someone is touching the case?
For simplicity’s sake, let’s make that someone butt-naked and standing on wet concrete.[/quote]
SDDuuuude already answered it in the above. You just don’t understand the difference.
But you might be right… After all he got his Electrical Engineering degree from U of A… Which is like a cracker jack box… Plus I sure his father was too busy doing other things with his PhD in EE to teach SD anything about electricity.
CE
Go Sun Devils! 😛
ParticipantI too just move from Clairemont, in fact, my rental is up on CL right now. Please rent it! I don’t need a mortgage and a rent right now.
2000 to 2200 is on the low side. 2200 to 2500 seems to be the norm. It is a working class community but it is very nice. I had moved from the UTC which the listed house are between 600K and 800K and into the Clairemont ‘hood (400K to 500K). The crime rate is actually lower in Clairemont. Check it for yourself. I knew all my neighbors and had no problems with anyone. Heck one of my neighbors was a leader in a Black Motor Cycle club and they would “hold Church” at his house on Sundays. Never had a problem once.
Clairemont is central located and very desirable from that stand point. I enjoyed my time there and would recommend it to anyone.
Remember though the house are old there. 60 Amp services, small everything, some house don’t have grounded electrical outlets, so be prepared for that. On the other hand its close to the beach, two interstates, and one freeway.
PM me if you have any questions.
CE
ParticipantAnything I have ever seen has been day to day bad guys.
Nothing terrorism related…
but then again unless I am working with a field agent directly I have no idea what the bulk of the intercepts
are for.CE
Participant[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=CDMA ENG][quote=spdrun]Agreed it’s a problem.
There should be limits on data retention. A government agent deliberately circumventing those limits should be punishable by a year in general prison population for each instance.[/quote]
There is… It called CALEA… Whether or not your government has it or not the phone companies do… retaining the last seven years of your positional, text, and call profiles.
It just means the cops has to go a little extra step.
CE[/quote]
Having that telcos keep the data is not as bad. The government can’t rummage through the data unfettered. They have to ask for the data of suspects.[/quote]
Electronic intercept cannot happened without a warrant. We have huge department that solely deals with subpoenas.
Remember that in all of this none of the actually voice conversation is recorded.
The requirement is seven years of records per subscriber.
Don’t do dirt with a cell phone your pocket…
Now they don’t even have to come in to do their wire tap. We just have the system dial them directly. If the criminal has a tap… It wring the calling party on the surveillance team directly.
CE
Participant[quote=spdrun]Agreed it’s a problem.
There should be limits on data retention. A government agent deliberately circumventing those limits should be punishable by a year in general prison population for each instance.[/quote]
There is… It called CALEA… Whether or not your government has it or not the phone companies do… retaining the last seven years of your positional, text, and call profiles.
It just means the cops has to go a little extra step.
CE
Participant[quote=no_such_reality]Oh honestly soda is the evil I wish I could give up. Soda IS the gateway drug.
Congratulations!
If you’re a month out, hopefully all your prep is finished. Arrival could be any day. You say him, so if you’re having a boy, have you are you wife already agreed on yes or no on circumcision? The hospital will ask you when you’re at your most tired.
Along the lines of surfing, daddy and me swim lesson start as young as 3 months. Lots of dads in the pool![/quote]
UCSD will not do circumcision after birth anymore. My wife wants it done. I am circumcised but I am torn between the idea that its genital mutatlation and what is fashionable. Before you tear into me about it I asked my wife if she would mind him not circumcised. She asked “What does that look like?” I was surprise “you have never seen an uncircumcised penis before?” “No!” was the reply. I said go google it… For God’s sake there are more of those on the internet than sand on the beach. She did. The look of disgust on her face was memorable! She wants him to look like daddy… Daddy doesn’t care what he looks like but daddy does care about messing with his kids future for the enjoyment of sex. Its a tough call but either way its an outpatient procedure at UCSD… They won’t do it.
