I highly recommend this. I did this, best thing I ever did.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 23, 2020:

I joined the Army after HS graduation. While in the Army I got married (well twice actually, first one was soon divorced, the second lasted longer. ) Second husband stayed in while I got out. Children each born on different bases, different countries. I've moved 23 times and 6 years ago I ended up ...

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 24, 2020:

@silverotter11 I totally understand. I was a poor fit, which is part of the reason I was more than happy to bail when the chance came up. Ex was actually a poor fit as well, but he had skills they needed. However, he was not given the opportunity to extend beyond his 20 years. He got his retirement, and I got my slice of it in the divorce.

So I have been on a dating site for almost 5 months.

CS60 comments on Feb 23, 2020:

I’m sure the “god fearing man” turned you off. I’m curious about the questionnaire. Was he trying to get personal info or just a poor attempt to get to know you?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 24, 2020:

@UUNJ Yes, precisely. AKA Social Engineering.

So I have been on a dating site for almost 5 months.

CS60 comments on Feb 23, 2020:

I’m sure the “god fearing man” turned you off. I’m curious about the questionnaire. Was he trying to get personal info or just a poor attempt to get to know you?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 23, 2020:

Previous experience with questionnaires, it is usually simple stuff like favorite colors, foods, music. Stuff like pets, family dynamics, travel experiences. The stuff that you talk about as you're getting to know one another. I'm not interested in putting it down in writing.

So I have been on a dating site for almost 5 months.

Cutiebeauty comments on Feb 23, 2020:

You should've filled out the questionnaire with all incorrect info just to waste his time...

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 23, 2020:

Yeah, but a waste of my time to fill it out. As much as I like being the unexpected response, I also hate wasting my time.

So I have been on a dating site for almost 5 months.

Fit50something comments on Feb 23, 2020:

Which dating site was it?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 23, 2020:

Sylver S1ngles :) we're not really supposed to mention them.

I highly recommend this. I did this, best thing I ever did.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 23, 2020:

I joined the Army after HS graduation. While in the Army I got married (well twice actually, first one was soon divorced, the second lasted longer. ) Second husband stayed in while I got out. Children each born on different bases, different countries. I've moved 23 times and 6 years ago I ended up ...

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 23, 2020:

@Lauren I will say it is a hard life, and very hard on the kids. My oldest was very shy and starting with a new group of kids every time she had to change school was hard for her, but it made her a very competitive, driven student. But it also made my kids very savvy, very independent thinkers, and they are adventurous eaters! They love all sorts of ethnic foods. It made me an outspoken liberal and a great survivor. There are some really dark coping skills in there, but I'm proud of who I've become.

What do you think of backward ball caps on older men?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 22, 2020:

I think men of any age that wear that baseball cap backwards look ignorant, immature, and insecure. I like to ask them what the last book they read was, most haven't read a book since high school. For me that is a pass.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 23, 2020:

@Wildflower I didn't say he hadn't read a book. I said it is something I ask, and I ask it of about everyone. I did date a guy that would wear his hat backwards. I did ask him that question and that was his answer, and he thought it was just fine. As I read many books every year we had a huge difference in priorities. I have seen a picture of a male watching a baseball game with his hat backwards, using a hand to shade his eyes so he can see the game. Like the solution is right there! And you can think me shallow and judgmental all you want, and I will still sleep just fine tonight. We all make judgments about people all the time, that kept our ancestors alive.

Gullywasher noun Chiefly Midland and Western U.S. A usually short, heavy rainstorm.

Cast1es comments on Feb 22, 2020:

Flash flood ?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 22, 2020:

Generally they don't last long enough to flood. However, if we're already saturated, then maybe.

Something to think about....

Cutiebeauty comments on Feb 22, 2020:

He looks like a fancy boy lol

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 22, 2020:

@Cutiebeauty LOL, since you put it that way I do.

Something to think about....

bobwjr comments on Feb 22, 2020:

Waiting for his guy

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 22, 2020:

Waiting for Putin rather than Godot.

Something to think about....

Cutiebeauty comments on Feb 22, 2020:

He looks like a fancy boy lol

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 22, 2020:

He was quite the fancy pants playboy, thinks he still is.

‘IM GOD’ license plate: Ben Hart wins battle in Kentucky - The Washington Post

AnneWimsey comments on Feb 21, 2020:

I must buy a subscription to read this

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 21, 2020:

I did put additional links to other news sites that I think are free with the same story, did any of those work?

PLEASE READ! The red car was at a complete stop behind a bus stopped at a train crossing.

freeofgod comments on Feb 15, 2020:

Damn! Lucky is right. Hope the Jeep has to buy the red one a brand new vehicle and gets tickets out the wazoo.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 15, 2020:

And gets his license taken away for a few months if not years.

Are you ready?

freedom41 comments on Feb 13, 2020:

I can seriously care less about tomorrow. It's just another day to me.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 13, 2020:

I regard it as a day designed to make money for Hallmark cards, and I don't participate. I will be going to the theater Friday evening because my friend has season tickets and no one to go with. Two single gals hanging together on Valentines day.

Susan B. Anthony was a lesbian hero but they don’t teach you that in history class

maturin1919 comments on Feb 12, 2020:

I don't recall having been informed of the sexual orientation of anyone we learned about in history class.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 12, 2020:

It was assumed they were straight, is that aka heteronormative. For a very long time if there was any indication you were otherwise there could be tragic consequences.

