10-03-2022, 03:09 PM
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#2841
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sr. Mints
So that's a no on stuffing some of my old clothes full of hay and hanging it by the neck from my garage, then?
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Back in the day my younger brother and his room-mate did something similar on the balcony of their apartment. The police came and (nicely) asked them to take it down as they kept getting calls from people who thought it might be real.
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10-03-2022, 04:51 PM
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#2842
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Not Taylor
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Calgary SW
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On the topic of neighbours... sometimes you just gotta put up with neighbour's blaring things loudly. Sometimes it's half decent music, so it's fine. But the one MAGA hat wearing trumper in my neighbourhood who blares Donald Trump speeches so we can all hear them can go to hell. Currently listening to some Michigan governor rally and I can hear it word for word. Ugh. I'm working (so can't put on my own sounds) and it's too nice to close the window.
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10-03-2022, 05:50 PM
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#2844
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Not Taylor
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Calgary SW
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Nah, this guy is the typical 50 ish, oakleys wearing, truck driving thumb.
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10-03-2022, 06:36 PM
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#2845
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
How old is your child ?
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Four
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10-03-2022, 06:39 PM
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#2846
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Fisher Account
Four
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Yeah that’s a tuff age for this type of thing
A couple of years older and you could talk this out with your child. Maybe you can depending on you 4yr old.
If you can’t do that with your 4 yr old, it might be worth talking to the neighbor, unless he blares Trump speeches.
Tuff one
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Originally Posted by Sliver
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10-03-2022, 07:26 PM
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#2847
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Fisher Account
So lemme get your guys' thoughts.
My neighbor is really into Halloween, and this year has a realistic decapitated head hanging from a gallow on his front yard. I have a young child and it terrifies her whenever we go outside.
Is a decapitated head a bit TOO much for Halloween decor? Worth saying anything? I don't want to be a fuddy duddy but I feel like that may have overstepped the boundary of good taste for seasonal decorations on your front yard.
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Talk to the guy, maybe he would take it down until the week before halloween for you. You could even lead off with that you might be being a fun sponge but …. I think it’s worth taking to him. They might not care and you shouldn’t be mad if they don’t care but they might be very compromising.
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10-03-2022, 08:46 PM
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#2848
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Franchise Player
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Let the decapitated head be and tell your daughter it’s not real.
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10-03-2022, 09:18 PM
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#2849
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Yes. Best to just desensitize ourselves to graphic violence at an early an age as possible. Those anti-abortion trucks and pamphlets will all be for naught.
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10-03-2022, 09:19 PM
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#2850
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MoneyGuy
Let the decapitated head be and tell your daughter it’s not real.
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Rational conversation works 100% of the time, Neverytime.
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10-03-2022, 09:22 PM
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#2851
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That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
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Ya come on she’s already 4. If you can’t just explain to her why she shouldn’t be afraid of something, then that’s on you. Because we all know all 4 year olds always listen to reason 100% of the time. It’s one of the laws of the universe.
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10-04-2022, 08:30 AM
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#2852
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Franchise Player
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It can be both things at once.
Your neighbor IS crossing the line with a realistic graphic head like that with little kids around the place.
But you would be a fuddy duddy if you said anything to him.
This is just one of those tough ones you'll have to deal with on your own.
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10-04-2022, 08:37 AM
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#2853
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CroFlames
It can be both things at once.
Your neighbor IS crossing the line with a realistic graphic head like that with little kids around the place.
But you would be a fuddy duddy if you said anything to him.
This is just one of those tough ones you'll have to deal with on your own.
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Yeah I disagree.
It is possible the neighbour doesn't totally get that it might scare kids that are the same age a TFA's kid.
Having an honest/non-judgmental conversation might go a long way.
Hell even saying to buddy "wow that's a crazy realistic head! My kid is terrified of it and scared ####less." If he isn't a total D-bag he might put it together.
This isn't about him being a fuddy duddy, this is about how he approaches it.
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Corporal Jean-Marc H. BECHARD, 6 Aug 1993
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Originally Posted by Sliver
Just ignore me...I'm in a mood today.
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10-04-2022, 08:45 AM
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#2854
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#1 Goaltender
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If it’s realistic enough to be noteworthy, I think it’s an inappropriate display. There’s the horror and gore of Halloween then there’s just poor taste. Children walking to school shouldn’t be seeing decapitated heads.
Save that #### for actual Halloween. It’s a day of fright, not carte blanche to be morbid for a month.
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10-04-2022, 08:47 AM
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#2855
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 81MC
It’s a day of fright, not carte blanche to be morbid for a month.
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That's a good point and another Gear Grinder.
When did Halloween become a ####ing month long event?
Why are houses even putting up displays beginning for October?
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Captain James P. DeCOSTE, CD, 18 Sep 1993
Corporal Jean-Marc H. BECHARD, 6 Aug 1993
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Originally Posted by Sliver
Just ignore me...I'm in a mood today.
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10-04-2022, 08:50 AM
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#2856
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: the middle
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Quote:
Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
That's a good point and another Gear Grinder.
When did Halloween become a ####ing month long event?
Why are houses even putting up displays beginning for October?
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If Halloween doesn’t take late September and early October, Christmas will.
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10-04-2022, 08:50 AM
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#2857
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Roughneck
If Halloween doesn’t take late September and early October, Christmas will.
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or....and hear me out......they don't.
I get what you are saying, but it's all too ####ing much.
Sometimes less is more (i've used that line before in my life......)
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Captain James P. DeCOSTE, CD, 18 Sep 1993
Corporal Jean-Marc H. BECHARD, 6 Aug 1993
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sliver
Just ignore me...I'm in a mood today.
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10-04-2022, 08:52 AM
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#2858
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Fisher Account
So lemme get your guys' thoughts.
My neighbor is really into Halloween, and this year has a realistic decapitated head hanging from a gallow on his front yard. I have a young child and it terrifies her whenever we go outside.
Is a decapitated head a bit TOO much for Halloween decor? Worth saying anything? I don't want to be a fuddy duddy but I feel like that may have overstepped the boundary of good taste for seasonal decorations on your front yard.
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If it really bothers you, maybe have a friendly chat with your neighbour about it. I wouldn't lose my head over it though.
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10-04-2022, 09:07 AM
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#2859
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Jun 2019
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It's really grinding my gears how busy the roads have been since September. I know tons of people are back in school and people are back at work, but I can't believe that it takes me 2-3 times longer to get to work now. First world problem, but dang, it's annoying.
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