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Lyn W

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Having a school nearby does come with some problems. The school bus stops right in front of my house and the kids make a mess out there, dropping candy wrappers and juice boxes, paper trash, etc. I swear parents these days are raising a generation of litterers!
I think it would mainly be parents dropping off and picking up at the back entrance to the school.
It wouldn't necessarily bother me though, because I would have left earlier and come back later from my school and they would have the same holidays as me , but it could put off some buyers. The Sunday car boot sales may cause a problem but, as you said, I need to ask the neighbours if they do.
I think they should fine parents if their kids are caught dropping litter. You could also try ringing the school and let them talk to the kids about respect for neighbourhoods - no need to give your address.
 

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Temperatures are screaming hot in Alaska this year as well. Record number of days above freezing, warm waters.
  • Unprecedented salmon die-offs in Norton Sound, ALASKA as water temperatures have surged above 70 degrees, which is 10-12 degrees above normal. Aug 10, 2019. (Video

[emoji22] How much longer can the deniers continue to say that the climate isn’t changing? And far too fast. Everyone on the planet needs to take action. Lots of small changes will add up to one big change
 

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I think it would mainly be parents dropping off and picking up at the back entrance to the school.
It wouldn't necessarily bother me though, because I would have left earlier and come back later from my school and they would have the same holidays as me , but it could put off some buyers. The Sunday car boot sales may cause a problem but, as you said, I need to ask the neighbours if they do.
I think they should fine parents if their kids are caught dropping litter. You could also try ringing the school and let them talk to the kids about respect for neighbourhoods - no need to give your address.
In my opinion, it's not the school's responsibility to teach children manners and respect. That should come from the parents. It's obvious that the bus driver has conditioned the children to not drop their trash on the bus, because the first thing they do when stepping off the bus is drop the trash. If the bus driver can do it why can't the parents. Thankfully, the bus riding children in my neighborhood have either grown past elementary school or moved away. There are no more children at my bus stop, hence no longer a bus stop! Hooray!
 

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Hi Heather.
Another blustery wet night for us, but I was so tired from the lack of sleep the night before I slept through it all!
Not made any decisions yet.
I've driven past the bungalow a few times at different times to get feel for the area.
It's pretty busy and the school has a car boot sale every Sunday during term times so that adds to the traffic.
It's still a possible, and it's been up for sale since January with no offers so they may consider a lower price if I decide to go for it but also looking to see what else is out there.
Ok what is a car boot sale?
 

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[emoji22] How much longer can the deniers continue to say that the climate isn’t changing? And far too fast. Everyone on the planet needs to take action. Lots of small changes will add up to one big change
It's all about powerful people wanting more money now and not thinking about the future. GREED!
 

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Hello everyone, with 2 nights of ants or mosquitoes and yesterday mosquitoes. I had to put Opo in his other hide again last night/ early morning. I checked on him this morning he was still sleeping. I took the cover off so he could get some sun. He just started scratching in the corner and went back to sleep. I covered the hide up and he is still sleeping. He even couldn't take day naps yesterday because of the mosquitoes. Sooner or later he will figure out what hide to go to.
 

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I have a couple turtle ponds, and thankfully I'm not bothered by mosquitoes here. Naturally I keep mosquito fish in the ponds, maybe that does the trick. I'd love to put up a bat house. But they say to mount them were they get a few hours of morning sun. It's so very hot here that even one hour would cook whatever's inside the house.
 

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Hello everyone, with 2 nights of ants or mosquitoes and yesterday mosquitoes. I had to put Opo in his other hide again last night/ early morning. I checked on him this morning he was still sleeping. I took the cover off so he could get some sun. He just started scratching in the corner and went back to sleep. I covered the hide up and he is still sleeping. He even couldn't take day naps yesterday because of the mosquitoes. Sooner or later he will figure out what hide to go to.

The eco logic works really good on mosquitos too. It’s made with lemongrass oil. I sprayed down my little rubber maid garden shed.. usually when I open it, a whole swarm comes out.. now—— nothing!! It’s bliss. I use it inside my house around windows as well. They make an aerosol too.IMG_3751.jpgIMG_3752.jpg
 

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Well, I'm back on a very limited basis.

Less than 4 weeks after Pete died, I found myself in Eisenhower Med Center. I had an extremely high fever. Turns out I had bilateral lower lobe pneumonia, very involved and serious, with right mid lobe involvement. I had serious colitis, then I went into Atrial fib, then my kidneys failed.

Ended up with 1 kidney dialysis treatment, cardioversion for afib,
and a long road ahead to get over the pneumonia. On day of discharge, after 12 days, I found out I was not expected to survive...BUT I DID!!

Now home, alone but with an excellent support church family, struggling to do even the little stuff, like breathing. LOL!

I will read, but probably l will post only occasionally...please be patient with me.
 

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Well, I'm back on a very limited basis.

Less than 4 weeks after Pete died, I found myself in Eisenhower Med Center. I had an extremely high fever. Turns out I had bilateral lower lobe pneumonia, very involved and serious, with right mid lobe involvement. I had serious colitis, then I went into Atrial fib, then my kidneys failed.

Ended up with 1 kidney dialysis treatment, cardioversion for afib,
and a long road ahead to get over the pneumonia. On day of discharge, after 12 days, I found out I was not expected to survive...BUT I DID!!

Now home, alone but with an excellent support church family, struggling to do even the little stuff, like breathing. LOL!

I will read, but probably l will post only occasionally...please be patient with me.
Please count me as one of your church family. I can't be there but I can pray and will.
 

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Well, I'm back on a very limited basis.

Less than 4 weeks after Pete died, I found myself in Eisenhower Med Center. I had an extremely high fever. Turns out I had bilateral lower lobe pneumonia, very involved and serious, with right mid lobe involvement. I had serious colitis, then I went into Atrial fib, then my kidneys failed.

Ended up with 1 kidney dialysis treatment, cardioversion for afib,
and a long road ahead to get over the pneumonia. On day of discharge, after 12 days, I found out I was not expected to survive...BUT I DID!!

Now home, alone but with an excellent support church family, struggling to do even the little stuff, like breathing. LOL!

I will read, but probably l will post only occasionally...please be patient with me.

We are all here for you! Hang in there.
 
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