Here's a fun fact for you.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 4, 2018:

talk about affordable, low carbon footprint housing!

A couple cute Super Bowl memes. :-)

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 4, 2018:

I agree with Grumpy cat, but in reality we all lose.

Even from this side of the Atlantic, it had become apparent recently that the USA is getting very ...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 4, 2018:

It is a beautiful bird.

Major Pats Fan wants to see Pats take a knee vs. Trumpty Dumpty.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 4, 2018:

I'll pass, and maybe read about it tomorrow.

If you won the lottery,,,

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 4, 2018:

First would be to pay off existing debts and mortgage. Then set up college funds for the grandchildren. If I win this week I'm going someplace warm for the rest of the month, I'm tired of the freezing my butt off crap that is a normal February in Nebraska.

Has anyone realised that the half way point between Levels 7 and 8 is almost the same as the half ...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 4, 2018:

Yeah, I've taken a close look at that. I'm participating because I totally enjoy it. The points are nice, I'm excited to move up, but once you reach 8, it will be like molasses in January. So I'm here for the discussion and in some tiny hope of finding a similarly minded main squeeze who lives close by. Very tiny hope.

So I decided to join a Grief Share group even though it is held at a church and is based on the ...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 4, 2018:

I am so sorry for your loss. Of course we (non christians) grieve, just because we don't have an imaginary friend doesn't mean we don't have emotions and attachments to other people. What a loathsome comment.

What is your favorite meetup group or organization?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2018:

OMAHA, Omaha Metro Area Humanists Association. and also REASON- Rationalists, Empiricists, and Skeptics of Nebraska.

Do you believe in love at first sight?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2018:

Enjoy yourselves, just don't make any rush decisions.

At what point?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2018:

I kinda dreaded 60, but now that I'm here I'm kinda excited that I can sorta see the retirement light shining. My benchmark was 45, my mom died at 45.

Best ever lover, did you have one?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2018:

When I was young and foolish, at Ft. Devens, Massachusetts I had an encounter with a supply clerk after hours in the supply room. It was amazing. As is the Army way, he was transferred shortly after that, and then I went elsewhere. I don't think we would have been a good couple, but that one night was the best I have ever had.

Recently I had to send my beautiful cat, Appollo, to the Rainbow Bridge.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2018:

I am so sorry for your loss. A year ago November I sent my old girl to the Rainbow Bridge. She was 16 and my heart cat. In February last year I adopted Xena, she's two now. Last month I adopted Zelda, she's about 6 months. I love my furgirls. It has been "interesting" at my house ever since the baby joined us....

ARE YOU GRATEFUL I know I am.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2018:

I am grateful to my parents that I am here. I am grateful to my sister that she is who she is and my best friend. I am grateful to my employer that we have a mutual understanding that I bust my butt for them and they provide pay and other benefits so I can keep what I got. I'm grateful to my ex that we produced amazing kids and didn't mess them up too bad. You don't have to be grateful to a who, you just have to be aware that you're pretty well off compared to others. You didn't do anything to "earn" being born in the first world, but I'm damn happy that I was.

How mobile are you?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2018:

I'd love to travel, took a solo trip to Corpus Christie last February. I'd rather travel with a partner, but I am tried of waiting. I still work the 9-5ish grind, so I'm mostly at home, If I can afford it in retirement I will travel some and then come home and spoil grand-babies.

Marriage... Are there any divorcees out there who actively hope to get married again?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2018:

I doubt I ever remarry, I have strong financial incentive not to marry. So if the gent in question is independently wealthy and will provide for me should he go first, then I'd consider it. As it stands now, I just want a very long term cohabitation.

I drove by this today .

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2018:

LOL!

The Devil's Doorbell .

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2018:

I'm so going to hell.

Yes, hello! & congrats to me (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) (6)

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2018:

Wassup? Did you just make level 6?

What was the worse job you had to endure?Why?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2018:

Detasseling corn when I was a teenager. It is big in the Midwest. Hot, sweaty, dirty. Pay was good for teenagers, the season mercifully short.

So I recently told a friend that they're too much "effort".

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2018:

They asked for your thoughts, and told them. What could possibly go wrong. What was your objective? Did you want the relationship to end? If not, could you have been a tad more diplomatic? Diplomacy is the art of telling someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.