Let Us Say: It’s Time to End the National Prayer Breakfast - TheHumanist.com

SaucyCheryl comments on Feb 11, 2020:

The Family is behind all of this. They have infiltrated every nook and cranny of politics with their Christian dominionism.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 11, 2020:

Have you seen the documentary on The Family, scary!

Let Us Say: It’s Time to End the National Prayer Breakfast - TheHumanist.com

Petter comments on Feb 11, 2020:

How did it ever start?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 11, 2020:

Wow, there is some history there, and lots of it kinda shady. Go figure, right. Here is what the Smithsonian Magazine says: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/national-prayer-breakfast-what-does-its-history-reveal-180962017/

A new low for Dr.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 10, 2020:

Really, Ben Carson is so.... so..... so.... special. Makes me wonder how the hell he ever became a surgeon.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 11, 2020:

@Freedompath I think it was get out before he got his a** sued again.

County in Kansas is jailing people over unpaid medical debt

ballou comments on Feb 10, 2020:

That’s total bullshit! 😡

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 10, 2020:

I work in medical billing, I've seen bills that make me catch my breath. I've seen lots of bills go to collections. I've seen bankruptcies due to medical bills, But my hospital uses a non reporting collection agency, Your medical collections will not affect your credit score for the hospital I work for. There is no reason to go to jail for medical or any other debt, cuz if you're in jail you aren't earning the money to discharge your debt. That is just downright insane. And if I get an expensive disease I'm going to simply die because I'm not going to spend money I don't have for a cure. No chemo, no expensive drug therapy. Just let me fade into the twilight.

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ballou comments on Feb 10, 2020:

Thanks for the information. I take it you are a tweeter?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 10, 2020:

NO!!!! I loathe tweeting. I was on Twitter for about a week and had to get rid of it. However, I have friends of friends who tweet, or twit, or whatever. I know people who know smart people who know useful people, or something like that.

Pete Buttigieg Faces Backlash After Speech At Tea Party Event Resurfaces Online: 'He's Done.

ballou comments on Feb 10, 2020:

I don’t care for Pete. He seems so plastic to me.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 10, 2020:

I don't know about plastic, but too much white boy with rich parents and corporate suck up. He knows billionaires and takes their money. No, I don't trust him.

SCLERODERMA.

Cast1es comments on Feb 10, 2020:

I wonder if Turmeric Curcumin would help that ?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 10, 2020:

I had an MD that was such an excellent doctor. She developed scleroderma in her lungs. As it is an auto immune disorders she very quickly had to give up seeing patients.

The world’s oceans are speeding up — another mega-scale consequence of climate change - The ...

MissKathleen comments on Feb 9, 2020:

I found the same story elsewhere for free: https://www.ecowatch.com/ocean-currents-speeding-up-2645050924.html

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 9, 2020:

Thank you so much for finding that.

It's getting very difficult these days with having some family members as trump supporters.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 8, 2020:

I'm lucky that the family members that matter to me are not Drumpf fans or even remotely republicans. Those less close relatives that have previously been republicans are wondering what the hell has hit them.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 8, 2020:

@Appleriver I am not close to any of my cousins, or most of my siblings either. I was friends with a few cousin's kids on FB, and a few of them were uber dumbass Rethuglicans, and they got unfriended fast enough and I'm thankful I never knew them personally. My kids are mostly atheists and liberals. My siblings that I am closest too either don't talk politics or are sick of drumpf, or are liberal. My ex watches Fox and is conservative, uber conservative. The best thing that came out of that marriage is our kids and I think they turned out great!

More and more I come across poor English, grammar, and punctuation.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 8, 2020:

I've decided that articulate, intelligent people are far and few between, or some people are just lazy.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 8, 2020:

@BitFlipper Not me!

While it is important for people's sanity to share their outrage and know that others feel the same ...

19dacar52 comments on Feb 8, 2020:

I didn't get the point of the article in the link... Was it supposed to be pro trump?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 8, 2020:

@Surfpirate fer sure fer sure

Sex study explores 'bad' orgasms - Big Think

Petter comments on Feb 8, 2020:

Interesting. I now need to think on it.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 8, 2020:

I read a few years ago, or more than a few years ago that women can and do orgasm during a non consensual encounter. Essentially it is the body's response overriding the mind. It doesn't mean it was good, it just meant the right nerve endings got stimulated the right way.

While it is important for people's sanity to share their outrage and know that others feel the same ...

19dacar52 comments on Feb 8, 2020:

I didn't get the point of the article in the link... Was it supposed to be pro trump?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 8, 2020:

@Surfpirate IF they are they generally don't last long. If anything pro Drumpf is posted I will remove it, and I do check at least once a day. Sometimes I let the poster of the offensive post remain, sometimes I block them from the group.

I got my new "bumper sticker" today, it is actually a magnet.

patchoullijulie comments on Feb 7, 2020:

I love it. Where did you get it?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 8, 2020:

@patchoullijulie I'm so happy to spread the word!

I got my new "bumper sticker" today, it is actually a magnet.

patchoullijulie comments on Feb 7, 2020:

I love it. Where did you get it?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 7, 2020:

I got mine from Amazon, but my search showed them on Etsy and Ebay as well, and likely some other sites. As I got it in less than 24 hours from Amazon, I'm pleased.

How old is too old?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 27, 2020:

I grew up not especially religious, default Xian because we weren't Jewish or Catholic. As an Army wife the chapel community offered lots of support and other young moms for friendship and companionship. I bought in for a while. I always had that WTF moment, but I needed support, especially far from...

