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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 13, 2024 17:08:24 GMT -5
I got a notification that someone was approaching our front door. It was a man, no vehicle in sight. When he rang the doorbell, I used the doorbell camera to ask how could I help him. He said he lives around the corner, and he’s noticed Mister’s old Lincoln in the driveway when he goes for a walk and walks past our cove, and he wondered if we were interested in selling it. I told him it’s not my car, but if he wanted to give me his name and phone number, I would ask the owner and get back to him. He gave me his info and told me he likes old cars, and he use to work as a mechanic, and started rambling about 2 old cars he use to have. I called Mister and told him the man had rang the doorbell asking about buying his Lincoln, and what he said. At first he sounded kind of excited, saying that might be a *sign*, because he’d just talked to a Ford dealer this morning about finding the Mustang he wants. Then he mentioned something about his Dad, and did not sound so excited anymore. I told him he can think about it, just because someone is interested in buying it doesn’t mean he has to make a decision right now. I already know it will be difficult for him to let the car go, he has been sentimental about it from the time I met him, just because his Dad gave it to him years ago, when he needed a car. Even though he wasn’t driving it anymore when I met him, it still meant a lot to him that his Dad gave him the car, and at some point in his life, his Dad had become partial to Lincoln’s and that was all he drove. It is even more complicated now, the sentimental stuff about the car, since his Dad passed last September. I will not try to influence him one way or the other, because I want nothing to do with it if he regrets whatever choice he makes. The car rides like a dream, it feels like you are floating over the streets riding in it. It’s also a “good girl”, and has been a champ, even though it’s been neglected for many years. Even with the neglect, she does her best when he asks her too, which is how I know how it rides, because I’ve rode in it with him several times over the years. But the longer it sits up not being driven, the more issues it is developing, which is on Mister, and nothing to do with the fact that she’s a good girl. Just a totally, and probably weird, thought popped into my mind reading the above. Could Mister not sell the car to this guy but try find out if the man is looking for a project where he would be willing to work on/restore it for Mister?
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 13, 2024 16:55:36 GMT -5
Question for all: If your spouse spent $1,000 on a hobby toy in September 2023 and now is giving it away to your landscaper tomorrow, how pissed would you be on a scale from 1 to 10? Reason, "I don't like it, I made a mistake." We don't need the effing $$ but that's just bad bs there. I've had buyers regret too, but usually on a $20 blouse. I'm picking my battles, but I am at defcon 5 here 111.5
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 13, 2024 14:33:10 GMT -5
Buy nothing on FB. Around here someone will claim any breast pump within the hour* of posting! * I follow how long things take to be claimed so I know how to group very popular items with those less wanted (I always gift "must take all") and while I have no baby items anymore it is just a habit I have a hard time breaking I’d have to have FB Maybe I can get a friend to post them for me or something. We do have a local freecycle I might join…but again, takes almost as much bandwidth as complaining about having to get rid of them on YMAM I do things lime that occasionally for a friend, no big deal so you may have a friend to do that for you. Or, alternatively, you could open a FB account that you use for one thing and one thing only: Buy Nothing. Set up another junk email that you link only to your FB account and use for nothing else.
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 13, 2024 14:29:28 GMT -5
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 13, 2024 14:00:46 GMT -5
Can you donate to a women’s shelter? I tried to donate a full, unopened package of nursing pads to a battered women's shelter here, and they didn't want them. I mean, they were brand new, and still wrapped in plastic. WTE? I figure because this particular shelter is run by a man (I still haven't figured that one out), he was probably clueless about what a woman with kids might be needing. Buy nothing on FB. Around here someone will claim any breast pump within the hour* of posting! * I follow how long things take to be claimed so I know how to group very popular items with those less wanted (I always gift "must take all") and while I have no baby items anymore it is just a habit I have a hard time breaking
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 13, 2024 13:52:24 GMT -5
I can just add that, despite the distance, I am regularly grateful that DS2 and DDIL decided they wanted to raise their kids in Europe. I know nowhere in the world is entirely safe but some are definitely far more dangerous than others. in France, the government offers a professional nanny for helping new mothers with their babies. free of charge, of course. in the US, do we even have paid maternity leave? no. we don't. But you are close, so close to maybe, possibly, eventually, catching up <sarcasm>. When I gave birth in the land of windmills, and thus cancer, I had 13 weeks of fully paid maternity leave. This May my DS1 turned 46yo! You are so close...