Our relationship with food

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2018:

I eat less meat and more veggies, and generally low to no added sugar, non processed and as close to natural as possible. Then I had lunch with my daughter today, she's pregnant, her choice was fast food. However, the next bite will likely be back on track, if I ever get my lunch digested....

Did you notice Bernie Sander's did not say "god bless America" in his response to the state of the ...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2018:

I worked for the Bernie campaign, and I'd love to do so again.

Raped and wed by 11, woman fights to end child marriage - CNN

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2018:

I'd be happy if there was a nationwide ban on child marriages. Children should be allowed to be children. However i know the reality is way different, but a child being forced into marriage with an man more than twice her age is not a healthy thing.

What Are Your Thoughts On "Smart Buddhist Prayer Beads ?"

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2018:

I won't be springing for it, I don't need another way to measure my inadequacy nor do I need another dang thang to keep track of.

Do you have a (relationship with your) car?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2018:

I have an 11 year old red Toyota Rav4. My ex always wanted to buy new cars, his folks bought a new car every other year, and the older cars ended up as cars for grandkids to drive as they got to be teenagers and got their license. They almost always had Chevy Citations or the like. After we had kids I persuaded the ex that we needed a minivan, and we had 3 Chrysler Voyagers in 18 years. When the kids were leaving home he thought the last Voyager was getting old and after test driving every smaller SUV, I chose the Rav4. I kept the Rav after the divorce. The youngest named it Elmo. Elmo has a sunroof which I love. Elmo is also paid for, which I love. I have told the kids that when they think I should stop driving they will likely have to pry Elmo's keys out of my cold dead hands.

The only thIng flat-earthers have to fear Is sphere Itself. Saw on fb and had to share. :)

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2018:

LOL! so punny!

Church is the last place to look for any kind of help! As a woman and an agnostic one this disgusts...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2018:

Oh for sure, the church is rabidly anti female. If you are female you must give up your rights and shut the hell up if a man has wronged you.

Ricky Gervais -- "I am an agnostic atheist" .

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2018:

That was very good.

A Catholic blogger says Christians shouldn’t do yoga.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2018:

I love yoga, I need to get my schedule under control so I can get back to it. I don't see yoga having any conflict with any religion, but then I'm kinda anti christian so what the hell do I know.

Americans/slavery Germans/holocaust

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2018:

This is very sad, and I understand it should be. Slavery, US Apartheid of the Indigenous peoples, and the Holocaust are horrible examples of man's cruelty to man. I have been to Dachau and to the US Holocaust museum. It was easy to distance it as happening over there. However slavery and the apartheid of the indigenous people of the US are largely swept under the rug. I think in the US as a nation we need to identify our responsibility to see that ends. To acknowledge it and put process in place to assist the descendants of those harmed, and to educate the future generations of how easy it was to look the other way. I personally did not participate, but I am a descendant of those that did, and I have benefited as my skin is white, and as long as I am breathing I will speak out against that inhumanity and demand justice.

Christian Blogger: Yoga Was Designed To Cause A ‘Demonic Trance’ | HuffPost

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2018:

I LOVE yoga. I use controlled breathing that I learned from yoga to calm down frequently. As soon as the grandchildren are old enough to understand I am going to teach them about controlling their breathing, and maybe do yoga with them. Do you ever think that these bloggers are just hollering about shit to get their readership up?

What's a good romantic gift someone could give you?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2018:

Of course I love chocolate, but something that shows he is listening to me. A weekend get away, someplace cozy. A gift certificate to dig up a new garden patch for me in the spring or a similar gift of service. I like flowers and house plants, but young cats live in my house, most of the plants are gone now. Cleaning and detailing my car would be awesome!

Should I go Vegan?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2018:

go slowly to allow your body and mind to adapt. cut out the bacon and processed meats first. Eat as close to the state it is found in nature. I usually eat mostly a vegetarian diet. I do have eggs fairly often, and fish sometimes. Rarely ever pork products and I avoid all highly processed foods. You might also consult a dietitian.

US and other places. Why?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2018:

Because we place no value on protecting the most vulnerable of society.

Now that's a cute anti-religious song :) [youtube.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2018:

Love it!!

A friend recently quoted a woman (a mystic?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2018:

Google is not giving me any results that fit.

