Same Brenda. But I’m figuring either shit goes so bad that my retirement money is just a pipe dream, or I’ve got long enough that it can bounce back. I hope.
Kaylee: Is that him? Mal: That's the buffet table. Kaylee: Well how can we be sure, unless we question it?
'Shindig'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
meara - Mar 04, 2025 4:48:12 pm PST #5883 of 7026
brenda m - Mar 04, 2025 5:02:07 pm PST #5884 of 7026
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Laura - Mar 04, 2025 5:08:50 pm PST #5885 of 7026
Our wings are not tired.
In the same boat, Brenda. It is very challenging to keep to my plan, but my life experience tells me to hold tight. The volatility with TFG topping himself daily with the insanity is heart stopping. I still look, but I have to hang in there and not bail. As much as my portfolio has dipped, it is nothing compared to the billionaire buddies. He is going to start feeling the heat. He'll reverse the tariffs just like he reverses other gross errors. He will declare he won and take them away.
Don't look at the last month, look at the last 10 years. It's going to continue to be a roller coaster.
JenP - Mar 04, 2025 5:20:50 pm PST #5886 of 7026
Oh, wow, those eagles... and babies. And the view. It's all very soothing. Thank you.
-t - Mar 04, 2025 5:46:37 pm PST #5887 of 7026
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Aw, squeaky chirpy eagles
Hil R. - Mar 04, 2025 8:49:38 pm PST #5888 of 7026
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Same Brenda. But I’m figuring either shit goes so bad that my retirement money is just a pipe dream, or I’ve got long enough that it can bounce back. I hope.
Same. I'm not getting Social Security in any case (government job), and I hope I won't be retiring for at least another twenty years or so, and I tend to invest pretty conservatively, so I'm hoping everything will work out on that front.
In other annoyances, the ADHD meds shortage continues. The past several months, my doctor has had to call the pharmacy each month and find out what they happen to have in stock so that she can prescribe me that, so my dosage has been changing every thirty days. It's getting ridiculous.
Cashmere - Mar 04, 2025 11:06:23 pm PST #5889 of 7026
Now tagless for your comfort.
I am eating all the Girl Scout Cookies* I ordered from trans Girl Scouts. *not made from real girls but sold by real girls.
dcp - Mar 05, 2025 6:14:54 am PST #5890 of 7026
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
::sigh::
Old-folks problem. I slept on my hand. Now it hurts enough that I want to take some ibuprofen to relieve the pain -- but my hand hurts too much to open the bottle.
Mild heat will have to do, for now.
Laura - Mar 05, 2025 6:57:54 am PST #5891 of 7026
Our wings are not tired.
Ouch! Yes, the bottle tops can be ridiculously difficult to open. See also, Gatorade bottles. I don't drink the stuff but I have to open the bottles for my sister.
dcp - Mar 05, 2025 7:30:57 am PST #5892 of 7026
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
From the movie Lawrence of Arabia
“Certainly it hurts.”
“Well, what's the trick then?”
“The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.”
I am failing at that, today.