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hlthe2b

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14. I have had that too from the incredibly mature Parkland kids and those I know attend the best schools where I am...

Reply to NNadir (Reply #11)

Sun Dec 28, 2025, 02:50 PM

2 hrs ago

It is not those kids and all the others undoubtedly encouraged by well-educated family members who concern me.

It is those who are at the other extreme and who are going to be left behind even more over these next four years.

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My Sister-in-law, who's into mysticism (which I'm obviously not) gave me a t-shirt for Christmas I absolutely love. [View all] NNadir 4 hrs ago OP

I like it! QED 4 hrs ago #1

I'm not sure how to interpret the phrase "cat origami" -- cats folding paper ? people folding cats out of paper ? eppur_se_muova 1 hr ago #27

People folding - QED 1 hr ago #28

Well, that seemed like the safest guess -- but still, a book of origami for cats might be interesting. eppur_se_muova 1 hr ago #31

I love it! SheltieLover 4 hrs ago #2

Insanely cool. Permanut 3 hrs ago #3

I want! I'm so jealous! Love it! Solly Mack 3 hrs ago #4

Very nice! 👍😻 littlemissmartypants 3 hrs ago #5

That's a shirt I would definitely wear, if I wore t-shirts! GoneOffShore 3 hrs ago #6

No, it was in a gift bag. NNadir 3 hrs ago #7

My joke was lame and playing off Schrodingers theory. GoneOffShore 3 hrs ago #10

No, your joke was clever, and unfortunately, my attention was such that I didn't get it. NNadir 3 hrs ago #12

Schrodinger's Joke BaronChocula 2 hrs ago #21

or not. erronis 2 hrs ago #23

So, how many people under the age of 20 (or maybe even under 30) ask you what it means? hlthe2b 3 hrs ago #8

Two years ago, when we were visiting my son where he's in graduate school, I wore the Periodic Table shirt... NNadir 3 hrs ago #11

I have had that too from the incredibly mature Parkland kids and those I know attend the best schools where I am... hlthe2b 2 hrs ago #14

There have always been two extremes in education. My father had an 8th grade education, dropped out to support... NNadir 2 hrs ago #20

The most important thing that any of us can learn FakeNoose 2 hrs ago #22

One of my friends found a periodic table shower curtain for her niyad 2 hrs ago #18

A fun joke: arrange the elements in the order of Tom Lehrer's song so you can sing it in the shower ! nt eppur_se_muova 1 hr ago #29

I looked Schrdinger's cat....Warning: quantum mechanics surfered 3 hrs ago #9

The Big Bang Theory Dear_Prudence 3 hrs ago #13

My daughter gave me a tee shirt that reads: rsdsharp 2 hrs ago #15

That's a winner. NNadir 2 hrs ago #16

Absolutely LOVE IT!!! niyad 2 hrs ago #17

Wonderful! Grumpy Old Woman 2 hrs ago #19

Tsk. It looks half dead. Girard442 2 hrs ago #24

!!! Right now it's neither and both, unless you look at it. NNadir 2 hrs ago #25

until a measurement is made Norrrm 1 hr ago #26

I WANT ONE! GiqueCee 1 hr ago #30