I'd like to see if Cannabis users suffer high BP.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 26, 2019:

I vape on occasion. I do have a BP cuff, and I take BP meds. I don't know if vaping is the same as smoking for your study. I am not a frequent imbiber.

Which Pink Kitty have you ever seen or have ever had???

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 26, 2019:

I remember the pink kitties, I don't know if we ever had one.

[agnostic.com] Just strange, a believer.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 26, 2019:

The pictures seem to look like an oil rig of some sort. Definitely has a scammer vibe.

Starting April 4, I’ll be driving around the US and dipping into Canada for 15 weeks.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 26, 2019:

If you get to the middle of the US, I'm in Omaha, at the junction of I80 and I29.

I had an appointment at the hospital yesterday, with an opthalmologist.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 26, 2019:

If you wanna be a tobacconist I suppose you'd need to be a smoker or chewer. Ewwwww.

Some people think that Forsythia is a bit vulgar if not overdone, but it could just be a case of ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 26, 2019:

I love forsythia! It is among the first to bloom in spring, it looks happy, what is not to like. If I am vulgar so be it.

I have heard distant meowing under my house well here is what I saw today.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 26, 2019:

We need to know genders!! How absolutely adorable!! Poor babies!

Perhaps this insight can be helpful to some.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 25, 2019:

I work on that every day.

In blow to climate, coal plants emitted more than ever in 2018 - The Washington Post

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 25, 2019:

Global energy experts released grim findings Monday, saying that not only are planet-warming carbon-dioxide emissions still increasing, but the world’s growing thirst for energy has led to higher emissions from coal-fired power plants than ever before. Energy demand around the world grew by 2.3 percent over the past year, marking the most rapid increase in a decade, according to the report from the International Energy Agency. To meet that demand, largely fueled by a booming economy, countries turned to an array of sources, including renewables. But nothing filled the void quite like fossil fuels, which satisfied nearly 70 percent of the skyrocketing electricity demand, according to the agency, which analyzes energy trends on behalf of 30 member countries, including the United States. In particular, a fleet of relatively young coal plants located in Asia, with decades to go on their lifetimes, led the way toward a new record for emissions from coal fired power plants — exceeding 10 billion tons of carbon dioxide “for the first time," the agency said. In Asia, “average plants are only 12 years old, decades younger than their average economic lifetime of around 40 years,” the agency found. As a result, greenhouse-gas emissions from the use of energy — by far their largest source —surged in 2018, reaching an all-time record high of 33.1 billion tons. Emissions showed 1.7 percent growth, well above the average since 2010. The growth in global emissions in 2018 alone was “equivalent to the total emissions from international aviation," the body found. Monday’s report underscores an unnerving truth about the world’s collective efforts to combat climate change: Even as renewable energy rapidly expands, many countries — including the United States and China — are nevertheless still turning to fossil fuels to satisfy ever-growing energy demand. “Very worrisome" is how Michael Mehling, deputy director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, described Monday’s findings. “To me, all this reflects the fact that climate policies around the globe, despite some limited pockets of progress, remain woefully inadequate,” he said in an email. “They’re not even robust enough to offset the increased emissions from economic expansion, especially in the developing world, let alone to spur decarbonization at levels commensurate with the temperature stabilization goals we’ve committed to under the Paris Agreement.” Mehling questioned whether the Paris climate agreement — the 2015 global accord in which countries vowed to slash their carbon emissions — has the capacity to compel nations to live up to their promises and ramp up climate action over...

I love my pups.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 25, 2019:

I love folks who love their puppies!! I'm enjoying those adorable faces. I'd enjoy them more on my lap, but I will take what I can get.

She is so regal while smothering me to death

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 25, 2019:

They have no regard for our health, just none!

I agree.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 25, 2019:

I agree!

Memories March 25 cont

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 25, 2019:

Very good, especially Paul Ryan.

Memories March 25

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 25, 2019:

As the Moderator, I don't really appreciate the anti vegan post. We bash Trump not vegans. The rest are OK. We're likely all atheists/agnostics, so that one will not offend anyone.

I was looking at an article about how people use their phones constantly.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 25, 2019:

I don't even have a TV in my bedroom. If someone is invited to my bedroom and thinks he needs to check his phone when things get interesting, they will get more interesting when I lead him to the exit door. To me it is a sign of things not going well if my date/partner or I need to check his phone while we're together.

