L. Marcus Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 *hug* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 Could be that Mom was the last of that generation left. Discovered after the email bounced that one uncle passed away in 2010, and I haven't heard from the other so he could be gone as well. Since that would leave me as oldest in our branch of the family, that triggered another set of melancholy thoughts this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 Both of my parents are orphans, now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 I have family members who are in a similar position. They struggle with it too, for a bunch of reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 Cheer up. For what it is worth, you have us your friends here, and we'll be there for you, when the rain starts to fall, which happens quite a bit in Seattle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 10, 2014 Report Share Posted August 10, 2014 Thanks, folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 Academic study finds America "no longer a democracy" A few/many articles on the same topic: Who rules America? http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/civil-rights/214857-who-rules-america Princeton Study: U.S. No Longer An Actual Democracy http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/princeton-experts-say-us-no-longer-democracy Is America an Oligarchy? - The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/is-america-an-oligarchy Scholar Behind Viral 'Oligarchy' Study Tells You What It Means http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/princeton-scholar-demise-of-democracy-america-tpm-interview Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 PGotO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 ... Wut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 Profound Grasp of the Obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 This is a very basic skill. I have it at 8-. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 You are overqualified for American politics, then. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 Yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 Profound Grasp of the Obvious. but...SCIENCE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 14, 2014 Report Share Posted August 14, 2014 Science is to be suppressed when its findings threaten profits and power. Just ask Big Tobacco and Big Oil, and their partner in crime, Big Media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 14, 2014 Report Share Posted August 14, 2014 Boo! Hiss! Dislike! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Well, welcome to Planet Earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Enjoy your stay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 You get about 30,000 days. Make 'em count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 30,000 bottles of beer on the wall... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 But I prefer my beer freshly drawn from the tap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 In something else entirely, found among my mom's stuff was something of mine I had not seen in literally fifty years: the old Edmund Scientific circular slide rule they gave for Christmas one year. I had figured that lost in one of the many moves (five after I got it but before I went off to college). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 Nostalgia commences? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 No, just reasserts itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 Nostalgia is not my preeminent state of mind, I'm sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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