DS is turning 18, ideas?

[bigfrank]

Originally Posted by Glitter Brunello

I'm sure he would love to be your kid, BF.

Yhea but my wife would stop it.

[IreneLF]

I'd like to be Frank's kid too
When I told DD about BF's limo idea, she marveled saying this is better than anything she or her friends could have come up with.

FYI the census enumerators don't start working (for the most part) til after 4/1 when the expected 33% of the population doesn't return their forms.
Hiring and training should start before that but it could dovetail nicely with his ski job.

And again FYI the drinking age in Quebec is 18; I know this b/c of all the Smugglers' counselors going there. Ontario is 19.

[3kids4me]

My son is also turning 18 this month and is apparently going to some concert in the city by a group with "Doom" in the name. (Actually, the concert was supposed to be last month and got postponed.)

I was, however, thinking of getting one of those giant obnoxious cardboard signs posted outside the high school with a happy birthday message...are those popular in your town?

[IreneLF]

Never saw one of those signs around here Sharon.

I think you have to know your kid - one of mine would think it was her right, and that it should be there to congratulate her for at least a week, the other would be mortified.

[wackymother]

No signs at the high school here, but now you mention it, there is a section in the local newspaper for a picture of the birthday boy and a Happy Birthday announcement. You do see those for 18th birthdays sometimes, and I bet they're not too expensive.

[longtimer]

Originally Posted by wackymother

Colleges actually mostly already have a sort of prepaid Visa-like thing, a card where you put money on it and then the student can use it around town and on campus for food, entertainment, whatever.

Sometimes it's part of the student ID and sometimes it's part of a dining hall pass and sometimes it's a separate card, but it basically works like a prepaid Visa. The aggravating thing is that the money often disappears when the school year ends!

Yes, my daughter has that on her card (it's called an e-card). Even some of the local pizza places around campus take the card! It's also linked to extra meal purchases at the campus cafe (not part of the meal plan), bookstore purchases and laundry. However, whatever money is left on the card at graduation is lost. I give her the AAA Visa card to purchase books and other incidentals over the semester. She can use it almost anywhere she goes and to order books or other things online. Plus she's not alway calling me to say she needs "money"!