I had a female co-worker offer to help me with a makeover.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 25, 2019:

I don't own a dress, though I have a couple of skirts. What is the harm of trying things a different way? If you don't like it it doesn't have to be permanent.

Hungry hungry doggo. [facebook.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 25, 2019:

toooo cute !!

ULTRAFIDIAN.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 25, 2019:

OMG, evangelicals!

Struggling so hard with loneliness and feelings of worthlessness.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 25, 2019:

And then she navigated away and found something else to fit here. I think you hit a chord with me today.

Struggling so hard with loneliness and feelings of worthlessness.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 25, 2019:

OK, noticed this picture elsewhere and decided it fit here, and decided I wasn't done. @Marcie1974, What can you do or are you willing to do to change your feelings of loneliness and worthlessness? You have value, we all have value, you need to decide what your value is, and do something to affirm it. What can you change? Is it realistic? If it isn't realistic let it go, and I know that is hard. There is an old prayer that fits, but we'll drop off the god part. You need peace to accept the things you cannot change, you need the courage to change the things you can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Struggling so hard with loneliness and feelings of worthlessness.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 25, 2019:

First love yourself, be the person you want to be with. Then if that special person doesn't show up you'll still be with someone you want to be with. I've been alone for about 10 years, I'm 61. I don't expect things to change so I am investing in me. I am the person I was meant to be. Find some social groups of like minded folks. Omaha has a Humanist group that has been wonderful for me.

Stone Cat by artist, archaeologist and architectural restoration expert Sehnaz Bac.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 25, 2019:

I love this, I want someone to do it in my yard. I have the rocks.

I miss having a good table to do my folding...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 25, 2019:

The clothing that gets hung in the closet goes on hangers straight out of the dryer. The clothing to be folded goes from the dryer into a basket. Then all the clothing gets schlepped up the stairs and to the bedroom. The clothes on hangers get hung up, and the basket gets dumped on the bed until I decide to fold and put them away. My dining room table has too much other stuff on it to add clothing I will be wearing this week. My dressers and closets are one of the few things I keep well organized, and I'm picky about it.

So true.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 25, 2019:

I had a perfect body for about 20 minutes when I was 19. Now at 61 I am better than I was at 60, but clothes are definitely my friend.

Just trying to the woman who will respect me and not break my heart because I don't think I'd be ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 25, 2019:

Maybe write your bio and tell us a bit more about you. And if your heart is so fragile you're afraid of it being broken, maybe you need to work on that muscle a bit. Heart break happens, you learn from it and move on. If you're so afraid of that happening you will never truly love. Are you sure you're ready to be out there?

The terror!

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 25, 2019:

I would never read that. I don't read stuff that is meant to scare me (like newspapers :) ) and don't go to horror movies either. I don't want anything to vilify my sweet kitties either, though I know they can be evil little witches.

If I leave this group for a while am I able to return?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

Of course you can come back. We all need breaks from time to time. Life gets interesting and our priority shift. Good luck with what ever you're doing, be well, and be safe.

Religious dogma may be questionable, but here is a shining example of religious sincerity - in the ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

He is what the people who want to be religious should be, he is an example of a true xian.

Wow! Did not know this nursery rhyme had more than 10. ?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

This was first heard in the later 1800s, it was to help children learn counting.

This is for real!

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

Fer real.

Only in Mississippi

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

So, once that baby is born it doesn't stand a chance. WTG govna.

Memories March 24

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

Very good, thanks for posting!

Hope your migraine goes away with the spiritual help of this gifted cow.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

She's adorable.

Happy singles see happy couples everywhere.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

I must not be hanging out the right places, because I'm not seeing any of this, or I'm not paying attention.

I don't know how to act my age.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

I have no role model for what 60+ should "act" like. I've had several great examples of what NOT to be, but I just act like me, that is all I can be.

Baby Boomers turning 50.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

I'm a boomer and I'm past 60. Boomers were born from 1946 to 1964, which means we're from 73 to 55 years old.

@MrLizard and I are still looking for a loving home for Sonja.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

I hope you find a loving home for her soon.

I've been hearing this word with regard to the Mueller Investigation.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

I get "hung up" on words, sometimes for years. But I like to use just the right word, and I will word smith to death. You're not along, and I don't think you're unusual and I think your life is likely just fine.

