Visit the Morning Screencaps archive<\/a><\/p>\nOn school kids dressing like slobs and people in general being complete slobs \u2014 The Slobification of the United States<\/p>\n
\u2014 Bob K. is quickly turning into a top emailer:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hey Joe,<\/p>\n
As always, keep up the great work, I look forward to my daily read.\u00a0 A couple thoughts on today\u2019s edition.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I could not agree more on the ridiculous way people dress today.\u00a0 I was on a plane last week to Nashville and the young person sitting next to me \u00a0( 20 to 25 ) looked and dressed like they just got out of bed.\u00a0 I just shook my head and made sure they saw me.\u00a0 My nieces and nephews know they better be dressed appropriately when they come to Uncles Bob\u2019s house or I will not let them in ( yes, I have turned a couple of them away.) I am affectionately called Uncle get off my lawn guy Bob by my nieces and nephews, but they know I am just trying to teach them lessons.I was so proud to watch those boys at the Capital last night.\u00a0 When they entered, I actually got out of my lazy boy and stood and clapped but full disclosure, I also got up and cheered for the 100-year-old veteran, he brought a tear to my eye. He was the best.I like and follow along with the different members on here, but I have to say I love the T\u2019s.\u00a0 I look forward to following their adventures, they seem like people who are full of life and know how to enjoy themselves, please keep showing their travels.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Millennial Jesse shares:\u00a0<\/p>\n
I wanted to chime in on the topic around kids\/people wearing pajamas in public. I couldn\u2019t agree more that people have lost touch with how they look in public. I remember reading awhile back on this topic in Screencaps and it motivated me to look decent when I go out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Even if it\u2019s going to the grocery store, I\u2019ll throw on a pair of jeans rather than sweats. When I drive into work everyday, I see kids at the bus stop and they look like they got out of bed and threw on their back pack. Some are wearing pajama pants and a t shirt and it\u2019s 20\u00b0 outside. What are the parents doing? Even at nicer restaurants I see people wearing sweatpants\u2026we have to stop normalizing this.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wife and I went to Greece and Italy for our honeymoon. Walking around Naples, I didn\u2019t see one person wearing sweats. Even the school age children were dressed decently. It was cool to see.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2014 Chris W. in California knows all about the slobification:\u00a0<\/p>\n
You brought up something that is a MASSIVE pet peeve of mine.\u00a0 Wearing pajamas in public!<\/p>\n
I have worked at several high schools and both of my older sons are in middle school, it is mind boggling the amount of teenagers that just wander around in public wearing pajamas and slippers, it’s like everyone had one big slumber party.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Personally, I blame COVID.\u00a0 Of the many, many ways our response to COVID screwed up society, I think one of the biggest things it did was make people lose all sense of decorum.\u00a0 When you spend a year and a half to two years stuck in your bedroom, interacting with everyone via a computer screen you get used to not actually getting yourself dressed and ready for the day because who the hell cares what you’re wearing when you’re doing everything remotely.\u00a0 \u00a0Sadly once everything went back to “normal” that mindset didn’t change and people don’t give a rat’s ass if it’s professional or becoming, they just want to be comfortable.<\/p>\n
I have a very specific rule that I have passed down to my boys.\u00a0 No matter what, every single day, whether I’m going out in public or not I get up, shower and ALWAYS get dressed in something that requires a belt.\u00a0 I feel like it’s a subtle, psychological way to make sure I am ready to DO SOMETHING that day. If I’m just wearing sweats that means I’m just lounging around, I’m not doing anything that requires labor.\u00a0 My boys have adopted what I do and as a result we all get shit done!<\/p>\n
I live in the Antelope Valley which has shall we say a “unique” population and I can’t tell you the number of adults I see wandering around in sweats and slippers, wearing bedtime bonnets or curlers still in their hair.\u00a0 The fact that these almost always seem to be the people paying for everything with their EBT cards makes me wonder if they even own something other than pajamas!<\/p>\n