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 12, 2024 19:57:45 GMT -5
I found a place I LOVE. Even has a big garage it says. I think it would work for both of us. Will go see it tomorrow, if i can. Have to check if they will allow DD and 2 pets. Yep its leased land but the modular is new enough if we had to move it we could, but would sure cost. 4228 Illahee Lane SW, Tumwater, Wa 98512 That one is really nice, CG! but what I don't understand is the value change in just the last few months. It does not conform at all with the change over time. I know things have gotten more expensive but this looks weird
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 12, 2024 17:21:42 GMT -5
I'm going to play devil's advocate here for a minute. DH and I have looked at buying/leasing in a number of 55+ communities over the last few years. The ones we crossed off our list have loose guidelines; the ones at the top of our list have tight regulations. If I am buying a home $300-$500K or leasing an apartment for $3,000+/month, I want to be sure that the environment meets our wants and needs. Is it wrong for me to want to use a pool without a child cannonballing into me? Shouldn't DH be able to take his daily walk without being flattened by a teen on an electric scooter? I also feel occupancy limits help prevent stray friends and relatives from moving in. Do we not all know someone with a stray black sheep in the family, recently out of jail or rehab or between jobs again, that would like to stay for a month or five? A friend was actually evicted from a very nice senior apartment complex because she kept moving her boy toys in and the incidence of burglaries and thefts rose proportionally. Our top pick has great racial diversity but so does Houston. How can we expect diversity in white majority communities? I just don't see how a desire for peace and security is essentially discriminatory but that's just me maybe.
Not just you. While I don't want to live in a place where no kids are allowed, the rule that CG mentioned where they had a rule that you needed to move out one year after you give birth actually can point to the fact that it does not allow anyone under 21yo to live there. Giving new parents one year to find alternative housing seems reasonable. Again, this is not my jam but it is for those who move into those areas. It is summer time so the pool, which is just off my condo, is used all the time. In the summer that means very loud kids anytime after 11am (not sure why they are not in there earlier) and that is fine with me. I like the sound of playing kids but if I didn't like that I should be able to live in a place where I don't have to deal with it. Or as soupandstew says, without having to worry about teens running into me when strolling on site.
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 12, 2024 14:27:53 GMT -5
You know there is discrimination against the handicapped, it is subtle. But this says in the restrictions that only 2 family members unless approved by the park. The last one I looked at said only 2 because of septic size, LOL! I now know why they gave us fits here, kept asking for more and more and more documentation as nothing was in the rules about only 2 people. We finally got approved, but now when looking at other places I'm surprised we did. But they could find nothing, we paid cash, we have no felonies or anything, our credit scores are super. DD causes no problems, you wouldn't even know she was here unless you see her come and go once in awhile. But I understand you would not want some that disrupt the neighborhood. But elderly people can get dementia and other conditions and cause a lot of issues. But we will see, I asked for the park managers number, but I am very doubtful she will be accommodated. You know I never thought about that as we aged. But discrimination is well and alive in many ways. We shall see, but I expect am no. Since there is nothing in the rules about limited to two people they were IMO looking for anything at all that could potentially disqualify you. However, getting an exception in a place where such a rule does exists is so much harder both to obtain and to give. For once you give an exception you have established a precedent. And once that has happened it will be very hard to justify not giving the same accommodation to the next applicant. Paying cash, great credit scores, no problems from DD, etc., notwithstanding the next applicant could potentially have the same financial qualifications yet the additional person might very well bring in problems you don't want. Or there are too many "additional" persons allowed and it can become a discrimination against families with children situation. There are a lot of considerations that would go into a decision. So much easier to just say no...
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 11, 2024 19:29:11 GMT -5
Thank you but I'm not until November. I think Daisylu is today. Damn Happy half (or so) birthday soupandstew and a very happy birthday to the real birthday girl daisylu
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 11, 2024 19:10:17 GMT -5
In my session today, she asked me how I feel about Mister’s obvious reluctance to do anything to address his daughters’ bad behavior and disrespect (those are my words, not hers). She said that his reluctance was why she tried to explain to him that consequences can help correct bad behavior, if there are no consequences, there is no reason for a person to stop negative behavior. I told her that in my mind, what is most important to me now, is that their bad behavior no longer disrupts my household and my home with a bunch of drama and chaos. I said that that means that I will be more assertive about certain things, and address them directly as needed. If they start screaming and yelling, like they do with their Dad, will ask them to stop. If they can’t stop, and continue yelling and screaming, I will ask them to leave until they can get themselves under control. If they refuse to stop and refuse to leave, I will call the police to help them leave. Even if they do all of that and it is directed toward Mister and not me, I will ask them to stop and take a time out to get themselves together. If they ignore my requests on that , I will ask them to leave. If they ignore/refuse those requests, and Mister can’t get them to calm down, I will call the police. I understand that that may sound harsh, but I MUST have peace in my home. I can deal with “normal” disagreements and even arguments that might get a little heated, but the stuff they have done is way beyond that, and I’m done. NO! Absolutely, 100% NO, NO, NO! There is No harshness here!. When my kids were little and they got out of control I send them to their room until they could behave like civilized people again. A favorite family story is how then 6yo DS2 got send to his room and when he came out I asked him if he was ready to behave himself and the little turd said no. So I send him back. Rinse and repeat. By his fourth reappearance the answer changed to yes - and he was calmed down. Tell me how, if a 6yo can learn this, a young adult can't? Now I was pushover as a mom (according to my family, including my kids) but the few rules I had better be followed as this pushover was also very consistent and persistent. No budging. If they don't behave they can bloody well leave and stay gone until they will behave.
