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Good morning all! It’s been a week since I joined a new dating site that I had heard of recently.
Cast1es comments on Jul 11, 2019:
While I know the group here works very hard , to remove potential scammars early on , I sometimes wonder , if they're removing folks who aren't scammers , because they were originally from a different country , so their communication is a little different from what we're used to .
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 11, 2019:
First I want to stress that the group does not remove anyone. The findings are reported to Admin and Site Support. We image search their pictures to see if they have been used on other sites and frequently scammers use photos from porn sites. We do pay attention to language, but we're looking at the broader package. Does the use of language reflect the level of education they say they have, even given for the non native English speakers. We also look at the interactions they have with other groups. Do their comments make sense or do they follow the thread of the conversation. Often potential scammers are reported to the group by other site members when they have had contact and red flags are raised. One red flag is that they want your phone number right away, or call you dear, or similar flags. Bios are frequently copied from other sites. If you google parts of the bio you can find other sites where it is used. People who claim to be from the US but are working overseas are frequently scammers. Sadly I think I have had more contact with scammers than with "real" people on dating sites, except for this one, and I've had contact with more than one scammer here as well. Like I said, we don't remove them, we simply report and let Admin/Site Support make the judgement on that.
Cast1es comments on Jul 11, 2019:
While I know the group here works very hard , to remove potential scammars early on , I sometimes wonder , if they're removing folks who aren't scammers , because they were originally from a different country , so their communication is a little different from what we're used to .
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 11, 2019:
First I want to stress that the group does not remove anyone. The findings are reported to Admin and Site Support. We image search their pictures to see if they have been used on other sites and frequently scammers use photos from porn sites. We do pay attention to language, but we're looking at the broader package. Does the use of language reflect the level of education they say they have, even given for the non native English speakers. We also look at the interactions they have with other groups. Do their comments make sense or do they follow the thread of the conversation. Often potential scammers are reported to the group by other site members when they have had contact and red flags are raised. One red flag is that they want your phone number right away, or call you dear, or similar flags. Bios are frequently copied from other sites. If you google parts of the bio you can find other sites where it is used. People who claim to be from the US but are working overseas are frequently scammers. Sadly I think I have had more contact with scammers than with "real" people on dating sites, except for this one, and I've had contact with more than one scammer here as well. Like I said, we don't remove them, we simply report and let Admin/Site Support make the judgement on that.
The further a society drifts from the truth...
Be strong my fellow fighters!
AnonySchmoose comments on Jul 11, 2019:
This is a great quote! What a conscientious critic of contemptible corruption in his time.
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 11, 2019:
I like your alliteration!
AnonySchmoose comments on Jul 11, 2019:
This is a great quote! What a conscientious critic of contemptible corruption in his time.
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 11, 2019:
I like your alliteration!
ATTORNEY'S ADVICE - NO CHARGE
Read this and make a copy for your files in case you need to refer ...
wordywalt comments on Jul 9, 2019:
You thinbk of others. That is very good of you.
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 9, 2019:
I have your back!! And most of the others on here as well.
wordywalt comments on Jul 9, 2019:
You thinbk of others. That is very good of you.
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 9, 2019:
I have your back!! And most of the others on here as well.
ATTORNEY'S ADVICE - NO CHARGE
Read this and make a copy for your files in case you need to refer ...
LiterateHiker comments on Jul 9, 2019:
Excellent advice. Thank you.
Please put a **space** between the last number of the area codes and the end parenthesis.
This website turned the last number of the area codes into an emoticon.
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 9, 2019:
Thanks for letting me know, I hadn't noticed that right away. Fixed!!
LiterateHiker comments on Jul 9, 2019:
Excellent advice. Thank you.
Please put a **space** between the last number of the area codes and the end parenthesis.
This website turned the last number of the area codes into an emoticon.
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 9, 2019:
Thanks for letting me know, I hadn't noticed that right away. Fixed!!
The billionaire cofounder of Home Depot plans on donating up to 90% of his $5.
Bierbasstard comments on Jul 8, 2019:
> Yeah, the guy is a real POS:
"After the 90-year-old billionaire dies, 80 to 90% of his total wealth will go to his foundation to build centers to help veterans with disabilities around the country, fund medical research, and provide care for children with autism." "I've got all the houses I ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 9, 2019:
So, you're saying Business Insider is wrong in the article dated last Friday, whereas your information from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is correct? Would you care to give sources for your information>
Bierbasstard comments on Jul 8, 2019:
> Yeah, the guy is a real POS:
"After the 90-year-old billionaire dies, 80 to 90% of his total wealth will go to his foundation to build centers to help veterans with disabilities around the country, fund medical research, and provide care for children with autism." "I've got all the houses I ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 9, 2019:
So, you're saying Business Insider is wrong in the article dated last Friday, whereas your information from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is correct? Would you care to give sources for your information>
You want yours with hair or without?
Ray13 comments on Jul 8, 2019:
This morning I sat a bowl of blueberry oatmeal on the table, turned to get my coffee off the counter, looked back and there's Nala rubbing her head all over my bowl of oatmeal. Not only hair in my oatmeal, she had oatmeal in her hair! What a morning;)
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 9, 2019:
YUM!
Ray13 comments on Jul 8, 2019:
This morning I sat a bowl of blueberry oatmeal on the table, turned to get my coffee off the counter, looked back and there's Nala rubbing her head all over my bowl of oatmeal. Not only hair in my oatmeal, she had oatmeal in her hair! What a morning;)
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 9, 2019:
YUM!
USA TODAY's Editorial Board: Trump is 'unfit for the presidency'
AnneWimsey comments on Jul 8, 2019:
They just noticed?
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 9, 2019:
No, they just finally admitted it.
AnneWimsey comments on Jul 8, 2019:
They just noticed?
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 9, 2019:
No, they just finally admitted it.
Logorrhea - log-uh-RI-uh: Noun, An excessive flow of words.
Cast1es comments on Jul 8, 2019:
I should pay more attention to these . I could be learning
Greek .
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 9, 2019:
I had to take classes on Med Terms which I found fascinating. Mostly Greek and Latin terms.
Cast1es comments on Jul 8, 2019:
I should pay more attention to these . I could be learning
Greek .
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 9, 2019:
I had to take classes on Med Terms which I found fascinating. Mostly Greek and Latin terms.
14 Illustrations That Are All Too Real For People With Anxiety
AncientNight comments on Jul 8, 2019:
I have to admit that I've been bothered by, at least 6 of the 14 things listed at one time or another and some, even to this day.
1. The Boss wants to see you. This would still bother me now, if I was still working.
2. Indecisiveness. There are times when I can't make up my mind. For example, ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 9, 2019:
My supervisor asked me to follow her last week, and then teased me about not keeping up, the woman is over 6 ft tall and I'm about 5'4". And she led me to the manager's office.... I have been struggling learning this job. Well, instead of being fired, I was told to go get my hearing checked. They have realized I'm not hearing well... I was floored. And I now have an appointment to get my hearing checked, which in itself is another anxiety. Am I really not hearing well, or just not catching on to the job. However hearing loss would explain a few things from the past few years and if that is the case why the hell didn't I do it before...
AncientNight comments on Jul 8, 2019:
I have to admit that I've been bothered by, at least 6 of the 14 things listed at one time or another and some, even to this day.
1. The Boss wants to see you. This would still bother me now, if I was still working.
2. Indecisiveness. There are times when I can't make up my mind. For example, ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 9, 2019:
My supervisor asked me to follow her last week, and then teased me about not keeping up, the woman is over 6 ft tall and I'm about 5'4". And she led me to the manager's office.... I have been struggling learning this job. Well, instead of being fired, I was told to go get my hearing checked. They have realized I'm not hearing well... I was floored. And I now have an appointment to get my hearing checked, which in itself is another anxiety. Am I really not hearing well, or just not catching on to the job. However hearing loss would explain a few things from the past few years and if that is the case why the hell didn't I do it before...
Evangelical Christians Face a Deepening Crisis - The Atlantic
birdingnut comments on Jul 6, 2019:
Actually, studies show that biggest single reason people voted for Trump is because he used racism, fear of people of color and the LGBTQ community, women, education, etc to attract uneducated people who want to keep their "white privilege." Other studies correlated Trump support with men who ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 7, 2019:
So why do women vote for Trump?
birdingnut comments on Jul 6, 2019:
Actually, studies show that biggest single reason people voted for Trump is because he used racism, fear of people of color and the LGBTQ community, women, education, etc to attract uneducated people who want to keep their "white privilege." Other studies correlated Trump support with men who ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 7, 2019:
So why do women vote for Trump?
'We Are in a Climate Emergency, America': Anchorage Hits 90 Degrees for First Time in Recorded ...
Detritus comments on Jul 6, 2019:
Cheer up, if the insects (particularly bees) die off we will all starve and get a free reboot of evolution. Perhaps sans goat-herder based (im)morality.
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 7, 2019:
For me I don't care so much, I'm not likely to be here. For the babies I am very concerned, but what can we do?
Detritus comments on Jul 6, 2019:
Cheer up, if the insects (particularly bees) die off we will all starve and get a free reboot of evolution. Perhaps sans goat-herder based (im)morality.
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 7, 2019:
For me I don't care so much, I'm not likely to be here. For the babies I am very concerned, but what can we do?
