You think its admin? Or just a manifestation of natural decay in a system that is not being maintained? I haven't been able to post anything for months now. WTF. How were you able to? Last time I was successful it took like 7 tries. Now no amount of trying produces results.

@Flyingsaucesir I'm not sure who or what it is but it is likely connected to changes in our accounts. Those that made the missing posts should be able to see their post is gone now. I see no benefit to admin or anyone on that level removing just a few posts. Before the entire post would vanish quickly or refuse to post at all. This is new.

@DenoPenno So the system is falling apart. Like everything else, it seems. BTW, I have substantially re-written my comment below. I was not at all satisfied with how I first expressed my thoughts. I think I have made some improvements. I hope you agree.

@Flyingsaucesir same here

basically, what you are saying is that we're f*ck. i couldn't agree more.

@callmedubious If Trump's big, beautiful turd does pass, I think it will lead to the Dems taking both houses of Congress. Hope springs eternal.

Looks good.Mixing subjects is sometimes better than just sticking to one as a main. If subject matter is mixed a person might be able to see how the writer thinks along subjects in a more clear way. Just my ideas on it.

BTW, I've wanted to post some BS from my growing up days that in my opinion puts my parents looking like blathering idiots. One such incident is that as a child I would walk up the road with my grandma and we would all watch The Red Foley Show live from Springfield, Mo. at my uncle's house.That was impossible from where we lived but the show was re-broadcast 4 years later from a local station that we could get. My folks took the story as being some lie that I told and fantasy that I was stuck in. All they had to do was use common sense and talk to the adults. I lived with my grandma at the time and when we went to my uncle's just up the road for our TV night I think we both knew what we were watching. This was all a big issue my parents had and they never asked any adults about it one way or another. They knew their kid was a liar. I have other similar stories that will stick with me as long as I live.

@DenoPenno Don't get me started on my parents. Let's just say that they were young, well-meaning, but made some mistakes. For some time I thought I must have been adopted. As for technology, we lived out in the boondocks, and even with a very tall antenna our TV only received one channel. Our telephone was on a party line, where neighbors (whose house might be miles away) could pick up their handset and listen in on your calls. Each number had its own distinctive ring. People don't know what a party line is anymore.

@Flyingsaucesir and Deno Even in suburbia there is dysfunction. Happy childhood but weird. We had TV but it was upstairs in the small 4th bedroom. It had to move downstairs when it became apparent my twin and I could NOT reside in the same bedroom. Oh the fights we had!! Some may have read my comments about my MAGA nutter, religous, bigoted twin. Even when the TV went into the livingroom we did not get to watch it much. Some cartoons on Saturday morning. Mom listened to news radio. Dad's hobby was drawing and painting, he had a little studio set up in the back corner of the basement, he listened to WMMR the rock station broadcasting from Philly, classical, some opera but no country/western. All underlined with a dysfunctionality I only figured out in my 20s. Before I even figured it out I saw Harold and Maude, this was about a year after the movie came out.
It really taught me how to laugh at the absurd, moving 3,000 miles away when I was 20 was also a huge plus.
To the point (I first typed pinot, how freudian-lol), as a twin we had very different personalities and perspectives. On my own at 20 getting a TV was not high on things I needed list. Di, my twin, always had TV once on her own, which was some years after I flew the coop. VERY GOP and not open to the other pov. Our younger sister and I are much more alike in our thinking and world view, she's Wicca and has the same issues I have with Christianity.
Point of view and perspective. Oh, my Aunt Ida who lived a few blocks away had a party line our house di not. I still remember the old number 609-877-8137, when Mom passed our neice bought the house but did not keep the land line, but did keep the old black rotary dial phone that had sat on the bedside table in my parents bedroom.

Great story about the trip to Mt. St. Helens. I was on a vacation trip to WA State to visit the only person I knew on the west coast, he lived in Bremerton, WA. I was 20, flew out of Philadelphia, it was my first time flying and it was a gas!! I loved it. The real treat was flying into Seattle on a lovely cyrstal clear day in late July, the pilot did the fly around and Rainier was magnificent! Funny thing was it felt like I was coming home. I never returned to NJ to live, just visit. 10 years later I was working at the Seattle P-l newspaper when St. Helens erupted.
I did some crazy shit between 16-20 but once I was on my own with no parental parachute I was more button down, only minor dumb stuff. LOL

@silverotter11 On a separate trip, also with Craig and Brian, I climbed up to Camp Muir (elevation 10,188 ft.), on Mt. Rainier. We started hiking at around 4 am under a clear, cold sky. Not long after the sun came up, we all started shedding clothing. In addition to food and water, we were all carrying downhill skis, boots, and poles up the mountain, intending to ski back down. The climb proved to be hot work. The sun was beating down, and its reflection off the snow was blinding. We all had our dark glacier goggles and sunscreen, so this was not a problem. I took off my jacket and opened the fly on my wool pants. It wasn't long before the pants came off. At Camp Muir we rested, ate our sandwiches and prepared to ski down. I put my pants back on, and noticed I had a bit of a sunburn in the area that had probably never seen the sun, between the tan line high on the backs of my legs and the lower edge of my briefs. By the time we got back to Tacoma, a field of blisters has risen up, and I couldn't sit down. The blisters would pop and weep, then sort of heal, only to be replaced by another wave of blisters. This went on for more than a week. It was a valuable lesson: when applying sunscreen, omit NO exposed area, especially if it's one where the sun don't shine!

Are you twins identical or fraternal?

@Flyingsaucesir LOL!! The sun reflecting off the white snow will burn those amazingly fast!! We are identical and not mirror image. The University of Washington (Udub to locals) started a twin registry a while back, using a new thing when getting or renewing your drivers license; asking if you are a twin. I received the request in the mail and it wanted to know if they could contact my twin. Diane, my twin also signed up to the registry.
At some point they asked if we would provide a DNA sample, it was explained how it was secure, etc. I did it and so did my twin. The request also wanted to know whether I wanted to be notified if the DNA results showed we were not identical. I replied, "fuck yeah! It would go a long way to explaining my Mom's behavior. LOL'"
So, it is confirmed we are identical. The whole thing was started because medical research and such finds the use of twins helpful.
It is odd to look at some baby pictures and not know which one is me.

@silverotter11 The term "identical twins" is misleading, because even though two people may share the same genes, there is always a little variation in the way the genes are expressed. And as the years pass, the slight differences in gene expression accumulate, and thus become more noticeable. However, twin studies can still provide valuable insights, especially in cases where twins are separated at birth, on the subject of nature versus nurture. NASA is not wasting the opportunity to study their twin astronauts, one of whom has spent significantly more time in space than the other. Having a twin to compare to is probably as close as scientists will ever come to having a control in physiological or psychological studies.