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 11, 2024 11:33:17 GMT -5
We looked at this house at 417 Lawndale Drive, Pearisburg, VA. WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK. I really like it. They have lots of stuff and the closets are stuffed to the gills, but it has lots of storage and has everything we need and more. The realtor should have made them remove lots of stuff in preparation for selling.
I like it and it looks pretty private. I also wondered the reason it's been on the market for so long. It might be as simple as you can't see the house for the stuff. . I am not a particularly neat person but that house gives me the jitters! I mean they have to realize that ALL of that stuff needs to go the moment they sell the house. Why not start before that time? I have two dozen moves under my belt. Most of them with professional movers doing the packing and it still is a boatload of work! And as a buyer I would worry about defects hidden behind all that stuff. Maybe others did too...
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 10, 2024 19:02:55 GMT -5
NastyWoman I've kept all my kids' passports too. They don't take up much room. I'm glad you kept them. Also, my DS2 once tossed a childhood book and later was SO UPSET I tried to buy it again ... it was out of print, so I bought it from a second-hand site. I'm guessing your kids, like mine, don't keep much. LOL. What I should have learned from that book debacle is that a firm "I absolutely don't want this anymore" when they were younger, means a very firm "possibly I want it later on". DS1, the eternal declutterer, almost fell victim to me taking him at his word. Last August he wad very pleased that I gave him his badge from his HS sophomore trip in Nepal (Tasmania was his freshman year). They had some wonderful programs at SAS.
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 10, 2024 17:47:37 GMT -5
The advice I got from Athena (thank you athena) was insureyourtrip dot com. They are kind of an insurance brokerage with a lot of different medical (and other) plans available. Decide what and how much you need and take it from there. No way am I going abroad without health insurance knowing Medicare covers bupkes abroad.
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 10, 2024 15:24:47 GMT -5
Live and learn. In my paper work reduction I found a stack of old passports. I got rid of mine and xH's but asked DS2 if he wanted his with the cute little baby (3 months old) on it and those when he was an elementary school kid. He truly wanted them. Talking to DS1 I asked him whether he wanted his (it had almost gone into the shredder already) fully expecting him, a minimalist, to say no*. Well, my both my "kids" turn out to have a bit of a nostalgia in them. The passports are in plastic baggies and will be rehomed come Xmas time. *I really should have considered this possibility. After all he is the kid who went on a school trip to Tasmania. After that trip they got a book "Dangerous Shores" about the history of Tasmania as a prison island to read for social science. He tossed that book twice, once when we left Singapore and again after he graduated college, and I pulled it out of recycling both times. Today that book proudly sits on his bookshelves in Singapore since he decided it was his book and he was keeping it forever. Great ammunition for me when I want to give him sh*t.
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 10, 2024 15:08:28 GMT -5
Just got off the phone with Vanguard regarding that letter I received last Friday. And now I am PO'd at them (in addition to USPS for their slow delivery). They needed "additional information" from me regarding my name change. So what did they need? They needed a medallion-ed signature on the paperwork. Well...that bloody signature was actually on the paperwork I send in. Their scanning had just not "captured" it properly. So they were going to put in a request to rescan the document. By this time I was getting more than a little irritated so I asked how long this re-scanning would take. Oh, that will take 3 business days after p!acing of the request. So I told the representative that I needed a call back no later than the end of the week (no online account permitted under their rules until this is resolved) to confirm that everything has been taken care of. If I had been that inefficient as a contract manager I am quite certain I would not have been able to leave on my own terms! Grumble, grumble, grumble...