I have not fact checked this, but I don't doubt it.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-yacht-boarding/ It doesn't sound like it is substantiated. Lost the paperwork? Nope, I don't believe that for a minute. Yes, it sounds like par for the course for Der Donald, but not historical fact.

Just made it to level 9! Woot woot! But couldn't have done it without my good friend and point whore...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

Woot!! WTG!! Long long slog to 10.

CNN or the first paragraph of a cheap romance novel?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

Good grief what drivel. That author needs to be fired and a real journalist hired.

Costa Rica quarantines measles anti-vaxxer family. [independent.co.uk]

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

Good, and I hope they are uncomforable as hell and get stuck in legal limbo forever.

I'd also add that male-on-male mutilation is about a lot more than just the psychic.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

That is the "boys will be boys" mentality. Boys are encouraged to violence to prove their manhood. This must change.

I still try

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

Some relationships just aren't meant to be.

What happened the last time the GOP tried to install a fascist dictator (interesting article!) ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

Good article!

Good morning Girls and Boys.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

Very encouraging!

[youtube.com] A little Sunday morning music.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

Love it!

Took some pictures of my wisteria last night.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

Nice!!

Fellow Senators.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

I think if you're mod you can set the rules. You can block people as needed. As a group owner I think I get some points for the stuff posted on my group. In my group trumppinata we bash trump and we have fun. I have blocked folks for trying to argue or debate. If you want debate go to politics, we don't have to be fair or unbiased, we bash trump. I hope Admin answers soon, I'd like to see the response.

An oldie but goodie....

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

I am with you on that one.

Everyone’s drunk on something. What are your addictions?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

Sugar is my biggest addiction, which I now have under control. Ag.com is likely an addiction, the jury is still out on that one. What gets me through, books, stitchery and creativity, my kids and cats, my garden.

Scientists say they have discovered a "stunning" trove of thousands of fossils on a river bank in ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

Fascinating!

What makes you a catch?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

I'm not a catch. I'm crotchety and opinionated. I'm set in my ways, too smart or smart mouthed, honest, bold, and outspoken. That being said. I'm warm hearted, kind, encouraging, generous, and loyal as hell. I'm also willing to compromise and talk things over, and over, and over, and over. I'm also slightly insane, and yes in the very best way.

I broke it off with my latest, with whom I had two dates.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 24, 2019:

I'm glad you got away from him, sounds like a real joy.

How “Case for Christ” author Lee Strobel fabricated his best-selling story – Alternet.org

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2019:

My ex gave one of the Strobel books to our oldest daughter. She never read it. I asked her if she wanted me to help it disappear, and she said I could. I took it to a used book store and sold it. I hope they filed it in Fiction.

Had to say goodbye to the old man yesterday.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2019:

It is so hard to say that final goodbye to our fur kids. I am sure you did the right thing for both of you. He is no longer in pain. Remember the good times with him, and pay extra attention to Ni ni Kitty, you both will be missing your buddy.

Seventeen days old, today (3/23).

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2019:

Bunnies are such pests out here, but I am fascinated by this little guy's progress.

Just for fun..... I don't like avocados but I love guacamole with salsa.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2019:

I don't like peas, but I will eat Split Pea Soup

Do you remember...... mine was Mrs Yates.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2019:

Mrs Johnson. I think I have the pictures to prove that.

What were these fake fur flowers called.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2019:

I don't remember anything like that! Very cool though.

Where Bernie gets his platform

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2019:

True, and perfect.

I'm dying ?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2019:

WTG on the weight loss!! I've lost about 35 pounds in the last 6 months, kinda stalled here recently. But I also went back to work after 6 months, so instead of 2 hours at the gym every day it is 8 hours at a desk. But ya gotta do. I did lose enough to turn over my wardrobe, it is all stuff I haven't worn in the past 5 or more years. I had to buy new jeans because I also seem to have lost height. That was not in the plan. It shouldn't be osteoporosis, but I will check with my doc the next time I see her. Keep it up and don't fall back into the habits that put it on, like I did. I've lost and gained probably over 500 pounds in my life. I want this to be the last time I have to take weight off.

Any Day Now

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2019:

Not soon enough!

