The Coffee House

[vintagesnaps]

The article starts out saying this is a 'provocative new study' which tells you right there that it's controversial or maybe unreliable or possibly based on unsupported information.

That study was done at the University of Amsterdam. There was a quote from someone at Stanford talking about how intelligence changed when cities and agriculture started 5000 to 12,000 years ago. (OK, whatever... whoever wrote the article for whatever reason got a quote from someone at a university and asked who knows what question to get that response!)

Then it goes on to say that the study looked at 14 intelligence studies between the late 1800s and last decade - do you know how much of a drop in the bucket that number of studies would be?? Next to none, I don't know how many studies on intelligence have been done but I know I've read enough journals and enough research just on intelligence of infants and toddlers that there would be lots and lots of total studies!!

Anyway, you can't go by just any one study; there's probably a study done that could support just about anything so you need to look at the body of research.

My high school journalism was better than that article in HuffPo, that was poorly researched. An English teacher would probably rip it to shreds with a red pen. And cleverer isn't a word.

 

[vintagesnaps]

Finally curling is on. Sweeep! hard hard hard!!! I like Team Norway's style, they like flamboyant pants.

 

[smoke665]

While I can't vouch for the veracity of the report, it was on CBC indicating that while staff were trying to evacuate students to safety during the Florida shooting yesterday, several of them stopped to take "selfies".

I watched a couple of interviews with students who said there were several taking selfies and using Snapchat. The ones talking weren't sure the others were in fact aware of the seriousness of what was going on, only commented that while there had been a drill earlier they should have realized this was much different.

@Gary A. If your state is even remotely like ours, then the availability of help for those truly in need, is pretty much slim and none. Here even when an individual is committed to one of the only two facilities in the state, the Attorneys, Deputies even the Judges, joke they should have a pool to bet on which one gets back to town first - The Deputy or the person committed. Now the prisons are under fire for segregating mentally ill from the general population. There is no solution on the horizon for mental health, until taxpayers are willing to fund the facilities. I would however say that your comments are simplistic in nature, because it is more than just the two areas you mention. I blame parents for a lack of parenting, and not properly supervising their children, I blame the movie and TV industry for the violence they portray, I blame the electronic game makers for the ever increasing violence they bring, I blame City, State and Federal authorities for not doing a better job of enforcing the regulations we already have and the list goes on. There's so much blame to go around, that it's like the mythical Hydra, it's going to take more than cutting off one or two of the heads.

 

[waday]

My hand touched the toilet seat at work by accident.

Please excuse me while I go cut my hand off.

 

[Gary A.]

Gary hates when that happens to him. Over the years he’s had to replace a number of hands.

 

[davidharmier60]

Common sense is no longer common.

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[smoke665]

My hand touched the toilet seat at work by accident.

Please excuse me while I go cut my hand off.

I'm pretty careful about that, but do you not have soap and water???? Might be a little less drastic LOL

 

[waday]

Gary hates when that happens to him. Over the years he’s had to replace a number of hands.

This made me LOL

My hand touched the toilet seat at work by accident.

Please excuse me while I go cut my hand off.

I'm pretty careful about that, but do you not have soap and water???? Might be a little less drastic LOL

Better safe than sorry.

 

[davidharmier60]

When I am freshly done cleaning a bathroom you could conceivably lick the seat. Let a customer or two get in and ALL BETS ARE OFF.

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[smoke665]

When I am freshly done cleaning a bathroom you could conceivably lick the seat.

I think I'll have to take your word on that David. Reminds me of a clip from "No Time For Sergeants"

 

[limr50]

Hosers.

I thought I might be lucky. I was already sick this winter but was feeling recovered and strong. I wash my hands all the time at work. People have been good about calling out sick so they don't spread the germs.

I think I woke up with the flu this morning.

Crap.

 

[JonA_CT]

Hosers.

I thought I might be lucky. I was already sick this winter but was feeling recovered and strong. I wash my hands all the time at work. People have been good about calling out sick so they don't spread the germs.

I think I woke up with the flu this morning.

Crap.

It’s been taking lots of teachers and students out for an entire week at my school.

So hopefully you’re wrong.

 

[Gary A.]

My hand touched the toilet seat at work by accident.

Please excuse me while I go cut my hand off.

I'm pretty careful about that, but do you not have soap and water???? Might be a little less drastic LOL

Often, it takes much more than mere soap and water ...

 

[snowbear141 72]

Hosers.

I thought I might be lucky. I was already sick this winter but was feeling recovered and strong. I wash my hands all the time at work. People have been good about calling out sick so they don't spread the germs.

I think I woke up with the flu this morning.

Crap.

Sorry. Let’s hope you’re wrong.

 

[Gary A.]

Hosers.

I thought I might be lucky. I was already sick this winter but was feeling recovered and strong. I wash my hands all the time at work. People have been good about calling out sick so they don't spread the germs.

I think I woke up with the flu this morning.

Crap.