It is a good thing I had already decided to consolidate my accounts at Fidelity.
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 9, 2024 18:54:46 GMT -5
My personal best was 90 in a Nissan pickup truck. Good fun on an empty highway. Now the speed limit on our crowded urban freeways is 60-65, most folks do 70-80 and it's scary AF. Guy shot and killed this weekend for driving the limit. I used to do 90-95 regularly in my Shark (Tiburon). Miles, not kilometres. I loved driving. I miss it. I can't see anymore. When you can't tell a mailbox from a mailman, it's time to "hang up the skates." Proof that in some ways we could not be more different: one of the things I really look forward to after my planned move is that I will never have to drive again! It will have to wait for about 2 more years but still...I'm really looking forward to good public transportation
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 9, 2024 13:11:37 GMT -5
Maybe, just maybe, the writer is sh*tting her pants after someone wrote on Twitter "They came after Dolly. We ride at dawn"
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 8, 2024 19:07:57 GMT -5
I'm going to a wedding today, too . It will be the 2nd time this year, I've worn a dress. LOL Since my car is broken, DD1 and her wife will pick me up and take me with them, to the wedding. I'd rather stay home and cry some more, but that won't help anything. So off, I go! You will beat my record for this millennium once you put that dress on. I have worn a dress exactly once since 01/01/2000 and I don't intend to increase that number. I even wore dress slacks at DS2 wedding (after talking to DDIL first) busymom I hope this will be a wonderful wedding day
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 8, 2024 18:50:15 GMT -5
i just got through listening to a Cohen interview. it should freak every US citizen out. i would like to calm down about it, but i lack the tools.
i had to click off of it i was so distressed. (the interview) was about when he spent time in prison, and they wanted him to sign an non-disclosure on release. he refused and got an extra 15 days. i think it was on Lawrence O'Donnel. and because of that refusal, we have this conviction (34 counts). so, yeah. this is a dangerous moment. Cohen predicted that this will become the norm if he is re-elected. the people that are now trying to suck up to Trump think that it will make them rich and powerful. it won't. it will make them victims. that is how he works. you get close to him, and he will end your life, and not in a good way. the truth could not be plainer to any observer. he wants it all, which means you get nothing. that is the "art of the deal". I remember how depressed I was after Fopa was elected despite all the filth that had been brought up about him by that time and that was just what showed up at the surface it turns out. I let some of that go or rather let it go dormant it turns out. The fact that his toxicity does not reduced the adoration of him by such a large number of people has brought it all back. And I am now much more negative about the Magidiots than I ever was before: I always considered them a danger to American democracy. Now I believe they may very well pose a significant danger to the world at large. Even if Fopa is trounced in this upcoming election, and that is not a given, that will not eliminate the danger. Changes on a much larger scale are needed to put this danger back into Pandora's box.
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 8, 2024 17:21:51 GMT -5
I told the girls this weekend that I'm running all houses by you guys. Please pick them apart. I'm gonna pass on the one I posted today. That is good. I did not like that one at all, except for the price that is.
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 8, 2024 16:22:30 GMT -5
"Neither rain nor wind nor heat nor gloom of night" my ass I received a letter from Vanguard post dated 5/31 in Philadelphia around 5pm last night. In the letter* was a request to call Vanguard by close of business (East coast time) on the 7th - several hours after I was supposed to call. The USPS sure knows how to make timely deliveries they just don't bother to do so. I am ticked off to say the least. * Because of a name change Vanguard did not let me establish an online account so they needed to use snailmail - and that is what this letter is all about. GRRRRRR! I'm unclear on the Vanguard side. Was the letter dated 5/31? The initial stamp on that envelope? Because of how Trump and his handpicked postmaster trashed the Post Office, timing is not what it was. It is no longer reasonable or in spec for a letter being mailed on 5/31 to arrive by 6/7. In the past, 5 business days max was the benchmark for mailing cross country. Now I think it is 7 business days. Because of Trump and that postmaster lots of equipment was retired early and processes intentionally trashed. I don't think many businesses have readjusted their timing on things. I called mid-week to get something sent to me. The timing is allegedly 10 business days; however it seems part of that is at least 3 to 4 business days of processing by this company I dealt with. I need to call on Monday to find out if it was even mailed out yet. The initial attempt failed, and the one to my sister in TN took closer to three weeks instead of two to get there. Unless Vanguard easily mailed it more than 8 business days in advance (10 to 14 biz days would be more reasonable actually), I think they probably deserve part of the blame. Nope. The letter was dated the 28th. The envelope was stamped the 31th in Philadelphia. And it was delivered yesterday - the 7th. Since Friday mail is delivered after 5pm I did not see the letter until today. I will call on Monday of course but it just p*sses me of that it takes that long to deliver a letter. Probably more so because it is the result of Fopa's "only the very best" choice of Postmaster General who in his wisdom decided to dismantle/reduce many of the postal services. Like timely delivery...