At about the same time as I discovered this site I closed my Facebook account.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2018:

I'm on FB under my maiden and married name, I keep in touch with some HS friends and some of my political groups. I have friends from when I was a church member and either they accept me and ignore my postings, or they're ignoring me. I don't care. I am who I am and I am out there. I have a game on FB I'm kind of addicted to, but i spend far less time on there now. If this site ever puts up an addictive game I will have to quit my day job.

People say that Christmas is a depressing time of year; I think it's valentines. What do you think?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2018:

I hate February! Seriously, the shortest month of the year has the worst weather and the stupid damn holiday in the center. I'm so sick of the cold weather. And when I drive to work (I go directly east) if the sun is out it is blinding everyone and all the other drivers are stupid (yes, I whine.) I just grit my teeth and dream of spring.

What is your good news and bad news?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2018:

I yam what I yam and that's all that I yam.

I love science!

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2018:

Love it!! I live with cats and if I walk around in the dark they deliberately trip me.

No way no to.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2018:

If he trips your trigger go for it!! You might teach him a thing or three.

How many of you have thought of relocating due to your beliefs?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2018:

Moving is not an option. My kids are adults and have put down roots here, I have one grandchild and one on the way. I see no reason to move. I am in a very conservative area, but my lack of religion doesn't seem to be an issue.

What countries have you visited, or would like to visit?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2018:

I have lived in Germany and Japan (Okinawa) courtesy of the US military. I have visited Mexico, Canada, England, France, Wales, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Denmark, Belgium, Haiti, and the Bahamas. I've also been in Puerto Rico, which is part of the US but so far away.

How do you live without a brain?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2018:

OMG, that about says it all.

'Get out of the country!': Navajo lawmaker harassed by Arizona Trump supporters accusing him of ...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2018:

It totally amazes me how dense some people are.

Thank you admin... I love this site and all my friends.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2018:

I had dinner with my kids last night and got home late, so I skipped my computer time. I almost died of withdrawal!! Never again! I'm so glad to be back here!

Reminding you to give blood. Think about it..ok?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2018:

They won't let me give blood. I lived in German in the mid to late 80s. I ate foods obtained locally. I may be a carrier of creutzfeldt jakob disease, aka Mad Cow (and that would explain so much.) 30 years later I still cannot give blood in the US, however the child I carried for 9 months and gave birth to in Germany can donate blood. Go freaking figure.

Hey friends... I'm a level 8 now... love ya.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2018:

Wootttt!! Good on ya!

Good old days

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2018:

The first few times at work that I have to move away from my desk I make horrible noises. Later in the day I'm quieter.

The meaning of opaque is unclear - why?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2018:

LOL!! Not quite as translucent as it could be.

Do you like dragons?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2018:

That's cool!

Co-parenting and bad attitudes and younger sibling

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 1, 2018:

Mothers of teenagers know why some animals eat their young. Buckle your seat belt, you're in for a few wild years. Consistency is the key, and clear communication of expectations. One of my kids ended up in a room stripped of all comforts until her attitude improved, she had basics, and I chose her clothes for the day. No electronics, not even a lamp. She was forced to spend time with the family. Correct behavior earned her stuff back. You have to have some backbone and be ready for some tough love. And let him/her know that you love them. My awful teen turns 30 this year and is an amazing young woman. I'm so glad I didn't drown her!

Getting ready for the super bowl game?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 1, 2018:

This is my idea of a super bowl.

Getting ready for the super bowl game?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 1, 2018:

I won't be watching, too many other things to do that I would enjoy far more. I've deliberately watched exactly once in 2009, and that was soooo freaking boring, just another damn football game, and the commercials were not special that year.

How do I get smiley faces to appear? Every time I try, I just get question marks.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

also look in the FAQs, there are many other emojis shown there.

How do I get smiley faces to appear? Every time I try, I just get question marks.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

Use a colon : and a right parenthesis or upper case zero. so : ) :)

Who else uses this website to talk frankly and candidly and NOT have what you say be seen by your ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

I spend way less time on FB now, and I am far more selective of what I post on FB. I have a few religious friend, and I lost a number of "friends" last year over politics. Ya can't call yourself a christian and defend Trump to me. And no one here is also friends with my kids so no one is going to be cluing the kids in to what I post. Not that I've said anything here that my kids would object to.... I think....

