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Pecan - 2005-02-10 13:53:09 Some say it's possible to be completely nut-free at home, but that it's impossible in macadamia.* * * * * * * * * * * * Timmy - 2005-02-10 14:01:50 I know a few people from AA that are highly allergic to work. Maybe we should ban it.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-02-10 14:19:33 I hope I don't appear flippant about a subject that actually interests me quite a bit. Now that the requisite pun is made, I am ready to soberly examine this issue.* * * * * * * * * * * * Iss - 2005-02-10 14:32:15 Soberly? How can they be serious? Once more a bunch of collective 'it's-everyone-else's-responsibility-but mine-r's. I happen to know a close friend's 9 year old who is severely allergic to peanuts. I've seen her react and it's not pretty - vomiting, rash, wheezing. She has a true allergy, unlike the 90% of cases who are not true allergies. Do you know what she does here in the East Lansing Schools? She *doesn't eat nuts.*. If she sits next to someone who is eating peanut butter, she washes her hands. One time she ate lunch at my house and I stupidly had some peanut butter on celery for the kids. She was getting hyper when her mother said, "Nic can eat it, and he's not going to kiss you, so relax". She has never had a problem in our PB & J school. Right to access, sure, but people are ridiculous. A letter home and a night of education would have solved the problem. Are they going to uproot all of the flowers and spray toxic insecticide for those students allergic to bees? Give me a flipping break. * * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-02-10 14:43:59 Indeed they are serious dear sis. Angell is a good-sized elementary, too. One wonders if they could have pursued (or at least tried) the much more common-sense attitude you describe. I think the mom's attitude is a good one, too--not flip out and have the kid get even more hyper but just deal with it with common sense. Or, as someone we both know would say, "un-common sense."* * * * * * * * * * * * Iss - 2005-02-10 14:48:22 I'm allergic to moronic, self-centered parents...gonna start a movement to banish them and their precocious brats to a high-walled compound free of sun (skin cancer) milk (lactose intolerance) all tree nuts (the buzz word in nut allergies) and pencils (lead can be harmful in large amounts.)* * * * * * * * * * * * Iss again - 2005-02-10 14:50:45 This has nothing to do with nothing, (as someone we know would say) but did you read the Annie's Mailbox in the paper where a woman wrote in complaining that she was unable to stop eating crayons? She would consume box after 64-piece box. The helpful authors said it could be pica, but Dave and I thought it was a scam letter. * * * * * * * * * * * * Iss once more, then I gotta do some laundry - 2005-02-10 14:54:55 Incidentally, one school around here does maintain a nut-free table in the lunchroom. Probably gets cleaned a little better or something in addition to giving the allergy kids a 'safe' zone. I'm ok with that idea, if the percentage warranted that attention.* * * * * * * * * * * * Mom, channeling through Iss - 2005-02-10 14:56:48 "It's not given to everybody!"* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-02-10 15:06:15 (mournfully) we don't have Annie's Mailbox in the newly Heritage-owned Ypsi Courier. Annie's been evicted. The mailbox was knocked down with a pipe wrench. Annie's living under the Cross Street bridge. We don't have a Religion page anymore, either. James Mann's column wasn't in today's paper. Actual news has been reduced to an anemic rivulet of text trickling between huge mountains of ads. 90% of the stories are written by one writer, a good writer, but I wish for a greater range of voices. And I'm wondering if there's a connection between the Heritage takeover and the abrupt disappearance of all my crayons. Things aren't pretty down * * * * * * * * * * * * Slight change of Subject - 2005-02-10 15:07:44 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=18835&item=4071160010&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura (shuddering) - 2005-02-10 15:08:43 Ooh, that channeling was spooky. Very lifelike. :)* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-02-10 15:18:10 I think the nut-table is also a sensible solution, though. Pity you have to do laundry sweetie but thanks for stopping by. * * * * * * * * * * * * Anna - 2005-02-10 15:40:02 I agree with Iss. Peanut table should be the most drastic measure. I have asthma and a dust allergy. Do I expect a dust-free environment at work? They could make me a lot more comfortable by doubling the janitorial staff and actually make them work (c.f., earlier comment). Even better would be a brand-new building built with hypoallergenic materials and anti-mold paint. I wouldn't dream of asking for these things. On the rare days when I really can't stand it, I work from home. * * * * * * * * * * * * Maintenance Man - 2005-02-10 16:01:01 Being a maintenance person I get a lot of people complaining about mold, dust and breathing problems. Most of the complainers have several cats that let them poop everywhere. And if they ever cleaned there shower, sinks, floors or anything, there would be no mold. Blame society.* * * * * * * * * * * * Anna - 2005-02-10 16:05:51 Well, some people are allergic to mold and dust but not pets -- there are tests for all of these things. I agree with you about mold and cleaning, though. Of course, a lot of time there are mold spores in heating ducts and because of unseen water damage or damp basements. I was also allergic to my entire basement, but once I got a dehumidifier, the problem went away. Anyway.