Donald Trump, again, falsely says Obama had family separation policy | PolitiFact
larsatrg comments on Jul 6, 2019:
i don't like the ones about him lying anymore. boooo lying posts. we all know it. let politfact deal with it. i wanna see more he's a blundering idiot posts, memes, and general orange buffoonery. these are a downer. those are a downer that make you chuckle. this plus that is a net one less chuckle ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 7, 2019:
@larsatrg I understand. and I feel your pain.
larsatrg comments on Jul 6, 2019:
i don't like the ones about him lying anymore. boooo lying posts. we all know it. let politfact deal with it. i wanna see more he's a blundering idiot posts, memes, and general orange buffoonery. these are a downer. those are a downer that make you chuckle. this plus that is a net one less chuckle ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 7, 2019:
@larsatrg I understand. and I feel your pain.
Donald Trump, again, falsely says Obama had family separation policy | PolitiFact
larsatrg comments on Jul 6, 2019:
i don't like the ones about him lying anymore. boooo lying posts. we all know it. let politfact deal with it. i wanna see more he's a blundering idiot posts, memes, and general orange buffoonery. these are a downer. those are a downer that make you chuckle. this plus that is a net one less chuckle ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 6, 2019:
Sooooo, if you want more blundering idiot post get out there and find some and post them. We can't do all the work for you. The more the merrier.
larsatrg comments on Jul 6, 2019:
i don't like the ones about him lying anymore. boooo lying posts. we all know it. let politfact deal with it. i wanna see more he's a blundering idiot posts, memes, and general orange buffoonery. these are a downer. those are a downer that make you chuckle. this plus that is a net one less chuckle ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 6, 2019:
Sooooo, if you want more blundering idiot post get out there and find some and post them. We can't do all the work for you. The more the merrier.
President Washington lived by 110 rules of civility. President Trump does not. - The Washington Post
HippieChick58 comments on Jul 6, 2019:
Drumpf is a donkey's ass
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 6, 2019:
@camne Yeah, the condom broke...
HippieChick58 comments on Jul 6, 2019:
Drumpf is a donkey's ass
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 6, 2019:
@camne Yeah, the condom broke...
You're single, it is as simple as that.
SeaGreenEyez comments on Jul 6, 2019:
Someone just lectured me yesterday. I consider myself single. I've been divorced 19 years. This person said that I'm not single, I'm divorced. Ok ... fine ... whatever. *smh* I wonder what it matters. This isn't someone I know or intend to know. I still don't know why it matters. *shrugs*
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 6, 2019:
Tell them you're a born again single. After 19 years I think that qualifies.
SeaGreenEyez comments on Jul 6, 2019:
Someone just lectured me yesterday. I consider myself single. I've been divorced 19 years. This person said that I'm not single, I'm divorced. Ok ... fine ... whatever. *smh* I wonder what it matters. This isn't someone I know or intend to know. I still don't know why it matters. *shrugs*
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 6, 2019:
Tell them you're a born again single. After 19 years I think that qualifies.
'If Grandma Is on the Table, No One Will Blink at the Price': A Former Drug Company Manager Explains...
freeofgod comments on Jul 6, 2019:
Shameless. A med I took five years ago cost $150. per month. Now it $650. The med is 15 years old now. Needless to say I haven't been able to afford it for years. Fuck pharma companies.
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 6, 2019:
@MizJ Yes, it did. And it was exacerbated and sped up by the Reagan presidency.
freeofgod comments on Jul 6, 2019:
Shameless. A med I took five years ago cost $150. per month. Now it $650. The med is 15 years old now. Needless to say I haven't been able to afford it for years. Fuck pharma companies.
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 6, 2019:
@MizJ Yes, it did. And it was exacerbated and sped up by the Reagan presidency.
‘The Lowest White Man’
Tomfoolery33 comments on Jul 6, 2019:
Exactly. Who wrote this?
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 6, 2019:
Charles M. Blow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_M._Blow
Tomfoolery33 comments on Jul 6, 2019:
Exactly. Who wrote this?
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 6, 2019:
Charles M. Blow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_M._Blow
I kind of wish I had a significant other.
HippieChick58 comments on Jul 6, 2019:
I've been single for 10 years. I don't need someone who thinks like me, seriously one of me is enough for this world. I just want someone who is a good fit. I'm not normal, I am eccentric and unique as we all should be. I don't give a rip what other people think, it isn't really my business what ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 6, 2019:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFugRFKqjFg
HippieChick58 comments on Jul 6, 2019:
I've been single for 10 years. I don't need someone who thinks like me, seriously one of me is enough for this world. I just want someone who is a good fit. I'm not normal, I am eccentric and unique as we all should be. I don't give a rip what other people think, it isn't really my business what ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 6, 2019:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFugRFKqjFg
'If Grandma Is on the Table, No One Will Blink at the Price': A Former Drug Company Manager Explains...
freeofgod comments on Jul 6, 2019:
Shameless. A med I took five years ago cost $150. per month. Now it $650. The med is 15 years old now. Needless to say I haven't been able to afford it for years. Fuck pharma companies.
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 6, 2019:
Read this book: An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal. It was sooo awakening. And I work in customer service for billing at a hospital.... So many times I have wanted to recommend this book. My line is recorded and because I am new my calls are 100% reviewed every day. I do need the job so I shut up and do as I am supposed to. This book covers everything about health care, how it happened and what we can do about it.
freeofgod comments on Jul 6, 2019:
Shameless. A med I took five years ago cost $150. per month. Now it $650. The med is 15 years old now. Needless to say I haven't been able to afford it for years. Fuck pharma companies.
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 6, 2019:
Read this book: An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal. It was sooo awakening. And I work in customer service for billing at a hospital.... So many times I have wanted to recommend this book. My line is recorded and because I am new my calls are 100% reviewed every day. I do need the job so I shut up and do as I am supposed to. This book covers everything about health care, how it happened and what we can do about it.
When Will Americans Realize We're Not the Good Guys?
Robecology comments on Jul 6, 2019:
Did you know that according to many Afghan U.S. military servicemen, their main task while there was to guard the Opium poppy fields? (U.S. gets 90% of its prescription/legal opium from there)
Don't believe me.
Google U.S. military guarding Opium poppy fields
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 6, 2019:
Fer sure, I've known that for may years.
Robecology comments on Jul 6, 2019:
Did you know that according to many Afghan U.S. military servicemen, their main task while there was to guard the Opium poppy fields? (U.S. gets 90% of its prescription/legal opium from there)
Don't believe me.
Google U.S. military guarding Opium poppy fields
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 6, 2019:
Fer sure, I've known that for may years.
Donations to 'religion' declined $2 billion in 2018 after years of growth: study - The Christian ...
Payizus comments on Jul 6, 2019:
I thought of a meme instead
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 6, 2019:
Totally right on, and it happens freaking all the time.
Payizus comments on Jul 6, 2019:
I thought of a meme instead
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 6, 2019:
Totally right on, and it happens freaking all the time.
There has been an ongoing conversation today regarding this not being a happy holiday for many of ...
thinktwice comments on Jul 4, 2019:
People like you really make me proud on any day....thanks...your thoughtfulness makes a difference, you know....
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 4, 2019:
Sometime in the past 5 or so years I realized I was good at encouraging people, and I think more encouragement is needed in this world. I try to do my part.
thinktwice comments on Jul 4, 2019:
People like you really make me proud on any day....thanks...your thoughtfulness makes a difference, you know....
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 4, 2019:
Sometime in the past 5 or so years I realized I was good at encouraging people, and I think more encouragement is needed in this world. I try to do my part.
Make someone's day...
thinktwice comments on Jul 4, 2019:
I want to shout out to @HippieChick58 for doing way more than her share of uplifting people today...glad to be part of this site with members like that! WOO HOO for her...thanks!
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 4, 2019:
Thank you so much for that. It keeps me going.
thinktwice comments on Jul 4, 2019:
I want to shout out to @HippieChick58 for doing way more than her share of uplifting people today...glad to be part of this site with members like that! WOO HOO for her...thanks!
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 4, 2019:
Thank you so much for that. It keeps me going.
The 4th of July has always been my favorite holiday.
HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2019:
@altschmerz wrote: he didn't come out of nowhere, and @MojoDave gave us: This too shall pass. I agree with @Our_existence, my stress/anxiety is very high today. Maybe because of what is going on in my life. I know it will pass per MojoDave, but as altschmerz pointed out, he didn't come out of ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 4, 2019:
@bobwjr that is like my dream, but they have to take out Pence too.
HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2019:
@altschmerz wrote: he didn't come out of nowhere, and @MojoDave gave us: This too shall pass. I agree with @Our_existence, my stress/anxiety is very high today. Maybe because of what is going on in my life. I know it will pass per MojoDave, but as altschmerz pointed out, he didn't come out of ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 4, 2019:
@bobwjr that is like my dream, but they have to take out Pence too.
[agnostic.
HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2019:
We had Freddie turned in earlier today. Scammer for sure.
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 4, 2019:
@mistymoon77 Good!! He seems to be making the rounds today.
HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2019:
We had Freddie turned in earlier today. Scammer for sure.
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 4, 2019:
@mistymoon77 Good!! He seems to be making the rounds today.
pre·var·i·cate
/prəˈverəˌkāt/
verb
speak or act in an evasive way.
HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2019:
Drumpf does this well.
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 4, 2019:
@Cast1es I think he does it well, and almost all the damn time. He never gives a straight damn answer. I'm not sure he would not be able to prevaricate or give a straight answer. I don't think he'd recognize the straight truth if it bit him.
HippieChick58 comments on Jul 4, 2019:
Drumpf does this well.
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 4, 2019:
@Cast1es I think he does it well, and almost all the damn time. He never gives a straight damn answer. I'm not sure he would not be able to prevaricate or give a straight answer. I don't think he'd recognize the straight truth if it bit him.
