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7-12-20, 6:48pm
I'm right where I want to be, for many reasons--not the least of which is a perfectly mild climate. We had a hot day or two this Spring, but the...
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7-12-20, 6:45pm
Books, naps, cat/kitten videos, Nature outside my window, good food.
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7-12-20, 6:04pm
Messages, by Bonnie McAneaney. Its subtitle is Signs, Visits, and Premonitions from Loved Ones Lost on 9/11
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7-12-20, 3:36pm
Bean toxicity:
https://www.statefoodsafety.com/Resources/Resources/toxic-beans
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7-12-20, 2:24pm
Bill gates, 5G, population control, blah blah blah.
Plandemic, manufactured in Wuhan.
lI's just the flu. Wake up, sheeple.
Freedom, Constitution,...
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7-12-20, 12:59pm
Texas is dealing with the results of doing everything wrong, IMO.
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7-12-20, 12:11pm
IMO, my west coast blue states were slow to issue blanket mask directives. When I was going out, I wore one long before they were mandated. IIRC,...
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7-12-20, 9:51am
The right to infect others with a deadly pathogen is enshrined in the Constitution. Haven't you been following the news?
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7-11-20, 7:07pm
I'm not going to vote for Elizabeth Warren--though I think she'd make an outstanding president. Doing so wouldn't advance my ultimate goal, which is...
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7-11-20, 2:38pm
I'm a sucker for a love story...:~)
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7-11-20, 2:27pm
I'm a fat old broad, and all I expect from the medical community is to be left alone. If i have a medical problem I can't solve, I'll let them know....
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7-11-20, 1:22pm
I couldn't agree more that there are way too many unnecessary appointments and procedures and operations and treatments. We've overmedicalized the...
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7-11-20, 1:17pm
Whatever happened to the Defense Production Act, which was supposed to deploy factories to manufacture PPE? We should be knee-deep in masks and gowns...
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7-11-20, 1:11pm
First, let's eliminate insurance and all the costs that come with that.
Second, drugs in this country are way over-priced, partly due to incessant...
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7-11-20, 9:57am
Middle class Americans should be able to pay for their own health care--not insurance, care. Medications and all. Our system is not broken--it's...
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7-11-20, 9:50am
I'm skeptical of a vaccine, for the reasons you mentioned--along the lines of "Why can't we cure the common cold?" I've never had a flu shot, for one...
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7-11-20, 9:44am
A cozy mystery series. About all I can handle about now.
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7-9-20, 3:13pm
I've long said I don't do well in captivity, though I've certainly signed up for it, via employment, often enough. Next life, trust fund. I can't...
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7-9-20, 3:05pm
Other countries are universally masked and diligently testing and contact tracing. Also, they have sufficient PPE and follow the lead of doctors and...
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7-9-20, 12:30pm
"Most countries are acting to preserve their actual economies in this pandemic and will, the U.S. just transfers funny money to the markets via the...
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7-8-20, 4:34pm
I hope Jenny is appreciative of their sacrifice and battle scars. I trust her nemesis won't be back.
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7-8-20, 4:29pm
Unless you live in a yurt wearing a loincloth, you're bound to be a scourge on the earth. Amazon is my lifeline, and I don't worry about it.
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7-8-20, 2:41pm
I looked--Amazon has these, natch.
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7-8-20, 2:26pm
Adderall--crushed and snorted, usually.
As everyone knows--and Mary Trump's bio points out--he lies constantly, so his claims of sobriety are moot.
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7-8-20, 10:43am
A lot of observers think Trump has dementia. Maybe he does, but he has a long history of drug abuse, with witnesses, as well.
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7-8-20, 10:35am
Things have a way of working out.
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7-8-20, 10:32am
Joe Dominguez of Your Money or Your Life called employment "making a dying." That characterization rang true with me. Congratulations on escaping...
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7-7-20, 10:14am
My relative wiped out their life savings staying in an assisted living facility for a year; I picture vultures in suits circling those places.
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7-7-20, 10:07am
Then your boss should either install it at your desks or keep the customers out of your office. Common sense.
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7-6-20, 8:15pm
Are there Plexiglas screens? There should be.
I can't believe how cavalier people are with other people's health.
