Plan B Forum

The older I get, the less 'routine' my own perception of my medical constraints and treatment seems to be Take time to enjoy the cute nurses. Best wishes. As part of your recovery, go to Fairmont Park in Philidelphia and ponder your statue. We don't hold it against you that you were not born in the ...

I think he would have no objections at all. Thanks Joe. Snailgate.

As a useful analogue for current affairs in the USA, this week is a good time to review the book of Samuel. Nice comparisons of what you get with a human government based on leadership by the 'better' people. Greed soon conquers all.

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'I really wish I had grasped in my youth how common stupidity really is' I got that enlightenment working as a retail store clerk. It is an amazing thing to face up to just how stupid the general public is, by definition half are less than 101 IQ. That is really bad. Looking back on it I realize my ...

According to my records this would be his 77th. He always lived out the purpose of this board--above all, ARGUE! He would be proud to agree that the universe shows some evidence of intelligence design in as much as the domesticated cat rarely thrives to be 77 years old. But neither did Ray. I am rem...

headline from the Washington Post today: Supreme Court rules against ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ+ minors This is described as a free speech infringement decision. Banning conversion therapy is a violation of free speech rights. OK. Then does that mean states cannot require a mental health ...

What would be justice? You ask on the day before Palm Sunday? There is no justice in this world.

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According to all the information that has ben presented to me, there is valid historical proof (valid according to today's standards) that the Jesus described in the first three gospels, did exist. Also, that he was an observant Jew, consistent with the practices typical in his day. snailgate. But I...

PS. I laughed my self silly when I was working a checkpoint on the fourth Race Across America. Lon Haldeman (first person to ride coast to coast in less than ten days!) came through wearing the Dettos with the Italian flag painted black and white Nike Swooshes painted on the sides of the shoes. That...

I was never a participant in organized sports. I went into bicycle racing as a supporter of the racing events put on by my local adult recreational bike club. I learned that real bike shoes came only in european sizes I was recommended as a size 39-- from a 6-and-a-half 3E ! Then I leaned that the o...

As as far as I can tell, the great sailor, Chris Columbus, never visited any place that is now part of the Nation/state of USofA. Not any of the 50 states, not a territory, not a protectorate. So just what is the reason our stable genius leader wants the stature on his front porch? Did Columbus perh...

There is the rub, of course,. What the did was not illegal. Once upon a time, in another century, It was important for American politicians to not just not break the law, but not cross the bounds of immorality. As an American Statesman once said when he was a president under impeachment, it all depe...

TACO. Trump always chickens out. Today I head him say 'We tried to negotiate but it didn't work so we will go back to bombing their little hearts out." What is the general wisdom about continuing a particular failing activity, expecting a different result? It makes me smile, until I remember I am sm...

I grew up at the Corner of 20th Street and Overton Avenue. I tried but was never able to discover who Overton was in Jackson County Missouri. There are many towns named Overton, but who knows? Given time this all fades. The High School athletes get their names in the local paper, but few are remembe...

Ray's birthday is soon. I will post a reminder on that date. With some kind of comment on tha ambience of his last address.

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In the fall of 1972 I was working 12 hour shifts five days a week, from noon to midnight, with a 25 mile commute each way. Once I left the company parking lot at Glasgow, Delaware about 1am, headed for Rt 40 South to Maryland. Suddenly I saw the lights of the tolls both at a bridge in Perryville, Ma...

IMNSHO, Mrs DJ Trump is incredible. I give her no credit for anything, beyond perhaps, being a human being.

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I moved to Delaware in 1972. I learned that here the legal age for a woman to get married was 14, with parental consent. I was told this had been recently changed from 12. In that kind of legal environment, I cannot imagine what 'statutory rape' might have been,. I did become friends with a woman be...

I have had training in how to train--both people and dogs. The commonality is that pain is a useful lever. But love is more efficient if one is looking for long-term results. If learning is defined as changed behavior, the student must be convinced that the pleasant or unpleasant experience is the r...

Thank you, MajGenl. Succinct and on point as usual.

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