It's easy forget.

ProudMerrie comments on Feb 6, 2019:

That badass stuff is just a facade in my case.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 6, 2019:

@ProudMerrie Well, you just made my day. Knowing I've helped you makes me happy. My goal for my day is to encourage and uplift at least one person. Today I've actually done that twice. I can't do much for people, but I can offer encouragement.

It's easy forget.

ProudMerrie comments on Feb 6, 2019:

That badass stuff is just a facade in my case.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 6, 2019:

Fake it til you make it. It is part of you, it is just hiding for the time being. When you act badass you will bring that part of you out of hiding and it will reunite with your true self. Trust me on this. YOU are a badass woman, it is in your DNA. You've come a long way, and you will continue to make progress.

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis noun.

TheDoubter comments on Feb 6, 2019:

you got a shorter synonym?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 6, 2019:

Essentially pneumoconiosis. The rest is pretty much redundant.

After a month of intermittent fasting and exercising, I've lost more than 5 pounds.

twill comments on Feb 3, 2019:

Good job & good results! Any change in diet besides the fasting?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 5, 2019:

@twill Oh, I know!! Wasting food is a crime! I thought about taking it to the family holiday gatherings, but there was so much sweet stuff there already. It is good in the freezer, not taking up too much room. I will figure out something for it.

Inaugural committee subpoenaed. [nytimes.com]

Cutiebeauty comments on Feb 4, 2019:

Huh.... Link looks hinkie

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 5, 2019:

I had no problems with the link.

I'm offering $100 to the first person (R or D) who stands up and shouts "YOU LIE" tomorrow ...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 4, 2019:

What are the parameters of the deal. Can I stand up in my living room and yell? I live alone. I can do it now if you'll send $100.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 5, 2019:

@Robecology It is easy to set up selling on eBay. They have all sorts of tutorials and tips for new sellers. I have been a seller with eBay off and on since 1999. If it was costly or complicated I would never have gotten started. Your friend will need to have a camera to take pictures of what he/she wants to sell. The more pictures the better. Cell phone camera is usually fine. I take the time to edit my pictures. My seller ID is: repurposefullyyours Your friend will have to know approximate weight of the item being sold, and the size of the package it will be mailed in. Although eBay has some extensive data bases, most stuff they know how much it is going to weigh. They are linked to USPS and UPS and will help you figure out postage costs. I find it fascinating to watch the progress of the auctions. I have a hot one now (https://www.ebay.com/itm/333051508260) that has been getting bids from the start. Usually bids don't come in until the last few hours. I set up my auctions to end Sunday evening approx 7 CST. If you have any other questions, I will be happy to help as much as I can.

This is every time I’m in a Nursery or garden center

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 4, 2019:

I hate you! LOL! Where I live it was below freezing all day. Our nurseries are bare and no one wants to be outside for longer than they have to be.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 4, 2019:

@glennlab I remember when we lived in Louisiana we started mowing in February.

"bimsmall01" I looked on the list and didn't see his name.

glennlab comments on Feb 4, 2019:

I was thinking he was already reported.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 4, 2019:

@PalacinkyPDX No problem.

I'm offering $100 to the first person (R or D) who stands up and shouts "YOU LIE" tomorrow ...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 4, 2019:

What are the parameters of the deal. Can I stand up in my living room and yell? I live alone. I can do it now if you'll send $100.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 4, 2019:

@Robecology I wish!! I am currently unemployed and being very careful with my funds. In fact I'm setting up auctions on eBay as we converse.

I'm offering $100 to the first person (R or D) who stands up and shouts "YOU LIE" tomorrow ...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 4, 2019:

What are the parameters of the deal. Can I stand up in my living room and yell? I live alone. I can do it now if you'll send $100.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 4, 2019:

@Robecology I'd love to!! However, reality is I'm in Frozen Omaha, and no time to drive to sunny warm Florida. And I have to be home Wednesday evening.

"bimsmall01" I looked on the list and didn't see his name.

glennlab comments on Feb 4, 2019:

I was thinking he was already reported.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 4, 2019:

@PalacinkyPDX how weird. There are just too many things I don't understand about links and stuff. IOW, I have no clue why or how to change it.

"bimsmall01" I looked on the list and didn't see his name.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 4, 2019:

He was reported earlier https://agnostic.com/group/TrollsScammers/post/280743/bimsmall01-https-agnostic-com-member-bimsmall01-syntax-is-off-claims-to-be-a-model-and-ele

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 4, 2019:

@PalacinkyPDX Not a problem, it happens, we deal. I gave you the link in another reply.

