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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 06:16 PM Original message |
RANT: Get a fucking carseat for the kid, and use it, dammit! |
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auntAgonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm with you on this! |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. I agree 110%. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 06:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Sadly, the fine isn't hefty |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
57. That's it? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 09:44 AM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Yep and the booster law here only goes to 6 years old or 60 lbs, |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 03:31 PM Response to Reply #62 |
70. now that sucks. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 03:43 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. It's rediculous. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 06:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Here, you can go to a police station and get one for free. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Definitely |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 06:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Even Texas has billboards about the 4'9" rule. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. I agree with you, flvegan |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 06:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. What "parent" buckles up but then |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. Proving once again |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. My oldest was in a lap booster until he was 7 + 1/2. |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. My grandson yells like a gut shot baboon if I forget to buckle him |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. NOBODY goes anywhere in my car without a seatbelt. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. I actually get out of my car at stoplights and scream at people |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 06:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. You, sir have a permanent invite to come to Florida, and |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I want in on this |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Okay, you, me and Redstone |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I get to drive! |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Um... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. You can drive, no problem; that gives FLV and me both hands free |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Oh, no |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Don't care about the model. Gotta be a Slugger, and 36 or 38 ounces, |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. Actually, there's a calm, civilized way to do this: |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. What, no banana in the tailpipe? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. A potato works MUCH better. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Fuck no, not Florida; only somewhere civilized. Don't you guys have |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Well, sort of. It's about protecting oneself, and not hurting another... |
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nytemare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
36. Be careful in Florida with that, though. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Maybe I should go up to the cars then |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Deal. |
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nytemare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:42 AM Response to Reply #40 |
59. But, you are a lefty mom! |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. I also get out of my car screaming, but I bring a carseat along with me |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Well, what a guy you are. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 04:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
73. I'd be afraid to do that! |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
20. At times like that I wish I had a stash of graphic photos to let them |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. You know, that's exactly how I saw it. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Last year I saw a brand new (dealer plates on it) Escalade |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
27. One of my biggest pet peeves. A few years ago, the local |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Yup, the kids can't make it happen, so someone has to. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:26 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Hey, off topic, (Sorry, flvegan) |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:29 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Why, thank you. Always good to hear that. It was truly a labor |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Off-topic? I have no idea what that means. |
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nytemare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
33. I'd like to give the people who figured out how to do I-4 in Orlando |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. They must have learned how to do highway construction from the |
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nytemare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:44 AM Response to Reply #42 |
60. Holy crap. |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
39. Good rant on a worthy subject. WTF were they thinking! |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:34 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. All I pictured was this terrible accident |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:57 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. There's the opposite image too, something that's happened here recently |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 08:05 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. But then, that choice... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 08:08 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Yes, indeed. The kids are orphans because of the parents' stupidity. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 08:11 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. And what of the survivors? |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 08:11 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Alive, and orphans. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:40 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. And this is significant, coming from someone who lives in a country |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
45. Regarding seat belts: Isn't it amazing how there's alway someone who knows |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 08:06 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I hear you, and that's coming from someone that shouldn't be alive |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 08:13 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. And you're not the only one. I was lucky; I started racing in SCCA E- and |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 08:45 AM Response to Reply #45 |
61. Oh yeah -- I've heard that one, and read it here on DU |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 10:16 AM Response to Reply #45 |
64. My nephew and his wife had a rollover accident a few weeks ago... |
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progmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 10:18 AM Response to Reply #45 |
65. I only know one |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
52. i hate that, and how much you wanna bet he leaves that kid in the truck |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 08:20 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I'm not taking that bet. I live in Connecticut, where about once a month |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
55. Idiots |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
56. Britney Spears was in Florida today? |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
58. Doesn't Florida have carseat laws? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
63. People aren't thrown from cars, they're thrown THROUGH cars! |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
66. I see is all the time here in Hickville WV/VA that I live in. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
67. yeah I always get upset when I see kids that aren't in one |
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allalone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
68. back in the olden days |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
69. That's when you use your cell phone to report the car driving down |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
72. #1 reason my bro stopped being a paramedic - kids through windshields |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
74. saw a Hummer the other day with kid in FRONT SEAT, |
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