I have a question that maybe you all can help with.
seattlepanda comments on Jul 3, 2019:
Puget Sound area...jobs available, rents iffy...no idea about that medical stuff...NOT bible-belty...
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 3, 2019:
I loved the Puget Sound area, I lived there 93 to 99. Alas the cost of living was high.
seattlepanda comments on Jul 3, 2019:
Puget Sound area...jobs available, rents iffy...no idea about that medical stuff...NOT bible-belty...
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 3, 2019:
I loved the Puget Sound area, I lived there 93 to 99. Alas the cost of living was high.
I have a question that maybe you all can help with.
Silver1wun comments on Jul 3, 2019:
Northern Arizona might be good, depending on what type 'jobs' you're talking about. I've lived in small town Nevada, but too long ago to offer an accurate endorsement. It was great in the early 70's
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 3, 2019:
@Hathacat My concern for Arizona would be the heat and the potential for running out of water.
Silver1wun comments on Jul 3, 2019:
Northern Arizona might be good, depending on what type 'jobs' you're talking about. I've lived in small town Nevada, but too long ago to offer an accurate endorsement. It was great in the early 70's
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 3, 2019:
@Hathacat My concern for Arizona would be the heat and the potential for running out of water.
Baby Drumpf
dkp93 comments on Jul 3, 2019:
Brings to mind that philosophical question: If you could go back in time, would you kill Baby Hitler?
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 3, 2019:
It depends, first I'd have to study that time more closely. Were there other potential hitlers coming of age at that time or would it have made a difference. And if it would make a difference would it have been better or worse.
dkp93 comments on Jul 3, 2019:
Brings to mind that philosophical question: If you could go back in time, would you kill Baby Hitler?
HippieChick58 replies on Jul 3, 2019:
It depends, first I'd have to study that time more closely. Were there other potential hitlers coming of age at that time or would it have made a difference. And if it would make a difference would it have been better or worse.
I visited a very close girlfriend this weekend.
thinktwice comments on Jun 30, 2019:
At least you both could laugh at the absurdity of that...what a person wears underneath is not even close to anything religious...although, I think a thong too tight up the butt is a sure sign there is a devil...ouch!!!
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 30, 2019:
You haven't spoken with any Mormons lately have you? They have their "holy underwear".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_garment
thinktwice comments on Jun 30, 2019:
At least you both could laugh at the absurdity of that...what a person wears underneath is not even close to anything religious...although, I think a thong too tight up the butt is a sure sign there is a devil...ouch!!!
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 30, 2019:
You haven't spoken with any Mormons lately have you? They have their "holy underwear".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_garment
Omaha Metropolitan Area Humanists Association
FIRST FRIDAY
Friday, July 5, 2019
6:30 PM to ...
rogueflyer comments on Jun 29, 2019:
Is this a startup or continuing meeting? Either way, I wish you the best. I've been a core member and presenter in our local group for over six years. It's a large part of my life. Be well.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 30, 2019:
@rogueflyer We use MeetUP to publicize our activities. We have a FB page. We have had a booth at community events like the Earth Day Celebration and previous pride parades. We have done joint events with another group called REASON (Rationalists, Empiricists and Skeptics of Nebraska). We have members that are politically active and members that are Active Duty.
rogueflyer comments on Jun 29, 2019:
Is this a startup or continuing meeting? Either way, I wish you the best. I've been a core member and presenter in our local group for over six years. It's a large part of my life. Be well.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 30, 2019:
@rogueflyer We use MeetUP to publicize our activities. We have a FB page. We have had a booth at community events like the Earth Day Celebration and previous pride parades. We have done joint events with another group called REASON (Rationalists, Empiricists and Skeptics of Nebraska). We have members that are politically active and members that are Active Duty.
Well, a "thump" in the night awoke me.
HippieChick58 comments on Jun 30, 2019:
Every once in a while I dream that I hear the doorbell. Back when I had a dog and two cats when I napped, I'd be sandwiched with them. If I had that dream I would just look at the fur babies. If the dog heard the bell he'd be out there trying to break the door down to greet his new friends. The cats...
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 30, 2019:
@RavenCT In my house now the cats can access the space between basement ceiling and floor upstairs from the laundry room via the top of the washer and a shelf. If strangers are in the house, that is where they head. My adult kids have not met the cats, they will come out if the grandbabies are here and reasonably quiet.
HippieChick58 comments on Jun 30, 2019:
Every once in a while I dream that I hear the doorbell. Back when I had a dog and two cats when I napped, I'd be sandwiched with them. If I had that dream I would just look at the fur babies. If the dog heard the bell he'd be out there trying to break the door down to greet his new friends. The cats...
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 30, 2019:
@RavenCT In my house now the cats can access the space between basement ceiling and floor upstairs from the laundry room via the top of the washer and a shelf. If strangers are in the house, that is where they head. My adult kids have not met the cats, they will come out if the grandbabies are here and reasonably quiet.
Omaha Metropolitan Area Humanists Association
FIRST FRIDAY
Friday, July 5, 2019
6:30 PM to ...
rogueflyer comments on Jun 29, 2019:
Is this a startup or continuing meeting? Either way, I wish you the best. I've been a core member and presenter in our local group for over six years. It's a large part of my life. Be well.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 30, 2019:
This is an ongoing, every First Friday since before I joined. Our location changed about 2 months ago. This is just one of our get-togethers. We were in the Pride Parade yesterday, and today we have our weekly Book Club. We also do a Third Thursday which I think we have to move to second Thursday this month.
rogueflyer comments on Jun 29, 2019:
Is this a startup or continuing meeting? Either way, I wish you the best. I've been a core member and presenter in our local group for over six years. It's a large part of my life. Be well.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 30, 2019:
This is an ongoing, every First Friday since before I joined. Our location changed about 2 months ago. This is just one of our get-togethers. We were in the Pride Parade yesterday, and today we have our weekly Book Club. We also do a Third Thursday which I think we have to move to second Thursday this month.
But would you date a person who uses a wheelchair? Able-ism?
SiouxcitySue comments on Jun 29, 2019:
So long as he was un-theistic, funny, intelligent, kind, honest, a political progressive, open-minded, etc - all the usual things I would require in a date, yes. What is able-ism?
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 29, 2019:
Ableism would be preferring people who are as able as you are, or discrimination against the differently abled.
SiouxcitySue comments on Jun 29, 2019:
So long as he was un-theistic, funny, intelligent, kind, honest, a political progressive, open-minded, etc - all the usual things I would require in a date, yes. What is able-ism?
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 29, 2019:
Ableism would be preferring people who are as able as you are, or discrimination against the differently abled.
OMAHA - Omaha Metropolitan Area Humanists Association at the Pride Parade this morning.
Seeker3CO comments on Jun 29, 2019:
Pride Parade in Omaha! Happily destroys some of my Nebraska prejudice.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 29, 2019:
Sometimes I wake up and realize I do live in Nebraska again, at least it is the city. I grew up 150ish miles west of here, and thought I had left for good back in the 70s, then I moved here in 2005. That was not part of the life plan...
Seeker3CO comments on Jun 29, 2019:
Pride Parade in Omaha! Happily destroys some of my Nebraska prejudice.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 29, 2019:
Sometimes I wake up and realize I do live in Nebraska again, at least it is the city. I grew up 150ish miles west of here, and thought I had left for good back in the 70s, then I moved here in 2005. That was not part of the life plan...
OMAHA - Omaha Metropolitan Area Humanists Association at the Pride Parade this morning.
oldFloyd comments on Jun 29, 2019:
Sounds like you had a good time and that's a good thing 😁
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 29, 2019:
@oldFloyd That setting is awesome!! However those steps would be hell on the knees.
oldFloyd comments on Jun 29, 2019:
Sounds like you had a good time and that's a good thing 😁
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 29, 2019:
@oldFloyd That setting is awesome!! However those steps would be hell on the knees.
OMAHA - Omaha Metropolitan Area Humanists Association at the Pride Parade this morning.
oldFloyd comments on Jun 29, 2019:
Sounds like you had a good time and that's a good thing 😁
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 29, 2019:
I wear a fitbit, which tracks steps, flights of stairs and other health data. We walked over 15 flights of stairs today, Omaha is hilly as much as it is in the flatlands. Just waiting for our turn to go and the mile or so route we did a good 5000 or so steps.
oldFloyd comments on Jun 29, 2019:
Sounds like you had a good time and that's a good thing 😁
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 29, 2019:
I wear a fitbit, which tracks steps, flights of stairs and other health data. We walked over 15 flights of stairs today, Omaha is hilly as much as it is in the flatlands. Just waiting for our turn to go and the mile or so route we did a good 5000 or so steps.
Traceyanarchist [agnostic.
GuyKeith comments on Jun 28, 2019:
She is either gone or has me blocked. Someone please check. Thanks
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 28, 2019:
@GuyKeith Time is a bitch, and there is no non surgical way to really reverse the effects. I figure you're close to my age, at least a boomer. I'm not really thrilled with how I look now, but I'm still walking upright on this side of the dirt, and I've outlived my mother so I figure I'm gonna run with that. It is what it is, I would never have won a beauty contest anyway, and I'm way beyond caring now. I'm happy with me.
GuyKeith comments on Jun 28, 2019:
She is either gone or has me blocked. Someone please check. Thanks
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 28, 2019:
@GuyKeith Time is a bitch, and there is no non surgical way to really reverse the effects. I figure you're close to my age, at least a boomer. I'm not really thrilled with how I look now, but I'm still walking upright on this side of the dirt, and I've outlived my mother so I figure I'm gonna run with that. It is what it is, I would never have won a beauty contest anyway, and I'm way beyond caring now. I'm happy with me.
"I like your book."