"bimsmall01" I looked on the list and didn't see his name.

glennlab comments on Feb 4, 2019:

I was thinking he was already reported.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 4, 2019:

@PalacinkyPDX https://agnostic.com/group/TrollsScammers/post/280743/bimsmall01-https-agnostic-com-member-bimsmall01-syntax-is-off-claims-to-be-a-model-and-ele

Update: as of 1946 4 Feb 2019, "jehanzeb1995" is "no match.

SkotlandSkye comments on Feb 4, 2019:

Geeze! All those groups! Gearing up for a big spam-fest!

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 4, 2019:

It seems to have started.

Brady-medical terminology for slower than normal. Apropos of the big game

FrayedBear comments on Feb 3, 2019:

What is the term for "faster"?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 4, 2019:

@FrayedBear My degree is Health Information Management, that and I love words.

[ketv.com] Makes me sooo angry, and really glad I don't live in Kansas any longer.

LucyLoohoo comments on Feb 4, 2019:

So--a 13 and a 14-year old girl were ''partly responsible'' for their sexual molestation by a SIXTY-SEVEN YEAR-OLD MAN?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 4, 2019:

It makes the mind melt.

Convinced of his own greatness, Trump rejects possibility of impeachment | MSNBC

fmcamyg comments on Feb 4, 2019:

I can’t watch him for more than 5 minutes without shaking my head in utter disbelief!

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 4, 2019:

I can't even do 2 minutes.

[ketv.com] Makes me sooo angry, and really glad I don't live in Kansas any longer.

Marionville comments on Feb 4, 2019:

Can’t get it. Content not available to me.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 4, 2019:

@Marionville Cut and pasted for you!

[ketv.com] Makes me sooo angry, and really glad I don't live in Kansas any longer.

Marionville comments on Feb 4, 2019:

Can’t get it. Content not available to me.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 4, 2019:

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — Prosecutors are researching an appeal after a Kansas judge found that a 13- and 14-year-old girl were partly to blame for a sexual encounter with a 67-year-old man and reduced his prison sentence. The Kansas City Star reports that Leavenworth County District Judge Michael Gibbens said that "the victims in this case, in particular, were more an aggressor than a participant in the criminal conduct" before sentencing Raymond Soden to five years and 10 months in prison. Prosecutors sought 13-plus years because Soden had prior convictions for battery and for sexual battery. In ordering a lighter prison term than what sentencing guidelines called for, the judge noted at the Dec. 4 hearing that the two girls had voluntarily gone to Soden's house and had taken money for sexual favors. The sentenced imposed was eight years less than what was called for in Kansas sentencing guidelines. The judge even questioned how much the victims were harmed, referencing a statement where the younger girl told authorities she felt “uncomfortable” about an incident where there had been physical contact. “And so she’s uncomfortable for something she voluntarily went to, voluntarily took her top off of, and was paid for?” Gibbens asked. “Yes, judge. She was also a 13-year-old who under our laws can’t consent to anything,” said the prosecutor handling the case. The judge said he understood that, but told the prosecutor, “I wonder what kind of trauma there really was to this victim under those peculiar circumstances.” The notion of the victims being referred to as "aggressors" has drawn outrage. “These girls are minors, and are the victims, not the aggressors,” said Michelle Herman, president and CEO of Sunflower House, a child advocacy center. “Sexual assault is never the victim’s fault. It doesn’t matter what the girls did or didn’t do, he is still the adult and nobody deserves to be taken advantage of sexually.”

[ketv.com] Makes me sooo angry, and really glad I don't live in Kansas any longer.

Marionville comments on Feb 4, 2019:

Can’t get it. Content not available to me.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 4, 2019:

I wonder if it because you're in the UK?

Convinced of his own greatness, Trump rejects possibility of impeachment | MSNBC

48thRonin comments on Feb 4, 2019:

Who’s going to sign off on his impeachment?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 4, 2019:

@48thRonin There is a difference between hope and prayer. I've said enough prayers in my lifetime to have figured that out. Hope is the spark that exists in your being. Prayers are wasted breath.

Convinced of his own greatness, Trump rejects possibility of impeachment | MSNBC

48thRonin comments on Feb 4, 2019:

Who’s going to sign off on his impeachment?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 4, 2019:

@48thRonin I'm told that without hope one dies. I have some hope, not a great deal, but it still lives.

