Jack's House

vapes arent actually illegal are they? They wouldn't be sending a Schoolkid Down for this would they?

Think this is a growing up thing. Small kids defer to parents at difficult moments if they feel its a safe place to defer to. Teens naturally think there issues armore complicated and find it harder to see their parents as the safe place to go. They might talk to Boy/girlfriends or coaches/mentors especially if they don't believe the latter wont come over all parental with them. A safe place. Think parents need to understand that a bit. Question> If your boss at work thought your demeanor or performance was a bit off at work and asked if all was ok at home would you spill about the row you had with your partner or money worries etc? I sort of doubt it.  I would note Jack that while you certainly disciplined the kids in your care that you did a certain amount of life coaching at the same time. Parents demanding answers all the time isn't always helpful

At the very least you did your duty by Birdie, and your M,m and itsz nice that it became a bit more than that.  Goodby Birdie as the song goes, RIP and sorry for your loss Stevie

Think dads might use it for very little boys up to school age but yep I think a lot of boys in the UK may not appreciate it other than from their Mums. Theyd prefer tiger or buster, a bit more macho

Sorry to hear. Seemed a decent guy but events went against him. As to his efforts for peace in the Middle East. well let's just say Tony Blair is a pygmy by comparison. Getting to 100 is a great achievement. Do US Presidents send letters to citizens who get that far the way our monarch does? As I say the USA lost decent man

RIP Jimmy Carter

Gunsmoke, Bonanza, alias Smith and Jones the main ones

I would say they were in three main areas:

1. On the computers
2. Sitting on the floor in the fiction section reading
3. A group of late tweens who seemed to be friends browsing at the end of non-fiction 500's. I looked that up and the upper 500's is biology/zoology/animals

The others were just scattered about browsing or sitting at tables reading. The really younger ones were with their mother (presumably) at a table looking at books.

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The library does have a bike rack out front. There were several bikes parked in it so one can presume that some of the boys biked over.  That is especially unusual these days as it is rare that kids are allowed out on their own. Of course, they may have traveled in groups which is more acceptable.

Boy in jeans had a nerdy look to him. He was in jeans, a white t-shirt with a NASA graphic, black sports sandals, and wore glasses. He had sort of messy blonde curly hair that was faded around his ears.  He was at one of the computers very intently involved in whatever was on the screen.

Are nurds, no doubt unsporty, shyer about their bodies so even in hot weather choose to be covered up. Maybe there were one or two boys late to tackle school holiday-time assignments. Girls would naturally all have them done already being the more sensible creatures they (usually) are