I understand the desire to be comfortable, I’m a jeans and t-shirt kind of guy and the moment\u00a0 it hits 75 or above I’m dying to wear shorts and will find any excuse to do so, but no matter what I’m going to make sure I look like I’m ready to tackle the day and whatever may come my way, not run and hide under the covers the moment I’m faced with a challenge.<\/p>\n
Make America Get Dressed Again!<\/p>\n
\u2014 You’re damn right Stonewaller in Texas is tired of the slobs:\u00a0<\/p>\n
That post about kids wearing pajamas to school and other places struck a nerve.\u00a0 This is something I noticed a few months ago.\u00a0 I took the day off from work because of a dental appointment, and afterward headed over to Walmart in Stamford, Texas.\u00a0 Stamford used to have one of those good, old-timey Pizza Huts, but’s closed now, relocated downtown.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Anyway, I was in Walmart shopping in the early afternoon.\u00a0 I saw three different mothers with little kids in their carts with all three kids wearing their pajamas.\u00a0 To be clear, none of these kids were infants wearing onesies, which would have been perfectly normal.\u00a0 The kids were all preschool age, sitting in the cart.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The reason that is struck me is that it made me wonder if the mom ever bathed and changed the kid.\u00a0 Did the kid just wear pajamas all day, then get put to bed in the same jammies?\u00a0 Is a generation of kids being raised to wear pj’s all the time because this is how they are growing up?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
My dad was a farmer, my mom stayed at home with us kids and when I went to kindergarten, she started teaching school.\u00a0 Before I started school, my mom fixed breakfast for everyone, got my older siblings on the school bus, then plopped me down in the floor to watch Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Greenjeans.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then she cleaned up the kitchen and washed dishes, dressed herself, started the laundry and got me dressed, face washed, etc.\u00a0 It’s not that hard to dress a kid.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2014 Millennial Joel is sick of this trend that has evolved into full-blown slobification:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Your recent post about pajamas has me ready to contribute something other than my usual lawn pictures from TNML.<\/p>\n
I see it all the time here in central Kansas: kids wearing pajamas and slippers to school. A friend of mine who teaches at the local high school says some students even show up with blankets wrapped around them. I honestly have no idea how they can take school seriously while carrying around a Hello Kitty blanket or something similar.<\/p>\n
I personally attended a school that required uniforms. While some kids complained, I loved being able to just throw the uniform on in the morning and go; it took all the decision-making out of the process. My two girls are also attending a school with uniforms now, and it has saved me a lot of headaches from arguing about what they are going to wear each day.<\/p>\n
On a separate note, rumor has it we are getting a new Wendy\u2019s in town. I\u2019m still skeptical after reading your work on the subject, but I will keep you updated once the signage starts going up.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Rory writes:\u00a0<\/p>\n
I used to think I despised flying until I spent about 2 hours at the Austin, TX airport killing time for a flight.\u00a0 I realized I just hated Hartsfield Jackson Airport in Atlanta because it’s full of trash people in pajamas carrying around full on bed pillows and not neck\/travel pillows.\u00a0 I can’t imagine what Internationals think of America if their first experience is touching down in that hellscape.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Scott K. knows the current state of the school systems:\u00a0<\/p>\n
As a retired Middle School principal with my last 19 years spent in Administration, the topic of PJ’s caught my attention.\u00a0 I’ll try and be brief:<\/p>\n