Convinced of his own greatness, Trump rejects possibility of impeachment | MSNBC

48thRonin comments on Feb 4, 2019:

Who’s going to sign off on his impeachment?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 4, 2019:

@48thRonin I think the possibility exists that the tide will turn when the twittler is indicted.

Convinced of his own greatness, Trump rejects possibility of impeachment | MSNBC

KKGator comments on Feb 4, 2019:

It's shit like this that makes me want to be alone in a room with him. I wouldn't lay a finger on him. I would just use my words.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 4, 2019:

If you use words of more than one syllable, I'm not sure he could understand.

I see no one else answered him. Am I an idiot for engaging with this guy? [agnostic.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 4, 2019:

Choose your battles. Grammy used to say, "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It annoys the pig and wastes your time."

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 4, 2019:

@Closeted I think we all have to relearn that lesson about daily, if not hourly.

What is your destination and how are you getting there?

ProudMerrie comments on Feb 4, 2019:

I'm going to hell in a handbasket or so I've been told.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 4, 2019:

@ProudMerrie @KKGator Not a purse, back in the day your purse would have been carried under your dress and tied to your waist. A hand basket was just a small basket to carry all those things you have to carry. Like you went to the cellar to grab 5 carrots and 4 potatoes, a head of cabbage, and 2 onions. You don't have enough hands, so you grab a handbasket.

These are still available, but I mostly remember them from my childhood.

thinktwice comments on Feb 4, 2019:

lol I have super straight hair and always wanted curlie...so yeah, I had the wire brush curlers, the pink foam ones and a set of hot rollers...

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 4, 2019:

My hair curls like a poodles, and never would grow past my shoulders. I actually have to straighten my hair.

After a month of intermittent fasting and exercising, I've lost more than 5 pounds.

twill comments on Feb 3, 2019:

Good job & good results! Any change in diet besides the fasting?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 4, 2019:

@twill On my last day at work they gave me a large box of chocolates. That box is in my deep freeze, unopened. And it is usually out of sight as well. I don't know what I'm going to do with it, for now it is there if I "need" it, but mostly I don't think about it. I'm happy with my weight loss. I'd like it to be faster, but that isn't realistic. As my Grammy used to tell me, you didn't put it on overnight, it isn't coming off overnight.

These are still available, but I mostly remember them from my childhood.

Cutiebeauty comments on Feb 4, 2019:

Is that a hair roller?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 4, 2019:

Yes it is!

Brady-medical terminology for slower than normal. Apropos of the big game

FrayedBear comments on Feb 3, 2019:

What is the term for "faster"?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 4, 2019:

@FrayedBear You're welcome! I speak fluent MedTerms.

CARY GRANT with his Siamese cat in Beverly hills, 1955.

MojoDave comments on Feb 3, 2019:

My Balinese, a version of Siamese, will walk on a leash. She's a beautiful cat and waaaay too friendly to strangers. Therefore she's strictly a house cat but I took her out a number of times on a leash to familiarize her with the property and the entrance to the house. My hope was, in case she ever ...

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 3, 2019:

If she ever escapes put her litter box outside the back door. The scent will lead her back home.

Know your dicks

Infoguy211 comments on Feb 3, 2019:

I just posted that first one!

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 3, 2019:

@SaucyCheryl, @Infoguy We have lots of dupe postings. I agree with SaucyCheryl that GMTA. I think we can't have too much of a good thing.

Brady-medical terminology for slower than normal. Apropos of the big game

FrayedBear comments on Feb 3, 2019:

What is the term for "faster"?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 3, 2019:

Tachy is the med term for faster than usual, have you heard of tachycardia?

After a month of intermittent fasting and exercising, I've lost more than 5 pounds.

twill comments on Feb 3, 2019:

Good job & good results! Any change in diet besides the fasting?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 3, 2019:

Thank you!! I had been eating pretty much vegan/vegetarian, then for a bit I did Atkins just to see what would happen. I stopped eating sugar about 6 months ago, my drug of choice used to be Plain M&Ms. Since I stopped working on 9/7/18 I have lost more than 30 pounds, I am down a full clothing size. Currently I fast less often because I was losing muscle instead of fat. Most days I walk about 4 miles, I try always to get my 10,000 steps in. Today has just been weird but I did take a yoga class. I joined a gym when the weather turned to winter. I lift weights and walk. I don't buy much meat, unless my kids are coming for dinner. My kids (all girls) are ok with vegetarian, but their spouses/partners are not so much. And when I'm at their homes I eat what they cook. Most of the time I'm vegetarian and high fat. It is a journey, my goal is to be healthy and keep up with the grandbabies.

