Thank you for this post, -face -

college isn't for everyone, as EWG relates ;
I wish you Good luck on your journey ahead !

Thank you for your contributions to these forums and this...

A picture worth 1000 words...

Thank you. ! skiJ

DeJong.
I am going to consider your post overnight -
2022 - 2024, I believe any attention promotes the former prez's campaign ;
memories are Short - and If he receives no-more-than-equal...

Cono- has his critics too ;

his post has merit.
( and both sides do deserve criticism.

That is part of the ( / a healthy ) process.

the situation in wisconsin is very familiar to me -
I would claim the gerrymandering was not the last step but the first step - initiated before 2010, and largely in-place by 2012 ( see my...

Carl.

' I believe the former president's behavior is criminal. ' And
' the (congressional) hearing ... continues to give attention to the insurrectionist - a revolutionary ! '

nowhere ...

DeJong.

to me, Federal legislation that provides "incentives" for the States to pass red flag laws rings hollow -

( NPR reference to insert )...

guys ,,,

somewhere I have a copy of the Mueller Report, that claims on at least eleven occasions the former president obstructed justice, but that a sitting President is immune from...

for the week ending July 1, 2022 -

almost 110,000 cases diagnosed daily;

almost 300 death daily
( at this point, it is unclear to me whether the claim is from covid, or with covid - ...

wood

three

Rosemary

Austin Powers

outcome.

semantics --

( possible Sentence.

DJong, jr.
it feels a little like ,,,
someone is just trolling for an argument.

( expectations and the psychology of the would-be revolutionaries.

more to follow )

follow-up -

I had a long message drafted yesterday that was lost to cyberspace -

to -whomper's...

lost a message I drafted -

' Failed coup attempt ' is not a coup...


good luck... skiJ

okay -
I jumped-in on the idea of semantics
( probably Not the place to do that ) -

to me, a coup results in a change. And since the former prez. was in office / in power, it does...

How is it a coup if there is no change to who is in office / in power ?

( as a matter of semantics... )


skiJ

+++ vibes +++

c'mon, Harry's Mom ! !!!

With love, my friend. skiJ

whomp-
my understanding was the goal was to not certify the election and the former prez. would remain in office by any means necessary - indefinitely...

' elected' by a vote in the House ;...

conversationally, regarding coup -

see Florida 2000.


skiJ

Why am I in this thread... ?

How is it a coup when the former prez. was in 'power' and sought to remain in power ?

from my perspective it was a revolt against whatever rule grants the...

+++ vibes +++ for Harry's Mom !!!

That's All (Folks) ! !!! skiiJ

WrG - echoing a couple of recent posts, And your OP,

can you get to the party ?

I know you'd like to bring him to mt for an adventure, but going to see him has possible advantages,...

hey, Harry -
I am very sorry to hear this ! I'm sorry...

I hope they are able to control the bleeding, and your Mom makes a quick recovery !
With love, my friend... skiJ

+2. Good luck ! and

Congrarations ! To your Dad ! !!! skiJ

+1. skiJ

^ page bump ^

attaboy, Harry !!! skiJ

Good luck, ugly- ! !!

( please keep us posted ) skiJ

+1. Very Good post - Thank you. tj

+vibes+ for Kedar !

Fifteen years is a good lifetime for a dog ! live on ! !!


With Respect. skiJ

'no cure for COPD.'
sadly True --

( copd) contributed to my mother's death in 2018,
though her certificate says, 'community induced Pneumonia' I believe
( she was in assisted living )

...

Lvovsky - my sympathy for your son's condition - And phatty ( Thank you ) has offered it well.
There is a reason...

I have a belief that for people like your son - and you - the...

+vibes+
for Harry and his Mom... ! !! tj

That's All, Folks ( Bugs Bunny )

arguably,
If you are working (for) Epic,
one could claim you are working for Kirsten 😬🙊

skiJ

Just checked in
to wish Harry a Good day ! !

+ More vibes + FknA

with love, my friend. tj

+vibes+ my friend.
With love, skiJ

( ya gotta ) have the report for insurance --

no report, no insurance coverage -
Beware...

Glad - And lucky - you are not seriously injured ( another hip. tib./fib. femur. back. ...

thanks. skiJ

hey, guys -
offering an alternative perspective, I am going to continue to mask in public,
indoors ;

I'm glad the sky is Not falling -
a former colleague and her sister died of covid in...

Moderna reports it has a variant vaccine it has not yet sought approval for -

Big step ( approval )
forty day approval for their August first target is very optimistic -
the bureaucracy ...

+2. Truth. tj

good question -
Today, I 'll take the under ( not approved ) but let's revisit this August first...

reactively, I think by September is early /
by November might be a target depending...

she's Mother's daughter.

reading to my father, and
listening to my mother tell stories of her life worked for us -

my time with my parents in the last years of their lives - especially with...

I Like the concept of Circle of Life -
I had not heard it until a couple of years ago...

I read to my Dad - essays written by a regional adventure writer that we had both enjoyed many years...

+++vibes+++ Harry -

Good luck with your Mom !

COPD ,,, isn't fun, and
my mother's last two months passed pretty quickly...

I'm not sure about lighting up on the patio / a lot of the...

a couple of big leaps there fellas -

I stand by what I said - and I said,

" Maybe it's time to move past the hospital being a social setting ;
I see the value in 'loved ones' being able...

Congratulations, JB !
I hope those were 'Happy tears' ! !

I love this thread, and

Thank you for your friendship ! And


Congratulations ! !!! on your new Granddaughter ! !
( I hope...

a couple of thoughts -

Maybe it's time to move past the practice of the hospital being a social setting ;
I see the value in 'loved ones' being able to say 'goodbye to family members', ...