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Re: Virginia man knocked officer unconscious during Capitol riot, prosecutors say

toniv — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 10:29:58 -0000

I hope he's tied up in jail and civil and criminal courts for the rest of his life. I hope he goes broke on lawyers. I hope whatever guns, job, woman, truck, trailer, deer lease or dog is GONE.

Re: Opening of the 1st Entirely Pet-Friendly Domestic Violence Shelter in the U.S.

toniv — Tue, 25 Dec 2018 23:17:11 -0000

Any mom who would let her children continue to watch her being abused, or who would let them be abused, because she couldn’t leave with her dog, is a great pet owner and a lousy mother.

Re: You can take your baby on a cruise, but should you?

toniv — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 14:38:49 -0000

When parents come to you to book a family cruise and they have children too young to be toilet-trained, do you bring up the rules before they book?

Re: You can take your baby on a cruise, but should you?

toniv — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 14:33:58 -0000

Have cruised 40+ times. I would and will NEVER take a non-toilet-trained child or grandchild on any cruise, EVER. And by the way, I AM that cruise ship passenger who WILL rat you out to top members of the ship staff if I see you allow your infant or a toddler clearly too young to be toilet-trained or any child clearly in a diaper into ANY cruise ship pool and ESPECIALLY into any cruise ship hot tub/spa.

Re: What you need to know about taking an infant on a Royal Caribbean cruise

toniv — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 10:52:54 -0000

Children in diapers (including "swim diapers") and all those who require diapers, may not enter pools and hot tubs on board cruise ships. This is a CDC rule under the VSP (Vessel Sanitation Program). They may not do so in so-called "swim diapers" nor may they enter without a diaper if they are not toilet-trained. In other words, your infant and non-trained toddlers (and all those who are incontinent for whatever reason) may not be in the pool. This includes a family pool like the Lido. Some ships have "splash zones" for these children, but not all. If you have one child who is trained and one who isn't, think about how you will supervise both at one time before you book.

Re: Flying With A Dog: Short Dog Travel Guide for Pet Parents

toniv — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 17:12:51 -0000

To clarify...some airlines allow you to put the carrier (with pet inside) on your lap, but never during taxi, takeoff, turbulence and landing. ALL airlines will require the pet (in the carrier) to be under the seat in front of you during those times. Also, your pet carrier counts as one of your carry-on bags. This isn't an airline rule, it's an FAA rule. So whatever items you might need or want during a flight (iPhone for music, lip balm, pen whatever), put in the outside pockets of the pet carrier or in your own pocket. Otherwise, you will have to stand up and rummage around in an overhead bin for those items.

Re: Flying With A Dog: Short Dog Travel Guide for Pet Parents

toniv — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 17:10:05 -0000

Remember...you cannot take your pet out of its carrier on board the aircraft. The regulation is that the pet must remain in the carrier, not even the head out of the carrier, whenever it is on board the aircraft. Some airlines allow you to place the carrier on your lap, some requirer that it remain under the seat directly in front of you. Also remember that you cannot sit just anywhere when you are traveling with a pet. You cannot occupy a bulkhead row (because there's no seat in front of you to store your pet carrier under) and you cannot sit in an emergency exit row.