I am really enjoying being on this site especially because of the members who think beyond the box ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

I know I stay up way too late and leave for work almost too late because of this site. It is great here!

Spiritual Athiest/Atheist dating question

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

You have to have that honest conversation that you don't feel like he is respecting of you. Invite him to yoga with you. Often people knock stuff when they don't understand it.

Are You Brave Enough To Share A Photo From Your Childhood?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

I was a year old, so about 59 years ago.... Before I got hair.

So I came here to get away from theists...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

How is that working for you? I am so happy I found this site! I hope you are too.

I recently had a very in depth convo with a friend that has been my friend for over thirty years.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

One of my favorite people as I was growing up was my Aunt Mickie, her real name was Umeko. She was born in Japan, met my uncle while he was stationed there during the Korean War. I grew up thinking it was normal. Race is a human idea to separate us, truly under the skin we're mostly the same.

One of the formative events in my life was an overnight stay years ago in a one-room log shelter on ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

How awesome!!

What kind of bad manners does your pet have?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

I have two cats, Xena is almost 2, Zelda is about 7 months. The I've had Xena almost a year and Zelda for about 3 weeks. They're still working things out between them. They both are on the counters and tables far more often than I'd like. The baby likes to carry pencils around and play with them. They both knock stuff over and off tables. Zelda is much more "in your face" than Xena, but both of them like to be wherever I am. They both love little balls of paper. I wad up receipts and toss them, and they play for hours. They have also distributed my earring pretty much throughout my house. I may never be able to pair all of them back up. If I wore them more often I'd probably mind it, but it was probably time to cull them out anyway. The worst thing is Zelda playing with hanging things. My cuckoo clock gets stopped every day, the shower curtain rod has been moved, and pull cords for blinds have been attacked. What was I thinking getting a kitten, but I love my little tornado.

Double entendre: Erotica Intentional or Not?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

LOL, these are hysterical!!

Bit of a hipster joke lol

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

LOL!!

Binge worthy TV Shows

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

The first show I ever binged was Nurse Jackie. Great show.

Travel destinations

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

England was fabulous. I loved Seattle. Goshm I've been to too many places to choose from.

On a first date: Should you be honest on a first date or pretend you are what you think the other...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

I am honest, I am who I am and what I am. I'm too old to play games. I don't want to waste time cultivating a relationship with false pretenses. I ask questions I want answered, and I ask about the important stuff. Usually I will know most of the important stuff before we meet in person.

Star Trek: Discovery It’s appropriate that the initials for this show are STD because it’s ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

I work STDs. Short Term Disability Claims Examiner

Relaxation

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

LOL, I have days like that.

Grilled cheese and bean soup?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

Grilled cheese and tomato soup

Do you take your cookies apart?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

I am more of a chocolate chip cookie type

SPAM... $3.50 a can? What?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

I don't eat much meat, and never meat that has been canned. Well, maybe tuna if I am to be honest.

What's your best sexy video???

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

LOL!!

The Bible is mostly not factual - BBC debate - YouTube

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

Well, Republican facts maybe, but not facts for anyone who has a brain that functions properly.

Just remembering growing up listening to it.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

OMG I feel so old now!

Has anybody taken out anybody from here?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

I got messaged by a likely scammer, he is no longer on here.

Was your mom silly?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

Wow, you touched a nerve. My mom was sweet and kind. The elevator went to the top, it just didn't necessarily go quickly. It took a while for her to get jokes, especially if they were slightly off color. My dad's brother was so in love with her that he fell in love with her sister too, and married her. And they're still happily married 70 years later. Anyway, my mom gave all for her family. 6 kids and my dad was a brickmason, and frequently unemployed. His job was seasonal and he did not tone down his opinions. My mom was diagnosed with Ovarian cancer in 1972, and passed on in November 1972. I was 14. As a woman you never get over losing your mama.

