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5-25-18, 7:32pm

dado potato replied to a thread Another school shooting, multiple fatalities in Simple Public Policy

Yes, the Noblesville IN incident today was at least the 21st school shooting in 2018. The youth with 2 handguns shot a female student. He was...

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5-25-18, 7:47am

dado potato replied to a thread Hello I'm spatula :) in WELCOME TO OUR SIMPLE LIVES

Good question! My guess is the new member is "spatula", because "Flipper" died in 1972. <wink> http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/3319 Or...

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5-25-18, 12:06am

dado potato replied to a thread PBS Great American Read in Reviews

Appears to be all novels. Non-fiction books get a little love too. 1962 National Library Week theme: Read and watch your world grow.

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5-24-18, 8:47am

dado potato replied to a thread "trust does not matter" in Workplace Issues & Jobs

If possible, get out from under this supervisor. It bears repeating: you need to keep searching until you find satisfying employment. This...

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5-22-18, 11:56pm

dado potato replied to a thread Wild Edible Watercress in Food & Recipes

It grows in flowing water. The leaves of many watercress plants together form a tangled mat. I would favor a positive identification. Err on the...

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5-22-18, 7:33am

dado potato started a thread Wild Edible Watercress in Food & Recipes

Watercress (Nasturtium officinale) is ready to harvest in our neck of the woods, and we will be out today cutting some. We have a favorite...

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5-20-18, 5:36pm

dado potato replied to a thread Another school shooting, multiple fatalities in Simple Public Policy

In my garden these flowers blossomed on the day of the Santa Fe High School shooting incident. They live in the cold highlands, in rocky soil.

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5-20-18, 2:27am

dado potato replied to a thread Travel Plans for this Year? in Travel & Home Exchange

I plan to go to some of the waterfalls in the Upper Peninsula MI ... counties of Gogebic and Ontonagon. Hopefully I will be hiking in with my...

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5-20-18, 2:12am

dado potato replied to a thread Plastics......... in Environmental Issues

Last year The Guardian had a feature on micro-fibers of plastic in the world's drinking water. 83% of samples globally were contaminated. In the...

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5-19-18, 3:47pm

dado potato replied to a thread Coffee grounds..... in Gardening & Farming

Compost.

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5-18-18, 8:00pm

dado potato replied to a thread Another school shooting, multiple fatalities in Simple Public Policy

Baldilocks, Gun violence indeed may be a problem with a spiritual aspect. Often the shooter is a young male who has experienced shaming, without...

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5-18-18, 3:53pm

dado potato replied to a thread Another school shooting, multiple fatalities in Simple Public Policy

On February 21, one week after the 2/14/18 Parkland shootings, President Trump, along with VP Pence and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, met in the...

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5-18-18, 1:31pm

dado potato replied to a thread Another school shooting, multiple fatalities in Simple Public Policy

Later reports were that one suspect was arrested and a second was in custody... the death toll was 10 (and could rise to 13) including students and...

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5-18-18, 11:12am

dado potato replied to a thread Another school shooting, multiple fatalities in Simple Public Policy

At Santa Fe High School, 36 miles southeast of Houston TX, another school shooting has occurred. The suspect, who is a student, is in custody. ...

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5-18-18, 10:40am

dado potato replied to a thread empathetic people, in Family Matters & Relationships

I don't have ulcers. I give them. -- Harry Cohn, entertainment mogul.

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5-18-18, 10:34am

dado potato replied to a thread I made a good decision in Housing

Great pic. Keep them coming. Are there 3 fishermen angling for panfish out there?

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5-16-18, 10:06pm

dado potato replied to a thread Another school shooting, multiple fatalities in Simple Public Policy

Earlier in this space I had quoted lyrics of a song that was recorded in the early 70s. It spoke of violent fantasies involving a BAR in an urban...

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5-16-18, 7:35pm

dado potato replied to a thread Another school shooting, multiple fatalities in Simple Public Policy

I believe the genius and industry of John M. Browning is to be admired. 128 firearms patents. The Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) has been...

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5-16-18, 3:21pm

dado potato replied to a thread Another school shooting, multiple fatalities in Simple Public Policy

Oregon Initiative Petition #43 will be on the statewide ballot in November. The initiative, if passed, would declare that The people of the State of...

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5-13-18, 8:58am

dado potato replied to a thread woah, this is super hard in Housing

There will be ups and downs along the way. I see that people are sending supportive thoughts and feelings your way, plus you have your innate...

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5-11-18, 9:29pm

dado potato replied to a thread improvement in that I am laughing in Workplace Issues & Jobs

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form. -- Vladimir Nabokov

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5-11-18, 11:22am

dado potato replied to a thread Another school shooting, multiple fatalities in Simple Public Policy

Oliver North, newly appointed president of the National Rifle Association, was interviewed by "The Washington Times". As reported by MSN News...

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5-7-18, 10:14am

dado potato replied to a thread Another school shooting, multiple fatalities in Simple Public Policy

In Deschutes County, Oregon, efforts are underway to put an initiative on the ballot for the November elections, the Second Amendment Preservation...

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5-7-18, 10:02am

dado potato replied to a thread Another school shooting, multiple fatalities in Simple Public Policy

In Illinois, local efforts are underway to blunt the effect of any new legislation which may pass regulating bump stocks, high capacity magazines,...

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5-4-18, 1:10am

dado potato replied to a thread Raining and moving! in Organizing Your Life

I would like to play a fox trot record for you, in memory of a tight band, The Famous Players, and the organizer, Sam Lanin. They recorded about 91...

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5-3-18, 11:06am

dado potato replied to a thread Hello Again! in WELCOME TO OUR SIMPLE LIVES

I am happy to see you back, freshstart.

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5-1-18, 6:30pm

dado potato replied to a thread Happy May Day! in Open Forum

On the Iron Range of northern Minnesota one used to occasionally hear The Internationale sung in Finnish. Here is Billy Bragg's English lyric... ...

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