Re: My Mother Wasn't Trash

toniv — Mon, 15 May 2017 16:45:16 -0000

I read Vance's book the day it came out. At first, I felt the way this writer -- Joshua Wilkey -- wants me to feel. But then it dawned on me that the folks Vance writes about in his book make dumb decisions, indulge in bad habits, and don't seem very responsible, imaginative or mentally resourceful, with the exception of himself and maybe his grandmother. Vance gets out of poverty via the military. His grandmother remains responsible for children she didn't bring into the world. Everyone else in the book falls into the categories I mentioned above; when I realized this, my compassion abated a bit. I can feel for this mother Wilkey talks about -- but did she need "listened to"? Or did she, indeed, need money to see a doctor and get her car fixed? I think more the latter than the former (except insofar as ALL of us, rich and poor, want to be "listened to"). But that assumes she'd do as the doctor told her, like quit smoking, quit self-medicating, take her medicine for her bipolarity, get counseling, make better decisions, pick better people, behave better. Sorry, but as a blue-collar, working-class kid, that's how I see it, and I'm as liberal as the day is long. As whatever it is we want to call ourselves -- Democrats, liberals, progressives, Christians, whatever -- we've got to own up to the fact that some people become or remain poor because they don't make the decisions that could get them out of poverty. Until we own up to that, and make an effort to put the responsibility of their lives into their own hands -- no more of this "God's gotta plan for your life and you just have to wait and see what it is" BS -- then we won't be able to convince folks on the other side of the political spectrum to continue to help those who need and deserve the help. I call myself a "tough-love liberal" and I guess this is what I mean when I say that. My relatives are no different than the lady in this tribute and the folks in "Hillbilly Elegy" (which was part of the reason I wanted to read it so badly). I feel sympathy for some of them, some of the time, over some of their issues. But not all, and not much, anymore, especially after having watched their lives' arcs over 56 years (and more, if you count the information my parents fill in from before my own birth). I can say for many of my kinfolk -- young and old alike -- they don't need "listened to." They need to do some listening themselves -- for example, when they're told to finish high school, take full advantage of generous educational opportunities, not make babies, live within their means, not borrow money they can't repay at rates they can't afford, not take up bad/costly/unhealthful/illegal habits, not spend money on tats or casino visits and then tell me they can't afford college tuition, not give any one the chance to hit them a second time, not marry over and over again, etc. I've tried and tried, especially with younger relatives like the children of my cousins. You'd think that my own happiness, financial comfort and satisfaction in this life would cause them to at least pretend to pay attention. I'm sure that sounds smug and arrogant, but that's how I was when I was young and broke with no education. I looked at people who had what I wanted and I figured that if I did what they'd done, I'd have those things too. It really did work that way. But with many of my relatives, I've given up, and I'm afraid I would have given up on this man's mom, too. He says she had 50-something cents in the bank when she died, and that she'd have given it to anybody who asked. Maybe that was part of her problem; it didn't matter if the person who asked had beaten her, starved her, or cared what happened to her at all; she would have given it to them, and let her son or the taxpayers or some church in town take care of her needs. That's not being good; it's being dumb. It's being irresponsible. Hate me if you want to, but that's my experience and that's my response to this well-written piece.

Re: Royal Caribbean to add lifeguards to its cruise ships

toniv — Sat, 13 May 2017 12:12:43 -0000

Can the lifeguards please be encouraged to enforce rules about diapers and kids too young to be toilet-trained in the pool?

Re: United Airlines Was Right to Remove a Belligerent Passenger

toniv — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 12:30:49 -0000

Nope. Not if they timed out due to weather or mechanical.

Re: United Airlines Was Right to Remove a Belligerent Passenger

toniv — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 11:43:51 -0000

Those 100+ pax in SDF waiting for a legal crew to arrive and work THEIR flight probably included doctors, patients, pregnant mamas, etc.

Re: United Airlines Was Right to Remove a Belligerent Passenger

toniv — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 11:42:16 -0000

He wasn't "randomly" chosen! IDBs are selected based on ticket type/price and check in time, not on race, occupation, or "randomly"!

Re: How I Got the United Situation Wrong Yesterday

toniv — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 17:45:55 -0000

There is NOTHING random about who is selected to be IDB'd. NOTHING. Different carriers use different rubrics, but, basically, it boils down to the type/price ticket you bought and your time of check-in. It is NOT random, it is NOT racial, it is NOT arbitrary. It's in the Contract of Carriage of that ticket. We all scroll past "terms of agreement" all day long and hit "I agree." Sometimes what we agree to we find disagreeable. We still have to abide by it. Capitalism 101: Pay more, get more, get better service and guarantees. The kind of ticket he bought included a susceptibility to being IDB'd if volunteers did not respond to voucher offers. Citizenship 101: When an authority (and I include agents, flight attendants and pilots along with security guards and cops in that term) tells you to do something, do it, and argue about it later.