Post a pic or pics of your favorite mug(s)! I was cleaning up and putting dishes away, and ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2019:

One of the last times I moved I got rid of all the extra mugs. I don't have anything now that is special, and I usually don't drink coffee in mugs. I drink my coffee iced and in a glass. I have been thinking about getting a mug for the office since they have free coffee that is actually good. However right now while I'm training I'm not at my desk, and the office will be moving to a new location in a few weeks. So I have some time to find that perfect mug that says who I am but doesn't offend anyone. I'm not sure it exists, but I will be looking.

Art of the day. Coloring. Anyone like coloring books?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2019:

Actually coloring makes me anxious. I tried. I'd rather sew.

Hippie - noun.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2019:

Hippie love!!

Welcome to @MarkiusMahamius Are we at 120 yet? My phone doesn’t say.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2019:

We are at 121 now. Welcome welcome!

@Admin I've tried reloading and logging off and on but still get this message when I try to post:...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2019:

Yes, I am seeing that this morning as well. I can post in groups, but I cannot post on the main page, and I have some good stuff to post. :(

Listen to the music???

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2019:

Nice picture!! I have a radio on all the time, tuned to "adult contemporary" music. My kids tell me I've been listening to the same 100 songs all my life. Sounds good to me.

Remember when they put this in a can and not a plastic bottle.?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2019:

I still have a couple of church keys somewhere. And yes, I purchased many cans of that in my lifetime.

Do you have a soul? Ken & I can speak from personal experience of "The Healing":

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2019:

Do I have a soul? Not a clue, but I know there are things that I find comforting and make my heart happy.

Good morning Girls and Boys.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2019:

The cynic in me is wondering what profit they are making off this treatment, however yay for the discount. Every little bit helps. I'm looking forward to updates in your journey. I am a medico geek, and this is such new therapy, I am hoping to learn good stuff from your experience.

Happy Saturday everyone! I'm just getting around to making coffee, and I thought that I would wish ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2019:

I never worry about my coffee getting cold, I drink cold coffee. I get cold brew from Trader Joe's and dilute as needed.

Promises, promises, we got 2 inches of the white stuff last night.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2019:

We still have piles of black snow hanging around, at least they are not longer mountains. We're hoping for a spell of warm and dry to be able to assess all the flood damage and get the damn potholes fixed. My area was beat up bad this winter.

Where did it go wrong ?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2019:

We are a product of our DNA. Sorry, whereas you're related to tigers and lions, it just wasn't there to make you a tiger. Next time make a better choice of parents.

Life... a happy life requires balance. That's something I have only learned in the last few years.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2019:

We need to redefine successful, or at least define it for ourselves, not what "society" or "TV" deems success is. I have achieved success in many areas of my life. My success is 3 adult kids who are good citizens and just awesome good people, and people I truly like to spend time with. I have created things that will live on after me and give other people pleasure. I have helped people, both in my professional life and my private life. I do not earn a huge income, and I don't drive a fancy car. I am not model thin, and I don't live in a huge house. I don't consider myself pretty. But I'm real which I think is more important, and I'm kind, I'm smart, and I'm living my life on my terms. I consider my life a success. If anyone disagrees they can kiss my not so tiny hiney.

This feels right..

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2019:

Very good, very apt. Thanks for posting.

"I'm not eating this sh!t:)"

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 23, 2019:

That is bad. At least all my kitty does is bat it around the kitchen floor until she sends it under the stove.

This is short enough and sweet?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2019:

This is very good!

Calling Women "the Office Bunny"

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2019:

I think you did good, thanks for standing your ground and calling him out.

How many people here are willing to get involved with a man/woman who is separated, which is ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2019:

I also have some serious reservations. There are so many emotional issues to work through with divorce that it will really be a while before they are healed and really ready to be dating again. It depends on what you want. I'm looking for the long run, and someone fresh from or not yet divorced is not a good candidate for that. Now if you just want a fling, sure, that is a great situation for that. Hot and fast. Same for widowers. Be used to being alone before you're knocking on my door.

My kitten Tyrion is now throwing all his toys in the water dish. Any ideas why?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2019:

Because he's being a little brat. I seriously don't know why. Every once in a while my little brat will do that. I think she is just a perverse little kitch bitty.

just some color at the end of a flight last winter

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2019:

Beautiful!

