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[southendmd]

Monkeyshine (not moonshine) is what my dictionary gave me as translation for a really bad prank. Since it seemed strange to me, I added the ? in my first post.

I think "hoax" might be more appropriate.  To my ears, "monkeyshine" implies something more fun and lighthearted than a bomb threat.

[Penthesilea]

I think "hoax" might be more appropriate.  To my ears, "monkeyshine" implies something more fun and lighthearted than a bomb threat.

So it is pretty much the opposite to what I was looking for . My gut feeling was right, it did seem strange to me.
Thanks for offering a better alternative.

[Monika]

CONGRATS ON 2,000 VAMP SLAYIN' POSTS, MONIKA!

Buffy rules!


Thanks, everyone. Can´t believe that I´ve cluttered this forum with so many posts already

[Front-Ranger]

Buffy rules!


Thanks, everyone. Can´t believe that I´ve cluttered this forum with so many posts already

No clutter!! We've enjoyed every one of them, friend!!

[Penthesilea]

It's THAT time of the year again ....


... time to whine, moan and complain.


Summer holidays have begun here . Nothing to whine about that, I love the summer holidays. Six blissful weeks without alarm clock!

But it's also the time to place your oders for the new school year. From next year on, I have three kids in school. I've just ordered school books for 331€. And there are still some more missing. Additionally, I bought my girls' bus tickets for next year (390€ each). Then there's the small stuff, from pencils to rulers, from crayons to watercolors, from regular excercise books to specific writing pads with ungodly prices. The small stuff also adds up with three kids.

I made a quick estimation and all together, I have to pay 1290€ for the new school year. That's approx 1800$.

 

And although I know it perfectly well meanwhile, it angers me every year anew that in other federal countries, the country (via the schools) provides the books, at no costs for the parents. My parents never had to buy a single school book for me.
And if my girls went to a school with a lower educational level, I wouldn't have to pay for the bus tickets at all. Because in Germany we have compulsory schooling, every child between 6 and 15 has to go to school. Therefore the transportation to and from school is free - except when your kids go to the Gymnasium, which is the highest level of school we have. This is viewed as "more than fulfilling the compulsory schooling" and therefore it's not free. Other federal countries have other rules, but this is the situation where I live. Arrrgh! It's so unfair!

[Front-Ranger]

I hear you friend. My son will be a high school senior so that means I'll be paying college tuition for two of his classes in which he can earn college credit. And he'd better do well in them!!

I have some wacky expenses such as $4,000 for a new bicycle so that my son can get a cycling scholarship to college. I hope it works!!

[Kelda]

I always think the prices you pay for school stuff is wacky Chrissi.. 

[Penthesilea]

I always think the prices you pay for school stuff is wacky Chrissi.. 

It sure is
To be fair, I have to say that there is a voucher system for poor families. They get paid the greatest part of the costs for school books via vouchers. But nothing for the bus ticket, which is much more than the books. I pay approx 400€ for books, for three kids altogether, but the bus ticket is almost 400€ per child, once they get into fith grade (the first four years are at a local school, in walking distance).

What makes me the most angry is not the abdsolute cost of it (although it is really wacky), but the unfairness of the system.

[CellarDweller]

Hello Friends!  Hope that everyone is well!

[Jeff Wrangler]

I have some wacky expenses such as $4,000 for a new bicycle so that my son can get a cycling scholarship to college. I hope it works!!

Where does he want to go to school? I didn't know they gave athletic scholarships to cyclists.