The girl I mentor won $27,000. And I found a new hiking partner.

Jolanta comments on Mar 30, 2022:

Great news. I was worried there for a while, I mean if you didn’t find a new hiking partner you would just have to put more time into chasing men, and we know how that ends. 😂😂

Jolanta replies on Mar 31, 2022:

@LiterateHiker Yes, I could not even be bothered. If it is meant to happen, it, meanwhile just love the things you do.

Toxic positivity.

Theresa_N comments on Mar 26, 2022:

I encounter this a lot more often than toxic negativity (which my mother manifested).

Jolanta replies on Mar 26, 2022:

Mine too.

Early to bed is a good idea.

Lorajay comments on Mar 21, 2022:

It looks like I'm cruising for a heart attack

Jolanta replies on Mar 24, 2022:

Well, now you can change your ways.

Nesting birds and Gorillas.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 20, 2022:

Humans also have a nesting instinct.

Jolanta replies on Mar 21, 2022:

Yes,especially women, or some women.

To all who knit.

LiterateHiker comments on Mar 19, 2022:

As a left-handed person, no one could teach me to knit or crochet.

Jolanta replies on Mar 19, 2022:

Don’t give up. I have friends who are left handed and knit/crochet beautifully.

It’s never too late….

Organist1 comments on Mar 18, 2022:

What a role model!

Jolanta replies on Mar 18, 2022:

Yes, and we have people who look up to the Kardashians. Go and figure.

Egg allergies may affect vaccination.

FrayedBear comments on Mar 17, 2022:

Isn't there a bigger problem of "why are people now allergic to eggs?" I very much doubt that such allergies existed 2000 years ago let alone 200 years ago!

Jolanta replies on Mar 17, 2022:

They probably did, but who’s to know.

Well we all KNOW the old saying, " A fool and his are soon parted.

Jolanta comments on Mar 14, 2022:

Maybe you need to tell him it is a sign from above.

Jolanta replies on Mar 14, 2022:

@Triphid I almost feel sorry for him. Oh how his god is punishing him.

Save money and take the smaller trolley.

Julie808 comments on Mar 14, 2022:

Interesting also is the term "trolley" as we use the term "wagon" in Hawaii and most people use the term "cart" in Mainland USA. Curious what other terms there are for the basket on wheels used for supermarket shopping in other parts of the world?

Jolanta replies on Mar 14, 2022:

That is because you do not speak the Queens English.

January, sick and tired you have been……

FrayedBear comments on Mar 6, 2022:

I know that you're in Canberra & that they are generally behing the times but Jolanta it's now March rapidly heading for April & all fools day!

Jolanta replies on Mar 8, 2022:

Yes, I am a bit slow, but you know better late than never.

Inefficient behavior. What's behind it?

Jolanta comments on Mar 6, 2022:

So you are still at it. Try to find Mr Right, your soul mate.

Jolanta replies on Mar 7, 2022:

@LiterateHiker was he worth kissing?

Brown eyed parents and blue eyed children.

Tejas comments on Mar 4, 2022:

My mom has brown eyes my dad has hazel eyes. I was born with one blue eye and one brown eye. My blue eye is now a very light brown and my brown eye is very dark brown. My uncle was the only child of 4 to have red hair from two brunette parents.

Jolanta replies on Mar 6, 2022:

Sounds lovely.

The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for. Will Rogers.

Fernapple comments on Mar 2, 2022:

Yes but waiting in line gets to be less of a problem too, because you realize as you get older that you never had anything really important to do anyway. At least not more important than standing relaxing and talking to strangers.

Jolanta replies on Mar 3, 2022:

Strangers that will become friends.

Are you an extrovert or introvert?

anglophone comments on Mar 1, 2022:

I refer you to the replies of @Triphid (a trained psychologist) and @Gwendolyn2018 (a very smart person and an academic). You might want to think about how you would design a study into that question. If you want one data point in that study, I am highly introverted and I have an ability to ...

