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Old 01-17-2014, 08:19 AM   #661
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Our friends have a kid deathly allergic, almost died once already and they have taken the place 100% of the responsibility on the kid to look after their own safety thing. I don't think I could do it that way but I bet it is a lot more comfortable living like that.

We have always let our son know to be conscious of what is around him regarding his nut allergy. He is pretty diligent about it....his older sister even more so. We try not to put him into situations where he is at risk for exposure. For instance I can’t take him to a Stamps game because of all the peanuts. Still, the ####ing attitude that some people have towards being unconvinced is somehow valid makes me want to take a couple good swings with a baseball bat!


I guess maybe it is just pure ignorance on some people's part that they don't understand that just touching the crumbs of a peanut butter cookie can trigger a reaction.


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The over use of the words "bigot" and "hate". At times on this very site. Its getting to the point where it is like the word "epic". They are used so often, for such small differences in opinion that they are becoming trend words that are losing meaning and hold very little impact anymore.

Often, a person accusing someone else of "spreadig hate" that they become far more hateful than the person they are chastising.

It makes everyone on all sides of every issus look bad.

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Add 'ignorant' or 'ignorance' to the list too. If you disagree with anyone on any issue ever.
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Add 'ignorant' or 'ignorance' to the list too. If you disagree with anyone on any issue ever.

#### you you ignorant ####
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Add 'ignorant' or 'ignorance' to the list too. If you disagree with anyone on any issue ever.
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I would say I hope that you have a kid who is anaphylactic to peanuts so you can experience as a parent what it is like to know that simply having the kid next to your eating peanut butter can kill your kid…..but I wouldn’t wish that on anyone. Pure ignorance!
32 Deaths EVER in North America, 9 in Schools. Riding the school bus is a greater risk then peanut butter. The 9 deaths are attributed to not getting an Epi Pen soon enough.

We need to follow evidence based solutions and not draconian bans. There is absolutely no literature to sugest bans are an effective way of preventing anaphaltic shock. We want people to follow science when it comes to Vaccines. That same standard needs to be maintained when talking about food bans.

(for links to the above numbers see my post in the thread on this topic)

The worst part of this is some schools (my daughters preschool) have banned homemade snacks from being taken to school even if they don't have peanuts in do to fear of cross contamination. Instead they require snacks to be sealed with peanut free labling. So instead of more nutricious home baked snacks they are promoting processed garbage. Though they still do allow vegatables, but I am not sure how they can justify cut up vegatables that have a risk of cross contamination when they won't allow other baked goods.


edit: my numbers above are completely wrong. See wormius post below. You are looking at about 60 to 100 deaths per year total which extrapolates to 15 to 25 kids per year which makes it about as dangerous as school buses.

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If you can be taken down by a speck of latent peanut dust in the air you probably aren't long for here anyways. It'll get ya, eventually!
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Save On Foods grinds my gears. How can you not look up a shopping rewards account by phone number? Safeway has been able to do it for years.
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32 Deaths EVER in North America, 9 in Schools. Riding the school bus is a greater risk then peanut butter. The 9 deaths are attributed to not getting an Epi Pen soon enough.

We need to follow evidence based solutions and not draconian bans. There is absolutely no literature to sugest bans are an effective way of preventing anaphaltic shock. We want people to follow science when it comes to Vaccines. That same standard needs to be maintained when talking about food bans.

(for links to the above numbers see my post in the thread on this topic)

The worst part of this is some schools (my daughters preschool) have banned homemade snacks from being taken to school even if they don't have peanuts in do to fear of cross contamination. Instead they require snacks to be sealed with peanut free labling. So instead of more nutricious home baked snacks they are promoting processed garbage. Though they still do allow vegatables, but I am not sure how they can justify cut up vegatables that have a risk of cross contamination when they won't allow other baked goods.
That number is wrong. That number of 32 was taken from a report as a sample size taken from a larger number of total deaths that were then further studied for specific allergy and other details surrounding the death. That report is referenced in a CDC study on allergies and anaphylaxis. I will list them later when I get to a computer.

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Thermostat nazis at work, GMG.
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Thermostat nazis at work, GMG.
or women and thermostats at work, at least that's my experience.
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or women and thermostats at work, at least that's my experience.
Not any women involved. Just one crotchety old guy who thinks that a dozen people in the office should use space heaters by their desks, just so he doesn't feel too warm.
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The city. The road leading into my house is now almost completely impassable with 1 foot deep icey ruts. I could get in earlier fine by just coming at it with a little speed, but someone just got stuck out there and it's a total disaster area now. Luckily a neighbour was able to tow him out but if not for that, the car wasn't going anywhere anytime soon.

Good work City of Calgary at completely failing at snow removal yet again.
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People who bitch about the conditions of the roads in their residential neighbourhood when half the problem is said neighbours who drive down the exact same set of ruts everytime it snows creating said foot deep ruts in the first place.
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There isn't one set of ruts, the entire road is just a slushy (during the day) or frozen (during the night) mess. The ruts I'm referring to are the ones he ended up creating simply by ending up stuck and trying to get out.

The road is slush during the day. It doesn't matter where you drive, you are going to create ruts. When it freezes over in the night, you end up with a big problem.

I have every reason to bitch about this. The plowers failed to actually clear the road in the first place and instead just levelled it out which left a good 6 inches of snow on the road. Combine that with above zero temperatures for a week and you end up with an almost impassable road.

Even if it was my neighbours fault, it's not my responsibility to make sure they're driving in a way that keeps the road in good condition. This shouldn't even be an issue at this point. When was the last significant snow fall? Three weeks ago?

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You're one of those people who is too lazy to flash a card and has to hold up the line at Safeway while the cashier tries to get your phone number right aren't you. Wow. Just use the damn card
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There isn't one set of ruts, the entire road is just a slushy (during the day) or frozen (during the night) mess. The ruts I'm referring to are the ones he ended up creating simply by ending up stuck and trying to get out.

The road is slush during the day. It doesn't matter where you drive, you are going to create ruts. When it freezes over in the night, you end up with a big problem.

I have every reason to bitch about this. The plowers failed to actually clear the road in the first place and instead just levelled it out which left a good 6 inches of snow on the road. Combine that with above zero temperatures for a week and you end up with an almost impassable road.

Even if it was my neighbours fault, it's not my responsibility to make sure they're driving in a way that keeps the road in good condition. This shouldn't even be an issue at this point. When was the last significant snow fall? Three weeks ago?
Time to get a proper vehicle for living in Calgary, it's not like it's the first time there is snow on the road. You guys in your honda civics and all season tires are the ones causing the problems.
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^ I see we have found the answer man. Why have you not been here earlier to give all your wise advice ?
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You're one of those people who is too lazy to flash a card and has to hold up the line at Safeway while the cashier tries to get your phone number right aren't you. Wow. Just use the damn card

No, actually I'm one of those people whose wife does the majority of the shopping so he never bothered to get a second card. But thanks for being a French shower bag.

If I had the card with me at Save On I would have used it.
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