I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

Bren-2007

Chickadee .. WOW!  So they have now found the cure for cancer at your DMV.  Unreal.

hugs,

Bren

YramAL

I have a very conservative friend who voluntarily moved from the Seattle area to rural Texas, because housing was so much cheaper.

Here are 2 things I can't figure out-

1. How the heck is she such a conservative? She has 5 children, all grown now, by 3 different fathers. She received welfare benefits for each and every one of her children because she wasn't married to the fathers at the time. She eventually married a couple of them, but not until after she'd used food stamps and welfare to her advantage. 

2. She is white, her current husband is Filipino. The last place I'd want to move, if I was married to a non-white person, and I was white, would be rural Texas.

Mary 

1Athena1

(Raising hind legs to shrug shoulders).

She is probably the sort who believes everything she hears on television - that is my first speculation as to why. Or: She may have some pre-frontal cortex-associated difficulties. From the sketch you give, she sounds like someone who is not great at anticipating, planning, inhibiting, shifting and prioritizing (ie: executive functions).

Chickadee

Yep! What she said.

gardengumby

Mary - the first thing (and maybe only thing) to learn about most conservatives:  What they espouse is for the "other folks".  Most of my husband's hobby associates are Republicans.  He always notes that they are the VERY FIRST people to get in line for any kind of hand-outs from the government - while loudly decrying the fact that the government is giving handouts... to the other folks. 

It's also interesting to note that the ones who speak most loudly about "supporting the troops" are the same ones who most assiduously dodged the draft (back in the day).  The only other Dem in his hobby group, is the other VietNam vet.

YramAL

That is for sure, Gardengumby. Another friend's SIL is a farmer, who has benefitted greatly from farm subsidies. He's one of the biggest Teapartiers there is. I'm just waiting for him to ask for federal help this year because of the drought. 

Mary 

1Athena1

Man, I just found out it's THURSDAY, not FRIDAY. That is what I get for over-focusing.  Been engrossed in a very bookish, detail oriented project that, amongst many (intellectually interesting) features has the (relatively dull) feature of having no real world communication attached to it -- nothing excerpt Excel. I think I am starting to think in cell-ese. Meaning, I can't think outside my thought. I planned my whole day as a Friday and my cell rigidity wouldn't let me come to my senses. Arghhhh....

I think working on Excel gives you square eyes and a square brain. A word to the wise.

gardengumby

Welcome to Thursday, Athena....  you can have Friday tomorrow, just like the rest of us!!

pupmom

Chickadee, your post reminded me of that bumper sticker I see all over Austin: Keep Austin Weird! 

1Athena1

I was going to say nothing, as she is in her late seventies, but, damn-it, so is my mother, who would a) never act this way and b) probably be ten times more disgusted than I was.

Pay no notice to what I just said. It concerns a different thread.

(And my dearly dearly departed granny who died at 100 (people had children late in my family): She would be merciless! No nonsense tolerated by her up until the day she died.

Chickadee

Yorkie, I'm on the edge of weird. The t shirts here say Keep Georgetown Normal!

1Athena1

Ha, ha. I live in Georgetown, and I am happy to say that it is a liberal bastion. We have four-way stop signs on almost every street in this 'hood and at the height of the Iraq war people were writing "the war" under the signs.

pupmom

Chick & Athena, hahaha, a tale of two towns! 

YramAL

Athena-maybe your latest comment on that thread will make the mods lock it. That would be a mercy and a good idea in this case. That thread has become pretty much a "support someone's miscellaneous physical/mental not-breast-cancer issues" thread. I don't usually like to see threads locked, but I think it would be a good idea in this case.

Mary

PS Of course, there's always the possibility you'll be banned for being honest. 

Chickadee

Yeah this G Town ain't like that G Town, for sure, for sure. Don't think DC would know what to do if they had the annual cattle drive of Longhorns down the town center!

MOOoooooooo!

pupmom

Mary, I added to Athena's thought train. I don't know why the mods would lock the thread for our comments though. I'm sure they're frustrated as you know what with this nonsense.

1Athena1

I am just so angry when I see the absolute massacre on the stage IV forum ( I don't know what else to call it - what a dreadful summer this has been), and then you see these jokers coming in as though bc were one nice club to belong to.  

YramAL

I was hoping they would lock it to cut off the person whose thread it has evolved to be. I wasn't thinking it would be punitive to Athena or you, Yorkiemom. I just think it's a non-productive thread that has a potential to keep spiraling downward.

Mary 

pupmom

Mary, I totally agree. It's a stupid thread and I MUST start ignoring it. That's why I wish this board had a true ignore feature. As it is you can ignore a thread UNLESS it goes to the active topics forum, which for that one is every day.

1Athena1

Aren't trolls/poseurs predictable? As soon as you "out" them they come back with some sob story about how they or their dear family member or friend is near death or gravely striken. Seen it happen twice in two days.

YramAL

And the defenders/co-dependent coddlers have now rushed in.........

Mary 

Chickadee

I've been so good ignoring that other world, then y'all piqued my interest. Wish ya hadn't. Anyway do yourselves a favor. Walk away.

suzieq60

It's Friday for me Athena

suzieq60

Methinks she is affected by fumes from paint thinners or something.

1Athena1

Oh, somethin like that - lol.

Hey, I thought it weas Friday.

Bartender, what are the specials?

IllinoisLady

Much enjoyment here today......glad to know how to get rid of cancer.....it really should be Friday. 

Jackie

rosemary-b

Off topic, sort of, but one of the guys who painted the inside of our house after a fire was positively goofy,

I do think there might be a troll on another thread.

Moderators

An hour ago Chickadee wrote:

I've been so good ignoring that other world, then y'all piqued my interest. Wish ya hadn't. Anyway do yourselves a favor. Walk away.

That's really good advice, Chickadee!

1Athena1

Taking my square excel cell self to bed. I swear I am crazy and charming and all that jazz but I believe in honesty. Its why I want to be a federal prosecutor. I am not as boooooring in other areas. But if you come on Bco I say you should be a patient or loved one and not a dilettante. And so do bco rules.



Have a square night everyone. :-)

Chickadee

I used to be a tel operator and we had some regulars. We recognized their voices. They were often elderly ladies. They were very lonely and used directory assistance to have someone to talk to. Sometimes they made little sense. Of course we were on timers and had to find some way to dispatch them politely. Wasnt easy at all.



Assuming what we know is someone's reality, I sense a lonely person, perhaps no longer sharp, who has found somewhere to connect.