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 8, 2024 15:41:09 GMT -5
"Neither rain nor wind nor heat nor gloom of night" my ass I received a letter from Vanguard post dated 5/31 in Philadelphia around 5pm last night. In the letter* was a request to call Vanguard by close of business (East coast time) on the 7th - several hours after I was supposed to call. The USPS sure knows how to make timely deliveries they just don't bother to do so. I am ticked off to say the least. * Because of a name change Vanguard did not let me establish an online account so they needed to use snailmail - and that is what this letter is all about. GRRRRRR!
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 7, 2024 15:18:08 GMT -5
So is the question now "people" will view him or how historians will rank him? Historians now rank him low and half the people are looking to put him back in the White House. We need good turnout again. Trump has not had 50% or better of the popular vote either time. I think more than half of the people want him to remain out of office, but we must remain vigilant and vote. Cold comfort. If you think that should keep keep you safe think again while reflecting on this: in 1933, the last uncontested/fair election in Germany until after WWII, the Nazis won just 43% of the vote. There are tens of millions of people who died as a result of that election. With the increasing embrace of fascism/totalitarianism disguised as nationalism the country is getting far to close to falling of the slippery slope into a ravine. Note that I have rarely hoped to be wrong as strongly as I am now for,if I am not, it will spell disaster not just for the US but the entire world
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 7, 2024 14:55:59 GMT -5
I'm not sure whether I should hang my head in shame or just unabashedly celebrate. To set the stage: I moved into this place over 20 years ago. At that time I was working 55 - 60 hour weeks (did that for many years) so I had neither the time nor the energy to sort through things. I knew at the time that there were tax documents that were either past or very close to the 10 year keeping period and needed to be shredded. You get exactly one guess what I did this morning - I shredded THIRTY years old tax returns. LOL. So shame or celebration? Whatever, they are gone now.
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 6, 2024 17:39:32 GMT -5
Thanks for the explanation andi9899. Since I live in EQ country the last thing I want is be in a basement when a big one strikes. Heck I like being up on the second (top) floor for that reason - less rubble to fall on top of me. Keeping my fingers crossed neither one of us will ever find out what is best
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 6, 2024 17:35:44 GMT -5
The minds of people alive in 100 years. They are starting with today's kids. People often develop political beliefs from their family, early on. Give it a few generations to perpetuate and we are at 100 years. Mike Huckabee is giving those families a jump start at indoctrination. School boards are becoming more conservative activist. I see it becoming worse, not better. I used to think that in a national crisis, the tides could turn quickly (i.e, the Great Depression, World War II). After COVID, I no longer believe it. As for Don Jr., I think he is charismatic to the MAGAts. He will step into his father's shoes. think about that, though. i have no memory of any president in my first 15 years of life, and only from my dad at 15 years, not on my own. my first tangible memory of a president was the first time i voted.a 100 year old person is only going to have his own memories. he would have to be 120 to effectively recall Trump, and i am not counting on that. so, what will my kids think is the question. in some ways it is a harder question. in some ways it is not. as to Don, Jr, he will also not be alive in 100 years. but i will add something to that portion of the discussion, as well. how often does a 2nd generation do as well as 1st gen in politics? i would say never, but i am sure you will find an exception. so i will simply say that the general rule is they do worse. we don't actually like dynastic leadership in the US. it is something that has worked in our favor in the past, and i happen to think it will work into the future. on that basis, i am guessing that Don Jr will not do as well as pops. he will be seen as inferior. but hey, i have been wrong a bit about Trump in the past. maybe i will be in the future. which is why i started this thread. thanks for your responses. This is why I said we can only hope that in 100 years Fopa will be remembered as one of the worst presidents of all time. There are 25 more presidential administrative periods between then and now! If the GOP does not reverse its direction soon the future could be very bad.
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 6, 2024 17:23:56 GMT -5
It doesn't have a basement though. I need one if there's a tornado. Showing my absolute lack of tornados and stuff but wouldn't an inside corner of the walkout garage work? ETA: that property tax really sucks. It is almost as much as mine and my condo is assessed at twice the value of this house (thanks to prop 13 we don't get taxed to market value which is it ~3x the value of this one)
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