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So another photo came out today. Real or fake? Who knows. If he's alive he may well be incapacitated, unable to ever fulfilling his job duties. Again, I don't expect the truth to come out until later next week at the soonest. It's all been much too secretive.

Cool. (Or hot)

Still nothing but heresay. I think there's a strong likelihood he has died, like a month ago, and news of this will come out just after the special election cutoff date in early August. We know what scum these people are and doing something like this would be right up their alley. Odd that some people say they've spoken to McConnell but somehow Governor Beshear can't get a peep out of him. Odd indeed.

Tired

@wtg said:

old fashioned basic units

Yeah, I'll only be looking at old-school mechanical washers from now on. Surprisingly, some are still being made.

I'm completely done with LG products. The washer I bought 3 years ago suffered a circuit board burn out (most likely) and repair man told me it would be cheaper to buy a new washer. 3 f'n years!? Garbage. It's a shame because the apartment sized (think European) LG refrigerator I bought many years ago (close to 20) is still running well (fingers crossed). They went downhill.

I hope everything is OK.

Oh jeeze, now we're exporting gambling.

Wonderful.

France legislates minimum age requirement for social media. My knee-jerk reactions is, "good". I don't think it had to be this way, but social media companies cannot be trusted.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/21/france-ban-social-media-access-under-15s

@AndyD I highly recommend the one about playing the part of a Christmas elf. After watching that video I decided I do believe in Santa.

Heck, I'll get the link for it, others might enjoy it as well...

@AndyD said:

She needs to get a proper job.

What, pray tell, is a "proper" job? One that you approve of? One that sucks the life out of a person? One that we must be slaves at?

She's racked up 222,000 subscribers by her own hard work. And if you think making consistently good (good enough to build and maintain a following), regular videos isn't hard, time consuming work, you're quite mistaken.

She has a degree in psychology, her previous employment (she left of her own desires) was as Medical Examiner's Officer in bereavement counseling. She also studied theatre. It sounds to me she is putting her talents to good use in producing videos on a topic that resonates with a lot of people.

If you watch a number of her videos, you will discover that she does not romanticize the past, far from it. She digs into the day-to-day life of the 1940s, life during war times.

You don't have to like the study of life in the 1940s, but that's no reason the dismiss the good, creative work she puts into her channel and bringing an interesting topic to many people. And supporting herself at it.

It will come as little surprise that I'm right on board with her views.

Happy Anniversary! Many happy returns of the day!

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Question: Are proper names allowed in the Word association thread? I have avoided using them, but sometimes they are the first to pop into my mind.

Shapiro is DOA

@AndyD I like your playing of this piece. Especially enjoyed the balance between the hands.

@AndyD Yes, that's the one. But I don't like that recording of it.