Its oh so quiet Shh Shh

[ConcinusMan]

What really ticks me off is when they customize the wiring so that an off-the-shelf power supply is not an option.

[ConcinusMan]

How do I "fix" these calculation results from the advanced genetics wizard? I plan on doing such a breeding. Obviously, since the genes are incompatible, there's no way to get babies that are homozygous for both iowa and nebraska albino.

Nobody want's to take a shot at this?

[drache]

15 tomorrow, One of those "hot topic - Goth wannabe" kids.

Runs around in "Alice Cooper" makeup and defies everything.

Somehow you can dress her conservatively, and when she gets off the bus, it's Elvira all over again.

happy times.

wow - lucky me - we're not there yet, although there are glimpses of defiance
for the most part it's just plain regressive unreasonableness over here, at times apparently amped by hormone surges
unfortunately it also sometimes causes objects to be hurled which is not a good thing in rooms lined with glass cages
it's scary to recall what I was doing at age 15; what about you? are you similarly amazed to have made it through your teens (and some of the twenties) alive?

[kibakiba]

I was like that when I was around that age... I'm happy to have gotten out of it.

[Stefan-A]

it's scary to recall what I was doing at age 15; what about you? are you similarly amazed to have made it through your teens (and some of the twenties) alive?

Speaking for myself, I'm not one bit amazed. I knew what to expect and I sailed through my teens without any puberty-related problems. I think I jumped from age 13 directly to age 70. My knees agree.

[Mommy2many]

An effective way to stop the computer use from a defiant teenager?
Remove the hard drive-
If they have no knowledge of the workings of the computer, then all you have to do is unplug the hard drive.
Less labor intensive than removing batteries and or changing bios passwords, IMO.
I have one of those EMO-GOTH-defiant teenage girls, who likes to pride herself on getting around all of the parental computer controls. She has effectively F$#%#$ up our business computer on more than one occasion.
We have learned (the hardway) that we need to remove parts of the machine (parts you can't replace from another computer)
Good luck, Wayne! And mine is only 13...

[Stefan-A]

An effective way to stop the computer use from a defiant teenager?

Depending on how much the kid knows about computers and is willing to work to solve the problem, just flip the switch on the power supply and tell the kid you actually did something else.

Won't work on the more industrious ones.

[infernalis]

I went through a "stupid phase" and lost my way for a while.

Hormone wise she is a mess, right in the middle of puberty. Thankfully we live way out in the boonies, and I don't care if I have to stay awake all night we never take our eyes off these kids unless they are in school.

She would buy her whole wardrobe at "hot topic" if we had the money and I actually took her to the mall more than twice a year.

This summer should be a real riot. We spend most of the summer back at camp. No internet in the forest. However - the house is only a ten minute walk from camp at a brisk pace, about 2 minutes on a mountain bike like hers. So I can just imagine the fun this summer.

[Mommy2many]

I should buy shares in "Hot Topic".
Mine likes to color, dye, bleach her hair every 2 weeks.
This week it is orange.
The other week it looked like a rainbow.

[ConcinusMan]

My niece does the same thing. She used to have such lovely, healthy blonde hair. Now it's a wreck. So is her face. It's now full of holes.