Jolanta replies on Mar 2, 2022:

@Gwendolyn2018 I am the same.

Gorgeous blue

Buddha comments on Feb 28, 2022:

And those are ??? :)

Jolanta replies on Feb 28, 2022:

Don’t know. Large bush.

A long horned beetle from French Guiana. Four inches long.

racocn8 comments on Feb 26, 2022:

Beautiful! I love the style, sort of goth S&M...

Jolanta replies on Feb 27, 2022:

Reminds me of star wars movies.

Letters From An American 02/23/2022

Jolanta comments on Feb 24, 2022:

Putin will not stop at Ukraine. Today Ukraine, tomorrow Poland, Hungary and so it goes on.

Jolanta replies on Feb 24, 2022:

@Alienbeing It will be tricky to stop him. China is quite happy with what he is up to as they are busy taking over the rest of the world and they are having their eyes on the US next.

I'm wondering if the biggest difference between the original/originary fascist movements of the ...

nicestuff comments on Feb 20, 2022:

Fascism historically welded corporations and industry to authoritarian government. Today, it may be more that corporations are the hand and government is the glove, rather than the reverse. But yes, today's tyrants *seem* to be more nihilistic or at least reckless. Or maybe the stakes are higher....

Jolanta replies on Feb 24, 2022:

When you do nothing, you actually do something.

I did not know that Emily Bronte only ever wrote one novel.

racocn8 comments on Feb 22, 2022:

Perhaps because Charlotte Bronte wrote Jane Eyre? Emily Bronte also published a book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte and Anne.

Jolanta replies on Feb 23, 2022:

Yes, confusing. I wonder if the were competing.

No wonder they look so happy all the time.

waitingforgodo comments on Feb 20, 2022:

Did you know you posted this before, pass that puffer fish over here girl.

Jolanta replies on Feb 22, 2022:

No, I did not know that.

Putin Wants the Legitimacy of Ukraine and Russia's Shared Past

DenoPenno comments on Feb 21, 2022:

I see this but there is something in Ukraine that Putin wants. He also does not want them to ever be a part of NATO which was formed after WW2. He wants Ukraine back and a guarantee they will never be a part of NATO so I suppose going backwards in time is working for him. I do not and cannot see why...

Jolanta replies on Feb 22, 2022:

Putin wants to make Russia great again. He wants to take over all the countries that were once under Russia. Slowly but surely he does it.

Oklahoma bill would fine teachers $10k for teaching anything that contradicts religion More ...

Jolanta comments on Feb 19, 2022:

Religion is such a loose word, after all there are so many.

Jolanta replies on Feb 19, 2022:

@SeaGreenEyez Yes, it will be very interesting if it get voted in.

I feel sorry for the bear.

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Feb 19, 2022:

Wrong, just wrong.

Jolanta replies on Feb 19, 2022:

Yes, but it was quite common that such gift were given once upon a time.

Who takes vitamins in large quantities?

DenoPenno comments on Feb 18, 2022:

I take daily vitamins that simply pass through my system. I take 3 realtime meds and maybe 12 or more daily vitamins. Part of my reasoning for this is because I eat what I want to eat. This means I do not eat right. Also know that food is not grown or processed properly today.

Jolanta replies on Feb 18, 2022:

Yes, it is not easy to give up all those delicious cakes or other fatty foods, however one can start by changing it slowly. I have discovered that there are many foods that are healthy and also delicious.

Growing up...

Jolanta comments on Feb 14, 2022:

I grew up in Sweden and it was not an issue there. Hardly anyone cares about your religion besides when I grew up there were no black, brown or brindle people there.

Jolanta replies on Feb 16, 2022:

@EchelonGrey Yes, people could not understand how they could be so cruelly treated in the US.

The custom of kissing under the mistletoe.

FrayedBear comments on Feb 12, 2022:

I hear you've been out stirring them up in Canberra again! B'hooligan. 😂

Jolanta replies on Feb 13, 2022:

Just cannot help myself

So our brain gets better with age.