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 6, 2020:

@johan17 I find most churches are focused on families with kids, and most church activities are kid focused. Bring those little blank slates in and indoctrinate them right! Far more attention is spent on Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, other kids programming than is spent on adult activities.

REMOVED Outdoors2020 [agnostic.

RavenCT comments on Feb 6, 2020:

@Hippiechick58 I reported him. I never would have caught the bio - but it seemed *familiar *and when I googled it? It brought up the site link - for **your** profile! Talk about a lazy scammer.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 6, 2020:

Thanks for reporting him. I wanted to keep access on him to keep an eye on him. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery I know, but ewwwwww.

It started with CBS’s Sunday Morning.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2020:

My parents generation has now all passed, and a few of my first cousins as well. My mom was the first of her generation to pass on, she passed at age 45. I internalized very young that tomorrow is not promised and today is all you have. Every day I try to tell people that are important to me how ...

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 2, 2020:

@Freedompath What I have learned is grief has no timeline. I missed my mom more when I had kids than I did when I was a teenager. And now that I have grands I miss her even more some days. She would have loved being a grandmother and loved the great grands beyond all else. I lost my first baby, and it gave me comfort to think she was in heaven being cared for by my mom. Leaving xianity meant accepting that neither mom nor Meagan would be there and I grieved that loss. Grieving is part of the human condition, I think it might be a measure of how much we love.

KLEPTOCRACY - Noun.

WonderWartHog99 comments on Feb 2, 2020:

## Is there no way I can participate in discussions in this web site without hearing about the Trump administration?

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 2, 2020:

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. I strongly desire to keep my freedoms, so I must pay attention to them at all times, and if/when I see mine being eroded I knows yours will be to, so I will speak out.

What would you decorate your baked potato with?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 1, 2020:

Cheese, sour cream, chili, broccoli and cheese, green onions, bacon bits, just about anything.

HippieChick58 replies on Feb 1, 2020:

@azzow2 I love broccoli, I add broccoli to lots of meals.

Lip lickers??? 🤔 I have never seen these before, have you?

freeofgod comments on Jan 28, 2020:

My gdaughters used to get these when they were young. Now it's hard to find a good lip balm that is not flavored.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 28, 2020:

I have been a chapstick girl most of my life. Now I make my own with a variety of oils and organic beeswax. It is fun to make, cheaper, and organic.

I used to LOVE playing this.

Cutiebeauty comments on Jan 27, 2020:

Teeter ball? I never played that..

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 27, 2020:

I am so sorry, you missed one of the greatest things of childhood! I was the class champ at Tether Ball for a while.

Child molester accepts "deal" with District Attorney's Office and gets probation

freeofgod comments on Jan 26, 2020:

Why does this crap keep happening?

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 27, 2020:

@freeofgod I agree!

Child molester accepts "deal" with District Attorney's Office and gets probation

freeofgod comments on Jan 26, 2020:

Why does this crap keep happening?

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 26, 2020:

Because women and girls are not valued in our society.

First transport of Jews to Auschwitz was 997 young Slovak women and teens If we replace Jew with ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 23, 2020:

I have visited Dachau, it breaks my heart that we have our own concentration camps on US soil again. Wasn't it enough to put the Japanese in camps. I wish I believed in hell because I know Donald would be turning on a spit forever. And in retrospect, that was a very bad place for a date, yes one...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 23, 2020:

@TheGreatShadow No, I've never heard of Unit 731, but nothing surprises me any longer. And I agree 110% we need to know more history and far less about celebrities. That is part of the reason I have turned off cable and am selective about my news. I don't give a rip about plastic people, like Brad, Angie, Demi, and I don't care what's on at the box office and who's sleeping where.

All of a sudden I am getting posts from people I have blocked.

KKGator comments on Jan 22, 2020:

Not yet. Then again, I think I've been blocked by more people than I have actually blocked myself. LOL

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 23, 2020:

@KKGator I have 5 blocked, and I think if they delete their profile they will drop off your list. If they just are not an active user then they will stay in your blocked list.

All of a sudden I am getting posts from people I have blocked.

KKGator comments on Jan 22, 2020:

Not yet. Then again, I think I've been blocked by more people than I have actually blocked myself. LOL

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 23, 2020:

@KKGator Last year for New Year's I unblocked everyone. At least one of them if not all of them ended up blocked again. Life is just too short to deal with a**holes first thing in the morning.

Paracosm: My kids had some fascinating worlds in their tiny little heads.

Cutiebeauty comments on Jan 22, 2020:

I've seen the word... There's a member in the community with this word as her username 😊

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 23, 2020:

That is fabulous! We are her prolonged imaginary world.

You mean like the rest of us have to pay for government workers health care?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 21, 2020:

We "force" other people to pay for roads, schools, police, and fire. I have absolutely no problem with that.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 22, 2020:

@rogerbenham Fer sure. My hospital is currently enlarging. They added many parking garage spaces, and floors and treatments. Yeah, I've seen the numbers, it is really incredible.

You mean like the rest of us have to pay for government workers health care?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 21, 2020:

We "force" other people to pay for roads, schools, police, and fire. I have absolutely no problem with that.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 22, 2020:

@rogerbenham I suspected you were teasing, but I tend to take things literally, and I got to go on and on which makes me a happy camper ;) The US could take lessons from Canada and most of Europe on socialized medicine. Ours is crazy, and I work for billing in a hospital.

WESLEYAN.