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7-6-20, 4:43pm
"Utopian" came from me, I think, because the books described seemed to me to lead in that direction. But maybe not.
I'm for the "lazy bum" role,...
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7-6-20, 1:36pm
I have an abundance of weeds/grasses. I've done my ten minutes of whacking away at them for the day. That feels good.
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7-6-20, 12:04pm
You're right--simple joys are the best.
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7-6-20, 9:47am
I'm happy this turned out for the best; I love when life does.
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7-6-20, 9:44am
That makes me feel better, Tybee. Thanks.
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7-6-20, 9:36am
I'm safe in quarantine, in passable health, and have all the books I can read. What more could I ask?
There's always something to be grateful for,...
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7-6-20, 9:26am
So, in summation, I want to see a world of spinsters in leaky cottages with water views. :~)
Honestly, of the thousands of books I've read, I...
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7-5-20, 3:32pm
My favorite story as a child was The Blue Teapot, by Alice Dalgliesh, about a spinster who lived in a house overlooking the Bay of Fundy. She had a...
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7-5-20, 11:46am
Apparently frustrated by the lack of city-sponsored fireworks on the lake, neighbors set off their own sustained volley. It lasted about an hour...
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7-5-20, 11:40am
I loved this response to the announcement, found on FB:
"I certainly can't speak for all Canadians, but our neighbors to the south sure are...
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7-4-20, 4:00pm
Good Lord.
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7-4-20, 2:16pm
It looks kinda like an armory from what I can see, but I'll take your word for it. :)
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7-4-20, 1:58pm
It's not much of a castle if they had to go outside to protect it. That's not how they did it in the Middle Ages. >8)
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7-4-20, 11:37am
My neighborhood used to sound like a war zone on the Fourth until the city banned fireworks. So now there's just intermittent shelling, and not...
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7-4-20, 11:30am
AC accelerated the spread of Legionnaire's Disease, as I recall, so I have no doubt it could contribute to the spread of COVID. I'm grateful we don't...
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7-3-20, 4:37pm
Yeah--I'm not too concerned any more with wiping down and such, thought I wash my hands thoroughly after bringing groceries in, and observe a lag...
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7-3-20, 2:54pm
I'm in line with all the precautions that would pertain to my life, although I no longer go out to shop.
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7-3-20, 2:00pm
I agree with most of what you've written, except we don't know how President Obama might have governed without Mitch McConnell and his vow to...
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7-3-20, 1:57pm
I'm embarrassed to admit I've only heard of Auntie Mame. In my imagination she's loud in all ways.
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7-3-20, 11:41am
You make a good point. I would still criticize anyone who supported Cheney, Rumsfield at al in their all-out, bloody, and pointless assault on the...
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7-3-20, 9:59am
That meshes well with my "mask test" post. And I'm glad to see all those busy mask makers out there are doing some good.
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7-2-20, 11:51am
I respect the people behind The Lincoln Project tremendously. Unlike Democrats do so often, they don't hold back. Steve Schmidt is a particularly...
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7-1-20, 7:38pm
Perhaps someone will come up with a proboscis mask for the die-hard drinkers among us. :idea:
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7-1-20, 7:34pm
Peppered here and there is one thing, but 80% gloomy/morbid isn't a good sign, IMO..
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7-1-20, 4:31pm
I have an acquaintance who posts a lot of pictures of people and pets who have passed on; they're a rather gloomy sort and I don't understand how...
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7-1-20, 10:04am
I agree. It's in the hands of younger generations.
Yeah, Margaret Sanger believed in Eugenics. And the Republican party used to be progressive....
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7-1-20, 9:58am
I'm a lurker on a FB upcycling group, and people are doing wonderful things with sari fabric. Their creations pretty much obviate cultural...
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7-1-20, 9:53am
You make a good point, jp1--that involving others in your trials and tribulations can increase the stress load, depending on your personality. It...
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7-1-20, 9:37am
It seems grocery prices have ticked up some, probably partly to cover extra sanitizing and personnel. Seems fair to me.
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7-1-20, 9:34am
Not the Auntie Mame effect here--I've always admired Boho wear. It's more like the ego/alter ego effect. My outer self doesn't quite match my inner...
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