Apunzelle comments on Feb 11, 2022:

I’m no scientist, but I doubt that’s accurate or at least the whole picture. If aspects of our brain improve with age, other aspects of our brain get worse. Which sucks. Now where are my keys?

Jolanta replies on Feb 12, 2022:

And they you ask, where is my car or which is my car.

Ministry affiliated with Duggar family falls from grace

Jolanta comments on Feb 10, 2022:

Having so many children is child abuse and wife abuse too. Someone should pin that man down and give him a vasectomy at once before he does any more damage.

Jolanta replies on Feb 11, 2022:

@Triphid you are a helpful vegemite

Soo, if you won the lottery, how would you spend the money?

Apunzelle comments on Feb 10, 2022:

Travel the world. Visiting Antarctica with a night camping on the ice is top of my list! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PA9fmEe8nJU

Jolanta replies on Feb 10, 2022:

On my list is South America and Cuba. A bit hard at the moment to go anywhere though.

Faith is useless without proof.

Jolanta comments on Feb 7, 2022:

Ubermencsh?

Jolanta replies on Feb 10, 2022:

@Triphid where did you learn?

Faith is useless without proof.

Jolanta comments on Feb 7, 2022:

Ubermencsh?

Jolanta replies on Feb 9, 2022:

@Triphid See, I don't speak it or write it either.

I've learned something that I have long heard about but had never experienced myself until recently.

Jolanta comments on Feb 8, 2022:

Some people don’t want all the circus and some have a need for it.

Jolanta replies on Feb 9, 2022:

@Omnedon Yes, so they don’t feel so guilty about having bee assholes to that person or not loved them enough.

Canberra, Australia January 2022.

FrayedBear comments on Feb 4, 2022:

I see the Australian pelican dog snatchers sitting in the tree waiting their chance for a pampered pooch.

Jolanta replies on Feb 9, 2022:

@FrayedBear why not?

Faith is useless without proof.

Jolanta comments on Feb 7, 2022:

Ubermencsh?

Jolanta replies on Feb 9, 2022:

@Triphid nickht

Canberra, Australia January 2022.

FrayedBear comments on Feb 4, 2022:

I see the Australian pelican dog snatchers sitting in the tree waiting their chance for a pampered pooch.

Jolanta replies on Feb 8, 2022:

@FrayedBear actually they look very nice. Perhaps one day there will be none left the way things are going.

Canberra, Australia January 2022.

FrayedBear comments on Feb 4, 2022:

I see the Australian pelican dog snatchers sitting in the tree waiting their chance for a pampered pooch.

Jolanta replies on Feb 7, 2022:

It's a statue

Canberra, Australia January 2022.

anglophone comments on Feb 4, 2022:

Tidbinbilla?

Jolanta replies on Feb 7, 2022:

No, wetlands in Forde.

Freedumb for people who are ever so afraid of loosing it when really they did not have it in the ...

JacarC comments on Feb 4, 2022:

Bzzzzz...... Who decides? Rachel Madow? who said, get the vaccine and you will not get sick, and will not spread the virus, and it will end.....Absolute MISINFORMATION...... Cloth masks work:::: THEY DO NOT. 6 feet is good: WRONG::: in side a building no distance will stop the virus ...

Jolanta replies on Feb 7, 2022:

Sooo, you a scientist?

"Do you get to Seattle often?" men ask. My middle finger is twitching.

Jolanta comments on Feb 7, 2022:

Better stay home and have them come to you.

Jolanta replies on Feb 7, 2022:

@LiterateHiker why on 1st of March? I somehow think that at our age there are only mouldy leftovers, he, he. Probably for you it would be much better if you were to meet someone anywhere, like a brother of a friend, or someone in the supermarket, etc, etc.

"Do you get to Seattle often?" men ask. My middle finger is twitching.

Jolanta comments on Feb 7, 2022:

Better stay home and have them come to you.