Cutiebeauty comments on Jan 22, 2020:

Never heard of this word before.. Is he the new jeebus Chrysler? 😂

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 22, 2020:

@Cutiebeauty And since you're a new mommy, John was about #13 or so out of 25 children. Can you imagine being pregnant 25 times? Not me!

WESLEYAN.

Cutiebeauty comments on Jan 22, 2020:

Never heard of this word before.. Is he the new jeebus Chrysler? 😂

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 22, 2020:

John Wesley was the son of an English cleric with a large family, born in 1703, and himself became a cleric, theologian and evangelist who was a leader of a revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The societies he founded became the dominant form of the independent Methodist movement that continues to this day, and he brought the foundation of the United Methodist Church to the US. He was also run out of the US, seems he got involved with a young lady he should not have been involved with. His brother Charles Wesley is the composer of many hymns still sung in the churches today. I was very active with the United Methodist church for many years and I've got an incredible ability to remember trivia such as this. Important stuff not so much.

Just got a phone call from my NH friend of 25 years Traci.

azzow2 comments on Jan 21, 2020:

I was once outside of a hospital which was also a cancer treatment center. The is where I observed a nurse wheeling a patient out of the hospital. The nurse then took a cigarette out of the pack and gave it to the patient then nurse lit the smoke. I could not resist to ask why she would encourage ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 22, 2020:

If I was a smoker and I was dying, what difference would it make if I had another cigarette? It might give some pleasure for a few minutes. There is a point where it just doesn't matter anymore, smoke em if you've got em.

You mean like the rest of us have to pay for government workers health care?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 21, 2020:

We "force" other people to pay for roads, schools, police, and fire. I have absolutely no problem with that.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 22, 2020:

@rogerbenham Can you imagine any area where everyone made their own roads... How wide, what surfacing, the infrastructure underneath it all. I've got road construction happening all around my neighborhood that has been going on for about 3 years. Its been annoying as hell, but also fascinating to watch the daily changes and amount of work that goes into it. New sewer lines have gone in, and power lines have been buried. The roads have been widened, some folks have lost about a quarter of their back yard. I bitch like hell because it has changed and lengthened my commute, but I'm actually very happy with it because a) employment of the workers increasing the local tax base and b) the finished product will shorten and improve my commute.

[agnostic.

IrishTxJudy comments on Jan 21, 2020:

I was just going to post about this guy. I have run into him previously on a dating site. I don’t remember which one, but he’s not legit. When I saw his profile pic I knew I had seen it before.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 21, 2020:

@IrishTxJudy thanks!

[agnostic.

IrishTxJudy comments on Jan 21, 2020:

I was just going to post about this guy. I have run into him previously on a dating site. I don’t remember which one, but he’s not legit. When I saw his profile pic I knew I had seen it before.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 21, 2020:

Would you please block him and report him to admin.

Feeling strange today.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 20, 2020:

I am sorry for your loss. The sad part of living longer is missing those who can't.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 21, 2020:

@Freedompath I have never forgotten. I remember each pet I've had, and I miss my mom now more than I did when she passed in 1972. I was 14. I missed her incredibly when my girls were little, there was so much I wanted to ask her, so many times I needed her advice. My MIL (mother in law) and I were poles apart on parenting, MIL never breast fed, my mom breast fed all 6 of us. MIL thought it was important to measure intake... I think forgetting those no longer with us would be the ultimate loss.

Eat like a vegan dog. 💚🌱

Cutiebeauty comments on Jan 20, 2020:

Vegan dog? I don't understand this...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 20, 2020:

@JackPedigo Given a chance my golden would snack on the poopsicles in the litter box.

Today I received my AARP card, my Medicare gap insurance card and my Medicare prescription card in ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 19, 2020:

I am about 3 years away, and looking forward to it. As of today 1083 days, but who's counting.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 19, 2020:

@IrishTxJudy I've been counting down the days for a while. But then about a year ago I was unemployed and paying for COBRA. I'm mostly trying to stay employed for the health insurance and because I will need a newer car one of these days not too far away.

You should see what comes out if you stick the flashlight into his ear!

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 18, 2020:

It is funny, also sad, gross, and disgusting as well. Oy the times we live in.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 19, 2020:

@BirdMan1 Yes, I use Oy vey even more frequently. Too many times recently it has been appropriate to use.

Sapiosexual I am a sapiosexual.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 17, 2020:

I love words and have a tendency to Grammar Nazi. Yes, I love people with big vocabularies and who can string together an interesting sentence. Once I see a sentence with U R in it, I'm pretty much done.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 17, 2020:

@ToolGuy I know!! It pops into your head at oh dark thirty and then sleep is gone for the night.

Happy Friday all!!!

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 17, 2020:

My Friday has snow!!!! The commute is going to blow, but it is FRIDAY.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 17, 2020:

@AnneWimsey Actually for a snowy day that was the best commute ever! And they kicked us out of work at 1:30, what is coming is even worse.So I'm home and I'm going to stay here until I absolutely have to go out..

Sapiosexual I am a sapiosexual.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 17, 2020:

I love words and have a tendency to Grammar Nazi. Yes, I love people with big vocabularies and who can string together an interesting sentence. Once I see a sentence with U R in it, I'm pretty much done.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 17, 2020:

@ToolGuy I do agree. I'm not willing to torture, starve, or otherwise hurt anyone, and I know too much about the holocaust to trivialize it. What term do you suggest? Grammar dictator? Grammar Protector? Persnickety about Grammar just doesn't measure up.