Hathacat comments on Jun 28, 2019:
O did not mean to post this here! Sorry!
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 28, 2019:
It is amusing, and you know I love kitties... but it isn't about Drumpf. We are all pretty damn sure that Der Donaldo has never read a book in his whole miserable life.
Hathacat comments on Jun 28, 2019:
O did not mean to post this here! Sorry!
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 28, 2019:
It is amusing, and you know I love kitties... but it isn't about Drumpf. We are all pretty damn sure that Der Donaldo has never read a book in his whole miserable life.
Traceyanarchist [agnostic.
GuyKeith comments on Jun 28, 2019:
She is either gone or has me blocked. Someone please check. Thanks
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 28, 2019:
I get a not available. Hey! New picture!!
GuyKeith comments on Jun 28, 2019:
She is either gone or has me blocked. Someone please check. Thanks
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 28, 2019:
I get a not available. Hey! New picture!!
New Alabama Law Permits Christian Church To Establish Its Own Police Force | Michael Stone
Seeker3CO comments on Jun 28, 2019:
This is SOOO cool! I hope all churches form their own police forces... and then they have dance battles in the middle of the streets in towns across the county (not the Methodists since they think dance is evil) and chant prayers at each other and howl hymns! That would be so fucking cool!
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 28, 2019:
I used to be a Methodist, I don't ever remember a reference to dancing. They were until recently one of the most liberal churches around.
Seeker3CO comments on Jun 28, 2019:
This is SOOO cool! I hope all churches form their own police forces... and then they have dance battles in the middle of the streets in towns across the county (not the Methodists since they think dance is evil) and chant prayers at each other and howl hymns! That would be so fucking cool!
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 28, 2019:
I used to be a Methodist, I don't ever remember a reference to dancing. They were until recently one of the most liberal churches around.
"Unloved in Childhood: 10 Common Effects on Your Adult Self" ...
HippieChick58 comments on Jun 27, 2019:
This is all about the mom. My childhood trauma stems from my dad, and if I get started on that now I will not make it to work for the rest of the week, and maybe next week... and the next. So, oh shit yeah I have childhood trauma that affects me now, and more of it percolates to the surface all the ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 27, 2019:
@AnonySchmoose I thank the universe that she no longer walks on this earth, and that I learned from her of what NOT to do, that I overcame her abuse to raise healthy, smart, well adjusted, grounded daughters. I suppressed so many memories that when one slips out I grieve and then remind myself of how strong I am because of that, and how my girls are proud of me for how strong I am, and from that how strong they are. One of the things I did right as a parent was keeping my kids away from my folks. It helped that their dad was in the military and we did not ever live near them. When I moved away, I really moved away.
HippieChick58 comments on Jun 27, 2019:
This is all about the mom. My childhood trauma stems from my dad, and if I get started on that now I will not make it to work for the rest of the week, and maybe next week... and the next. So, oh shit yeah I have childhood trauma that affects me now, and more of it percolates to the surface all the ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 27, 2019:
@AnonySchmoose I thank the universe that she no longer walks on this earth, and that I learned from her of what NOT to do, that I overcame her abuse to raise healthy, smart, well adjusted, grounded daughters. I suppressed so many memories that when one slips out I grieve and then remind myself of how strong I am because of that, and how my girls are proud of me for how strong I am, and from that how strong they are. One of the things I did right as a parent was keeping my kids away from my folks. It helped that their dad was in the military and we did not ever live near them. When I moved away, I really moved away.
You are enough
TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 27, 2019:
Sounds a lot like Stuart Smalley from SNL "I'm smart enough, I'm good enough and, doggone it, people like me..."
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 27, 2019:
If it brings you peace, go with it.
TomMcGiverin comments on Jun 27, 2019:
Sounds a lot like Stuart Smalley from SNL "I'm smart enough, I'm good enough and, doggone it, people like me..."
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 27, 2019:
If it brings you peace, go with it.
New Alabama Law Permits Christian Church To Establish Its Own Police Force | Michael Stone
242Foxtrot comments on Jun 26, 2019:
That's a good plan, HC. I have a bucket list item in Mobile, so instead of driving in from NOLA, perhaps I can figure out how to dart in from the FL side and get back out in a hurry. The downside is, it's still FL.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 26, 2019:
Luckily (maybe) I live here in the great plains. To cross Alabama I'd have to go there first, and I didn't leave anything behind the last time I was there. That was a really long time ago.
242Foxtrot comments on Jun 26, 2019:
That's a good plan, HC. I have a bucket list item in Mobile, so instead of driving in from NOLA, perhaps I can figure out how to dart in from the FL side and get back out in a hurry. The downside is, it's still FL.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 26, 2019:
Luckily (maybe) I live here in the great plains. To cross Alabama I'd have to go there first, and I didn't leave anything behind the last time I was there. That was a really long time ago.
New Alabama Law Permits Christian Church To Establish Its Own Police Force | Michael Stone
mjb007bond comments on Jun 26, 2019:
How long before they implement blasphemy bylaws?
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 26, 2019:
@TheGreatShadow You do realize that the conservative xians won the Scopes trial...
mjb007bond comments on Jun 26, 2019:
How long before they implement blasphemy bylaws?
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 26, 2019:
@TheGreatShadow You do realize that the conservative xians won the Scopes trial...
New Alabama Law Permits Christian Church To Establish Its Own Police Force | Michael Stone
TheGreatShadow comments on Jun 26, 2019:
Hopefully they are armed with only bibles. They are less effective than a gun...
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 26, 2019:
Really, the south and conservative xians... I'm sure they're armed to the teeth.
TheGreatShadow comments on Jun 26, 2019:
Hopefully they are armed with only bibles. They are less effective than a gun...
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 26, 2019:
Really, the south and conservative xians... I'm sure they're armed to the teeth.
How to be Pro-Life. Are you Pro-Life? Should women be in charge of their own wombs?
TheGreatShadow comments on Jun 25, 2019:
Sorry, bit I don't agree with the last. Unless under extreme circumstances.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 26, 2019:
@TheGreatShadow When you grow a uterus and a pair of ovaries we can talk about your opinion of abortion and what women should do with their bodies.
TheGreatShadow comments on Jun 25, 2019:
Sorry, bit I don't agree with the last. Unless under extreme circumstances.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 26, 2019:
@TheGreatShadow When you grow a uterus and a pair of ovaries we can talk about your opinion of abortion and what women should do with their bodies.
How to be Pro-Life. Are you Pro-Life? Should women be in charge of their own wombs?
TheGreatShadow comments on Jun 25, 2019:
Sorry, bit I don't agree with the last. Unless under extreme circumstances.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 26, 2019:
@TheGreatShadow Women are not incubators, we should have complete say over what happens to our bodies. If we choose to end a pregnancy it is no one else's business. My body, my choice, no one else's business, END OF STORY. Your friend is a moron who has no concept of birth or babies. A 4 month old baby is a living being and that would freaking be murder. I am mom of 3 living children, grandmother to two, I was a practicing xian for much of my life, do you want to hear my personal abortion story? I used to never share it, in recent times I share it much more publicly and much more often,
TheGreatShadow comments on Jun 25, 2019:
Sorry, bit I don't agree with the last. Unless under extreme circumstances.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 26, 2019:
@TheGreatShadow Women are not incubators, we should have complete say over what happens to our bodies. If we choose to end a pregnancy it is no one else's business. My body, my choice, no one else's business, END OF STORY. Your friend is a moron who has no concept of birth or babies. A 4 month old baby is a living being and that would freaking be murder. I am mom of 3 living children, grandmother to two, I was a practicing xian for much of my life, do you want to hear my personal abortion story? I used to never share it, in recent times I share it much more publicly and much more often,
Trump says wrongly to the Hill "I don't need Congress's permission to declare military strikes ...
Our_existence comments on Jun 25, 2019:
This is how WW III will begin
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 25, 2019:
with donnie boy with the nuclear button we can kiss our asses goodbye.
Our_existence comments on Jun 25, 2019:
This is how WW III will begin
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 25, 2019:
with donnie boy with the nuclear button we can kiss our asses goodbye.
How to be Pro-Life. Are you Pro-Life? Should women be in charge of their own wombs?
TheGreatShadow comments on Jun 25, 2019:
Sorry, bit I don't agree with the last. Unless under extreme circumstances.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 25, 2019:
Would you clarify that please.
TheGreatShadow comments on Jun 25, 2019:
Sorry, bit I don't agree with the last. Unless under extreme circumstances.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 25, 2019:
Would you clarify that please.
The Not-So-Intelligent Designer: Why Evolution Explains the Human Body and Intelligent Design Does ...
MayQueen comments on Jun 25, 2019:
Does it explain why God put the amusement park next to the sewage treatment plant? That's not a very intelligent design, if you ask me.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 25, 2019:
I haven't gotten that far into the book yet.
MayQueen comments on Jun 25, 2019:
Does it explain why God put the amusement park next to the sewage treatment plant? That's not a very intelligent design, if you ask me.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 25, 2019:
I haven't gotten that far into the book yet.
The Not-So-Intelligent Designer: Why Evolution Explains the Human Body and Intelligent Design Does ...
AnneWimsey comments on Jun 25, 2019:
One word: Knees. Ours & dogs. "Intelligent Design" my ass......
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 25, 2019:
The birth canal, really really bad design all things considered.
AnneWimsey comments on Jun 25, 2019:
One word: Knees. Ours & dogs. "Intelligent Design" my ass......
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 25, 2019:
The birth canal, really really bad design all things considered.
Map: The United States of America, ranked from best to worst
LiterateHiker comments on Jun 24, 2019:
I LOVE living in Washington State. Spectacular hiking, three national parks, the Pacific Ocean, and clean air and water.