Jolanta replies on Feb 7, 2022:

@LiterateHiker I don't know how you can be bothered with all those men. It becomes a chore eventually. Unfortunately I somehow think that men don't really see the 50 pounds extra, the loss of hair, no teeth, etc, etc, or they do not want to see it. Actually not one of us do. Doesn't mean that they are liars, just very, very sad and delusional. Good luck with the hunting.

Today I realized that matchmakers are still a thing.

JackPedigo comments on Jan 30, 2022:

I have in the past and the biggest problem are the clients not being exactly honest. Too many people still think the no. 1 important part is 'chemistry' and without chemistry all the information about another in the world is of little use.

Jolanta replies on Feb 1, 2022:

@JackPedigo Yes it should but mostly it is not based on information and commonalities.

Today I realized that matchmakers are still a thing.

JackPedigo comments on Jan 30, 2022:

I have in the past and the biggest problem are the clients not being exactly honest. Too many people still think the no. 1 important part is 'chemistry' and without chemistry all the information about another in the world is of little use.

Jolanta replies on Jan 31, 2022:

@JackPedigo I am not sure that those marriages are successful. Just because people stay together doesn't mean that they are successful marriages or that they are happy. Most of those arranged marriages come from cultures that it is the done thing. Also they do not get divorced or seperate either. Not the done thing there. Just put up and pretend.

Those who know me know I am a big proponent for the Death with Dignity program, but sometimes it’s...

QuidamOutrepont comments on Jan 30, 2022:

Remember "Logan's Run", that sci-fi movie from the 70's where everybody gets killed at 30? I'm in favor of Death with Dignity, but it can become a slippery slope if you're not careful.

Jolanta replies on Jan 31, 2022:

True but in the countries where it is allowed they are very careful.

This will piss you off.

ASTRALMAX comments on Jan 28, 2022:

The doctors should be jailed!

Jolanta replies on Jan 29, 2022:

You need to read this article. In Poland abortion is a crime. Doctors have no choice.

The 3rd Leading Global Cause of Death Is Likely Not What You Think, New Study Reveals

Jolanta comments on Jan 24, 2022:

Doctors prescribe medications like there are no tomorrows a lot of the times, instead of looking into alternatives.

Jolanta replies on Jan 25, 2022:

@TwistedMister Well, if you look at it. Most pill and medicines come from plants to start of, so yes what you are saying makes sense.

Today my hands are aching something dreadful.

racocn8 comments on Jan 24, 2022:

Is it arthritis or what?

Jolanta replies on Jan 25, 2022:

Yes, osteoarthritis.

Today my hands are aching something dreadful.

Mooolah comments on Jan 24, 2022:

A storm is coming?

Jolanta replies on Jan 24, 2022:

I think so. It’s overcast. I am sick of being the weather forecaster.

Not necessarily in a good way.

anglophone comments on Jan 23, 2022:

Yes, disagreement with the god mobsters of this world creates mayhem, misery and murder. Look at the acts perpetrated by Islamic State, the GOP, the Catholic Church and President Xi Jinping.

Jolanta replies on Jan 24, 2022:

@anglophone Thank you

Not necessarily in a good way.

FrayedBear comments on Jan 23, 2022:

So that's why women usually say no. - encouraging a bit of rough?

Jolanta replies on Jan 23, 2022:

NO

Not necessarily in a good way.

anglophone comments on Jan 23, 2022:

Yes, disagreement with the god mobsters of this world creates mayhem, misery and murder. Look at the acts perpetrated by Islamic State, the GOP, the Catholic Church and President Xi Jinping.

Jolanta replies on Jan 23, 2022:

And the US too, don't forget that they have invaded more than 20 countries since the second world war.

Not necessarily in a good way.

AnneWimsey comments on Jan 23, 2022:

Hard to get behind someone who misspells the key word in his hypothesis.......