How To Challenge Cognitive Distortion.

Annaleda comments on Jan 16, 2020:

One of my biggest issues is bombarding thoughts. I’m going to print out this and carry it with me.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 16, 2020:

I'm so happy it helped you!

Do you put toast in the toaster?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 16, 2020:

The plural of moose is moose but the plural of goose is geese. Who says English is easy. I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble, but not you On hiccough, thorough, slough, and through? Well done! And now you wish, perhaps To learn of less ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 16, 2020:

@azzow2 Poetry not so much, but I LOVE words. I love big words, and I get in trouble at work because I use a 5 syllable word instead of a 2 syllable word. They tell me I need to keep my language usage at the 5th grade level. Siiiiigh.

Intelligent people of the world: this is what we're up against...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 14, 2020:

OOOOHHHHH dear dawg! I did a chicken pox playdate of sorts... I knew the kid had chicken pox and we went to Thanksgiving dinner at their house anyway. My kids were almost 2, 5, and 9. The 5 year old was sick two weeks later. Two weeks later on Christmas Eve day the grandparents were visiting and we ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 15, 2020:

@AnneWimsey I will have to check that out next time I am near a doctor (at least one that I don't work for.) Orrrrrr, I will check with Employee Health to see if they have the vaccines. I did get my flu shot at work, and TB tine test and a few others, no charge to us, it is building herd immunity and we do serve children at risk.

Intelligent people of the world: this is what we're up against...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 14, 2020:

OOOOHHHHH dear dawg! I did a chicken pox playdate of sorts... I knew the kid had chicken pox and we went to Thanksgiving dinner at their house anyway. My kids were almost 2, 5, and 9. The 5 year old was sick two weeks later. Two weeks later on Christmas Eve day the grandparents were visiting and we ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 15, 2020:

@AnneWimsey Yes, I remember my grandmother having a bad bout of shingles. I am sure that is in my future at some point as well. When I worked short term disability claims I had at least two claimants that were out of work for several weeks due to shingles. Nasty stuff.

I enjoy the interchanges of thoughts and feelings with many others on this site.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 12, 2020:

Awwwwww, how sweet of you to say so!! This is what keeps me coming back to this site. The community here is so supportive. I knew I found my peeps within just a few weeks on this site. There was a heck of a "discussion" and so many folks had my back it just blew me away.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 12, 2020:

@wordywalt Oh heck no, I raised kids and spent 6 years in the Army. That doesn't even make me a tiny bit self conscious. I don't know if anything ever will again.

I enjoy the interchanges of thoughts and feelings with many others on this site.

Fernapple comments on Jan 12, 2020:

The four horsewomen of the Apocalypse ?

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 12, 2020:

That is quite the title to live up to, I will do my best!

Bloomberg says "if it's Donald Trump vs. Bernie, I would support Bernie"

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 11, 2020:

I like Bernie, but I will vote for whoever is NOT Drumpf.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 11, 2020:

@SeaGreenEyez Yeah, I don't think Joe is the right candidate. I don't trust him, he has too many "friends" in high places and corporate boardrooms.

So I had a date today, I got all prettied up and went to the local sports bar that he suggested.

yamaha45701 comments on Jan 11, 2020:

I found a lady friend on POF, which I am still on. Sadly she passed away and its has been back to dating again. I mostly get ignored....lol....when I reach out and every woman who contacts me (which are only a few) are far away. The last three ladies who I did talk to who identified as christian ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 11, 2020:

I was on POF off and on since I was divorced. It seems that so many of the same pictures were still up there. Makes me wonder if they have any real people.

So I had a date today, I got all prettied up and went to the local sports bar that he suggested.

Robecology comments on Jan 11, 2020:

Time to work on falling in love...with yourself. No cats. Just you. https://thoughtcatalog.com/heidi-priebe/2016/03/40-everday-ways-to-fall-and-stay-in-love-with-yourself/

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 11, 2020:

Some of those I excel at. Read "A" new book a month? I use Goodreads. I recorded reading 41 books in 2019. I might have read more. Some days it takes me 12 or 13 hours to manage to get in 8 hours of sleep. Getting old ain't for sissies. I do most of the stuff on that list now. I'm quite content to be alone, I just thought I'd give it one last try. I guess it isn't meant to be.

It's been a rough month: my beautiful girl suddenly went into decline and we had to euthanize her on...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 11, 2020:

21 years is a good run for a cat. When I had to send my heart cat to the Rainbow Bridge I knew I'd never have another kitty like her, she was especially people bonded. A few months after she passed I got Xena, and about 10 months later I got Zelda. I love my girls, but they're not Miss Millie. Miss ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 11, 2020:

@Lauren My brother asked me if I named my kitties for gods, and I said Of course! I also wanted to use the less frequently used letters of the alphabet. Miss Millie's full name was The Millennium Kitten. She was born in 1999

So I had a date today, I got all prettied up and went to the local sports bar that he suggested.

RobertNappi2 comments on Jan 11, 2020:

Cats are very faithful!!!! Dating sites suck!!!!

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 11, 2020:

@Haemish1 I will not have a dog because that would require a fenced yard and more time in upkeep than I want to give at this time. I feed kitty girls daily, clean the litter boxes a few times a week and they're good. That is less than 30 minutes a day. And if I can't get home the cats don't need to be let out. I used to work 12 hour shifts that would frequently run over. I could be gone 15 hours a day. Now I might leave work after 8 hours but I might go to see the kids and not get home til bedtime. That is too long for a dog to be alone. And destruction... I had a golden when my kids were growing up. We crated him when we were out of the house. In any moment of inattention he could find more stuff to destroy. Puppy adolescence nearly killed both of us. After he got over that he was amazing, but I was also home most of the day and our yard was fenced.