It is called a student handbook, one that is filled with rules and guidelines, policies and procedures.\u00a0 Specifically, a DRESS CODE-expectations for students to look appropriate when they walk in the doors-OR change OR be sent home.\u00a0 PJ’s, other than Homecoming celebration week, aren’t allowed.\u00a0 Bra straps-not to be seen.\u00a0 Stomachs-not to be seen.\u00a0 Guys under arms-not be seen or hopefully\u00a0smelled.\u00a0 Underwear-not to be seen (over my years zip ties and the paddle were used to keep pants pulled up).\u00a0 Use common sense, but keep the standard in place.\u00a0 Support from upper Administration is key, but ANYTHING doesn’t go if I’m hired to lead the school.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Another insane topic in MO is banning cell phones.\u00a0 Too many weak ass administrators at all levels have let students run the show, slowly allowing cell phones to be out any time.\u00a0 This is just horse crap leadership.\u00a0 We allowed them in the mornings until we went to class, then again AFTER PM announcements.\u00a0 We don’t see them OR hear them during the day.\u00a0 It was awesome watching all the discussion at lunch knowing it would look much different if the cell phones were allowed.\u00a0 They are a disruption to all of our lives and only add to the distractions and challenges when learning. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Side note: \u00a0Teachers need a dress code and NO cell phone policy as well-unless on the prep\/planning time.\u00a0 Look nice and don’t be on your device at times when the students can’t.\u00a0 Common sense.\u00a0 But this is fleeting like an Atlanta Falcon Superbowl lead these days. \u00a0<\/p>\n
The World of Cub Scouting: Are you noticing parents who aren’t invested?<\/p>\n
Is this new or has this been going on?<\/p>\n
\u2014 Andrew in Kansas needs advice:\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been sitting on this email for a bit, trying to figure out the right way to ask this\u2014if it\u2019s even a question so much as a request for perspective.<\/p>\n
We recently put our 7\u2011year\u2011old son into Cub Scouts for the first time (Tiger Cubs). It\u2019s been over 30 years since I was involved myself, and a lot has changed since then. The fact that we have to state that we’re a “boy-only pack” speaks to some of those changes. At the local level, though, what I see is still a group of good kids supported by good families, all trying to build community and character.<\/p>\n
One thing we\u2019re struggling with is parent engagement. Cub Scouts isn\u2019t a “drop your kid off and let a coach run it” activity (cough travel ball) \u2014 it really works best as a weekly family commitment where every household contributes a bit of prep, organization, or leadership. Keeping the kids excited has been manageable; getting parents to consistently lean in has been much harder. I know that the kids will stick around much longer if the parents are involved and having fun.<\/p>\n
For dads (and families) who\u2019ve gone the scouting route, how do we get the parents to step up and participate more fully?<\/p>\n
Jimmy’s Seafood<\/p>\n
\u2014 Otis in Mobile says:\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was catching up on Screencaps and saw that you had the post of Jimmys Seafood with their “go f–k yourself” tweet.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
I have a very good friend from Baltimore whose parents emigrated from Greece, so of course all the Baltimore Greeks know each other and he is buddy of John’s, whose dad was Jimmy.\u00a0 \u00a0 Several times he has shipped me their food and I can tell you these crab cakes that you cook in your kitchen will be better than any that you have ever eaten in a restaurant.\u00a0 \u00a0If you have the urge, go order some and I strongly suggest a combo box with the soups in them.\u00a0 \u00a0Simply unbelievable.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Look at these pictures\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2014 Craig, a retired Lt Col in the USAF, emails:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Joe.\u00a0 Please look at these pictures.\u00a0<\/p>\n
CWO5 Eric Slover, the Medal of Honor recipient for the heroic piloting of a Chinook helicopter during the Maduro extraction, looks like he stepped off the canvas of Norman Rockwell.\u00a0 Another hero, recently introduced to Americans during President Trump\u2019s State of the Union address, the similarity of the historic occasion and the embodiment of freedom must be recognized.<\/p>\n
“Freedom of Speech” was the first of the Four Freedoms, a series of oil paintings by Norman Rockwell, inspired by President Roosevelt\u2019s 1941 State of the Union address, regarded as his Four Freedoms message.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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‘Alberta isn’t Ontario’<\/p>\n