Jolanta replies on Jan 23, 2022:

Actually we speak the Queens english here. It is you Americans who are bastardising it.

Having someone to confide in, keeps your brain young.

Buddha comments on Jan 22, 2022:

Does a therapist count ??? Lol

Jolanta replies on Jan 22, 2022:

I don't think it is quite the same as having a very good friend.

Billionaire NBA Owner Dismisses Uyghur Genocide | Pod Save the World Podcast - YouTube

Jolanta comments on Jan 20, 2022:

What is happening to the Uyghur in China is is disgusting. The Chinese government do not care about anything but themselves. They are afraid of any organization whether religious or not.

Jolanta replies on Jan 21, 2022:

@rainmanjr Nothing but nothing is foregone.

Go Russell. Agree it's fluid and the times, they are a changing. [youtube.com]

Jolanta comments on Jan 21, 2022:

Sometimes I think Russell is just interested in his own voice.

Jolanta replies on Jan 21, 2022:

@puff Huge one too.

Billionaire NBA Owner Dismisses Uyghur Genocide | Pod Save the World Podcast - YouTube

Jolanta comments on Jan 20, 2022:

What is happening to the Uyghur in China is is disgusting. The Chinese government do not care about anything but themselves. They are afraid of any organization whether religious or not.

Jolanta replies on Jan 20, 2022:

@rainmanjr china doesn’t do it because of religion though. This is killing people.

Alcohol kills brain cells.

Julie808 comments on Jan 20, 2022:

Good reminder to drink lightly, if at all, during this dry or drier January for those of us who are trying to shed our holiday pounds by cutting out the social drinking this month.

Jolanta replies on Jan 20, 2022:

I am still trying to shed pounds from years gone by never mind about his holiday.

Bloviator = a blower of hot air, who love nothing more then the sound of their own voice.

Marionville comments on Jan 17, 2022:

You should post in the Uncommon Words group…maybe more will appreciate it there.

Jolanta replies on Jan 17, 2022:

Done. Thank you for the tip.

Help for migraine sufferers.

AnneWimsey comments on Jan 16, 2022:

It would be great if true... the nausea from Ergot was almost as bad as the migraine

Jolanta replies on Jan 17, 2022:

Maybe it works for some but not for all.

Small parrot. Canberra, Australia.

Fernapple comments on Jan 14, 2022:

Got the feeling there should be a photo or a link, which seems to be missing.

Jolanta replies on Jan 14, 2022:

You are right. I think the parrot flew away.

Small parrot. Canberra, Australia.

AnneWimsey comments on Jan 14, 2022:

Pic? Link?

Jolanta replies on Jan 14, 2022:

Sorry I did put it in but must have gotten away.

House of Gucci worth watching. [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Jan 12, 2022:

Great cast. I'm a fan of most-anything Ridley Scott. :) . . . currently at my local library : On order -- Holds: 309 on 39 copies :( :( :( (probably about a year until available)

Jolanta replies on Jan 13, 2022:

Great movie. Lady Gaga was superb in it. I also looked up the Gucci family what has happened to them. Most interesting.

There's an old saying "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer".

Jolanta comments on Jan 12, 2022:

If you want to change peoples minds then you ask questions about things. You don't argue just ask questions to make them think.

Jolanta replies on Jan 12, 2022:

@anglophone No, not everybody is closed off.

Pass the slippers, please.

FearlessFly comments on Jan 12, 2022:

I have sometimes posted a couple of my 'philosophies' in the past, I don't think I have done this one yet : When I teach children to not judge a book by its' cover, I MEAN it. :)

Jolanta replies on Jan 12, 2022:

@FearlessFly I have not seen the episode. Not a fan at all of Seinfeld. When a girlfriend is asking you "Are you going to wear that shirt?" it definitely means that you better not.

Pass the slippers, please.