Thoughts on Cory Booker running for president?

MikeFlora comments on Feb 3, 2019:

haven't formed a opinion yet

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 3, 2019:

@AntaresRose Michelle says there is no way she will run for president. She watched what it did to her husband and she wants no part of it.

Donald Trump Jr.

Ohub comments on Feb 2, 2019:

We can only hope.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 2, 2019:

New picture! It looks good!

I'm just going to post the link instead of copying and pasting here, because the caps show and the ...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2019:

Gawd, I hope that is satire. I was getting dizzy with all the misspellings on that page. OMGAWD!!!

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 2, 2019:

@AntaresRose Oh, gotcha. Yes, let FB know.Thank you!!

I'm just going to post the link instead of copying and pasting here, because the caps show and the ...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2019:

Gawd, I hope that is satire. I was getting dizzy with all the misspellings on that page. OMGAWD!!!

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 2, 2019:

@AntaresRose What do you mean you "turned it in'?

This is a good word.

TheDoubter comments on Feb 2, 2019:

is it related to vague?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 2, 2019:

Yes, as it is unpredictable or unusual

Murichardjoram [agnostic.

RavenCT comments on Feb 2, 2019:

Mujoram may have a meaning. We need someone who knows what language it is though?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 2, 2019:

@RavenCT I did not follow the links, I just saw where they were pointing and retreated.

Murichardjoram [agnostic.

RavenCT comments on Feb 2, 2019:

Mujoram may have a meaning. We need someone who knows what language it is though?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 2, 2019:

Mujoram pops up on Porn Hub.

Roger Stone judge weighs gag order Judge Amy Berman Jackson said she would give each side a week ...

MojoDave comments on Feb 2, 2019:

My suggestion would be duct tape!

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 2, 2019:

over his nose as well.

I want to thank everyone for making me feel like an idiot for not taking the flu shot and suffering ...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 1, 2019:

Were you diagnosed by a doctor to see if it was truly the flu or just a bad cold? 4 days seems really quick. I got a flu shot this year because I am exposed to babies and toddlers in germ pools. I mean Day Care. Sooo to protect me and them, I got the shot. Some years I skipped it because I was not ...

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 2, 2019:

@confidentrealm Viruses are dang tricky things.

Like I said, there is no hope for males.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 1, 2019:

Why didn't he just have them tattoo LOSER. Jeeeeebus Christopher, how to repel any woman who has eyes. A freaking knuckle dragging moron.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 2, 2019:

@Condor5 I hate that term. I think more on the lines of celibacy is the natural or default state. No woman owes anyone nookie. I'm sure this guy thinks he is an InCel, but the reality is he has created that situation for himself which kinda makes it voluntary.

I found the perfect birth control! [scontent.fmia1-1.fna.fbcdn.net]

Cast1es comments on Feb 1, 2019:

While I gather tis is a joke , I've never even heard of a MAGA HAT , before .

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 2, 2019:

You've seen the red hats that say Make America Great Again

Sooooo.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 29, 2019:

Sometimes I wonder if guys are juggling so many women they get the details confused.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 2, 2019:

@TomMcGiverin Mea Culpa, should have said SOME guys. You're one of the good ones, you're sincere and kind, and not a player. If you were closer to Omaha I'd go out with you in a heartbeat.

That Puke Roger Stone has enough nerve to complain to Trump about the FBI arresting him, searching ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2019:

Scary times we live in.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 1, 2019:

@MichaelCooley2 Nice hair! None of us look like we did in 1969 ;)

Remember renting these shoes?

GreenAtheist comments on Feb 1, 2019:

What do skate rinks rent now ??

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 1, 2019:

I think they still have skates, and now they have roller blades!

ZahidMahmood [agnostic.

RavenCT comments on Feb 1, 2019:

There is just no way that's an adult photo. I've tried every way I know of to search it and no luck. It perhaps it's someone from another country who acts? It looks a bit like a studio photo to me. But the harder I look - the more I don't believe that face ever grew hair - which means - he is...

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 1, 2019:

The other thing that is alarming is this person is from Turkey, and that picture doesn't look like anything I expect to come out of Turkey. I could be wrong, and totally racially profiling or biased, but I've got some serious bad vibes going on.

If two hearts are meant to be together☺?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 29, 2019:

This makes me think of this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiYKlbtXMU0 Lyrics There's a saying old, says that love is blind Still we're often told, seek and ye shall find So I'm going to seek a certain lad I've had in mind Looking everywhere, haven't found him yet He's the big affair I...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 31, 2019:

@CommonHuman I've always considered it someone who has my back. He watches over me as I watch over him.

suswill [agnostic.

hankster comments on Jan 31, 2019:

good already on it. help!