Was not successful with my first croissant attempt.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2019:

For a first attempt you did darn good. Each time you'll get better. I'm impressed.

I remember getting one simular to this as a small child.?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2019:

We didn't get stuff like that... My brothers taught my parents well. That stuff was dangerous with rowdy kids.

4 Days, 2 Leaders

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2019:

She's more presidential than he will ever be, more leader, more class. Hell, she's more man than he is. He is just a pussy for Putin.

Who knew people that had this nasty shit in their bathroom.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2019:

Way too gross, way too many places for germs to hide and smell. Nope, not in my house.

Happy Friday all.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2019:

Rest/sleep, yoga followed by acupuncture. Shopping for necessary supplies, some cleaning, Book club on Sunday, need to read the book!. Maybe do some yard work depends on the weather and motivation.

"If you want to turn out an atheist child, unconditional love constantly is a good way to do it.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2019:

I raised my kids in the church. One is flat out an atheist, one is a none married to a catholic, and one is keeping daddy happy by going to church, and I really don't know what her outlook is. But it gives her a social life and a way to keep music in her life (she is the pianist), so she keeps it up. She and her family live with Daddy so keeping him happy is kinda important.

NOT SARCASM, GENUINELY CURIOUS: Reading through the posts here it has been suggested by some to rate...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2019:

Because there are so few men of the age I'd consider dating that are active on this site in my area, and some of them I've already dated, there is no need for me to categorize or rate anyone. Basically if they ask I will go out with them, except for some, BTDT, we're friends, and even then I might spend more time with them. Any of the rest, suggest something.

Show us your bone spurs! Vietnam Veteran Ex-Senator Tells Trump How To Silence Bone Spur ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2019:

Bob used to be the governor of Nebraska. If you come visit me I'll take you over the bridge that has been named for him, if it is still standing after our flooding. It is a pedestrian bridge from Nebraska to Iowa.

Are you excited about Spring?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2019:

I can see the garden centers getting ready to put out stock. We've got a few more weeks before the season really starts, but I'm mentally ready.

What is "Home" to you?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2019:

Home is where my loved ones are, and where I am free to be exactly who I am.

The only French pastry I have ever made was French bread.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2019:

I read up on that process once. I decided it was way too much work. I admire you for trying. I like my cooking quick and painless, anything else I'm going to buy at the store.

Anyone ever been involved in multi-level marketing (MLM)?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2019:

Not worth your time and investment. Mary Kay, Avon, Discovery Toys, Tupperware, Pampered Chef, Longaberger Baskets, Amway, etc, etc are all MLM schemes. They suck you in, and unless you have selling in your blood and lots of well heeled friends, you will not make money. I do not have a gene for selling, I've tried. I sold commerical insurance that included Medicare Supplements. I refer to that as a period of underemployment plus no benefits. It was post divorce and the economy had just tanked, it was a really bad time. I have sold Mary Kay and Avon while I was a stay at home mom. I have hosted parties for Tupperware and Pampered Chef. I don't know if it is a pyramid scheme, but it is pyramid marketing. You're making someone else rich. For me, steady income and hours plus benefits are a much better use of my time.

Which one would you pull out.. one of my favorites is orange cream soda and Nesbitts Grape

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2019:

I have never been a soda drinker, I can't abide the carbonation. I believe that has kept me from being a 500# woman because there is lots of sugar in those sodas.

A Great Day for Grandparenting Giovanni and I drove down the thruway to traffic court in a town ...

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2019:

I will never lecture my kids or grandkids on speeding. Grammy has a lead foot. I've had a few speeding tickets, and the odds are good that I will have a few more. I just have to remember to stay the heck out of small towns. The cops are bored and looking for a city slicker to pull over. Our license plates are numbered per county: county number then dash then more numbers. In the urban areas we have three letters dash three numbers, so it is easy to spot the out of town cars.

[yahoo.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2019:

I like Joe, but I don't fully trust Joe. I don't think he can win, and I think he may have too much history of wishy washy to win.

Here is a text I received from the scammer Rlg78 aka Kathy.

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 22, 2019:

What a sweet little thang she is!! LOL, we do find all sorts of folks on here. Definitely a scammer vibe.

Capulin Volcano from the air

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 21, 2019:

Wow!! Great perspective!