FearlessFly comments on Jan 12, 2022:

I have sometimes posted a couple of my 'philosophies' in the past, I don't think I have done this one yet : When I teach children to not judge a book by its' cover, I MEAN it. :)

Jolanta replies on Jan 12, 2022:

I am not sure it is possible to do that, after all we all have likes and dislikes.

Men and prostrate cancer.

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Jan 11, 2022:

Help "people"? Does this mean that I should be worried about getting prostrate cancer?

Jolanta replies on Jan 12, 2022:

@FearlessFly Very, very, very rare, not like in men at all. Considering that a huge majority of males do not go to the doctor until it is too late or someone drags them there kicking and screaming this is a very male problem.

About to go off for a two day working holiday (locking my self away to get my work for this year ...

Jolanta comments on Jan 11, 2022:

What do you mean by the lying little scumbag? Who are you referring to?

Jolanta replies on Jan 12, 2022:

@Budgie Oh, i see. Thank you.

Men and prostrate cancer.

Gwendolyn2018 comments on Jan 11, 2022:

Help "people"? Does this mean that I should be worried about getting prostrate cancer?

Jolanta replies on Jan 11, 2022:

Only if you are a male.

Pea-brained, Jesus Jockey, aka Evangeloon has just informed me that he has been released from ...

Jolanta comments on Jan 9, 2022:

I would love you to go with him to his appointment, after all you need to keep us informed. I mean this is better than any movie.

Jolanta replies on Jan 9, 2022:

@Triphid Noo, I would never do that, but where can you get this kind of entertainment for free.

Slain officer's sister sues Facebook for wrongful death

Jolanta comments on Jan 8, 2022:

It is all about profit for facebook and big business.

Jolanta replies on Jan 9, 2022:

@Mooolah Hi, I am not really familiar with Citizens United not being an US resident. Can you tell me about them/it please.

Why men are lonelier in America than elsewhere | The Economist

Jolanta comments on Jan 5, 2022:

I feel sorry for men. While women have and are evolving, men just have stagnated.

Jolanta replies on Jan 7, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay Oh, do you see it as men evolving. Women have been taking care of children for as long as they had them, not only do they now take care of their children but also hold down jobs and some study at the same time. I wonder what % of men really "take care" of children.

Why men are lonelier in America than elsewhere | The Economist

Jolanta comments on Jan 5, 2022:

I feel sorry for men. While women have and are evolving, men just have stagnated.

Jolanta replies on Jan 7, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay Sounds to me like you are a bit upset about it all there, is it maybe too closed to the truth for you?

Why men are lonelier in America than elsewhere | The Economist

Jolanta comments on Jan 5, 2022:

I feel sorry for men. While women have and are evolving, men just have stagnated.

Jolanta replies on Jan 6, 2022:

@TheMiddleWay Did you not read the article?

Why men are lonelier in America than elsewhere | The Economist

Jolanta comments on Jan 5, 2022:

I feel sorry for men. While women have and are evolving, men just have stagnated.

Jolanta replies on Jan 6, 2022:

@creative51 Oh, of course there are anomalies everywhere, however this is something that has been studied.

Don’t take your toilet for granted.

yvilletom comments on Jan 5, 2022:

On an uncle’s farm I used a fly-infested outhouse he had dug near the house. Has anyone compared the old small-puddle indoor toilets with the newer big puddle toilets? When turds fall into big puddle toilets, they splash water onto my a-hole. To stay dry, I cover the puddle with layers of tp.

Jolanta replies on Jan 5, 2022:

Yes, I know people who do this with all toilets, no matter of how good they are.

Hi all. Newbie here, first post. What is your greatest fear?

Jolanta comments on Jan 3, 2022:

That I will not have enough of money to pay my bills, which is completely irrational.

Jolanta replies on Jan 4, 2022:

@racocn8 I don't think you can afford my interest rates.

Hi all. Newbie here, first post. What is your greatest fear?

Jolanta comments on Jan 3, 2022:

That I will not have enough of money to pay my bills, which is completely irrational.

