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As promised, I (we) will include true stories where we take full responsibility for doing things that someone else should have posted on this blog. At the moment, I am not recalling anything, but I am sure I will be reminded of something. Oh. I just remembered. What kind of person/parent does not check the weather on really snowy days and drops their kids off at school and even mentions, "Gee, it looks pretty dark. They need to turn some lights on." In fairness to the repeat offender in this matter, she grew up in St. Paul Minnesota where there was a no-snow-holiday policy. Schools never closed. Start time might have been delayed. But there was no closing and no early outs as I recall. Then one day the buses couldn't even make it through the snow, so there was a snow holiday. This would have been in the 1960's. And it might have been just that one time. The amount of snow that it takes to close Iowa schools is laughable. When I went to college in Des Moines, in

What kind of people put a square lid on a round bowl? Yes, we know the lid to the bowl is lost. So throw it out and choose a different bowl.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trassenheide,_Die_Welt_steht_Kopf.jpg What kind of people watch two episodes of This Old House and suddenly think they're a licensed contractor fit to replace sink piping? Only to result in more of a mess than was the original issue.  The person who submitted this topic included the following sentence: Husbands, that's what kind of people. (please click and continue reading) As the moderator of this blog, I need to clarify that we will not include designations of gender for a few reasons. 1 The goal of this blog is not about husband bashing. I take full responsibility for some seriously inept decision making and will include stories where I take full responsibility for my actions. 2 There may be some wives out there who have botched an attempt at home improvements. 3 There are couples with two husbands or two wives. They should feel free to provide their stories. 4 There are gender ambiguous situations. Side note: I

1 What kind of people buy red delicious apples? 2 What kind of people do not notice that they are buying the food that has been marked down because it expires on the day of purchase? Yes, we know that it is still safe to eat - but if it is an item that is not going to be consumed promptly - it might not be a wise purchase.

1 What kind of people have to peel off their t-shirt and turn it inside-out and leave it that way so that the folder has to turn it right-side-out? Don't they realize that the folder will decide at some point that they are not going to waste their time turning the shirts and just fold them inside-out? 2 What kind of people leave their socks wadded up when they take them off and then put them in the washer (trying to be helpful) where they stay in a ball and when they come out of the dryer, the folder has to un-wad the sock and finds that it is still wet? 3 What kind of people keep using bleach to clean things and ruining towels, bath mats,  and clothes? 4 What kind of people think that this is a load of whites ?