We have a Democrat governor, Jay Inslee, and a Democrat majority in state government. Jay Inslee is a national leader in addressing climate change.
Washington Attorney ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 25, 2019:
@Marionville And now that all my kids have settled within 30 miles of where I live, there's no way I'd consider moving away. Sigh... At least living out there made them good little liberals too.
LiterateHiker comments on Jun 24, 2019:
I LOVE living in Washington State. Spectacular hiking, three national parks, the Pacific Ocean, and clean air and water.
We have a Democrat governor, Jay Inslee, and a Democrat majority in state government. Jay Inslee is a national leader in addressing climate change.
Washington Attorney ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 25, 2019:
@Marionville And now that all my kids have settled within 30 miles of where I live, there's no way I'd consider moving away. Sigh... At least living out there made them good little liberals too.
Map: The United States of America, ranked from best to worst
LiterateHiker comments on Jun 24, 2019:
I LOVE living in Washington State. Spectacular hiking, three national parks, the Pacific Ocean, and clean air and water.
We have a Democrat governor, Jay Inslee, and a Democrat majority in state government. Jay Inslee is a national leader in addressing climate change.
Washington Attorney ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 25, 2019:
I have a special place in my heart for Washington. It was there that I found (or refound) my liberal side. I lived in the Tacoma/Bothell/Everett area from 1993 to 1999. In 1999 we moved to Kansas. What a freaking shock, even though I'm originally from Nebraska. I loved the hiking, the ice caves, the water. If not for the cost of living and distance from extended family, I would have loved to stay there.
LiterateHiker comments on Jun 24, 2019:
I LOVE living in Washington State. Spectacular hiking, three national parks, the Pacific Ocean, and clean air and water.
We have a Democrat governor, Jay Inslee, and a Democrat majority in state government. Jay Inslee is a national leader in addressing climate change.
Washington Attorney ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 25, 2019:
I have a special place in my heart for Washington. It was there that I found (or refound) my liberal side. I lived in the Tacoma/Bothell/Everett area from 1993 to 1999. In 1999 we moved to Kansas. What a freaking shock, even though I'm originally from Nebraska. I loved the hiking, the ice caves, the water. If not for the cost of living and distance from extended family, I would have loved to stay there.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Unimaginable Reality of American Concentration Camps | The New ...
Athena comments on Jun 24, 2019:
Trump will be remembered for much of the egregious acts and decisions he's taken and agreed to respectively.
These ARE concentration camps. I hope he ends up in jail, with no fast food, no porn and no hairspray.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 24, 2019:
@Bobby9 That you are so OK with babies being ripped from their parents and sleeping on floors, not bathed or cared for to even the minimums of animal shelters, and that you would rather quibble about definitions than the real issue tells me all I need to know about you as a human being.
Athena comments on Jun 24, 2019:
Trump will be remembered for much of the egregious acts and decisions he's taken and agreed to respectively.
These ARE concentration camps. I hope he ends up in jail, with no fast food, no porn and no hairspray.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 24, 2019:
@Bobby9 That you are so OK with babies being ripped from their parents and sleeping on floors, not bathed or cared for to even the minimums of animal shelters, and that you would rather quibble about definitions than the real issue tells me all I need to know about you as a human being.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Unimaginable Reality of American Concentration Camps | The New ...
Athena comments on Jun 24, 2019:
Trump will be remembered for much of the egregious acts and decisions he's taken and agreed to respectively.
These ARE concentration camps. I hope he ends up in jail, with no fast food, no porn and no hairspray.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 24, 2019:
@Bobby9 HOW are they NOT concentration camps? I've been to Dachau, I have studied history. Everything I've seen says concentration camp.
Athena comments on Jun 24, 2019:
Trump will be remembered for much of the egregious acts and decisions he's taken and agreed to respectively.
These ARE concentration camps. I hope he ends up in jail, with no fast food, no porn and no hairspray.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 24, 2019:
@Bobby9 HOW are they NOT concentration camps? I've been to Dachau, I have studied history. Everything I've seen says concentration camp.
If FL Town Bends Rules for Orthodox Jews, Satanist Will React with “Giant Dongs” | Hemant Mehta ...
NoPlanetB comments on Jun 23, 2019:
I love it... bring on the dongs! There was an article a few weeks ago where the Hasidic Jews were protesting women protesters and the women stripped off their shirts down to their bras and/or not and all the HJ fled. LOL Loved that too. Used their own stupidity against them.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 24, 2019:
I saw that one, ladies standing out there in just their bras and men running like frightened chickens. SMH.
NoPlanetB comments on Jun 23, 2019:
I love it... bring on the dongs! There was an article a few weeks ago where the Hasidic Jews were protesting women protesters and the women stripped off their shirts down to their bras and/or not and all the HJ fled. LOL Loved that too. Used their own stupidity against them.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 24, 2019:
I saw that one, ladies standing out there in just their bras and men running like frightened chickens. SMH.
What You Can Do to Close the Camps | Social Justice Education | Yopp!
Jolanta comments on Jun 23, 2019:
I wonder how many will ready this.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 23, 2019:
I am sure not nearly enough.
Jolanta comments on Jun 23, 2019:
I wonder how many will ready this.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 23, 2019:
I am sure not nearly enough.
I fear we may be too far along this path.
KKGator comments on Jun 23, 2019:
We ARE Nazi Germany, all over again.
I don't know why more people don't see it.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 23, 2019:
Because our schools don't teach shit. They have been dumbed down. Dumb workers don't make waves.
KKGator comments on Jun 23, 2019:
We ARE Nazi Germany, all over again.
I don't know why more people don't see it.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 23, 2019:
Because our schools don't teach shit. They have been dumbed down. Dumb workers don't make waves.
Lots of truth in this. And we sure as hell need to be better stewards of that six inch layer:
HippieChick58 comments on Jun 22, 2019:
This is the problem farmers on our area are experiencing this year. The flooding has washed away the topsoil in many places, or covered it with sand, or worse with heavy metals. Bad year in the heartlands.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 23, 2019:
@RussRAB If they are lucky they can sell and move, start a new life in a city. Farmland with no topsoil is essentially parking lot.... where no one parks because it is in the middle of nowhere. Most of the farmers are mortgaged to the hilt. Not a good time.
HippieChick58 comments on Jun 22, 2019:
This is the problem farmers on our area are experiencing this year. The flooding has washed away the topsoil in many places, or covered it with sand, or worse with heavy metals. Bad year in the heartlands.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 23, 2019:
@RussRAB If they are lucky they can sell and move, start a new life in a city. Farmland with no topsoil is essentially parking lot.... where no one parks because it is in the middle of nowhere. Most of the farmers are mortgaged to the hilt. Not a good time.
They could be twins? This might have been posted, but it's a good one.
Killtheskyfairy comments on Jun 22, 2019:
I can’t imagine the level of disrespect that Barron will have for his mother and women in general. 🤨 Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.🤡
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 22, 2019:
@TheGreatShadow definitely wishful thinking. We grow up thinking our lives are the norm, we are the default value. That kid was screwed before he was born.
Killtheskyfairy comments on Jun 22, 2019:
I can’t imagine the level of disrespect that Barron will have for his mother and women in general. 🤨 Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.🤡
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 22, 2019:
@TheGreatShadow definitely wishful thinking. We grow up thinking our lives are the norm, we are the default value. That kid was screwed before he was born.
They could be twins? This might have been posted, but it's a good one.
Killtheskyfairy comments on Jun 22, 2019:
I can’t imagine the level of disrespect that Barron will have for his mother and women in general. 🤨 Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.🤡
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 22, 2019:
@TheGreatShadow Seriously? As a parent I'm thinking it was too late for Barron to become a compassionate human being within the first 5 years of his life. With a dad like DT and the rest of his half siblings... I wouldn't wish him on any female of any species regardless of age.
Killtheskyfairy comments on Jun 22, 2019:
I can’t imagine the level of disrespect that Barron will have for his mother and women in general. 🤨 Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.🤡
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 22, 2019:
@TheGreatShadow Seriously? As a parent I'm thinking it was too late for Barron to become a compassionate human being within the first 5 years of his life. With a dad like DT and the rest of his half siblings... I wouldn't wish him on any female of any species regardless of age.
OMAHA NE area folks.
Dod-Ramon comments on Jun 22, 2019:
How I wish the event would be rotational! Bring it to other cities
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 22, 2019:
World Humanist Day is international. There is no reason a humanist group in your area couldn't organize a local picnic. Check out this site for a Humanists group in your area. https://americanhumanist.org/get-involved/find-or-start-a-chapter/
Dod-Ramon comments on Jun 22, 2019:
How I wish the event would be rotational! Bring it to other cities
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 22, 2019:
World Humanist Day is international. There is no reason a humanist group in your area couldn't organize a local picnic. Check out this site for a Humanists group in your area. https://americanhumanist.org/get-involved/find-or-start-a-chapter/
New Study Shows Medicare for All Would Save US $5.1 Trillion Over Ten Years
callmedubious comments on Jun 20, 2019:
yes, but would cut into the obscene profits of the healthcare industry. therefore not gonna happen til after the crash & burn. then there will be no money so you'll be reduced to a 3rd world healthcare system.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 21, 2019:
I disagree, I think the system will be salvaged, but I think we need some politicians with brains and spines to stand up to the industry.
callmedubious comments on Jun 20, 2019:
yes, but would cut into the obscene profits of the healthcare industry. therefore not gonna happen til after the crash & burn. then there will be no money so you'll be reduced to a 3rd world healthcare system.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 21, 2019:
I disagree, I think the system will be salvaged, but I think we need some politicians with brains and spines to stand up to the industry.