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 31, 2019:

@hankster Yes, and sadly you are not the only one that has gotten that message. She posted to a few people in the Pinata, so I blocked her (or him/it) there.

suswill [agnostic.

hankster comments on Jan 31, 2019:

good already on it. help!

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 31, 2019:

That is copy and pasted several times I noticed. Exactly what closeted got.

More Fake News Trump now says that the very public, official, sworn, reported, recorded, and ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2019:

The loco express has left the station.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 31, 2019:

@Freedompath Like watching a train wreck. It is going to be spectacular and really ugly.

[yesstyle.com] You didn't know you needed these did you? ;-)

DotLewis comments on Jan 31, 2019:

I got excited then I checked them out and realized they were socks for your table. :(

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 31, 2019:

or chairs, or anything with legs. I think it would be hysterical, but not in my budget right now.

The cats' "staff" fear Cancer & Cardiac Stress. The cats fear this:

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2019:

My Grammy would tell us "curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought him back."

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 31, 2019:

@bigpawbullets My Grammy was full of it... or rather full of sayings like that.

I <3 Ted Leiu's tweets

joantheloon comments on Jan 31, 2019:

Wow, think he needs to go back to at least middle school !

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 31, 2019:

I think preschool would be better. My granddaughter is more mature than he is, and she's 2.

Trump just gave a bizarre, gibberish response to the racist, homophobic assault on “Empire” star

Stephanie99 comments on Jan 31, 2019:

It makes me embarrassed to be an American.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 31, 2019:

@Sticks48 Oh FSM Yes!

My new hat

Amisja comments on Jan 31, 2019:

Hahaha I have to get one

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 31, 2019:

Etsy!

Do you remember Sesame Street?

AlasBabylon comments on Jan 31, 2019:

Newspaper typo from the Shreveport (LA) Times: (it was supposed to read "The Count"):

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 31, 2019:

What did The Count ever do to the typesetter!! Ouch!

Trump just gave a bizarre, gibberish response to the racist, homophobic assault on “Empire” star

Moravian comments on Jan 31, 2019:

At least our dear leader, Theresa, although misguided and deluded can put a few words together which make sense. I think your guy has lost the plot completely

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 31, 2019:

I'm not sure he ever had the plot.

That Puke Roger Stone has enough nerve to complain to Trump about the FBI arresting him, searching ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2019:

Scary times we live in.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 31, 2019:

@MichaelCooley2 Nice picture!! I assume it is you.Thank you for your service.

25 Obscure English Words

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2019:

I know borborygmus, it is a medical term, my second language. I know tittle, and taterdemalion. Defenestration also comes into medterms as well as bruxism. I love words!

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 31, 2019:

@Douglas Thanks!!

25 Obscure English Words

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2019:

I know borborygmus, it is a medical term, my second language. I know tittle, and taterdemalion. Defenestration also comes into medterms as well as bruxism. I love words!

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 31, 2019:

@Douglas No, I didn't know about it. Thanks for letting me know.

My new hat

Dougy comments on Jan 31, 2019:

The cheap hats I've collected to do this ! Where did you get it from ?

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 31, 2019:

Etsy

My new hat

Carin comments on Jan 31, 2019:

Interesting! What sorts of things are people asking you about it? Did you have it custom made?

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 31, 2019:

I don't have it yet, I ordered it today. I will let you know reactions as they occur.

Therein lies the rib...I mean the rub!

Charlene comments on Jan 30, 2019:

Maybe Drumps giving it up for lent?

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 31, 2019:

@mcgeo52 I could deal well with that.

[agnostic.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 30, 2019:

That is a fascinating discussion. I just started Stephen Hawking's last book, Brief Answers to The Big Questions, and am also reading A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. I've learned more about Phsyics, Quantum Physics, and crap we didn't know when I was in high school. I don't see ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 31, 2019:

@Hathacat Oh for sure!! And reading it I have discovered that some/lots of the stuff I remember from science classes are not as they were taught. We've learned so much in my lifetime. Amazing!

Donald Trump's Spiritual Adviser Paula White Suggests People Send Her Their January Salary or Face ...

jlynn37 comments on Jan 30, 2019:

If I was an evangelical capitalist, that is what I would do. Get it while you can, any way you can.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

I have considered writing a conservative Xian blog, and soliciting donations. I'd be good at it, I think. It would have to be anonymous, of course. I have the biblical knowledge, I can fake the moral outrage, and I can whip up a frenzy. I'm not sure I could live with myself, but if the money were good enough I'd try. I just can't get over my distaste for such a sleezy enterprise or telling lies. I need to work on that.