\u2014 Guy G. from Western New York checks in:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Living in Buffalo, we often yearn for freer places. Mrs G and I found it in Alberta. Leisure Leigh is 100% right! Ontario sucks, and we avoid at all cost. But..my dealer in Edmonton “needs” training pretty often. Especially when the snow is piling up at Sunshine or Norquay.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I wonder what JP has going on after ConExpo. I could probably use the mountain air!<\/p>\n
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Remember when I was writing about my son and how he had the shower running and the hose was shooting water all over our bathroom?<\/p>\n
It turns out I’m not the only one trying to figure out what’s going on with shower habits these days.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The State of Electricity In Maine: Are taxpayers getting hosed?<\/p>\n
\u2014 John W. complains:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing the electric bill discussion -have a camp and building house In Maine-almost all power except wifi\/security cameras is off. Bill now about same as peak of summer usage (no AC) why??<\/p>\n
Electric bill\u00a0under “delivery charges” on broken out.\u00a0\u00a0on pace to cost Maine ratepayers $3.2 BILLION over 20 years.<\/p>\n
It’s the cost of Maine’s community solar subsidy program, running since 2019, when the legislature mandated the \u00a0purchase power from large solar farms for more than twice what it costs to produce. It gets loaded onto your monthly bill.<\/p>\n
Law was passed in 2019, out-of-state solar companies flooded into Maine to build massive multi-acre fields across the state, not because Maine is particularly well-suited for solar ( rank among the least sunny states in the country), but because the subsidy made it extraordinarily profitable\u2026 It started a solar GOLD RUSH! The total tab for Maine ratepayers was projected at $4.4 BILLION over 20 years.<\/p>\n
Last year, the legislature put a pause on new contracts, Now, ratepayers are going to be on the hook for roughly $3.2 billion over 20 years instead of $4.4 billion.<\/p>\n
Rather than accept the legislature’s decision, the solar companies sued. They argued that new fees on their existing projects amounted to an unconstitutional government “taking.”\u00a0In plain English: they wanted a court to force Maine ratepayers to keep writing them huge checks.<\/p>\n
Guys being Guys in Whistler<\/p>\n
\u2014 Chad G. in Kalamazoo got the boys together for a photo on the slopes:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ski Bro’s are back this week in Whistler Blackomb Canada.\u00a0 Great times with Great Friends.\u00a0 One of our favorite weeks of the year.<\/p>\n
Lot of good runs, Sh!t talk and card games.<\/p>\n
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Kinsey:\u00a0<\/p>\n
I grew up in Dayton, Ohio. I know nothing about the world of skiing. Is there a way for guys to gamble on ski trips like on golf trips? Is there some sort of app showing vertical feet that you guys gamble on? Do you gamble on who can get to the bottom the fastest?\u00a0<\/p>\n
And I have to believe it’s brutal to ski with a hangover. Don’t you guys get altitude sickness after getting drunk at apr\u00e8s-ski?\u00a0<\/p>\n
I remember a trip to Buena Vista, Colorado (8,000 ft) one time where I might’ve had one beer at dinner and it felt like I had 15. I don’t know how some of you guys crush beers after the slopes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Show Us Your Meat\u00ae \u2014 Vienna edition<\/p>\n
\u2014 Eric P. brags:\u00a0<\/p>\n
You want food that stands the test of time??\u00a0 How about a\u00a0 veal schnitzel in he basement of a Vienna restaurant, Greichenbeisl, that\u2019s been open since the 1400\u2019\u2019s which makes spending my 65th birthday there pale in comparison.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Which weiner are you picking?<\/p>\n
\u2014 Mike T. is on the move today in Germany:<\/p>\n
Dallmeyers in Munich.<\/p>\n
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Bike storage at the Munich metro station:\u00a0<\/p>\n
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And beer stein delivery at Hirschgarten in Munich:\u00a0<\/p>\n
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That is it. I’m feeling better. I’m not coughing much. I’m not blowing my nose like crazy. Now it’s time to crank up the content as we make the run to May when the weather officially breaks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Let’s keep our heads down and keep working hard. Go have a great day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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