Jolanta replies on Jan 4, 2022:

@MyTVC15 Sorry to hear that. You take care.

Hi all. Newbie here, first post. What is your greatest fear?

Mooolah comments on Jan 3, 2022:

My greatest fear is that I am really a lizard person.

Jolanta replies on Jan 3, 2022:

Well you better keep away from The Church of Scientology or they may convince you that it is so.

This year there is going to be an election in Australia where I live.

waitingforgodo comments on Jan 2, 2022:

Albo couldn't win a bloody meat tray at the Belconnen bowlo if he had all the tickets.

Jolanta replies on Jan 2, 2022:

And you know this how?

A rabbi has the column featured in this article, but his rhetoric is the same as that of Xtians.

ADKSparky comments on Jan 2, 2022:

I can’t read this dreck without my mind going meshuggah.

Jolanta replies on Jan 2, 2022:

@ADKSparky Never to recover.

Add this to your cakes.

FrayedBear comments on Dec 29, 2021:

Do you mince, shred or slice? & Whats wrong with apple & pear?

Jolanta replies on Dec 29, 2021:

Depends on the vegetable I would think. Some one cannot shred or mince but have to slice them thinly.

Clergy fleeing their ministries due to fights with parishioners over politics: report

JackPedigo comments on Dec 26, 2021:

There was a big report on third very subject in the Seattle Times this morning. Welcoming news. Maybe some of them will be joining the "Clergy Project." https://clergyproject.org/ There's a popular series on PBS titled "Grantchester" (named after the town around Cambridge University). It's about a ...

Jolanta replies on Dec 26, 2021:

I too love it. So much hypocrisy from the higher echelons there.

Leïf Rot Day guards in Finland built "forest roads" and changed children's immune systems.

KateOahu comments on Dec 18, 2021:

I’d decided to give up gardening. Seems that may have been an ill-advised decision.

Jolanta replies on Dec 23, 2021:

You can always go back to it. Start with one pot plant.

If everything around you seems dark, look again. You may be the light. Rumi

Fernapple comments on Dec 23, 2021:

Yes but my wick is getting smaller, and limper, with age and overuse.

Jolanta replies on Dec 23, 2021:

Sounds like it needs a nice long holiday from all the overwork it has done.

So hangover is not just dehydration.

KateOahu comments on Dec 23, 2021:

What is a “unit”?

Jolanta replies on Dec 23, 2021:

10 ml or 8g of pure alcohol it is.

Taking the ducks for a drive in Azerbaijan.

FrayedBear comments on Dec 21, 2021:

Why do they stay aboard? Superglue?

Jolanta replies on Dec 21, 2021:

No, I had a closer look and they are in boxes, only the head sticking out.

Everything you love will probably be lost, but in the end, love will return in another way.

Willow_Wisp comments on Dec 20, 2021:

Franz was delusional. We lose a lot of shit that hurts as we travel through life. We get none of it back. Dead relatives, broken marriages, abandonment by lovers, children growing up and going to live their own lives, dead pets, lost fortunes. The hardest lesson to learn is that absolutely ...

Jolanta replies on Dec 20, 2021:

Maybe he was a romantic but in my book it is better to be optimistic than not.

Blood clots.

Fernapple comments on Dec 19, 2021:

I usually burn the blood cloths, would not want the police to find them, even if I have disposed of the bodies carefully.

Jolanta replies on Dec 19, 2021:

Makes me so happy you saying that.

I think at times people take drugs and alcohol to try to gain pleasure.

MsDemeanour comments on Dec 14, 2021:

people take drugs and alcohol to avoid feeling. Even prescription drugs are there to dull the feelings of so called 'negative emotions' . And yet to be human is to experience the full spectrum of emotions/feelings. Hormones affect our feelings. We can't choose our feelings, we can't take credit ...

Jolanta replies on Dec 16, 2021:

Yes, sounds right to me.

Mike Rubens Finds Out Why America is Losing Its Religion - YouTube

Beachslim7 comments on Dec 9, 2021:

America isnt losing their religion, they are finding it! Marxism!