[agnostic.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 30, 2019:

That is a fascinating discussion. I just started Stephen Hawking's last book, Brief Answers to The Big Questions, and am also reading A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. I've learned more about Phsyics, Quantum Physics, and crap we didn't know when I was in high school. I don't see ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

@Hathacat I am thoroughly enjoying Bill Bryson's book. I belong to a Secular Book Club and this week we are starting the Hawking book so last night I read the assigned chapters of that. Tonight I get to go back to Bryson's book. He writes well, makes complicated stuff understandable, and is humorous as well. It is great bedtime reading, very absorbing and very relaxing.

1.

KKGator comments on Jan 30, 2019:

Fuck 45. I hope he drops dead.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

I love your eloquence!

Anti-vaxxer Asks For Measles Protection Advice And The Internet Delivers

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 30, 2019:

This just amazes me. What has happened to the US that we rely on celebrities for medical advice and then complain when they were wrong! What are the odds? We are going to hell in a handbasket, oh wait, no hell. Well losing a child to a disease that could have been prevented has to be what hell would...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

@ATDayHiker Somehow, I think if/when I sober up I won't find anything has changed.

Billionaire Buttinsky

Novelty comments on Jan 30, 2019:

We've tried putting a businessman in the Oval Office already, how's that going?

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

I hope this dream of his blows itself out, we don't need Titanic II.

Holocaust Memorial Day: The 5 Million Non-Jewish People Killed By The Nazis | HuffPost UK

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 30, 2019:

Holocaust Memorial Day: The 5 Million Non-Jewish People Killed By The Nazis The total number of people killed is estimated at 11 million. By Louise Ridley Six million Jewish people were murdered during the genocide in Europe in the years leading up to 1945, and the Jews are rightly remembered as ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

@Pbpierson2 I never have enough time to read. I have a stack of books on my nightstand, and read every night before I go to sleep. And I read all evening here on the computer. There are so many books, and articles, and soooo little time!! And then with my other hobbies... I have been off work for several weeks, and I've hardly made a dent in my reading lists.

Billionaire Buttinsky

ThisIsPatrick comments on Jan 30, 2019:

I think it’s great that we have people with absolutely no political experience whatsoever that think they can hold the highest office in the country.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

Well, that's the American Way, anyone can become president. We seriously need to work on that job description. It isn't working any more.

I would love to have a pair of these.✌❤

zorialoki comments on Jan 30, 2019:

Nice boots. Have I ever mentioned how I find a woman in boots extremely sexy?

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

I used to wear combat boots.

Holocaust Memorial Day: The 5 Million Non-Jewish People Killed By The Nazis | HuffPost UK

altschmerz comments on Jan 30, 2019:

That’s too horrible for a “like.” Those people weren’t human. How can anyone ditch their humanity like that?

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

@Pbpierson2 :) Hang around me for a while, I have dozens of them. Drumpf was the original German spelling of his name. I like tRump too. And I have some less flattering.

That forgiveness thing

SeaGreenEyez comments on Jan 30, 2019:

I can't begin to fathom how horrible it's gonna be when all those Christians wake up dead, in heaven, on their knees worshipping God for all time and eternity, and they suddenly realize there's no family reunion, and their assigned seat is between Ted Bundy & their ex-in-laws. All you gotta do is ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

Makes perfect sense to me :)

Holocaust Memorial Day: The 5 Million Non-Jewish People Killed By The Nazis | HuffPost UK

altschmerz comments on Jan 30, 2019:

That’s too horrible for a “like.” Those people weren’t human. How can anyone ditch their humanity like that?

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

I know, which is why I will fight Drumpf as long and as hard as I can.

Holocaust Memorial Day: The 5 Million Non-Jewish People Killed By The Nazis | HuffPost UK

chucklesIII comments on Jan 30, 2019:

I'd read it but the site is demanding info from my browser. Did they mention the estimated 21 million Russians killed?

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

I copied and pasted, and Closeted found a link for the American Huffpost.

Holocaust Memorial Day: The 5 Million Non-Jewish People Killed By The Nazis | HuffPost UK

altschmerz comments on Jan 30, 2019:

Good news, it’s on the American site. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/27/holocaust-non-jewish-victims_n_6555604.html

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

I copied and pasted for you :)

Holocaust Memorial Day: The 5 Million Non-Jewish People Killed By The Nazis | HuffPost UK

chucklesIII comments on Jan 30, 2019:

I'd read it but the site is demanding info from my browser. Did they mention the estimated 21 million Russians killed?

