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Warnings to the general air: Things can go swimmingly well during the e-mail/video/phone-call segment of a potential relationship, but the chemistry can be quite the opposite in person. There's also "marry in haste, repent in leisure." There's also the issue of whether one would choose to associate with -- let alone marry -- a fellow countryman who had any kind of criminal record, let alone one longer than his/her arm. But these are warnings to the general air.

This is quite touching. I respect the dude. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Fetterman: I saved a teenager from jumping off a bridge Senator John Fetterman was driving near his home in Braddock, Pennsylvania, when he saw a teenager leaning under the Westinghouse Bridge. "That kid was literally on the rail and was ready to jump," he says. Fetterman, who has written candidly about his own battles with suicidal thoughts and depression in his new memoir, Unfettered, knew he had to act. But when he parked his car on August 16 this year, he hesitated at first. [...] https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/john-fetterman-fall-hospital-book-condition-3xfw000nv

Scintillating Tuesday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling (?) Tuesday report, see man: Took HSM but still got ~1 hour of zzz, this must end man. Breakfasted/skoolbused Mini-B., groggy Two Guys man. Returned for siesta #1 and actually dozed a little, semi-zzz we man. As soon as we arose, Mama T-B. called, aysheep senior she man. She aysheeped about complete hearsay from completely clueless hospice idiots, we man. We called an administratrix at the hospice outfit, engaged/concerned she man. She will come to Mama T-B.'s facility on Wednesday, caucus with us and berate idiots she man. This chica and the Nigerian nooser are the only two hospice people worth a poop, conclude and we man. So after this delay of 2 hours, we planned our day, several items man. Lunch was 2 bagels + margarine, ingest we man. Then, Uncle T-B. called, aysheep senior he man. He aysheeped that he was nearly out of one of his blood-pressure pills, aysheep senior he man man. "I have only Many (2+2+2) of them left and I'll have a heart attack, bye man," man. The pharmacy phone line rang twice and then cut off, Many tries and we man. We learned via another source that Many00 pills were Rx'd in Manytember, research we man. Uncle T-B. should have had far more than just Many pills remaining, cipher we man. We ran an errand for Mini-B., run we man. We stopped to feed mini-miu, little orange boy mini-miu man. Mini-miu was out of food but wasn't hungry, wanted to play man. We tossed a little fluffy ball at him, toss we man. Mini-miu grabbed it by mouth, dropped it by some vertical blinds, and batted it all around, loud racket man. We regretfully had to leave while mini-miu still wanted to play, man. Siesta #2 was a waste even without Uncle T-B.'s two more phone calls, voice-mailed by we man man. Mini-B. came from skool around when we up-gave on the siesta, quiet wee man man. We said that we were going to help Uncle T-B., unenthusiastic we man. We had to answer 2 texts from Uncle T-B.'s amigo to whom he'd complained, we man. We left for Uncle T-B.'s precisely during skoolzone traffic/speed limits, man. We'll never fathom why skoolzone speeds remain in effect long after no stoodents are in sight, man. Uncle T-B. had not Many (2+2+2) but instead Many (2x2x2x2) pills left, man. This was a Many-day ([2x2x2]-day) supply, no need to go aysheep man. We went in person to pharmacy, personal we man. Pharmacy was waiting to get enough pills to fill full Rx, just wait a day or two man. They gave us enough for another Many (2+2+1) days, their entire inventory man. We brought these back to Uncle T-B., grateful senior he man man. On way to casa in home-from-work traffic, stopped at BK, din-din time man. Din-din was 2 Whoppers* + 2 small fries, ingest Two Guys man. *bought WUOC, F$WM Mama T-B. then called with another aysheep issue, champion worrier senior she man man. We finally got HOA Property Improvement form completed and sent, of course after hours man. We applied for a color variance, want brighter than their choices man. Who knows if they'll approve it, be stuck with boring choices then we man. Hospice administratrix will visit between Many & Many a.m., almost crack of dawn man. We are to be there taking copious notes, orders from Mama T-B. man. Movie night was the penultimate Better Call Saul episode, watch Two Guys man. Many (2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This makes Many (2x2x2 +2) bowls for the week, quota already achieved man. We saved final episode for Wednesday night, why rush finality man. Mini-B. actually embedded himself at a reasonable-for-him hour, zzz wee man man. We see little purpose in embedding ourself, just squirm there in pain man. No party with the rubias, no cavort we man. Caucus with hospice and visit with Mama T-B. on Wednesday, obligated we man. And that was/is our thrilling (?) Tuesday, report we man.

