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On the article What’s the Going Rate For a Lawn Service in Stillwater?
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On the article Juvenile with Airsoft Gun Causes Stir in Woodbury Neighborhood
Irving
11:45 am on Thursday, April 25, 2013
ReplyThe two that I've used have both been pump action, though there are CO2 powered ones as well. You can buy a variety of pellets - all the ones that I have seen are some sort of material softer than metal. I've always bought pellets that are quickly biodegradable, and while they hurt if they hit bare skin, they haven't broken any flesh yet. It's hard to feel them when they hit a jacket or even a heavy shirt - they have a lot of velocity but very little mass.
You could definitely put an eye out. You could also get your tongue stuck on one if you licked it in the winter...
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On the article Snow Doesn't Stop the 2013 Spring Flood Run
Irving
11:37 am on Friday, April 19, 2013
ReplyI have no idea how to approach a solution, and I do understand the desire to ride a motorcycle, but I hope motorcycle riders are aware of how devastatingly loud a motorcycle is to those of us trying to enjoy downtown Stillwater.
Bring in a rally and there isn't even a remote chance I'll go downtown - it's nightmarish.
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On the article Sweets Kendamas Flying Off the Shelves at Alfresco Casual Living in Downtown Stillwater
Irving
7:48 am on Wednesday, April 3, 2013
I love it. Give me a controller and I'm all over it...
Actually my son let me use his, and on the 2nd try I got the ball to land and stay in one of the cups which made me think I was awesome till he scornfully told me it was the largest cup. Luckily I hadn't yet noticed the spike on the kendama...
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On the article Residents React to Impacts on Stillwater Schools if Levy Fails: 'This List Stinks'
Irving
11:02 am on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
If I were a sanitation engineer and I had a MFA, should I be paid more? If I'm a software writer that generates millions for my company but never got a degree, should I be paid less?
Realistically, what does a degree get you when you are teaching kids? Does a 5th grade math teacher need to know calculus to teach 5th grade math? In the final analysis, an 8th grader with some pedagogy skills should know everything they need to teach a 7th grader.
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On the article Residents React to Impacts on Stillwater Schools if Levy Fails: 'This List Stinks'
Irving
11:58 am on Monday, February 25, 2013
ReplyI tried to read all the comments and I apologize if someone else already made this point.
Personal experience says that you can't swing a stuffed giraffe without hitting a teacher wanting to find work. If we dropped teacher and staff wages enough to balance the budget, would any teachers quit? I really doubt it, and if any did we'd likely be able to replace them easily.
I really like the teachers my children have had, and I have a great deal of respect for them, but that doesn't mean they are exempt from the same forces that have caused many other people to take reduced wages.
Realistically, increasing the tax I pay is reducing my wage, so it's pretty obvious someone is going to have to take a pay cut...
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On the article Residents React to Impacts on Stillwater Schools if Levy Fails: 'This List Stinks'
Irving
11:49 am on Monday, February 25, 2013
Why do teachers need a masters degree, and why should they be paid more because they have one? $48K with a couple weeks off for the holidays and summers free is a pretty astounding wage, especially when coupled with an amazing benefits package.
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On the article Residents React to Impacts on Stillwater Schools if Levy Fails: 'This List Stinks'
Irving
11:44 am on Monday, February 25, 2013
Lake elmo mom - working hard isn't really the issue. Are you willing to visit all of our work places and then assign some relative wage to each of us? I had a teacher as a roommate for several years, and she left later for her job than I did and came home long before I came home from my job, and she had her summers off. That sort of flexibility has a lot of value, and you aren't going to find any job like that that pays as well in the private sector.
Many, many of us in the private sector have taken pay cuts, and nearly all of us have taken benefit cuts during this recession - is it too much to ask that our public servants do the same?
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On the article Residents React to Impacts on Stillwater Schools if Levy Fails: 'This List Stinks'
Irving
8:27 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
ReplyWere salary and benefit cuts for staff discussed at the meeting?
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On the article U.S. Postal Service Announces End to Saturday Mail Delivery
Irving
11:55 am on Wednesday, February 6, 2013
ReplyPersonally I would like to see them stop delivery all together. The extremely rare real pieces of mail I get are swamped in all the advertising nonsense that fills my mailbox. I would love to have the option of opting out of postal mail service.
Irving
11:32 am on Thursday, May 16, 2013
I don't know if it's covered under 'Lawn Service', but I'd like info on prices for having trees 'installed' in my yard. Specifically a 4 or 5 tree screen of Arbor Vitae...