Mass shootings... with 4 dead? Try Nigeria where yesterday there was a single mass shooting killing over 50.

@Jolly said in Regrets: I'm not sure about volunteering. I know some states have made conversion therapy illegal. I should have been clearer. I wasn't thinking that she should volunteer among people with her issues, but rather unrelated things like soup kitchens, literacy . . . whatever floats her boat. I think volunteering among those in her boat is probably not the best course. And WTF is this about conversion therapy being illegal? What fricking business does the state have to do such a thing???

Another Soros DA.

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em My nephew owns this surf school: https://www.acksurfschool.com/ Nobadeer Beach, Nantucket

No, that doesn't seem odd.

@brenda Hey -- No guts, no glory!

@Mik I'm watching the premier. It's gone way beyond parody. It stand on its own, and it does so very well. The only thing it has in common with the show it "parodies" is the costuming, the music, and the "gestalt." It's grown into its own and I'm delighted. It's still light-hearted, but appropriately serious. And...it has Norm MacDonald's voice.

We had an old isoflurane (look it up) vaporizer in the storeroom that was going to be pitched. One of my partners turned it into a lamp.

@Jolly said in DeSantis blocks funds because sports team tweeted something he doesn’t like: He vetoed $75M for USF, too. Wonder what they did? https://www.usforacle.com/2022/06/02/desantis-approves-245-million-in-legislative-requests-to-usf-in-annual-state-budget/ I don't think denying Desantis' potential political motivation is even necessary here. So what if a political motivation was in the mix? That's his job, to represent the interests of the people who voted for him. They are not interested in public money going to private companies who propagate political messaging they disagree with.

Of course not. Doesn't fit what they want you to hear.

Just read this in a blog post about the beach at Nazaré: Now the winter months are just as popular as the summer, with big names in surf living out the season catching waves the size of 5 piggy-backing giraffes.

@Axtremus said in Student loans: @LuFins-Dad said in Student loans: Wait a minute... The woman is 53 years old and was in forbearance while she was in school. Who wants to bet that she went to school in her mid to late 30s full time, lived completely off of student loans, those loans were through Sally Mae making her think they were federal when most weren't, and probably stayed in school to get her masters just because she was stuck living off loans? While it may evoke the feeling of righteousness panning that teacher's unwise decisions, cases like her's are not driving policy proposals. Biden proposed $10k per head for student loan forgiveness, and now Biden is proposing the same $10k he campaigned on. And he has a snowball's chance in hell of dragging that one to the finish line.

@Larry said in The House Next Door: I like that last one. That one was owned by a (bad) doctor at the hospital where I trained. None of his patients spoke English. It was all Serbian, or something like that. He would admit his patients for "diagnostic testing." Back in those days you could do that. I would walk in and ask the patient why they were there, and they would smile, nod and say, "I vait doktor S...." Frustrating to say the least.

@LuFins-Dad said in Annnnnd my parents have COVID. In Amsterdam.: @Aqua-Letifer said in Annnnnd my parents have COVID. In Amsterdam.: @LuFins-Dad said in Annnnnd my parents have COVID. In Amsterdam.: @Aqua-Letifer said in Annnnnd my parents have COVID. In Amsterdam.: @LuFins-Dad said in Annnnnd my parents have COVID. In Amsterdam.: I'm pretty sure those hotels weren't allowed to kick them out. https://www.government.nl/topics/coronavirus-covid-19/visiting-the-netherlands-from-abroad/tourism-and-recreation-in-the-netherlands Still though, they did, and by the time they get it sorted out, they'll be home. I'm sending this along, though. https://www.iamsterdam.com/en/plan-your-trip/practical-info/corona-virus Remain inside. Do not leave your home or hotel room. Arrange to be tested for coronavirus. Call 0800-1202 to schedule an appointment. If you test positive for coronavirus, you and any travelling companions must self-isolate in your holiday accommodation for two weeks. I get it, but they were already kicked out and they already started staying elsewhere, so what difference does this make? In case they run into any more problems where they are at currently. Ah. Yes, absolutely.

@Klaus said in Where is Klaus?: Quite right, well done! Thanks, I'm honored and humbled to have been the first correct guess in this thread.

@Larry Guess Willy should have used a pickguard! lol j/k!

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@bachophile said in RIP Ann Turner Cook: @Catseye3 said in RIP Ann Turner Cook: She was beautiful her whole life long. I’d like to see the 20 year old version…. And that's probably what hubby thought.

@Jolly said in My New Word (Esp for the Medicos. Not Bach, Though.): Different end. Different outcome.