For all the parents in Boulder who’s teenagers are running rampant and trying to blow up the city tonight, I have one question for you:
Do you make no attempt to stop them from buying fireworks? Do you suck just as much as they do?
Just bought my first 8-valve Saab After several years of running 16-valve Saab 900’s. (1988, 1991, 1992, and 1993). This one is a 1985 900 S - highly optioned with euro-style headlights.
at this point, the only things that don‘t work on the cluster are the fuel gauge and the clock. My Saab guy has a strong suspicion that the fuel sender is bad.
Is it common for the fuel senders to fail on the pre-87 cars? I’ve never had a fuel gauge issue before.
The irony here, of course, is that the town of Bourne has been absolutely rabid about tearing out the tracks to North Falmouth.
North Falmouth could be an outstanding candidate for a passenger train station: centrally located for the upper Cape, connects immediately with a world-class bike trail, and is near a village. I think commuter rail is a little far fetched, but an expanded version of the Cape Flyer, maybe three times per day, to Hyannis and North Falmouth, would be a huge improvement.
So a dear friend is getting married this coming weekend, and he has made me best man, which I feel very honored by. This is someone who I'm very grateful to have in my life and I am excited to be there for him.
Wedding is mostly indoors, 80 people, lots of toddlers (25 or so).
I mention this because I've been fighting a pretty severe autoimmune disease for five years and am now finally receiving immunotherapy treatments that have helped me to turn a corner. Doctor is advising me to be extremely careful with high-risk events like this, and I am very nervous.
Everything was manageable until the groom explained that everyone in the wedding party would take turns hanging out with some of the kids to keep them occupied, especially his 2-year-old nephew, who is ring bearer and will be featured throughout the ceremony and reception. There are about five toddlers in the wedding party. Obviously this is setting off major alarm bells for me because kids this age tend to be contagious quite often. If I get sick from one of them, the road back would be extremely long for me.
Tried broaching this with groom tonight and there was a lot of silence on the other end of the phone. I had mentioned that I might not interact with the kids much. Finally he said "We wanted the kids in the wedding, so that's not changing." It didn't sit well with me. I know it's my duty to step up and be there for him, but I am seriously worried about how having any boundaries around this might damage or end our friendship.
How would you handle this?