Jolanta replies on Dec 16, 2021:

@Beachslim7 I don't think that communists are the only one who are doing this.

Nostalgic puds, at least in the UK.

FrayedBear comments on Dec 14, 2021:

Those ain't puns. They're puds and if you don't supply recipes they'll be sent back to you as rejects making them failed puds.

Jolanta replies on Dec 16, 2021:

@FrayedBear Oh, you are a hard man.

Nostalgic puds, at least in the UK.

FrayedBear comments on Dec 14, 2021:

Those ain't puns. They're puds and if you don't supply recipes they'll be sent back to you as rejects making them failed puds.

Jolanta replies on Dec 15, 2021:

@FrayedBear I don't have any but they are easily obtained on the net.

Mike Rubens Finds Out Why America is Losing Its Religion - YouTube

Beachslim7 comments on Dec 9, 2021:

America isnt losing their religion, they are finding it! Marxism!

Jolanta replies on Dec 15, 2021:

@Beachslim7 What do you mean? That people get money from the government or that they have to pay taxes?

My long time religious friend died late Friday afternoon after having a sudden stroke.

Jolanta comments on Dec 14, 2021:

Yes, he will be missed by you and probably others. Very good idea of you not going to the funeral though. Confrontations at funerals or wedding are never good for anyone.

Jolanta replies on Dec 15, 2021:

@DenoPenno Is a visitation like there is an open coffin and you look at the corpse? Why would you have to look at a corpse for two whole hours?

Mike Rubens Finds Out Why America is Losing Its Religion - YouTube

Beachslim7 comments on Dec 9, 2021:

America isnt losing their religion, they are finding it! Marxism!

Jolanta replies on Dec 15, 2021:

@Beachslim7 How does China subsidise its people?

Mike Rubens Finds Out Why America is Losing Its Religion - YouTube

Beachslim7 comments on Dec 9, 2021:

America isnt losing their religion, they are finding it! Marxism!

Jolanta replies on Dec 14, 2021:

@Beachslim7 Why would he be forced to do that because of China? As far as I know famers in the US have been subsidised by the US government for many years.

Who doesn’t like poppies.

SnowyOwl comments on Dec 12, 2021:

Afghanis love them but they are a huge source of revenue.

Jolanta replies on Dec 14, 2021:

And a lot of Americans are the providers for that revenue.

What kind of tree is this?

Willow_Wisp comments on Dec 12, 2021:

I think it's the vitex agnus-castus, also called vitex, chaste tree, chasteberry, Abraham's balm, lilac chastetree, or monk's pepper, is a native of the Mediterranean region. It is one of the few temperate-zone species of Vitex, which is on the whole a genus of tropical and sub-tropical flowering ...

Jolanta replies on Dec 14, 2021:

No, not a lilac tree. I had a good look at the flowers. Very big and deciduous it is. I am not sure that Canberra is a temperate-zone, hot dry summers with cool winters.

What kind of tree is this?

dalefvictor comments on Dec 12, 2021:

If I had to guess I would say Lilac. It is the only bush/tree I know of with that colored flower. Now if one had a piece of the wood, lilac has a purple strip between the heart and outer wood.

Jolanta replies on Dec 14, 2021:

No, not a lilac tree.

What kind of tree is this?

racocn8 comments on Dec 12, 2021:

Lilac pics in Google images match. Curiously, it bears some resemblance to Ayahuasca, both in terms of the flowers and the leaves.

Jolanta replies on Dec 14, 2021:

No, it is not a lilac tree. That I am sure of.

Nostalgic puds, at least in the UK.

FrayedBear comments on Dec 14, 2021:

Those ain't puns. They're puds and if you don't supply recipes they'll be sent back to you as rejects making them failed puds.

Jolanta replies on Dec 14, 2021:

Fat fingers as usual. I am so grateful that I have you to look out for me.