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And some say Islam.

I don't know.

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Brick so it survived a fire.

Beautiful house and property.

Worth watching.

Narrator says it's Georgian but I'm not seeing it. I don't know. No matter.

But you couldn't pay me to live in Charleston.

He's an an art history expert, too, and, of course, architecture, interior decoration, and urban planning.

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We wouldn't know about a troubled national health service since we don't have one in the first place.

He's a Fox News anchor. It's a joke.

@jon-nyc Thanks for the clarification.

There was another, "assassination attempt."

It got worse reviews than Melania's movie.

He's a Cambridge educated intellectual. Nobody can take that away from.

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He does great living in a world of his own making. I imagine many people would if it were an option.

Compliment is an art form as is complaint.

For me, I don't speak to my phone. I only type.

I don't like the ubiquitous automated phone systems much, either. I've been known to repeat, "agent," fourteen times before I get one.

I can't get out of answering some yes or no questions,giving my name and date of birth, and sometimes verifying my identity by repeating back some random, bland sentence.

Maybe it's too much to ask for, but, at my age, I'm doing my best to avoid AI.

I don't understand it. I'm not sure I want to..., either.

I'm convinced, in my ignorance or lack of it, that, at least, the term-- "artificial intelligence" is misleading.

I don't believe, as a philosophical matter that intelligence can exist without consciousness.

I flat don't believe machines have that. But that's just me.

I have enough to think about with the complexities of a modern Android phone and it's endless software updates.

I hope to buy a computer, a printer,
, a subscription for printing (?), a subscription for Word (?), Internet access, of course, and maybe cable.

I'll have my hands full.

I have the most beautiful writing desk with claw feet. It's vintage, solid hard wood, tongue in groove, a pencil draw, three drawers down each side, the bottom right draw, in fact, is double height, disguised to look like two drawers. It even has sold hard wood covering the back. It was a gift. I'm going to research it but my guess is that it was mass produced in New England in the '40's or '50's. It belonged to a wealthy man who moved to Florida from New Hampshire. I've always liked it. I was offered it once but said no because I didn't have the space. I was offered it again recently and, of course, I said yes. I'm not letting go of it for love or money. It only needs a good polish, and I insist on doing myself, after it's in its new home.

I'l have a long work table; I hope 60" and sold wood (not wood veneer glued to solid wood), and I'll need a chair.

I plan to buy my Pixel 10 XL and keeping my current phone. Of course, I'm hoping they introduce the 11 and the price falls.

But, this is the one thing I've always allowed myself. Not clothes, not vacations, nothing really, one nice car and one nice watch (these once)... electronics.

I might be sleeping on a futon mattress on the floor and coordinating good, inexpensive recipes (well, that's a given) but my office/ study will be the indulgence I'll have first when I can afford it.

But it's still a "want" and I have plenty of "needs."

I'm not ignoring AI; I'm just giving it as little of my time and energy as possible.

I apologize in advance for ignoring the specifics of the OP.

This is my MO. It's a survival strategy for me personally. I have more to learn and more decisions to make right now than there usable hours in a day. 🤪

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In others words, they know and have known for some time about his dementia.

It might go without saying, but he's a malignant narcissist, as well.

a protocol fail. She often finds herself in these awkward moments. Sometimes it's her fault. It is here.

Such bizarre, rude behavior.

Sometimes it's nothing of her own making. William and his family didn't acknowledge her during the coronation ceremony. They walked past her during their exist as as if she didn't exist. I've pointed this out in other posts.

There have been other similar breaches of protocol recently on the part of William and his children.

William and Catherine hate her guts not to put too fine a point on it.

The first reason is Diana, of course.

The second reason is Camilla's various and numerous, illegitimate, attempts to elevate her own family (from her first marriage) to the status of royalty. William is and will be putting a hard stop to this ambition.

The third reason is that she's been known to reprimand Catherine's kids in public.

But the reason I'm posting this is the Kent amethyst necklace comprised of huge (the largest I've seen) Siberian amethysts.

I haven't seen this necklace before. I didn't know it existed, either.

I need to learn more about the Kent jewels.

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Love old coins.

@shirokuro What an interesting dream! It kind of reminded me of a Dali painting but a film version. Surreal and whimsical!

I went through years (this was a long time ago now) when I had nightmares and night terrors (that's when you wake up in the middle of a nightmare and you're still having it until you're fully awake and realize what happened.

Then they stopped. It was if someone flipped a switch. That was great.

Looking forward to more of your posts...

Good for you. I love Walmart+. I couldn't live without it.

@bernard Wasn't it Citizens United (the irony and sarcasm can't be lost on many) that declared corporations are people and can give whatever they want to candidates?

I could be conflating two SOTUS cases but I don't think so. I'm thinking of a case (the same?) when they ruled corporations have free speech.

As far as AIPAC not being required to register as a foreign agent when it is a foreign agent, Lewis Carroll would have had a field day with it.

We have sink holes. I never heard of one taking anyone's house personally but it happens.

@bernard Speaking about the global trade in oil, as I said in a different thread, our gas at the pump rose from $3.50 to iirc $4.75 in the last two weeks.

They'd better do away with pennies if I'm not going to be worried about pennies. Jeez.

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Our Secretary of Defense is a former Fox anchor.