Remember on November 3rd!!
And share this everywhere!!
WonderWartHog99 comments on Jun 21, 2019:
I ought to be selling those.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 21, 2019:
If you do I might buy one.
WonderWartHog99 comments on Jun 21, 2019:
I ought to be selling those.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 21, 2019:
If you do I might buy one.
[realfarmacy.com]
This is fascinating!
glennlab comments on Jun 20, 2019:
Been doing that for at least 35 years maybe longer, shaking tomatoes and peppers to pollinate is a very old trick, taught to me when I was a kid, but I didn't start using it until my first adult garden in 77 in Spokane. The video was extremely labored in explaining what should have taken 1 minute....
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 20, 2019:
Yeah, I almost quit when he was gushing over the tomatoes, and I didn't watch it all the way through. I don't go out to the garden every day, but maybe I will start. I've always had sufficient harvest just for me...
glennlab comments on Jun 20, 2019:
Been doing that for at least 35 years maybe longer, shaking tomatoes and peppers to pollinate is a very old trick, taught to me when I was a kid, but I didn't start using it until my first adult garden in 77 in Spokane. The video was extremely labored in explaining what should have taken 1 minute....
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 20, 2019:
Yeah, I almost quit when he was gushing over the tomatoes, and I didn't watch it all the way through. I don't go out to the garden every day, but maybe I will start. I've always had sufficient harvest just for me...
I'VE BEEN BANNED FROM TRACTOR SUPPLY.
JacobMeyers comments on Jun 19, 2019:
Was that for real? As in you really said that yourself in TSC ?
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 20, 2019:
No, I'm not retired yet...
JacobMeyers comments on Jun 19, 2019:
Was that for real? As in you really said that yourself in TSC ?
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 20, 2019:
No, I'm not retired yet...
Can Humanism Overcome Hate? - TheHumanist.com
linxminx comments on Jun 19, 2019:
Great article with so many good points. What is really scaring me are the people who, even after acknowledging a news item is fake, will still use it as a justification for eliciting fear and getting people all worked up.
I don't know how many times I reported that a news item appearing on my ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 19, 2019:
Nope, I have never heard of him before, however, I might have to remedy that. I am active with my local Humanists group, we might need a speaker in the not too distant future.
linxminx comments on Jun 19, 2019:
Great article with so many good points. What is really scaring me are the people who, even after acknowledging a news item is fake, will still use it as a justification for eliciting fear and getting people all worked up.
I don't know how many times I reported that a news item appearing on my ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 19, 2019:
Nope, I have never heard of him before, however, I might have to remedy that. I am active with my local Humanists group, we might need a speaker in the not too distant future.
For those with hearing impairments, restaurant noise isn’t just an irritation.
ProudMerrie comments on Jun 19, 2019:
I have some hearing loss and background noises drive me crazy and make it difficult to hear. There are some restaurants I don't even go into anymore because of the noise levels. Texas Roadhouse comes to mind -- loudest one I've ever been in.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 19, 2019:
I haven't been to a Texas Roadhouse in years, and partly because it was so noisy.
ProudMerrie comments on Jun 19, 2019:
I have some hearing loss and background noises drive me crazy and make it difficult to hear. There are some restaurants I don't even go into anymore because of the noise levels. Texas Roadhouse comes to mind -- loudest one I've ever been in.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 19, 2019:
I haven't been to a Texas Roadhouse in years, and partly because it was so noisy.
More women are choosing not to have kids, and society can't cope - ABC Life
LiterateHiker comments on Jun 19, 2019:
Declining white birth rates are behind the Republican push to ban abortions. They fear the coming minority majority.
I support women who say no to having kids.
Like them, I was adamant about not having children. Pressure to have kids was relentless and absurd:
*"You both are so ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 19, 2019:
One of my girls has been adamant about not wanting kid since high school. She is now 31. She is the most adoring, generous auntie that you could imagine. I never pressured any of my girls to have kids, in fact I was more on the take your time side. I think it worked out well. The youngest had her first child at 25, and the oldest at 33. Considering the toll that babies take on relationships, your body, your finances, and your time, every individual needs to make a decision that is right for them. One size does not fit all.
LiterateHiker comments on Jun 19, 2019:
Declining white birth rates are behind the Republican push to ban abortions. They fear the coming minority majority.
I support women who say no to having kids.
Like them, I was adamant about not having children. Pressure to have kids was relentless and absurd:
*"You both are so ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 19, 2019:
One of my girls has been adamant about not wanting kid since high school. She is now 31. She is the most adoring, generous auntie that you could imagine. I never pressured any of my girls to have kids, in fact I was more on the take your time side. I think it worked out well. The youngest had her first child at 25, and the oldest at 33. Considering the toll that babies take on relationships, your body, your finances, and your time, every individual needs to make a decision that is right for them. One size does not fit all.
LUDDITE.
Cutiebeauty comments on Jun 19, 2019:
Nice word...
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 19, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty in the future we will refer to that person as Trump or Trumpist. America has a new Luddite.
Cutiebeauty comments on Jun 19, 2019:
Nice word...
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 19, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty in the future we will refer to that person as Trump or Trumpist. America has a new Luddite.
For those with hearing impairments, restaurant noise isn’t just an irritation.
AnneWimsey comments on Jun 19, 2019:
I have a remote control that came with my hearing aids with a setting which shuts off all mic pickups except directly in front of me, effectively shutting down 90% of background noise & allowing me to focus on the person i am looking at. Thanks, Costco! Any other hearing aid supplier would charge ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 19, 2019:
I have a friend with a similar arrangement. I'm thinking I might need hearing aides sooner or later, maybe sooner. I do use the SoundPrint App whenever I am out. I keep finding more and more of my friends are now wearing hearing aides. And I definitely know a couple of people who should get their hearing tested, but no, they're fine they tell me. Yeah right.
AnneWimsey comments on Jun 19, 2019:
I have a remote control that came with my hearing aids with a setting which shuts off all mic pickups except directly in front of me, effectively shutting down 90% of background noise & allowing me to focus on the person i am looking at. Thanks, Costco! Any other hearing aid supplier would charge ...
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 19, 2019:
I have a friend with a similar arrangement. I'm thinking I might need hearing aides sooner or later, maybe sooner. I do use the SoundPrint App whenever I am out. I keep finding more and more of my friends are now wearing hearing aides. And I definitely know a couple of people who should get their hearing tested, but no, they're fine they tell me. Yeah right.
For those with hearing impairments, restaurant noise isn’t just an irritation.
AnonySchmoose comments on Jun 18, 2019:
I feel that loud restaurant music is discriminatory. It becomes too difficult to hear the people with you.
FYI: I'm unable to read the article, because Washington Post won't let me read any more of their articles until I pay them for a subscription. It is one I would very much like to read.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 19, 2019:
Ask and you shall receive... sometimes...
(Franziska Barczyk/for The Washington Post)
By Joyce Cohen June 17 at 12:00 PM
It was supposed to be a joyful family gathering.
Last spring, Kim Powers-Brown took an overnight train from her home in eastern Washington state to join her relatives at a restaurant near Seattle. Because of her hearing difficulties — she cannot understand speech amid background noise — the group of four requested a quieter spot.
“The waitress said no, that side of the restaurant was closed and she was the only waitress on duty — it would be too much trouble,” Powers-Brown said.
The family was led to a corner table, with a speaker playing music overhead. She couldn’t understand a word. Her brother demanded they sit in the quieter closed section. “I begged him not to embarrass me,” said Powers-Brown, who was born partially deaf and wears a hearing aid in one ear.
[Why I will start including accessibility information in my restaurant reviews]
“I apologized twice, but we were still treated rudely,” she said. “It was very uncomfortable. I felt terrible that our get-together meal was such a disaster because of my needs.”
Under Title III of the Americans With Disabilities Act, restaurants — as places of public accommodation — must accommodate disabilities. But what if the disability is a hearing impairment, and the request is for a lower volume? On this issue, the law has largely remained silent.
Hard-of-hearing diners report a vast range of responses when they seek softer music or quieter seating. Sometimes the music is turned down or off, and sometimes it isn’t. Sometimes it is even turned up. Maybe the volume is declared unchangeable, set by corporate overseers. Or there’s no available seating far from the clattering kitchen, the droning ventilation, the hearty partyers.
Powers-Brown, 60, who is earning a library degree, rarely dines out with anyone but her husband. She never even thought to request quiet. “I was brought up to adjust to others,” she said. Instead of struggling to converse over a meal, she reads.
The law, though, requires “full and equal enjoyment in places of public accommodation,” said Daniel Fink, a retired Los Angeles doctor and a noise activist. His paper on the disability-rights aspects of ambient noise was presented at a recent meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. “I can guarantee that people with hearing impairments don’t fully enjoy noisy restaurants,” he said.
Pisco y Nazca in the District, where dining-room noise levels last fall measured 95 decibels, or about as loud as a power mower. (Deb Lindsey/for The Washington Post)
Restaurants these days are louder than ever, to the point where critics (led by The Post’s Tom Sietsema) check volume ...
AnonySchmoose comments on Jun 18, 2019:
I feel that loud restaurant music is discriminatory. It becomes too difficult to hear the people with you.
FYI: I'm unable to read the article, because Washington Post won't let me read any more of their articles until I pay them for a subscription. It is one I would very much like to read.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 19, 2019:
Ask and you shall receive... sometimes...
(Franziska Barczyk/for The Washington Post)
By Joyce Cohen June 17 at 12:00 PM
It was supposed to be a joyful family gathering.