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

@Closeted @ChucklesIII https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/holocaust-remembrance-day/6-million-where-is-the-figure-from-1.5319546 may have more information for you. I don't find the exact article in a different format yet.

Sorry, <well, maybe not> but I had to post this:

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 29, 2019:

Pope Francis liked his bling. Never liked him. I would love to see the Catholic church shuttered forever, just too much greed and corruption.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

@Trajan61 Yeah, I know. I won't tell you my fantasy when I am driving around and pass large churches... I have a military background.

Holocaust Memorial Day: The 5 Million Non-Jewish People Killed By The Nazis | HuffPost UK

chucklesIII comments on Jan 30, 2019:

I'd read it but the site is demanding info from my browser. Did they mention the estimated 21 million Russians killed?

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

No, it mentions, gays, twins, Romani, Priests, and people with mental illnesses or disabilities.

What an idiot!

ActionBastard comments on Jan 30, 2019:

You know at first I was so bummed about this narcissistic pig getting elected and I even lost a good friend over it but now I regret all that shit so much because we're gonna be able to tell our grandkids and so many other kids from the future just how retarded we were and laugh our asses off about ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

I hope you're right, but I'm not sure this is going to be made right by the time I shuffle off this mortal coil. There are so many factors that are so messed up, I just don't have a great deal of confidence that there will be much of a future for my grandchildren and future generations.

KENTUCKY: Governor's Office Says Kim Davis Must Pay $225,000 To Gay Plaintiffs For "Violating Civil ...

twshield comments on Jan 30, 2019:

Is that what an evanglical looks like?

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

Oh yes!

KENTUCKY: Governor's Office Says Kim Davis Must Pay $225,000 To Gay Plaintiffs For "Violating Civil ...

Green_eyes comments on Jan 30, 2019:

Pompous so-called xian finally got shown the door. Unfortunately the money will come from the county and not her stupid ass.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

@SeaGreenEyez The old joke in the Xian community is that the church pastor upset someone and so the congregation split. One of the new congregations had another dispute and split again. And again. Finally it was Moses and his wife Dorcas. A friend was visiting and asked how they were doing. Moses replied, "Well Dorcas and I don't agree, so she worships upstairs and I worship downstairs." You don't have to have a congregation to call yourself a minister, and for some denominations you don't have to have education or any kind of certification either.

January 28, 1986. Do you remember this?

SageDave comments on Jan 30, 2019:

I was driving on US 40 in Denver to a meeting with the FAA when I heard it on the radio. I stopped at the local Marriott and sat in the bar wating th explosion over and over again. I could not move for an hour. Needless to say, thee meeting was canceled, but never rescheduled. there ar dates in ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

The first date burned in my psyche is the assassination of JFK, I was in Kindergarten.

TO GO BARE DOWN THERE NY Times [nyti.ms] Interesting info.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 30, 2019:

Wahhhh, I can't read it, I've reached my limit on free articles. Hopefully soon I will have a larger income, but for now :(

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

@mordant Thank you so much!! I was able to do it. I've done it before, but since I don't do it often I tend to forget how... I have subscribed in the past and I intend to do so again, but being without a job gotta make cuts. I have another interview this afternoon, hoping to find the right job soon.

TO GO BARE DOWN THERE NY Times [nyti.ms] Interesting info.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 30, 2019:

Wahhhh, I can't read it, I've reached my limit on free articles. Hopefully soon I will have a larger income, but for now :(

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

@mordant I do use chrome! THank you!!

There's no such thing as "were you a hippie" ! It never goes away. I'm glad to find this group!

BeeHappy comments on Jan 30, 2019:

What about 'becoming a Hippie'? I was a teenager in the 60's but no where close to being a Hippie. I didn't find my hippiness until about 8-9 yrs ago which also led me to being a non-believer.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

I regard my hippieness are returning to my roots. I fully embraced my hippie side about 10 years ago.

I don't know how to sleep anymore.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 29, 2019:

What have you tried and what is your bedtime routine? I assume you've checked into articles on sleep hygiene. I find meditating prior to bedtime helps. I have some other suggestions if you want.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

@Amisja It comes from WAY tooooo much experience with sleepless nights. I've been meditating seriously enough to call it a practice for about 4 months. One of the things I find is if I focus on breathing, and count one for a breath in, two for out and so forth, I rarely make it to 20 before I fall asleep. That doesn't mean I stay asleep, but it is an improvement. But I'm also walking 5 miles a day and getting other exercise, I'm physically tired at bedtime. When I start working again I know that will change and hopefully the sleep issues won't get out of control again.

