Find me a grocery store that doesn't have some expired/bad cheese, and I'll pay you a million dollars. Price Cutter, Brown Derby, Mama Jeans, are all offenders, and the list goes on.

HyVee is probably the best place to go to get cheese that's not sketchy (at least I don't recall ever seeing dried-out cheese or stuff that has bad mold growing on it.)

That said, at the Brown Derby Wine Center, you can sometimes find 50%-off discounted cheese because it's close to expiration -- it's a roll-of-the-dice gamble sometimes, but it is usually worth the risk.

Source: Me, I love fancy cheese and eat a lot of it.

They're really inconsistent, and it sucks. I realize this is entirely subjective, but I think that overall their beers got worse when the new brewmaster guy took over (or at least, when the original guy left.) The last few years have have been a time vortex, so ballpark 8 years ago? Also, their newer labels/packaging is awful -- it's really hard to tell their beers apart at a glance.

It's 100% applicable. Have you even been outside in the past 24 hours? You can slip and fall on the fucking grass right now because it's so icy.

I tried salting the patio yesterday so my old and sick dog can get in and out easier, and the salt has done jack shit on the ice (especially with it being so cold.)

Some moron in Tan Oak was doing a large fireworks display, people weren't happy about it and multiple calls were placed to the Sheriff's office. It happened at 8 pm and lasted about 15 minutes, which was the same time as the Glendale shooting.

I slipped and fell just thinking about going outside to get the mail.

I went there, K-12. I started back when it was actually affordable (e.g. $50/semester.) It was highly competitive to get in at the time, and I was put on a waiting list when I was born. When I graduated, I believe my parents were paying ~as much as a University freshman would be paying (but I was taking college courses.)

I'd say the "spoiled rich kid" comments would be highly inaccurate based on my experiences, but that might be different now since the cost of education has gone up so much. I came from a middle/upper-middle class background. I had classmates whose parents were farmers, university teachers, librarians, as well as doctors and lawyers.

I also lived in a rural area, and driving us kids to school every day surely was a pain for my parents, but will be less of an issue for you guys since your wife will be teaching there. Greenwood follows the University schedule, so if Campus is closed for whatever reason (e.g. snow days) the school will be, too.

Since most kids stick with it K to 12, each class is a pretty tight-knit group. The quality of your kid's social experience will likely depend on the quality of the other kids in the group. My class was fuckin' awesome, with a lot of really bright and mature kids, whereas my little sister's class was full of cliques and holy terrors.

Bullying, yes. Hazing, yes. But these things happen in public school, too. My best friend went to Greenwood K-6th and then switched to Pipkin/Parkview. He had a nightmarish experience with bullying at Parkview. It was so bad he decided to homeschool his own children than subject them to public schools.

There are plenty of kids who go K->6 and then switch to public schools, so don't rule that out if things aren't clicking. That said, I think Greenwoods 7->12 experience is where the school really excels. They are very very much college prep focused. Getting access to university resources, college courses, etc is unparalleled. Not only was I able to take university classes for topics I was interested in, it put me ahead of the curve once I went to college --I had a bunch of pre-reqs taken care of, I knew what to expect with college coursework already, I was familiar with the campus, etc. If you don't think your kid will be college-bound, then switching them to a public school ~9->12 for access to more trades-style classes should be an option.

There were certainly some things I didn't like about my experience there, but if I could time travel, I don't think I would not go to Greenwood -- I generally think I'm a better, more successful person because my parents sent me there.

Pros:

Very low turnover with staff, smaller classes, a lot of individualized care and attention, creating a well-rounded kid and probably setting them up for life if they're college-bound. Access to University resources. The school sports programs are also very good and basically accessible by any student if they want to. Parents are also really proactive creating class extracurricular sports teams for K->6 students (baseball, football, soccer, basketball) -- I did them all.

Cons:

Expensive. Smaller static classes may limit their social experiences. Potentially some very intense schoolwork (esp as Jr. and Sr.)

How old is she? There's some pretty good guitar lesson stuff on YouTube (e.g. Justin Guitar)

1990s white rappers battle! Go!

Moral of the story is: Don't fundraise on the behalf of others without their permission.

I've been happy with Kimbrough Dental

I see UO and thought this was an Ultima Online message =(

Lowes and Home Depot (and I assume Menards) can deal with finding contractors if you buy the flooring from them. If you go that route I'd find a few tiles you like and wait for one of them to go on sale. Otherwise, if you're feeling handy, you can probably do interlocking tile installs yourself with help from another person, a mallet, and a tile cutter.

That one roofing business. I wont say the name because it'll trigger people.

The OG Cardin elder was a shitty abusive alcoholic, so it's fine to not like them or do business there. I won't ever, even though he is long dead.

How sad. I know a few folks who were injured by semis, and they got millions. 750k seems too little for the loss of a spouse due to negligence.

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What's great is he didn't name them, but everyone knew where he was talking about.

Have a little compassion, idiot.

This is wild. I wonder how many of us posting here might be related, or at the least, had ancestors who knew each other.

My family surnames from that area are Bryant, Bird, Baute, and Alred. I know several were coal miners and lived in both Evarts and Red Ash (75 miles away.)

My 2nd Great Grandfather Baute was the manager for a railroad, but also liked his alcohol a bit too much. They told him he needed to choose between drinking and his job. He chose the booze. After that, he worked in the coal mines. He'd bring his children with him to work, as their eyes were better at seeing in the dark. He became a widower in 1906 with 12 children to take care of. I can't imagine how hard that must have been.

None of what happened in this essay got passed down to me -- I need to speak to my mom and aunts and uncles about it -- maybe they're aware of some family stories.

I want to donate to them, but just the fact they couldn't be bothered to have insurance on their old trailer when such a thing is really inexpensive bothers me.

My work just ran an event over Black Friday for animal shelters, raising about $15k. We already gave a chunk of that to Rescue One, but I don't know what we should do with the rest. We have about 10k left for donations, but I want to ensure it's used responsibly. I asked about it on FB, and they hid/deleted my post instead of replying back to me Thoughts or suggestions?

A+ Circuit came to us highly recommended last year, and we've used them a few times. Very happy with their work.

There's also a small flea market called Relics down the street from Grizzly where you can sometimes find old tools.

I've got a neighbor with crappy politics who puts signs up of the worst-of-the-worst. I take a look at what he's advertising, and basically vote the opposite.

Even after Todd Akin made the "legitimate rape" comment, my neighbor kept the guy's sign up. The real kicker is that he's an ER doc living in a million dollar home. He should know better...but nope. Trashy.

When I first saw a sign saying to "Vote No on 3" I really didn't understand its talking points. I read "No CRT in the Constitution!" and thought they were talking about something like CBD, haha. It was only reading here on this sub on election day did it finally hit me what the sign was talking about. It was so far removed from reality conceptually and off-topic my brain just didn't put it together.