So I had a date today, I got all prettied up and went to the local sports bar that he suggested.

Lauren comments on Jan 11, 2020:

What a jerk! I'm sorry you had to experience that. I wish there was a place to rate people on dating sites so you could leave feedback for things like that.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 11, 2020:

@TomMcGiverin When I blocked him the site did ask if I wanted to give feedback, and I did, simply stood me up for the first date. So, it is reported. I don't think it will do anything.

So I had a date today, I got all prettied up and went to the local sports bar that he suggested.

moosepucky comments on Jan 11, 2020:

You should have bounced off someone else in the bar. Not serious, just fun and laughs.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 11, 2020:

I am not a sports fan, so that would not have been my choice of venue anyway. The TVs were loud, and I have hearing aids which means too much noise to process easily. It was pretty early, there was a table of 4 buds who looked about 30. I don't think there was anyone at the bar. No, I hung around for a few minutes, but I'm not terribly heart broken. Now I need to go get groceries and lunch.

Here we go again

Killtheskyfairy comments on Jan 11, 2020:

He’s a waste of life!

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 11, 2020:

Total waste of oxygen.

The ICHTHUS.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 11, 2020:

I have had a fish on my car, and I got over it. Not the current car... Now when I see it on a car I judge them. If they are not a good, observant, nice driver then I wish them to hell. OK, I wish most drivers to hell, especially during rush hour. But when you put that label out there you're saying ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 11, 2020:

@MissKathleen Lack of sleep last night, up too late and then woke up too early. I did get a nap in today. Luckily we don't work on Saturday or Sunday, however I pass where I work almost every day as it is on the main drag in the city, between me and two of my kids.

How To Challenge Cognitive Distortion.

RavenCT comments on Jan 10, 2020:

Go get your hearing checked. It's so worth it. It's much better to know what's going on than to imagine what might be happening. We all have some loss with age - but there are hearing aids and also equipment made so that you can hear much better on the phone than what you are now. (Adaptive ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 11, 2020:

@RavenCT I talked to a mom a few weeks ago who has over $50,000 worth of Infusion Therapy bills for her child that her insurance refuses to pay. The insurance company said the hospital was negligent, well that got our attention and within hours I the office produced document proof that we did everything the company asked us to do. So this major insurance company is fucking over a family who has a kid with cancer. The mom has to sue, and we have provided her with the information, but she is so overwhelmed she cannot think straight. And this is one of the BIG insurance companies that is usually pretty good. This poor mom must have felt like a ping pong ball, calling the hospital and then calling insurance then repeat, and in the meantime dealing with a sick kid. Yes, we NEED universal health care. Insurance companies should never be for profit. They should NEVER make a profit off of sick children.

How To Challenge Cognitive Distortion.

RavenCT comments on Jan 10, 2020:

Go get your hearing checked. It's so worth it. It's much better to know what's going on than to imagine what might be happening. We all have some loss with age - but there are hearing aids and also equipment made so that you can hear much better on the phone than what you are now. (Adaptive ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 10, 2020:

@RavenCT I think when people feel overwhelmed they get defensive and complain. There are so many things about the billing and insurance world that are confusing and scary for families. The American health system is making people sick and the only ones getting rich are the insurance company, drug company, and hospital CEOs. It doesn't have to be this hard, in fact I regard it as downright immoral.

How To Challenge Cognitive Distortion.

AncientNight comments on Jan 10, 2020:

Concerning your hearing loss, have you had your doctor check it out? It could be something as simple as earwax built up in your ears. That's a problem that I have. If that's the case, get an ear syringe (it's like a rubber bulb that can squirt water out of it) and a bottle of Hydrogen Peroxide. ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 10, 2020:

I started wearing hearing aids 4 months ago. They're a pain in the ass, or ears rather. But I do hear better. Better is not perfect, and they can't manage perfect hearing yet. I do have ear drops because the hearing aids are a bit irritating. No blockages, just getting older.

How To Challenge Cognitive Distortion.

RavenCT comments on Jan 10, 2020:

Go get your hearing checked. It's so worth it. It's much better to know what's going on than to imagine what might be happening. We all have some loss with age - but there are hearing aids and also equipment made so that you can hear much better on the phone than what you are now. (Adaptive ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 10, 2020:

I started wearing hearing aids 4 or 5 months ago. They're a pain in the ass... or ears, but I do hear better. I did not hear from my super regarding the complaint, but then I had another customer complain today. BUT that one spoke to my lead, and from the sound of the call the lead told her pretty much everything that I already had. I did get new headsets for my phone several weeks ago. I live by the saying that everything will be OK in the end. If it isn't OK it isn't the end.

How To Challenge Cognitive Distortion.

Freedompath comments on Jan 9, 2020:

I am so sorry Hippie...my first thought was concerning your customer on the phone...people are hurting, uncertainty is in the air...every one has a tv and if the world news isn’t seen, then the local news will be giving all the mishaps of the day (or repeats of yesterday’s ‘mishaps’ ), your...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 10, 2020:

Thank you for your care and concern. I am here every day, and I post usually every day. I am kinda down now, I have a cold coming on. My job has been a frustration, I feel like I've entered and episode of the movie "Mean Girls" just the Mean Girls are now working in my office. It is kinda dysfunctional, or more than just kinda. I am really good at putting stuff off til tomorrow :) I do try to keep up with the self care. I think it is just the post holiday winter doldrums. And to boot it is snowing and cold today. It is the weekend, I'm still employed, I will be OK. I have gotten through harder stuff before.

