I slept through the initial attacks of 9/11. I would get off work at around 10 pm to 11 pm and get home via subway between 11 and midnight. It would take at least an hour to unwind from the day, so not early to bed and not an early riser. Around mid morning my sister-in-law called which the answering machine picked up. The message was they were concerned about me and hoped I was safe. I was dumbfounded by the message, what in the world is she talking about? I phoned her back and got the news. My apartment was the 1st floor of a 4 story walk-up not far from the East River and I raced up to the roof where we enjoyed an unobstructed view of almost all of Manhattan. I will never forget that feeling I had when seeing--where the twin towers would have been--billowing black smoke rising and flowing to the East over Brooklyn. I was the only one on the roof and I didn't know where my fellow tenants were. In that instance I felt very alone in a surreal setting that was unimaginable. It was incomprehensible even though I was seeing it with my own eyes. It gave me a glimpse of what it feels like to be under attack. I remember yelling something, and a shiver crept up my body. I didn't stay on the roof long. I went back down to my apartment to see what was being televised but there was no reception. When the guy on the fourth floor showed up, I was able to watch tv at his place due to his having cable.

@AdagioM said: I just read Yesteryear, which is this years buzzy novel. I enjoyed the first half, started wondering how she was going to write her way out of it, and decided the end was a flunk. YMMV. It’s been a long time since I have seen so many people split on a novel. Every review I see is either “life changing” or “I don’t get the hype”.

Joe, nice bag and suited to purpose. This brings me to ask what type of second bag are you looking for- I mean what type of bag do you need and what do you want to use it for?

Oh geez... crazy talk trying to say where the money that will never appear will come from!

styptic

On second thought, we met with our financial guys yesterday. They told us we weren’t spending enough money, which felt pretty weird. We live pretty high on the hog as far as I’m concerned, but with my side consulting we haven’t touched our IRAs in seven years of retirement. Maybe I do need one.

Thanks guys!

Link to video Peridot. Richard Yard. It reminds me of the old saying about the Tiffany's counter- if you have to ask the price, you can't afford it. I thought that slogan was silly at the time- but it made a point.

Of course. Lol, Joe.

Link to video Ok, I lell my HS story. My best friend Hara and I were the two alternates. We couldn't serve well enough. We had no game to speak of. We didn't have the knowledge needed to get through a match. If we had the experience we would still not have the stamina. So we enjoyed hitting with each other. I loved hitting in the concrete "courts" they have for this. We spent a lot of time together at city parks for tennis. We listened to music (Broadway, Streisand, almost every album). No disrespect to Streisand at all, but when I hear her voice now, I switch it off. It was definitely a brief musical phase for me though. We talked outback dating (others, not each other, lol). Good times. I wish I could have done more in HS but there wasn't much opportunity for playing tennis in inner city Tampa, and more to the point, I didn't have the opportunity to take lessons. So yeah. Glorified waterboy. Lol!

And control. They want to know who is pregnant. They want to know who has guns. etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttertubs_Pass

Republicans seem to believe that the bad consequences will not affect them.

@wtg Seems to be, "Our product will kill us all." Not the best sales pitch and unusual coming from the seller. I tend to believe things like that.

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@jon-nyc I don't disagree. I just think the military budget is absurd. Not that voters have any control over it.