A wonderful way to start your 2026!

CULTURAL AWARENESS, FRENCH STYLE The French government announced today that it is imposing a ban on the use of fireworks at EuroDisney. The decision comes because a nightly fireworks display at the park, located 30 miles outside Paris, caused an entire nearby French army garrison to surrender to a group of Romanian tourists.

I agree with Fr8dog. It's similar to having a Notary Public verify your signature on something with stamp and book just before his Notary commission expires, and then he doesn't renew and is no longer a Notary. He was one when he stamped your document, so the action was and remains valid.

Thread is moved from the ROC forum to the Social Security Numbers subforum -- topic is chiefly about SSN.

Keep the faith, everyone. It will happen.

What a great feeling!

Finally, at this part of the process, this is "good" tension.

Proven again -- better to take stuff (taxes) and not need it. Congratulations, and what a great result for you.

This straightforward piece skewers the whiners. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The New York Times misfires when it attacks Trump's use of the DHS The Trump administration has been using all available resources to track down and then imprison or deport the "worst of the worst" illegal aliens in America, the ones whose criminality extends beyond living illegally in this country. However, for the New York Times, there's a problem with Trump's efforts to make America safer: He's using DHS resources, which Congress intended to be used...to make America safer. And if you think that's nonsense, you're right, but it's the Times, not I, that's nonsensical. When Trump took office, he turned the DHS loose on illegal aliens who've engaged in murder, rape, drug dealing, sex trafficking, pedophilia, and other vile and violent crimes. By mid-March 2025, ICE had already arrested staggering numbers of criminals: [...] https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/the_new_york_times_misfires_when_it_attacks_trump_s_use_of_the_dhs.html

Here it all is. ~~~~~~~~~~~ FBI, Secret Service butchered the Thomas Crooks case and invited conspiracies – we deserve the truth [...] The president demanded answers months ago. A man was murdered. What is going on? Then-FBI Director Chris Wray told Congress after the July 13, 2024, attack that the bureau had found nothing in Crooks' online history that pointed to a motive or political ideology. A week later, Wray's deputy Paul Abbate told Congress that comments posted on one of Crooks' social media accounts "appear to reflect antisemitic and anti-immigration themes to espouse political violence and are described as extreme in nature." [...] https://nypost.com/2025/11/17/opinion/fbi-secret-service-butchered-the-thomas-crooks-case-and-invited-conspiracies-we-deserve-the-truth/

VDH barbecues the greenies. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reality Caught Up to 'Climate Change' [...] Question whether man-made global warming was truly responsible for increased temperatures rather than natural, often centuries-long cycles of heating and cooling of the planet, and one was labeled a climate crank. Everything from declining fertility to forest fires was ridiculously attributed to climate change. But the causes of both demographic crises and charred landscapes were more likely the result of new affluent lifestyles that saw child-rearing as too expensive and time-consuming, and misguided forest policies or underfunded firefighting. Yet reality has caught up with the near-religious climate change cult. [...] https://amgreatness.com/2025/11/17/reality-caught-up-to-climate-change/

Scintillating Monday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Monday report, see man: Poor overnight zzz, poor zzz man. Breakfasted/skoolbused Mini-B., groggy Two Guys man. Breakfast (!?) for us was 2 bagels + margarine, ingest we man. Siesta #1 attempted, mostly unsuccessful zzz man. Fed orange mini-miu, little grandcat miu man. Again, he wasn't sociable, hurt feelings we man man. Lunch #1 was 2 crispy tacos at BK*, ingest we man. *bought WUOC, F$WM Visited Mama T-B., anxious senior she man man. Did yet another complete inventory of supplies, enough for a medical store man. Mama T-B. still concerned about running out, anxious senior she man man. (We found the same thing when out-clearing her old casa, Manyzens of everything there man.) She accepted our dusters from Saturday's ES, at least there's that man. Lunch #2 was Mama T-B.'s leftover chicken salad sandwich & hot meal of today, ingest we man. At casa, siesta #2 attempted, why even bother trying man. Din-din was shepherd's pie from Aldi, ingest Two Guys man. Movie night was 2 Better Call Saul episodes, watch Two Guys man. Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This tallies to Many (2+2+2+1) for the week, counting Two Guys Eve last week man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. No major plans for Tuesday, no plan we man man. And that was/is our thrilling Monday, report we man.