blueskiesoc

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Not every state. This is Texas. I'm in California and my kid went to school with shoulder length hair that was half blue. My relatives in Texas kept asking what the school was doing about it. There's nothing on the books about hair and the principal said it looked cool. Hair has always been a control issue in bible thumping communities, which I thankfully am no longer around.

From my experience:

Gently let your husband know that if his mom says something negative that he should not pass it along to you. What his mom said did not hurt you until he told you. That's how I taught my kid not to spread gossip.

As for your mother in law, if she comments that something is messy, hand her a broom. That's how I got my certified-clean-freak mom to stop making comments. "Vacuum's in the closet" was another one, but she was my mom, not my MIL, so it wasn't as hard for me. Sooo...have your husband do it. :)

on Minerals!@kbin.social · c/discover · 1 pts · 2y

It's quartz...maybe. The crystal foramtion is what's throwing me. My sample is banged up, but still the crystals appear to be 5-sided, not 6.

What is saphira? I couldn't find anything onine. I found corundum, fo sapphire, but the mohs scale is too high for my sample, a 9. My sample is closer to a 7. Also corundum streaks colorless and my sample streaks white.

Clinozoisite is a similar mohs, but streaks greyish-white.

So I'm thinking quartz.

on I LOVE MANUAL TRANSMISSION · c/memes · 6 pts · 2y

My kid is learning to drive and I wanted to rent/get ahold of a manual to teach that too, but nothing doing. You can't find one to rent and I'm not buying a whole car for a few weeks' training.

I went to Michael's yesterday. This year they have an odd selection. There is a love and glamour theme and there is another theme that looks like candy (not Halloween candy). It's odd, but I think for people who have loads of Halloween things, it gives them a chance to have something new.