Is being overweight the new fad?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

I think many people regard "normal" weight as fat, given the Hollywood/movie star/model anorexia that we have been subject to for so long. The reality is more Americans are overweight than ever before. There is so much sugar in our food chain, even foods that aren't sweet have excess sugar. It is a filler, it is dirt cheap. Which is why I don't eat boxed foods and try to eat as close to natural as possible. There is more sugar in our food supply now than there has been in the last 50 years, which is why our grandparents were healthier than we are. I kicked sugar 2.5 years ago and lost 50 pounds. I changed jobs and stress caused me to put 15 pounds back on. Now I'm trying to get back in control, some days are better than others. Your pill, my friend, is to read labels. Keep your sugar under 30 grams a day. That is the first and most important step. Then eat more veggies, less meat. (Heresy! I know). If the diet is not controlled all the exercise in the world is not going to help, even my doctor admitted that. Sugar leads to inflammation which leads to clogged arteries, and arthritis to start with. Excess sugar also leads to Diabetes. DM2 is on the rise in the US, elementary aged children now have DM2, that was unheard of a generation ago. There are some good documentaries and TED talks on this, Food, Inc being one. Fascinating stuff.

Friends with benefits OK?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

If that is what someone is willing to settle for, it's ok by me. For me, not so much.

Afore I saddle up an' ride off into the night, I thought I'd post a poem for your post mortem ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2018:

LOL!

Atheists Are Brainwashed By The Scientific Method

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 30, 2018:

Thank God for the scientific method. Irony fully intended.

If you ever attended church, did you ever pay tithe?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 30, 2018:

I did tithe for a while when I was married. Now I wish I had that money back. And I was fairly involved with a few churches, our pastors weren't rich. Not all of them are Joel Osteen.

I don't mean to go on a tangent here, but…

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 30, 2018:

LOL!!

Flu Shot

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 30, 2018:

I got my flu shot last year because I started a new job and therefore a new pool of germs. And most of my coworkers have school aged kids. I got my flu shot this year because they relocated our office to another building and I'm working among more people in a more open environment. Next year, maybe I will be brave enough to skip the flu shot. However, so far I've been well. I work disability claims and I've worked a few that people have been sick enough to qualify for short term disability, which means you're out of work for usually more than a week.

Good morning! Best way to start day, laughing. Welcome

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 30, 2018:

LOL!! I am seeing them last thing of the day, but they are still funny as hell.

"So you really think that God would plant a bunch of bones in the earth to test your faith?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 30, 2018:

LOL!

Multiple partners?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 30, 2018:

I have mine one at a time.

My view tonight.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 30, 2018:

LOL, you're braver than I. I won't even turn the TV on.

Are you going to watch the State of the Union address tonight?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 30, 2018:

NO, NO, NO, X infinity. Don't have cable, not even planning to turn the TV on. I just had sushi and don't want to risk bringing the wasabi back up. And don't need the nightmares.

Owe back taxes from on line purchases???

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 30, 2018:

I buy lots of stuff online, beats going to the store and usually cheaper. I pay sales tax pretty often, not sure if always.

What are your views on polygamy?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 30, 2018:

Not my cuppa tea.

Bullies---TIME'S UP Workplace drama - Day 2 A young lady from the new hire class walked out ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 30, 2018:

Good for you!!

Does this bother you?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 29, 2018:

Personally I no longer patronize Jimmy John's. I will not support big game slaughter. And really, the ass on the man in the upper left picture just forever killed my appetite for that product.

I once had a young lady condemn me on Facebook for saying that all religions are one of the biggest ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 29, 2018:

And at the risk of quoting the xian bible, cast. ye not your pearls before swine, lest they trample them. under their feet, and turn again and rend you. Save your gems for someone who will appreciate them.

I once had a young lady condemn me on Facebook for saying that all religions are one of the biggest ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 29, 2018:

Have pity on her, she has not been taught to think critically and free her mind from the yoke of religious sheepelry.

One week and I go to India.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 29, 2018:

I like some "religous" stuff for the historical significance. I don't know if it is more appealing, I like some of the Asian and Middle Eastern because it is so different, but I like European because of the ties to my ancestry.

Dating dealbreakers

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 29, 2018:

Bad personal hygiene, Baby Mama Drama. Kids still at home. Substance abuse issues and by that I do not mean occasional usage. Chronic unemployment. Fiscal irresponsibility. Choosing NOT to read. Bad grammar. Too much excess baggage, we all have some but please have it downsized to carry on. Distance. Being a Republican or worse a fan of Der Donaldo.

Connotation is important ... ;)

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 29, 2018:

LOL!! Love it!