The Retirement Thread

[Drago]

Night Johnboy.

 

[classic33]

Night Johnboy.

Night GranMa

 

[Dirk]

Right......had enough excitement for today.
Off to bed now.
Night all.

 

[classic33]

Right......had enough excitement for today.
Off to bed now.
Night all.

Sithi

 

[12boy]

The pimple has been squeezed. Trump was elected because of:
Russian involvement
The hatred many have for Hilary Clinton
The illusion he was a Washington outsider who wasn't part of politics as usual
The idea he was a competent businessman who could run the govt effectively
Payback for the sin of a electing a black president
Otherwise intelligent people wanted to load the supreme court with conservative justices who would get rid of Roe vs Wade, support gun ownership and other rightwing sacred cows. I can't deny we, as a country, look pathetic and out of control. However, if we clean house after this period of insanity perhaps we can prove that no matter how bad a government may be we can recover from it. I fear it will be a long time before E Pluribus Unum becomes possible. Interesting times. However, any ridicule that comes our way is well deserved. The obvious parallel to Germany of the late 30s has been worrying me a lot. This could have gone so much worse..... a racist sociopath with the worlds largest military hasn't worked well in the past.

 

[classic33]

The pimple has been squeezed. Trump was elected because of:
Russian involvement
The hatred many have for Hilary Clinton
The illusion he was a Washington outsider who wasn't part of politics as usual
The idea he was a competent businessman who could run the govt effectively
Payback for the sin of a electing a black president
Otherwise intelligent people wanted to load the supreme court with conservative justices who would get rid of Roe vs Wade, support gun ownership and other rightwing sacred cows. I can't deny we, as a country, look pathetic and out of control. However, if we clean house after this period of insanity perhaps we can prove that no matter how bad a government may be we can recover from it. I fear it will be a long time before E Pluribus Unum becomes possible. Interesting times. However, any ridicule that comes our way is well deserved. The obvious parallel to Germany of the late 30s has been worrying me a lot. This could have gone so much worse..... a racist sociopath with the worlds largest military hasn't worked well in the past.

The actions of a minority do not reflect the majority.

Take care.

 

[ColinJ]

The actions of a minority do not reflect the majority.

The problem in the USA at the moment is that the crazy minority almost IS the majority!

I have been saying for months that Trump was not going to go quietly and that is becoming horribly true. He appears to be following a scorched earth policy - "If I can't have it, then nobody else will!"

I have just been hearing rumours that the 25th Amendment might be invoked to throw him out before he can do even more damage. The problem then would be, what would his nutcase followers do next? I could see assassinations, bomb plots, sabotage...

Anyway, enough excitement for one day... Almost 04:00 here and time to climb the wooden hill.

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. Yet another icy one I was peering out the window trying to decide if it was just wet or icy and happened to see the lady along the road, who is a postie, leaving for work on foot. She nearly fell twice just coming down her drive!

 

[Tenkaykev]

Good morning fellow retirees,

A very hard frost overnight. Bit of a relapse on the lurgy front, must be patient, three more days of antibiotics. Fell asleep during Repair Shack last night so I’ll find it on iplayer and see the bits that I missed.
Have a peaceful day folks

 

[Drago]

Like Trump supporters in the Senate building, I have risen!

 

[welsh dragon]

Morning. -4 here. Brrrrrr

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning folks, I'm still under the covers, which is unusual, even more unusual is that I haven't ridden yet this week.

 

[Mo1959]

Good morning folks, I'm still under the covers, which is unusual, even more unusual is that I haven't ridden yet this week.

I haven’t ridden since 27th November. Can’t say I’m missing it while the weather is like this.

 

[PaulSB]

I cannot fathom why the states voted for him in the first place. Just goes to show that you don't need brains to be in charge over there

Or to vote.......

 

[Dave7]

Like Trump supporters in the Senate building, I have risen!

The difference being you have brains