WORST BIRTHDAY STORIES Today I'm 62! 43 years ago I was in Army Basic Training at Ft.

Cutiebeauty comments on Jan 6, 2020:

OK first of all im very impressed you were in the military! You are such a strong woman and I wish you much. My worst birthday was when I was eleven.. My mom and dad were gone.. I was alone.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 6, 2020:

I am so sorry for your loss at such a young age. My mom passed on when she was 45 and I was 14. I miss her always, I missed her most when my babies were little. There were so many questions I wanted to ask her. I am thankful to be here to get to know my grandbabies, and my kids as adults. As for being strong, yes because I had to be. When the only option is to be strong you never lose that. Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "A woman is like a tea bag, you don't know how strong she is until she gets in hot water."

WORST BIRTHDAY STORIES Today I'm 62! 43 years ago I was in Army Basic Training at Ft.

Pralina1 comments on Jan 6, 2020:

Happy birthday sweetheart ♥️ I hope u having a great day ♥️♥️♥️

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 6, 2020:

I went to work as usual, but it was an OK day.

The short straw: seven reasons why vertically challenged men have it harder

Freedompath comments on Jan 5, 2020:

From a logic view point, fighting who/what we are want make our lives work better! Growing up I was always the tallest girl, and I was poked fun at sometimes! In all my school pictures, I am usually on the back row and I still stood out as the tallest. In high school I was called ‘long John ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 6, 2020:

My grandmother was born in 1905, she topped out at 5'11". Did her height get passed on to her daughter or granddaughters, oh hell no. No, I got her arthritis in the left thumb. I'd have rather had the height.

Hackers deface U.S. government website with pro-Iranian message [yahoo.com]

glennlab comments on Jan 5, 2020:

A little defended, low value target, they need to screw with Trump's hotel & resort reservation systems if they want to retaliate.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 6, 2020:

@TheGreatShadow @glennlab Thanks guys!! You could be a textbook example of civility! I really appreciate it. And just to be crystal clear, NO SARCASM!

Not ever.

Kynlei comments on Jan 5, 2020:

I just got a weighted blanket and let me tell you, it's got potential to be dangerous for me. It's so wonderfully comforting that if I try to get out of bed, it pushes back as if to say, "No, just stay." I now find myself thinking about the blanket more and more. I fear I will soon be thinking only ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 5, 2020:

@RavenCT I got a weighted blanket a few weeks ago. LOVE IT. Can't wait to retire so I never have to leave it.

Comfort foods?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 4, 2020:

Chocolate, especially Rocky Road Ice Cream. I like grilled cheese and tomato soup as well.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 4, 2020:

@resserts Thank you!! I've never heard it before and it's perfect!

Don't abbreviate 2020. It's for your own good.

MrDragon comments on Jan 4, 2020:

People still use checks?

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 4, 2020:

@JackPedigo Yes, people still use checks, though I admit I use far fewer than ever before. My HOA gets a check every year. I know I wrote about 5 checks last year, and that is the only one I remember, mostly cuz it was written in December.

I’m Not ‘Blessed.’ I’m An Atheist And I Don’t Need God To Give Thanks Or Show Gratitude

Cast1es comments on Jan 1, 2020:

The term , "bless ," means , to make happy . So , I'm sorry you aren't happy . That said , if you're having a big fancy meal with family , perhaps it would make sense to thank the people who prepared the meal and the people who grew the crops and those who brought it to the market and those who ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 1, 2020:

The definition I find for bless is: pronounce words in a religious rite, to confer or invoke divine favor upon; ask God to look favorably on. I'm happy, and very happy I'm not trying to win the favor of an imaginary being. I also frequently express gratitude. I am grateful to those who farmed the food, and prepared the food, I am always aware of our interconnetedness. None of us are an island.

Happy new Decade to all of you! (L) (L) (L) With best wishes for health and healing.

HippieChick58 comments on Dec 31, 2019:

When I was a child I had realization one day that I would be alive in the year 2000, and how old I would be. This must have been in the mid to late 60s. It seemed so far away and so old!!! Now we're looking at 2020, and I am looking at being 62 in just a few days. In some ways I don't feel older ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 1, 2020:

@RavenCT My youngest little bitty kitch will lay down in the path and let it run into her. Then it backs up and changes direction. Both of the bitty kitches will drop toys in its path til it sucks one up and stops. Then when I get home I have to find it, untangle it, and restart or recharge it. I haven't seen either one try to ride it, but I do believe it is deliberate that they try to stop it. I have mine scheduled to run about 1.5 hours before I leave work, so in theory it would be done before or shortly after I get home. Most days it doesn't happen that way.

Happy new Decade to all of you! (L) (L) (L) With best wishes for health and healing.

HippieChick58 comments on Dec 31, 2019:

When I was a child I had realization one day that I would be alive in the year 2000, and how old I would be. This must have been in the mid to late 60s. It seemed so far away and so old!!! Now we're looking at 2020, and I am looking at being 62 in just a few days. In some ways I don't feel older ...

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 1, 2020:

@RavenCT At least I have a robovac, I love that little tool. It vacuums and amuses my cats. If it also did windows I'd think I died and went to heaven.

Happy New Year, you godless heathens!!!

