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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements
August 12, 2015 at 3:05 am
Take care of yourself Stimbo. You have many people who love you here 
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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements
August 12, 2015 at 3:12 am
Stimbo, don't make us hunt you down!
catch!
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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements
August 12, 2015 at 3:13 am
(August 11, 2015 at 8:53 pm)Alex K Wrote: Dropping the child off at college, such a quintessentially American moment!
Have fun!
Man does time fly or what!
It seems like only hours ago that you were wiping her butt clean!
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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements
August 12, 2015 at 3:15 am
See ya soon Stim! Take care 
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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements
August 12, 2015 at 3:56 am
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(August 11, 2015 at 8:59 pm)Jenny A Wrote: (August 11, 2015 at 8:53 pm)Alex K Wrote: Dropping the child off at college, such a quintessentially American moment!
Have fun!
Don't parents of other nations do it? Or do you just put them on a train? Or what?
It's a rite of passage for the parent as much as the child.
I understand, and don't think that I find it ridiculous. I find it lovely! I personally wasn't put anywhere by my parents, I loaded the car with my girlfriend and off we went. Uni was 200 mi away. I think that we tended to be older when we went off to uni than college freshmen because of 13 year school and, for guys, mandatory military or alt service --- but my impression generally is that we're slightly more independent on average at that stage in our lives, which American youth quickly catch up in the first years of college (and if they don't go, ideally by other means). College freshmen are much more pampered on average(on paper) than German first semesters - at my uni in the US , you weren't even allowed to cook for yourself in the undergrad dorms! Unthinkable. And of course we can all legally buy beer here by the time we reach 10th grade, so the novelty of being away from your parents loses that sort of excitement as well. Still, whether these are perceived or actual differences, dropping your kids off at college simply is a cultural icon in the US, and while parents sometimes do it here it has not the same special significance - possibly as you say because distances tend to be smaller especially compared to out-of-state.
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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements
August 12, 2015 at 3:58 am
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(August 11, 2015 at 8:33 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Just to say I'm taking a little break from the forum, just to try and stabilise my brainspace. Or heartspace. One of those three anyway. I know I've caused a lot of panic lately, for which I am truly sorry. There's also a bit of drama that's been taking up my time, which hopefully will be resolved soon.
So as old Arnie said, "Put that cookie down!" - I mean, "I'll be back!"
When you come back, you can even have my boots, jacket and motorbike Take care!
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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements
August 12, 2015 at 9:49 am
Yay, Job interview round 3 (sic) here I come!
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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements
August 12, 2015 at 9:52 am
So Friday I'll be gone for about a week don't worry I'll be back for my coronation!
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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements
August 12, 2015 at 10:15 am
(August 12, 2015 at 9:49 am)Alex K Wrote: Yay, Job interview round 3 (sic) here I come!
Break a leg!
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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements
August 12, 2015 at 4:37 pm
(August 11, 2015 at 8:33 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Just to say I'm taking a little break from the forum, just to try and stabilise my brainspace. Or heartspace. One of those three anyway. I know I've caused a lot of panic lately, for which I am truly sorry. There's also a bit of drama that's been taking up my time, which hopefully will be resolved soon.
So as old Arnie said, "Put that cookie down!" - I mean, "I'll be back!"
You'll be missed, bud.
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