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-02-10 16:08:10 Anna, that is hilarious to hear you use the (in-house family nickname) Iss to refer to my sis. It's perfectly fine, mind you--that's how she signed her name--just sounds funny, as if we just adopted you into the family. (Mine is Wad, by the way. Long and boring story.) :) Anna: that's a good point; what will this child do in 1. high school 2. college 3. work? And I also think it's stigmatizing for the poor kid. The article made it sound like everything was hunky-dory but anyone who remembers the savagery of children's culture knows perfectly well that this kid is probably razzed unmercifully due to all the fuss everyone else made.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-02-10 16:15:38 Maintenance Man, it's revolting that someone would actually let their cats fling poop everywhere. Yuck. Totally unhealthy. Anyways, I find a vinegar solution works wonders to eliminate mold/mildew in the bathroom/kitchen. * * * * * * * * * * * * Anna - 2005-02-10 16:33:14 Laura, I thought that was sort of an unusual name, but I guess there's a lid for every pot. You can call me "roo-girl" if you like ;-)* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-02-10 16:35:56 Roo-girl, that is probably the most charming and funny nickname I've ever heard. Thanks for letting me use it. I like the saying "there's a lid for every pot"; I've never heard that before. --Wad* * * * * * * * * * * * Anna - 2005-02-10 17:39:40 It's funny -- I never thought about how strange 'roo-girl' is. It used to be "Rooster" but changed over the years. Why Rooster? I'll have to ask my parents, but my guess is that it had to do with my habit of waking up at the crack of dawn as a toddler...* * * * * * * * * * * * Anna - 2005-02-10 17:42:16 I like "lid for every pot" too -- My grandmother used to say it, and I forgot all about it until I heard it on NPR recently (I think on This American Life). They were talking about whether it was hugely disturbing or somewhat inspirational (and disturbing) that the cannibalism-fetishist in Germany was actually able to find a willing partner. It's gross, but it made me laugh and I've been using the expression liberally since then.* * * * * * * * * * * * Roo-girl - 2005-02-10 17:43:49 Until I looked at your other post, I forgot all about the fact that it's My Year.* * * * * * * * * * * * Wad - 2005-02-10 17:52:57 Oh, I'd thought "roo" came from "kangaroo," as in, a bouncy toddler. I'm glad to learn the NPR backstory for the saying. :) Hm, Iss is a Rooster, too, as is our Mom.* * * * * * * * * * * * LF - 2005-02-10 18:13:35 Anna - To what extent is the willing partner helping the cannabalism-fetishist?* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-02-10 18:15:15 if I remember correctly it was to, um, the ultimate extent.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-02-10 18:16:16 oops, you asked Anna, sorry.* * * * * * * * * * * * Anna - 2005-02-10 18:22:33 Oh -- yes, well, I concur. Back to nicknames -- they called me "kangaroo' too -- I think they liked all variations on the roo theme. Nicknames are weird, aren't they?* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-02-10 21:32:18 Nicknames are weird. I've always thought parents should give their kids names that lend themselves to nicknames, like my sis's name "Larissa"--she got scads of nicknames out of that over the years: Issa, Iss, Lissa, Issa-belle, Rissa, "you name it." And me? Nuthin'. "Hey, Laur! Yo, 'Ra!" Nope. Anyways, the reason I think parents should name thus is because nicknames foster informality and friendship. Or vice versa. I was also called "Lima Bean" by fellow track team members for reasons that shall remain occluded by the mists of time. * * * * * * * * * * * * Iss, er, Larissa - 2005-02-11 15:00:24 And a college New Yawker friend of my husband's called me 'Laaaariss', as in "Hey, Laaaariss..!" As I remember he would scream it. He was a character. Hey, Laura, why do we call you Wad? Or, Wad-l, Tante Wad.....hey! Wasn't this supposed to be about peanuts? Gotta go take a nap before work tonight, blech.* * * * * * * * * * * * Larissa - 2005-02-11 15:04:20 Now I remember....I couldn't say 'Laura' so I said 'Wawa' which got morphed into 'Wad'. Speaking of lunchrooms, I visited Nic at kindyland today and in the lunchroom all of the kids were quick to tell me that "Miss Sandy made a poor decision and will not be allowed on school grounds anymore". She was a parent like me who helped in the lunchroom also. Ye gods! What could *that* have been? Forcing an allergy kid to eat a PB & J?* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-02-11 19:28:20 Oh. I had thought *I* was the one who couldn't say Laura and so said Wawa which was curtailed to Wad. Hmmm. How could such a fundamental family myth have such misty origins?! Iss! See if you can channel Mom again to get the answer to this question please... Naturally I am dying to know (not Miss Sandy's last name nor the kindyland's name but) the heinous offence...do tell please.* * * * * * * * * * * * Iss - 2005-02-12 16:47:04 No idea or I would tell, oh gossipy me. Keep you informed next week.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-02-12 19:17:51 I'm on tenterhooks dear sis. Whatever those are.* * * * * * * * * * * * add your comment: |