Crikey. With all that, you're never going to have time to finish your embroidery piece.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winston
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Crikey. With all that, you're never going to have time to finish your embroidery piece.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winston
Don't be silly. My teenage son helps with some of that stuff (not the beer). And my wife handles embroidery. Or used to. She's more into selling on eBay now.Quote:
Originally Posted by bdcharles
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Total sum of my day...;)
Took my son to the Veteran's Home. His Junior ROTC unit provides community service for the old guys and gals. Just a few years ago, he was a Cub Scout, visiting them for Christmas. The Vets really do appreciate the attention. They deserve at least that.
Along the way, we passed the cemetery, with a small flag in front of each marker. I won't embarrass myself talking about my feelings today. It's just sad that today is simply a day off for many folks. And nothing more.
So I'm following a page labeled 'historical photos' on Facebook. It's self-explanatory. Well, a recent photo was posted in that page made me lose my faith in humanity:
#1- A grainy, black-and-white photo of a young Japanese girl blinded by the nuke dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. Her eyes were burnt out, milky white and scarred, and there's another scar running along her chin. Yes, that means the last thing she saw with her own eyes was a nuke going off before she went blind.
#2- A bunch of disgusting assholes saying this innocent little girl deserved that because of what her country did, saying, "Well, her country shouldn't have picked a fight with the USA!" and all that shit.
<sighs>
Summer temps already here - hit 100f the other day, but signs of spring are still around. A family of cardinals set up a nest in an old wrought-iron planter; just a few feet off the ground but should be safe enough - although cats do come in the yard occasionally despite the fence. I checked it out - three speckled eggs.
Another family of rabbits have a nest under my tool shed, and they come out a lot - my Blue Heeler, Jud, will chase them but he's rather old and slow like me. I believe a ground squirrel has an underground borrow near the alley, but not sure about it. Bees gather around our cactus flowers, and hummingbirds check out our birds of paradise plants.
Thunderstorms the rest of the week, humidity high, summer a-comin'.
I avoid social media like The Plague. Hearing experiences like yours just confirms my dislike of Facebook and it's ilk.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Green Shield
But you're here now, with us. Thank God no one here is that cruel. People can be so sick.
I was just thinking what an odd expression that is. If there were a plague, and that isn't so frequent an occurrence nowadays, it would probably be much harder to avoid than social media. In fact my angel and I don't really indulge in social media at all, present company excepted, and that is merely by omission rather than active precautions. No, I think The Plague would be a very different challenge to overcome. Perhaps we need a new superlative expression for modern times.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winston
"I avoid social media like ................" Anyone have a suggestion? "Falling pianos" comes to mind for some reason. "Acid rain" maybe? Maybe we need a thread for this.
Well, if you don't like the word 'plague', which according to my dictionaries aren't out-of-date at all, as it clearly can mean a nuisance, a torment, a bother etc. - then what about using 'pest' instead ??
You'll probably say the same thing, pest is an oldfashioned illness, but nevertheless, both 'plague' and 'pest' can be used today about the above continual troubles and distresses - and further, even it's somewhat long since we (at least in the 1. world countries) had both diseases, the odd thing is, that everybody seems to know what it is supposed to mean - in the abstract form at least :-)
Sorry, hope I didn't ruin your day :icon_compress:
Plague and pestilence have become synonyms for the emotions their physical consequences can evoke. Thus a noun becoming an adjective or a verb.