Last spring, Kim Powers-Brown took an overnight train from her home in eastern Washington state to join her relatives at a restaurant near Seattle. Because of her hearing difficulties — she cannot understand speech amid background noise — the group of four requested a quieter spot.
“The waitress said no, that side of the restaurant was closed and she was the only waitress on duty — it would be too much trouble,” Powers-Brown said.
The family was led to a corner table, with a speaker playing music overhead. She couldn’t understand a word. Her brother demanded they sit in the quieter closed section. “I begged him not to embarrass me,” said Powers-Brown, who was born partially deaf and wears a hearing aid in one ear.
[Why I will start including accessibility information in my restaurant reviews]
“I apologized twice, but we were still treated rudely,” she said. “It was very uncomfortable. I felt terrible that our get-together meal was such a disaster because of my needs.”
Under Title III of the Americans With Disabilities Act, restaurants — as places of public accommodation — must accommodate disabilities. But what if the disability is a hearing impairment, and the request is for a lower volume? On this issue, the law has largely remained silent.
Hard-of-hearing diners report a vast range of responses when they seek softer music or quieter seating. Sometimes the music is turned down or off, and sometimes it isn’t. Sometimes it is even turned up. Maybe the volume is declared unchangeable, set by corporate overseers. Or there’s no available seating far from the clattering kitchen, the droning ventilation, the hearty partyers.
Powers-Brown, 60, who is earning a library degree, rarely dines out with anyone but her husband. She never even thought to request quiet. “I was brought up to adjust to others,” she said. Instead of struggling to converse over a meal, she reads.
The law, though, requires “full and equal enjoyment in places of public accommodation,” said Daniel Fink, a retired Los Angeles doctor and a noise activist. His paper on the disability-rights aspects of ambient noise was presented at a recent meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. “I can guarantee that people with hearing impairments don’t fully enjoy noisy restaurants,” he said.
Pisco y Nazca in the District, where dining-room noise levels last fall measured 95 decibels, or about as loud as a power mower. (Deb Lindsey/for The Washington Post)
Restaurants these days are louder than ever, to the point where critics (led by The Post’s Tom Sietsema) check volume ...
Can Humanism Overcome Hate? - TheHumanist.com
GeorgeRocheleau comments on Jun 19, 2019:
I have my doubts, but I don't think religion can either.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 19, 2019:
I think in over 2000 years we've pretty much proven that religion is a huge part of the problem.
GeorgeRocheleau comments on Jun 19, 2019:
I have my doubts, but I don't think religion can either.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 19, 2019:
I think in over 2000 years we've pretty much proven that religion is a huge part of the problem.
NIXIE -- Noun
1) a letter or parcel that is undeliverable by the post office because of a faulty ...
HippieChick58 comments on Jun 18, 2019:
I deal with nixie's as part of my job. We get lots of returned mail. It isn't a good way to avoid your medical bills because we will find you in most cases, but it is a short term delaying tactic.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 18, 2019:
@Cast1es I talk to people all day long with similar questions, I work in customer service for the Central Billing Office of a not for profit hospital for children. I just started this job 14 weeks ago, this is my second week on the phones without a lead tethered to me. All our calls are recorded and my calls are all reviewed, I have to keep a log. So, I am also reading a book right now called
An American Sickness
How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
by Rosenthal, Elisabeth
I so want to recommend this book to about half of my callers, however I am sure I would be fired so fast there would still be a breeze next week. However, I can recommend it to you. I actually bought a tablet so I can keep the titles of my books private, I read some pretty subversive and rather anti christian stuff, and I'm just not ready to advertise in that office that I'm that far out of the common mold. My supervisor and her boss both wear crosses.
I feel your pain, my dear. No one has that type of money. Yes, you can ask for an estimate before you ever have a procedure. But read the book it will forever change your life. We desperately need Universal Health Care in the US. Everyone is out for profit and it is coming out of our hides.
HippieChick58 comments on Jun 18, 2019:
I deal with nixie's as part of my job. We get lots of returned mail. It isn't a good way to avoid your medical bills because we will find you in most cases, but it is a short term delaying tactic.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 18, 2019:
@Cast1es I talk to people all day long with similar questions, I work in customer service for the Central Billing Office of a not for profit hospital for children. I just started this job 14 weeks ago, this is my second week on the phones without a lead tethered to me. All our calls are recorded and my calls are all reviewed, I have to keep a log. So, I am also reading a book right now called
An American Sickness
How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
by Rosenthal, Elisabeth
I so want to recommend this book to about half of my callers, however I am sure I would be fired so fast there would still be a breeze next week. However, I can recommend it to you. I actually bought a tablet so I can keep the titles of my books private, I read some pretty subversive and rather anti christian stuff, and I'm just not ready to advertise in that office that I'm that far out of the common mold. My supervisor and her boss both wear crosses.
I feel your pain, my dear. No one has that type of money. Yes, you can ask for an estimate before you ever have a procedure. But read the book it will forever change your life. We desperately need Universal Health Care in the US. Everyone is out for profit and it is coming out of our hides.
KHAKI.
Haemish1 comments on Jun 18, 2019:
Now I have to look up “quinary”
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 18, 2019:
I am assuming that quinary would be after primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary... though I don't often see a list going beyond tertiary.
Haemish1 comments on Jun 18, 2019:
Now I have to look up “quinary”
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 18, 2019:
I am assuming that quinary would be after primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary... though I don't often see a list going beyond tertiary.
> Gorgeous, 30 and in California but how can she resist me?
CarolinaGirl60 comments on Jun 17, 2019:
“Read from you”
Ugh, scammer-speak! Near universal among them, it’s eerie. Or they all use the same translator. 😁
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 17, 2019:
Google Translate, it is all the rage now.
CarolinaGirl60 comments on Jun 17, 2019:
“Read from you”
Ugh, scammer-speak! Near universal among them, it’s eerie. Or they all use the same translator. 😁
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 17, 2019:
Google Translate, it is all the rage now.
We Have Five Years To Save Ourselves From Climate Change, Harvard Scientist Says
greyeyed123 comments on Jun 16, 2019:
Yeah, and I think that was five years AGO.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 16, 2019:
The article is about 18 months old, so 3.5 years left.
greyeyed123 comments on Jun 16, 2019:
Yeah, and I think that was five years AGO.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 16, 2019:
The article is about 18 months old, so 3.5 years left.
The Belief That Trump Is a Messiah Is Rampant and Dangerous | Psychology Today
wordywalt comments on Jun 16, 2019:
That is damned hard to believe. I find it hard to believe that anyone can be that ignorant, stupid, and morally bankrupt.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 16, 2019:
I wish you were right, but check out the other comments.
wordywalt comments on Jun 16, 2019:
That is damned hard to believe. I find it hard to believe that anyone can be that ignorant, stupid, and morally bankrupt.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 16, 2019:
I wish you were right, but check out the other comments.
Why Do (So Many) American Women Still Support Patriarchy?
DonaldHRoberts comments on Jun 16, 2019:
The truth is, before women decided to displace men or be equalized they had the unique position of the ruling influence a place in society they gave up to fall into the ugly trap of the great facade. Silent rule is always the most powerful.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 16, 2019:
Hundreds if not thousands of women throughout history have stayed with abusive/controlling husbands because divorce was not an option. For the most part women have not been silent rulers, they have been cowed and coerced.
DonaldHRoberts comments on Jun 16, 2019:
The truth is, before women decided to displace men or be equalized they had the unique position of the ruling influence a place in society they gave up to fall into the ugly trap of the great facade. Silent rule is always the most powerful.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 16, 2019:
Hundreds if not thousands of women throughout history have stayed with abusive/controlling husbands because divorce was not an option. For the most part women have not been silent rulers, they have been cowed and coerced.
Catholic Priest Claims Autistic Children Are ‘Like Animals’ Caused By Porn, Masturbation, ...
Hebert54 comments on Jun 16, 2019:
Does it really surprise you that a priest can say anything so hateful? This from a person who supposedly has a direct line to his all loving imaginary friend.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 16, 2019:
It doesn't surprise me, it does disappoint me.
Hebert54 comments on Jun 16, 2019:
Does it really surprise you that a priest can say anything so hateful? This from a person who supposedly has a direct line to his all loving imaginary friend.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 16, 2019:
It doesn't surprise me, it does disappoint me.
Somebody asked this question on Quora:
Were Trump’s adult kids actually invited to the state ...
HippieChick58 comments on Jun 15, 2019:
They had class when the Trump Circus showed up.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 16, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty Class is responding with dignity when dog poo shows up at your dinner. They kept their composure and their class, even though I am sure it galled them to do so. So, I definitely mean when, and during. That is something the Drumpfs will never have, never realize, and never recognize.
HippieChick58 comments on Jun 15, 2019:
They had class when the Trump Circus showed up.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 16, 2019:
@Cutiebeauty Class is responding with dignity when dog poo shows up at your dinner. They kept their composure and their class, even though I am sure it galled them to do so. So, I definitely mean when, and during. That is something the Drumpfs will never have, never realize, and never recognize.
Im willing to bet that it would be absolutely the opposite, once Mr Tariffs is expectorated out of ...
Mofo1953 comments on Jun 15, 2019:
SEE LINK BELOW, NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE BLOOMBERG LINK.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 15, 2019:
Gremlins
Mofo1953 comments on Jun 15, 2019:
SEE LINK BELOW, NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE BLOOMBERG LINK.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 15, 2019:
Gremlins
Im willing to bet that it would be absolutely the opposite, once Mr Tariffs is expectorated out of ...