I don't know how to sleep anymore.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 29, 2019:

What have you tried and what is your bedtime routine? I assume you've checked into articles on sleep hygiene. I find meditating prior to bedtime helps. I have some other suggestions if you want.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

@Amisja That's a good start. I drink some teas that have some mildly sedative or relaxing effects from time to time. They do seem to help. Melatonin helps sometimes. Alcohol is useful. My fall back is Benadryl, and sometimes even that doesn't help. I try to turn off my phone (or just not use it) an hour before bedtime, and I meditate before I try to sleep. I cut all caffeine off at noon.

I don't know how to sleep anymore.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 29, 2019:

What have you tried and what is your bedtime routine? I assume you've checked into articles on sleep hygiene. I find meditating prior to bedtime helps. I have some other suggestions if you want.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

@Amisja What are you willing to change? Generally people don't change until the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of changing. What point are you at? If you don't change something, things WILL stay the same, can you live with that? No judgement intended. Some of us are very stubborn.

As a greeted member, immediately asked if I wanted to hook up.

RavenCT comments on Jan 29, 2019:

**arizonajerry69** https://agnostic.com/user/arizonajerry69 Blocked from Group. Due diligence pays off. Why does a member who lives in Canada have the name "Arizonajerry"? Why did he want to try to email a member who is straight and not here to date? And why does he use a photo that ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 30, 2019:

@stinkeye_a @RavenCT And if you vacay where it is warm you must have some affluence, which is generally a chick magnet considering it was -13° last night where I live and I know some places are colder.

As a greeted member, immediately asked if I wanted to hook up.

RavenCT comments on Jan 29, 2019:

**arizonajerry69** https://agnostic.com/user/arizonajerry69 Blocked from Group. Due diligence pays off. Why does a member who lives in Canada have the name "Arizonajerry"? Why did he want to try to email a member who is straight and not here to date? And why does he use a photo that ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 29, 2019:

Possibly he has visited Arizona and likes it, or likes the sound of the name he chose. Just because he's Canadian with an American sounding name doesn't make him a scammer. It's very minor IMHO.

Chicago Will Be Colder Than Mount Everest, Antarctica, And Siberia On Wednesday

JackPedigo comments on Jan 29, 2019:

And here we are, north of you, experiencing a warmer, dryer winter. It seems when there is extreme weather one place there is nicer weather somewhere else. Do you have a fireplace?

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 29, 2019:

@JackPedigo I do have a gas stove, so I think I'm OK. I also have kids all over the city. I'm sure we won't all be without power at once. If my power goes out I will text my kids. Worst case scenario is the one with power will be the one that lives with her dad.... However, she is also the one with the two year old child and that is worth putting up with her dad.

How to search a photo.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 29, 2019:

You are so intrepid!! I need/love a keyboard. I don't do much on my phone that requires typing. Phat Phingers. I text under duress. Love the instructions you gave for photo searches. I know I did it once upon a time, but apparently had forgotten how. Now I am reminded/refreshed and will go forth and...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 29, 2019:

@RavenCT I was just thinking about that. I am selling some china teacups and saucers on eBay. I have lots of them. I search for information on them based on the name, and then try to find what other people are selling it for. If I can search the image it might save me some time, if the image search is that good. I will find out tomorrow.

Chicago Will Be Colder Than Mount Everest, Antarctica, And Siberia On Wednesday

JackPedigo comments on Jan 29, 2019:

And here we are, north of you, experiencing a warmer, dryer winter. It seems when there is extreme weather one place there is nicer weather somewhere else. Do you have a fireplace?

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 29, 2019:

I do! I have not used it in the 6 years I have lived here. I don't even know how to turn it on. It's gas, I think. It is one not meant for heat but for ambiance.

Sorry, <well, maybe not> but I had to post this:

Carin comments on Jan 29, 2019:

The pope QUIT??

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 29, 2019:

Retired. Lives in the Vatican, but is not active in the running of the church any longer.

Chicago Will Be Colder Than Mount Everest, Antarctica, And Siberia On Wednesday

altschmerz comments on Jan 29, 2019:

If the power goes out here I’m screwed.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 29, 2019:

@Closeted I'm thinking of Joey on Friends wearing all of Chandler's clothing... ;)