Re: What you need to know about taking an infant on a Royal Caribbean cruise

toniv — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:48:31 -0000

Unless the Voyager has a splash zone, that is correct. There is no where. So pick a different ship or learn to say No.

Re: What you need to know about taking an infant on a Royal Caribbean cruise

toniv — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:45:20 -0000

It's a "fleet-wide policy" and also the policy of the CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program that no one in a diaper (including a so-called "swim diaper") and no one not thoroughly toilet-trained be allowed in a pool or hot tub aboard a cruise ship, including "family" pools and hot tubs. They are only allowed in the "splash zones." And not all ships have those. These rules are different on cruise ships than on land because the ship pools and hot tubs are treated differently in terms of chemicals (due to being in the ocean) and not allowed to dump the water/chemicals into the ocean. It's not just the diaper that is the problem; it's the kid. So taking the diaper off doesn't solve any problem. The kids aren't allowed if they're wearing a diaper or if they need one or if they are of an age that it is obvious that they would need one. No use telling the staffmember of your six-month or 18-month-old child, "Oh, she's toilet trained." That won't work -- or shouldn't. This is a health rule that protects everyone, including the child being excluded. Learn how to say "No," and if you can't, then wait until toilet-training is completed before cruising.

Re: Baby Name Liezel

toniv — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 17:18:35 -0000

My husband's granddaughter was born today and named Liezel!

Re: Yes, You Can Take Your Pet on Vacation

toniv — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 11:27:05 -0000

Not all beaches allow dogs, leashed or unleashed. Check first. Also, remember, pets in the cabin of a commercial airplane must stay in their carrier as long as they are on board the aircraft. I'm a flight attendant and my manual says that not even the animal's head is to be out of the carrier, and the lavs are NOT for the pets. Never just show up at the airport with your pet; you can't sit in a bulkhead or exit row with a pet. There are fees and rules, and limits to the number of pets on board a given flight; you must call and make arrangements first.

Re: Should I feel guilty for refusing to give up my seat to a family?

toniv — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 13:40:11 -0000

Nope, the blame falls squarely on the parents who refuse to shell out the seat selection fee for their children, like everyone has to pay.

Re: A Black President Visits A Red State – Causing White Sheets To Sing The Blues On Facebook

toniv — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 22:52:18 -0000

Yawl must not have even SEEN the FB comments on the page of Congressman Jeff Duncan.

Re: Autistic Girl and Service Dog Denied Picture With Santa

toniv — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:12:23 -0000

I'd probably become autistic too if my parents named me Abcde.

Re: Duchess Kate and Prince William: Reporters Covering Their U.S. Visit Must Adhere to a Dress Code

toniv — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 20:31:58 -0000

Good!

Re: Radar Online | Jessa Duggar Responds To Sex Scandal: Writes About ‘Overcoming Evil’

toniv — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 16:23:02 -0000

I didn't hear a denial in there.

Re: Jessa Duggar Marries Ben Seewald!

toniv — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 20:38:58 -0000

FREE JINGER!

Re: Delta Upgrades Inflight Entertainment Options

toniv — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 13:42:37 -0000

Why do this? Almost everyone brings their OWN IFE. It takes up space underneath seats, which compromises foot room/stowage space. It breaks, necessitating maintenance delays or apologies and free miles to those who complain about it being broken. It adds weight to the plane, compromising fuel efficiency. Why?

Re: No Need for a Carry-On: This Vest Has 26 Pockets

toniv — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 09:19:34 -0000

You'd take it off and have it scanned on the belt -- just like other bags and coats. The advantage would be on board.