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 1, 2020:

Is godless heathen a redundancy? So I Googled it, and heathen is someone who does not believe in the Abrahamic religions, so not redundant and I accept the sobriquet of godless heathen with grace and dignity.

HippieChick58 replies on Jan 1, 2020:

@KKGator Thank you!! And right back atcha! I hope 2020 brings us what our hearts desire most, the restoration of common sense, dignity, and humanity to the government of the US.

Americans Favor Fifteen Dollars an Hour for Congress 😄😂🤣😁 By Andy Borowitz - April ...

DharmaBum50 comments on Dec 31, 2019:

And let's add a $1,000 per-bill penalty for senators who don't do their jobs and leave stacks of unfinished work collecting dust on their desks.

HippieChick58 replies on Dec 31, 2019:

Not only that, but the fines will be paid to the state general election fund of whichever party they are not affiliated with.

What’s your dream first date (real or imagined)?

Cast1es comments on Dec 31, 2019:

Currently corresponding with a handsome doctor , who lives in California , Michigan . Just one more in a very long line of scammers , apparently . A dream first date ( not that I ever reach the first date stage ) , would include intelligent conversation that does not begin and end with his interest ...

HippieChick58 replies on Dec 31, 2019:

He's corresponding with me as well, but you can have him. I have no interest in California, Michigan. I have a feeling he actually lives in Botswana, Nigeria.

[agnostic.

Cast1es comments on Dec 30, 2019:

Hi HippieChick58 , He had no bio info when he wrote me , but posted the photo later . My response was , he's too handsome ( AND a doctor ? ) to be on a dating site . Have a feeling the photo may be a model /or from an advertisement ? We can dream , can't we ? Just don't send money .

HippieChick58 replies on Dec 30, 2019:

Yes, way too pretty, and way too well educated to be on a dating site. The photos are stock photos for all sorts of advertisements. I have dated a doc I met on a dating site. He wasn't looking for a girl friend, he was looking to get laid. He was not willing that I should meet any of his acquaintances. I'm not willing to be a side piece. Docs are acutely aware that they "have a position to uphold" and not everyone will fit. If he's a real person I'm Miss America.

Gonna be a vegetable for the next couple of hours and watch Office Space.

HippieChick58 comments on Dec 28, 2019:

I am helping an adult child learn to crochet. I've been crocheting since I was 12. She didn't care to learn til now, and she is really enjoying it.

HippieChick58 replies on Dec 28, 2019:

@MrLizard Well, start with easier stuff, you'll work up to the Yodas and unicorns.

Gonna be a vegetable for the next couple of hours and watch Office Space.

HippieChick58 comments on Dec 28, 2019:

I am helping an adult child learn to crochet. I've been crocheting since I was 12. She didn't care to learn til now, and she is really enjoying it.

HippieChick58 replies on Dec 28, 2019:

@MrLizard, @AnneWimsey is right. Dexterity comes with time, and I can still crochet despite having arthritis in my hands. I love to watch the colors blend and the creation take shape. I crochet while I watch movies.

Texas news crew nearly hit by tractor-trailer in crash caught on camera

silverotter11 comments on Dec 28, 2019:

I use to love driving in the fog at night not during the day. Now I dislike driving in general 'cause everyone is in such a huge hurried an sometimes not paying attention.

HippieChick58 replies on Dec 28, 2019:

Morning rush hour makes me cray cray. Too many damn fools not paying attention to traffic but looking at their phones. I cuss like a sailor when I'm in traffic.

Just left a disappointing date with a woman I’ve corresponded with online for a few weeks.

demifeministgal comments on Dec 26, 2019:

I would not call what she did farming out her son. Sometimes peoples' disabilities combined with their refusal to have abortions, causes such unfortunate circumstances. I have a fb friend who is mentally disabled and living in poverty. And him and his wife put the special needs kids in foster care, ...

HippieChick58 replies on Dec 26, 2019:

@Bobbyzen I moved out of Kansas 15 years ago, and the more I find out the happier I am with that move.

We’re Getting Old, but We’re Not Doing Anything About It

freeofgod comments on Dec 24, 2019:

The way the elderly are warehoused is horrible.

HippieChick58 replies on Dec 24, 2019:

@freeofgod Let me rephrase... I will not go. If it is decided I need to go because I need assistance I will take another option even if it means moving to Oregon.

We’re Getting Old, but We’re Not Doing Anything About It

freeofgod comments on Dec 24, 2019:

The way the elderly are warehoused is horrible.

HippieChick58 replies on Dec 24, 2019:

I don't plan on ever going to a "Senior Living" facility.

MESSENGER SURPRISE Today I suddenly have 184 messages in my private box, dated from May 2018 ...

HippieChick58 comments on Dec 22, 2019:

I did find that all the PM that I archived are now back in my inbox.

HippieChick58 replies on Dec 22, 2019:

@sweetcharlotte I think it can. when a new message from that person comes up it will bring itself out of archive. I don't think I've investigated bringing it out of archive myself.

Ex-KY Governor: I Pardoned a Child Rapist Since His Victim’s Hymen Was Intact Leave it to a ...

HippieChick58 comments on Dec 21, 2019:

The hymen doesn't always get broken. Wiki it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymen The state of the hymen is such a long freaking standing piece of misinformation.

HippieChick58 replies on Dec 22, 2019:

@TheGreatShadow In the context of this conversation this child was raped by a male. Whereas I am sorry for the assault you suffered, I was replying in context with the conversation.