WTF-Beta

I've got three of my wounds covered in two or more coats of liquid Bandaid. The one with no skin needs an actual bandage. I have one left and can't walk. SIL sent a Walmart+ order with large Bandaids, Neosporin, and 12 of my favorite Orgain organic vanilla protein shakes. ️

We have small black snakes. They are a valuable part of the ecosystem.

Well, I saw one (for only the second time) a few days ago. I went to get my phone to take a picture but of course it was long gone.

The cats around here are real street survivors. They rarely let anyone near them.

The lady who lives next door is an exception. They love her. She has an orange one that was living inside her house but insisted on moving back outside. She's been in the hospital and her son's been taking care of the house.

He is clearly not getting as much food as he's used to getting and I found him on my porch the other day. He jumped back outside (the screen door's lower screen is missing) but he didn't run away. I went out the screen door and he got close to me but still wouldn't let me touch him.

The cats in Hawaii behaved very differently. The ones on Hawaii Island and Maui were not afraid of people at all.

I found an ad I felt great about finding. The phone number was hidden in code. I'm calling tomorrow to have two washers and one dryer taken away for free per out 5th (!) carport rule violation notice. How many of these messed did I make? None.

You are to be evicted per Florida Statute upon receiving a 3rd such notice.

Well, the manager gets furious every time, but we have a good working relationship, including of course good communication.

She doesn't want to evict. Not to put too fine a point on it but she notorized my legal paperwork after rounding up the head of the HOA and the maintenance manager to be my witnesses.

We're playing the long game. I don't know what RM is doing. I think he's lost in his own reality. I've lost the ability to care about it.

Now that I'm walking with a limp, I have no choice but to double bag the garbage and pile it up to the kitchen ceiling.

RM walks all over creation with is his little push carts. He can take it. Or not.

@CHAS said:

Surprising considering the high percentage of Mormons in Idaho.

Or not. Lol!

Yeah, I pay attention to a couple of them, specifically Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens. I've promised myself not to talk about politics but "America First" must be the biggest joke in the history of American elections or at least tied for it.

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We are the poorer for the privatization and deregulation we have seen and those who come after us will be the poorer for the privatization and deregulation yet to to be seen.

I remembered telling a much valued poster here, a stalwart contributor if ever there was one, that the Democrats were coming after Social Security.

He said politely that I might be right but that he didn't believe it.

Well, I had plenty of evidence, or I wouldn't have said it.

I'll also note that when the Democrats held the Presidency, and both Houses of Congress, they made no attempt to use the regular committee process, that had been used to amend The Social Security Act from the start of the Social Security Act, to align what was then, and is now, a surplus, with what they knew then, and know now, will soon be a deficit.

They did nothing if you don't count forming a meaningless advisory council that was privately funded by a billionaire with a lifelong agenda of privatizing Social Security.

They behaved in a derilect and disgraceful way.

Today, a faction of Democrats is trying to argue with a straight face that the Democrats lost to Trump because their policy positions weren't "MAGA" enough and is trying to fix the problem as they see it.

I forgot who said you never die in the world in which you were born but there's truth in it.

No, I do not want the TSA to be privatized.

And I didn't even know it was one of my skillz. Ha.

So It was late and there was nobody to let me through the gate.

So I started to quickly climb over it. I know precisely how.

I'll stipulate to being an idiot off the bat because I already have a sore lower back and right hip and neither has been imaged let alone diagnosed.

Also, I should have been aware of my surroundings. I would have had to wait for a minute.

Well, I think I know what I'm doing and don't hesitate.

I get to the top and I'm straddling the gate. My hands are on the pole that doesn't move and basically the rest of my weight is on the gate itself.

All of a sudden, I realize the gate is opening. Of course I realize it's not going to stop. I can see the ground about 6 1/2 ft under me and know time is running out. I have to let go.

So, I let go and control my landing, and land on my feet.

The damage? Two small but open abrasions on the inner part of each thigh, a small but open and wide scratch on my wrist, a bloody spot on my right palm with a flap of skin I later remove because it's useless, and torn (?) muscles on the inside of my right thigh causing me to limp.

I think I will take this as a sign that I've aged out of being able to climb over physical obstacles.

Oh, well.

It was a practical skill to have while it lasted.

Daniel, quit gymnastics at 36, quit climbing at 58.

@AndyD said:

@Daniel said:

@AndyD said:

So I was browsing the charity shops of Durham City, and found that one is moving. Selling off stock, 10 books/cds for a pound, to eliminate moving costs. 10p a book!
This is the most lovely gardening book, though for the larger English garden, I guess it can be applied anywhere.
MrsA is our gardener, I prune the trees, hedge, lawn. This is an inspirational book however, beautifully painted plans to go with photos...

I wonder why England has the best gardens with maybe Italy a close second followed by France. Or maybe it's a matter of personal taste and I'm biased in favor of England because I'm a native English speaker. Who knows. Beautiful book. Congrats.

Could be partly taste; Japan has lovely gardens, with small stone bridges over water, and I love their stone lanterns.

Yes, how could I forget.

This is great! I haven't been on Facebook but most of the people I know are on it. It's like having a crystal ball!

I've found my local Facebook MP listings.

I'm trying to contact a free scrap metal haul place. There's actually three. It keeps glitching before I can send a message.

Strange things like asking me the same questions over and again. Not accepting my answers. Telling me I've tried too many times and try again later.

I should probably give up for today. 🤪

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Watch to the end.

She's one of my heros.

They say you can't fix stupid.

You can't fix evil, either.

Zorba was a long time member of these communities and I'm pretty sure almost all of you remember him.

But, to refresh your memory, he is a male belly dancer (keeping it real) and his unofficial motto was **** Facebook.

Well, I resisted signing up for Facebook until today.

I want to use Facebook MP.

It took me two days. I first downloaded the app yesterday. It wouldn't let me complete an account set up.

Today, it wouldn't let me complete an account set up.

Third time's the charm because I immediately started again and was successful.

I remember Zorba as being unusual and thought the bluntness of his "tell me what you really think" opinion about Facebook was refreshing.

Btw, I run into these software quagmires all the time. I think that this kind of software protocol has become overly complicated. I don't know why. My advice, if you have the same problem, is just keep trying.

So, apparently, the word on the street is that Trump isn't going to annihilate Iran with nuclear weapons. But, clearly, his temper tantrums are getting worse.

We have the age old problem in a non-parliamentary country, if Trump is out of the office, Vance will be in it.

I worry too much. I've always been that way.

I think I'll take a well deserved break from political topics save providing the cite jon requested and I promised [you, jon].

It won't be easy for me but it seems nothing worthwhile is ever easy.

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It someone asks you where do you get your news, do you really want to say that you get it from the IDF?

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I give her points for effort.

I keep seeing the name and thinking "Axemis". No idea why.

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This is too much. He's out of his mind. I said this war was wrong. Look where we are today. Make it make sense. I kid. Nobody can make this make sense. It doesn't.

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I'm getting ahead of myself. I don't want to jinx anything. Besides, if I owned a home, these two characters wouldn't have been invited in the first place.

I don't know what this has to do with my life. It just struck a chord.