HippieChick58 comments on Jun 15, 2019:
Link doesn't work, can you fix or remove please.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 15, 2019:
@Mofo1953 Thank you so much!!
HippieChick58 comments on Jun 15, 2019:
Link doesn't work, can you fix or remove please.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 15, 2019:
@Mofo1953 Thank you so much!!
[nytimes.
bleurowz comments on Jun 15, 2019:
I reached my monthly limit on NY Times articles, but I understand it. It plays upon our insecurities by making us feel we're not good enough as we are, so that you'll go buy the product.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 15, 2019:
This month has flown by so fast, I'm shocked it is mid month already. I haven't finished my early month chores...
Anyway, copied and pasted the article as a reply, you're on the right track...
bleurowz comments on Jun 15, 2019:
I reached my monthly limit on NY Times articles, but I understand it. It plays upon our insecurities by making us feel we're not good enough as we are, so that you'll go buy the product.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 15, 2019:
This month has flown by so fast, I'm shocked it is mid month already. I haven't finished my early month chores...
Anyway, copied and pasted the article as a reply, you're on the right track...
Would you call this an OSHA OHHHH Shit!!
patchoullijulie comments on Jun 15, 2019:
So, whose bright idea was it to put the pole in the middle of the water?
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 15, 2019:
We've got some major flooding out here, so lots of our utility poles are now surrounded by water. Mother nature doesn't give a damn for the plans of man.
patchoullijulie comments on Jun 15, 2019:
So, whose bright idea was it to put the pole in the middle of the water?
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 15, 2019:
We've got some major flooding out here, so lots of our utility poles are now surrounded by water. Mother nature doesn't give a damn for the plans of man.
I ran across a more-twisted-than-usual, Right Wing, batshit crazy website where the members want ...
tioteo comments on Jun 13, 2019:
Yeah. JFK Jr. is gone 20 years, and he would still be a better president than Ol' Orange.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 14, 2019:
Wow! It has been 20 years.... I'm now depressed and in shock. It doesn't seem like THAT long ago.
tioteo comments on Jun 13, 2019:
Yeah. JFK Jr. is gone 20 years, and he would still be a better president than Ol' Orange.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 14, 2019:
Wow! It has been 20 years.... I'm now depressed and in shock. It doesn't seem like THAT long ago.
I am sooooo being pulled into the 21st century.
LizBeth comments on Jun 13, 2019:
It took me a bit to embraced Kindle (I liked 'real' books). But once I understood the ease of always having my book handy on my phone, not having to store/move physical books, buying a book with one click.....I was hooked.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 13, 2019:
I don't like it on my phone, the screen is too small and I would have to keep turning pages. I know, I'm such a baby. I have a tablet so I use that. I like adjusting the font so I can read it easily. And my light at my desk at worked stopped working so I can adjust the app so I can read it less light. I do think the tablet weighs more than most books, but to borrow or return a book to the library is a mouse click instead of a trip to the library. Yeah, I can get used to this.
LizBeth comments on Jun 13, 2019:
It took me a bit to embraced Kindle (I liked 'real' books). But once I understood the ease of always having my book handy on my phone, not having to store/move physical books, buying a book with one click.....I was hooked.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 13, 2019:
I don't like it on my phone, the screen is too small and I would have to keep turning pages. I know, I'm such a baby. I have a tablet so I use that. I like adjusting the font so I can read it easily. And my light at my desk at worked stopped working so I can adjust the app so I can read it less light. I do think the tablet weighs more than most books, but to borrow or return a book to the library is a mouse click instead of a trip to the library. Yeah, I can get used to this.
BRIDGET BISHOP On this date in the year 1692, a woman named Bridget Bishop was hanged on Gallows ...
Bigwavedave comments on Jun 12, 2019:
I am slowing coming to understand how ingrained this has been in history and how far the USA has to go.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 12, 2019:
There is a really good book that covers that, called Fantasyland - How America Went Haywire A 500 Year History by Kurt Anderson. Totally fascinating, and a good read.
Bigwavedave comments on Jun 12, 2019:
I am slowing coming to understand how ingrained this has been in history and how far the USA has to go.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 12, 2019:
There is a really good book that covers that, called Fantasyland - How America Went Haywire A 500 Year History by Kurt Anderson. Totally fascinating, and a good read.
Sounds good.
zeuser comments on Jun 11, 2019:
I'm like Speaker Pelosi. I don't want him dead, I want him in prison.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 11, 2019:
I just want him out of the white house in the shortest route possible.
zeuser comments on Jun 11, 2019:
I'm like Speaker Pelosi. I don't want him dead, I want him in prison.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 11, 2019:
I just want him out of the white house in the shortest route possible.
My cat thinks I'm perfect.....
HippieChick58 comments on Jun 10, 2019:
My cats think I am the can opener and water bowl filler. And catnip bringer.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 11, 2019:
@MojoDave Yes, I have had a lifetime of training from some lovely kitties.
HippieChick58 comments on Jun 10, 2019:
My cats think I am the can opener and water bowl filler. And catnip bringer.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 11, 2019:
@MojoDave Yes, I have had a lifetime of training from some lovely kitties.
Kissing. How do you like it?
HippieChick58 comments on Jun 10, 2019:
I never liked how my ex kissed either. I always needed a raincoat or napkin. That should have been a warning sign, but now that is all history.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 11, 2019:
@MissKathleen Ya gotta laugh or you'll ruin your makeup! We produced some fantastic children so in the long run there was lots of good that came out of it.
HippieChick58 comments on Jun 10, 2019:
I never liked how my ex kissed either. I always needed a raincoat or napkin. That should have been a warning sign, but now that is all history.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 11, 2019:
@MissKathleen Ya gotta laugh or you'll ruin your makeup! We produced some fantastic children so in the long run there was lots of good that came out of it.
It Makes you wonder just what it is that attracts women to the horrible, fat, piggy eyed, ...
altschmerz comments on Jun 10, 2019:
I’ve heard he can actually be quite charming in person, if he likes you.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:
I think I'd hurl!
altschmerz comments on Jun 10, 2019:
I’ve heard he can actually be quite charming in person, if he likes you.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:
I think I'd hurl!
Older Americans Are Preparing for Death, but Not Long-Term Care
callmedubious comments on Jun 10, 2019:
many children will be in for great disappointments when their parents end up in long term care..there goes the inheritance.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:
My kids know there will be very little that I am able to leave to them, beside what I've already given them. They're cool with that, and they don't like their dad and his family holding the inheritance over them. I raised my girls right, I gave them my attitude!
callmedubious comments on Jun 10, 2019:
many children will be in for great disappointments when their parents end up in long term care..there goes the inheritance.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:
My kids know there will be very little that I am able to leave to them, beside what I've already given them. They're cool with that, and they don't like their dad and his family holding the inheritance over them. I raised my girls right, I gave them my attitude!
Anyone who says money cant' buy happiness never....
TheGreatShadow comments on Jun 9, 2019:
That's why you never take me to a pet store...
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:
Never buy from a pet store, adopt from a rescue or Humane Society. Pet stores are frequently fronts for breeders and are notorious for mistreatment of their animals.
TheGreatShadow comments on Jun 9, 2019:
That's why you never take me to a pet store...
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:
Never buy from a pet store, adopt from a rescue or Humane Society. Pet stores are frequently fronts for breeders and are notorious for mistreatment of their animals.
Can an atheist be a hippy?
HippieChick58 comments on May 20, 2019:
I AM a hippie! And I am a happy hippie Atheist. Why would it not be possible.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:
@MattChanning1 That would bring clarity and that can be a dangerous thing.
HippieChick58 comments on May 20, 2019:
I AM a hippie! And I am a happy hippie Atheist. Why would it not be possible.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:
@MattChanning1 That would bring clarity and that can be a dangerous thing.
Why don't we murder?
Athena comments on Jun 9, 2019:
I tell people I've raped and murdered all the people I've ever wanted to in my life.
None.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:
There have been a few that I have thought might have benefited from being murdered, but I had no desire to be the instrument, welllllllll not post divorce.
Athena comments on Jun 9, 2019:
I tell people I've raped and murdered all the people I've ever wanted to in my life.
None.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:
There have been a few that I have thought might have benefited from being murdered, but I had no desire to be the instrument, welllllllll not post divorce.
Why don't we murder?
thinktwice comments on Jun 9, 2019:
I guess we need to be afraid of the holier than thous more than I thought...yikes!
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:
@Beowulfsfriend Thankfully I have let my passport lapse and no funds to travel. So no chance of going to Saudi any time soon, or any place outside the US...
thinktwice comments on Jun 9, 2019:
I guess we need to be afraid of the holier than thous more than I thought...yikes!
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:
@Beowulfsfriend Thankfully I have let my passport lapse and no funds to travel. So no chance of going to Saudi any time soon, or any place outside the US...
Im an idiot.
HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2019:
If you have sour milk in your fridge, you take it out, take a sniff, and dump that crap. You don't put it back in the fridge and think it won't be so bad next week. Unless both of you have changed it isn't going to be different.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:
@Petter Hey!!! New picture, looks good!!
HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2019:
If you have sour milk in your fridge, you take it out, take a sniff, and dump that crap. You don't put it back in the fridge and think it won't be so bad next week. Unless both of you have changed it isn't going to be different.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:
@Petter Hey!!! New picture, looks good!!
Exactly! (I know I see myself)
brentan comments on Jun 9, 2019:
I need a pet.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:
I recommend pets. They give me a reason to go home, and are endlessly entertaining.
brentan comments on Jun 9, 2019:
I need a pet.
HippieChick58 replies on Jun 10, 2019:
I recommend pets. They give me a reason to go home, and are endlessly entertaining.
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