As for the swim lesson I have seen those too… Its called Drown Proofing. And there is an old 8 mm film of me being flung, like garbage, into a pool when I was about 4 months old. It was horrifying to watch and incredible to see that there is an instinctive mechanism that will allow babies swim, surface, and roll over and float on their back… which I did… It really is the wildest thing…
So yes, in general, I am almost ready… sdr helped me buy a home and I am still unpacking so it is going to be a stressful summer but one I am looking forward too.
As for UCGal… YOU GO GIRL! Or don’t! You’re retired now! 😛
Congrats! As for me I will be working until they won’t hire me again!
CE
P.S. During my move I picked up my UVerse PVR and noticed it was a Motorola box… I thought… I wonder if there is a little piece of UCGal in this thing… Well… There won’t be anymore if there ever was! Kind of sad…
ParticipantThanks for the comments.
Swearing wasn’t in the list and probably the toughest one for me. I had forgotten about it. I’m Italian and for the me the F word isn’t a word… Its a comma.
One time my sister asked me what I was going to do when the kid was out of control and not listening. I told her that I was going to tell him to “Dummy up and clean the shit of your ears!” She spit coke half way across the room laughing. She knew I wouldn’t say that but it was something my dad would say when we were teenagers.
We don’t actually every really hit the town these days. I am in my 40s (yes and I have a video game habit) and rarely watch TV. I would rather play video games. There is some really good TV out there but I need to limit myself and what the kids are watching.
Basically I am developing some “home hobbies” that will keep me around and hopefully these things will rub off on the kid. My dad had really good hand skill and I remember watching him in his studio and doing large stain glass pieces. That I have carried with me and hopefully I can get him interested in something by him watching me wood work. Also I plan on learning the bass guitar in hopes he will want to learn something musical as well.
And when gets older… The gift of surfing…
Honestly though I will probably have to sneak soda the same way my dad did pot for years! 😛
Thanks for the well wishes… and advice…
P.S. Should have mentioned though we are foodies and that is going to be a tough thing to miss out on.
CEParticipant[quote=Cube]We bought our house from an owner-occupier. She had lots of wall hangings.
After we closed escrow, and she moved out, she left the house very clean (better than “broom-clean”). But, there were nail holes (and some bolt holes for anchored furniture) all over the place.
It didn’t even faze me. Nail holes are insignificant in the grand scheme of things. We just bought a _house_.
Now, to be fair, the house was effetively “staged” while she was living in it. I knew there would be a lot of holes from the pictures she had up, but with them up, I was not staring at a vacant house with attrative nail holes.
I guess the moral of the story is stage the house? And/or paint.[/quote]
I purchased a home recently and there were big lag mollys in certain place were they had pig pictures and mirrors…
And to that I thought… Great! They saved me the trouble… Ill just place my mirrors and pictures at the same place…
CE
Participant[quote=strideam]Agree with the above. You can’t charge for nail holes. Jeez. You’ve painted before right? You save the paint and do touch ups when the tenants move out. Or, if you’re selling the place, I assume you’re going to paint anyway before putting it on the market.[/quote]
People do… My current LL charges for anything above 3 per wall… So they are willing to incur some holes but not many… Either way its simple and any tenant worth having is probably going to but up some family pics…
CE
ParticipantThis is one of the easiest things to fix.
You don’t paint brushes… Just the can of spackle and the paint.
Buy some spackle… You just need a tiny canister of it.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Phenopatch-8-oz-All-Purpose-Spackling-Paste-10222/202066014
Wash your hands and dry them thoroughly… Dip one finger in it just up to the tip. Then gently rub it into the hole… Smooth it out so it blends with the texture. Shouldnt take you more than 30 second per hole once you figure it out the first time you do it.
Give the spackle a couple of hours to dry…
Clean your hand again… pour the matching paint into a dixie cup after giving it a good mix… dip your finger tip again into the paint and apply it to the spackle point. You shouldn’t be painting an area any large than half the circumference of a penny.
Its easy and quick to do…
If you repainted the whole wall and then charged me for it… You would be seeing me in court..
Hope that helps…
By the way there should be a youtube video about this for sure…
CE
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