Saturday, November 2, 2024

The downside of growing older (or at least as old as I am)...

And the reality we all face is even more dire. Now matter how it happens, we all end up the same - in a box or ashes blowing in the breeze. If I could narrow my scope of friends to a random 50 guys and gals I knew when I was 17, fully 40% of 'em (or more - who knows) aren't here anymore. Some are dearly missed and some barely at all, but the sad truth is, when ya gott go, ya gotta go. Remember Jim Morrison saying 'Nobody gets out of here alive'...
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Yeah - once the campaign designers and managers finally get hip to the fact that so many people are taking advantage of early voting, I guess we'll be looking forward to seeing more ads that much earlier in the election cycle next time around. Now there's something to look forward to, huh?
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Click on this picture for more information on this bracelet my wife made
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Our 'local newspaper' here where I live. This is the front page of today's issue - not exactly hard-hitting journalism, is it? The reason I put that in quotes is that the Daily Sun is a sales brochure disguised as a newsrag. It's owned by the developers here and fully half or more of it's content is ads for houses built buy the developer. There's a reason people call living in The Villages 'Living inside the bubble'. 
You can see the online version here: 
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Amish voters in the upcoming presidential election may be an important demographic in former President Donald Trump winning the 'oh-so-important-swing-state' Pennsylvania.
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One of New York City’s elite private schools told families on Thursday that “students who feel too emotionally distressed” the day after Election Day will be excused from classes, and that psychologists will be available during the week to provide counseling.
In a section of an email to members of the school’s community headed “Election Day support,” Stacey Bobo, principal of the upper school at the institution, the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, said that it “acknowledges that this may be a high-stakes and emotional time for our community.”
“No matter the election outcome,” she wrote, the school “will create space to provide students with the support they may need.”
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'Did you make the right choice, honey?'     Good god.
You be the judge - is this not the worst ad ever?
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Click on this picture for more information on these earrings my wife made
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So - as an investmeent, what do you do? Do you buy 
the coin at a premium or just buy the raw gold?
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6 comments:

  1. I thought Bugs Bunny said "Nobody gets out of here alive'"....

    The political ad calling for basic dishonesty between a married couple... that is a sign of the times!

    Buy gold?
    eBay, 2024 1/10 oz American Gold Eagle Coin, U.S. Mint. $388.86
    Ya it's spendy but it's a relatively small amount of cash (when you consider what a troy ounce is going for) and you have a gold coin in your possession.

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  2. My generation is dying off at an alarming rate. The oldest living cousin just turned 60. Six of them died at the average age of 53 (one made it to 64). Only five are still standing. I think I have to live to over 120 to get my generation to have the same life expectancy as my parents generation.

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  3. I always thought elite schools should expel students that have emotional breakdowns. Do elite schools really want a bunch or emotional cripples claiming they graduated from their school?

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  4. What you do is make new friends. Not hard.

    PS In most of the countries mentioned, it's not napping, it's siesta and it's there for a reason. Between 10 and 4 it's too hot to work, especially in summer, so you go to work early, knock off in the heat of the day, and come back when it's a little cooler.

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  5. Where does one reliably purchase raw gold?

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Thirthy million a year. Are they out of their friggin' minds? Jeez...

I gotta get a job on TV. The amount of money these people make is fuckin' crazy. Take this angry dipshit for example ...      This smug ...