What do you hate??
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From: Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Flakey people are worse, ten fold, when they think they are being clever or really smart...it has to be the most annoying experience I ever had to deal with at school...because they are so dense they don't even realize how dumb they sound!
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From: Camarillo
Today I hate the 
ing wind!!! I was all set to drive the S down the lovely Pacific Coast Highway to our office near LAX. I woke up this morning to hear about all these trees and other debris littering our freeways and roads due to high winds. I thought (you know how the S is like a magnet for road debris), "I think I will just drive the Accord."
Of course, there was NO debris on my route.
And, it's about 75 degrees and sunny - although it is still windy which kind of sucks as you're driving along and a bunch of leaves fly into your face. 
ing wind!!! I was all set to drive the S down the lovely Pacific Coast Highway to our office near LAX. I woke up this morning to hear about all these trees and other debris littering our freeways and roads due to high winds. I thought (you know how the S is like a magnet for road debris), "I think I will just drive the Accord."Of course, there was NO debris on my route.
And, it's about 75 degrees and sunny - although it is still windy which kind of sucks as you're driving along and a bunch of leaves fly into your face.
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From: Central Massachusetts
It's really nasty. The throat closes up and makes it difficult to breathe. There is nothing scarier than when your kid can't breathe!!! 
Very similar to acute asthma, but no one's really certain what causes it. It seems to afflict kids only, and it's not at all like asthma in terms of lasting effect.
Anyway, it's scary as hell when you first experience it as a parent. I spent my one and only night in the emergency room with my older son the first time he had it.
Turns out, the "cure" is absurdly simple. You bring the kid in a bathroom with shower running for several minutes to get the steam into his throat. Then you can go somewhere cold/dry (not a problem around here this time of year). The transistion several times seems to ease it up.
When you go to the hospital, they treat it like asthma. You get an inhaler, and they take x-rays to confirm it's not pneumonia.
Very similar to acute asthma, but no one's really certain what causes it. It seems to afflict kids only, and it's not at all like asthma in terms of lasting effect.Anyway, it's scary as hell when you first experience it as a parent. I spent my one and only night in the emergency room with my older son the first time he had it.
Turns out, the "cure" is absurdly simple. You bring the kid in a bathroom with shower running for several minutes to get the steam into his throat. Then you can go somewhere cold/dry (not a problem around here this time of year). The transistion several times seems to ease it up.
When you go to the hospital, they treat it like asthma. You get an inhaler, and they take x-rays to confirm it's not pneumonia.
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From: Central Massachusetts
I'd never heard of it before my kids either, James. I guess we're talking ages 2+ through 6. I'm not sure we're totally done with it (my older son is 6.5), but I doubt he'll get it again.
The younger one that came down with it Sunday is just fine, James. Thanks!! It's so weird how it passes after just one night. One SCARY night, that is (for the uninitiated).
Ah, the joys of parenthood!!!!
The younger one that came down with it Sunday is just fine, James. Thanks!! It's so weird how it passes after just one night. One SCARY night, that is (for the uninitiated).
Ah, the joys of parenthood!!!!