살풀이 Salpuri is a Korean folk dance that exorcised evil spirits. It is also sometimes described as a widow’s dance, as it could be performed by the bereaved to cleanse the departed’s soul.
@Joeinblack My dad and grandpa both did; one a rural dairy farmer from Wisconsin, the other a railroad executive from Minneapolis. Also note that DiNiro’s character in Taxi Driver orders apple pie with cheese. I rewatched Taxi Driver for the first time in years and noticed it.
@realEstateTrent I was adopted to USA. Koreans in my situation have basically zero chances to succeed. I have a comfortable, middle class lifestyle because I was picked out of a picture lineup to be someone’s kid.
@rovabtw My mom did. She bought us a brand new house as a single mom. I didn’t appreciate it back then, but now I’m amazed. She kitted the whole house out in Pottery Barn too 😳
@AMandoSch I live in Florida, so we get all manner of small reptiles in house. I have one that’s been coming and going but living in the same spot for six months now. He’s got a name now, and I consider him part and parcel of my reptile union along with my two pet ball pythons
@joncoopertweets What a sweety! I had a cockatiel as a girl that I named Windows 97 because she had a bad habit of running into windows. She would wolf whistle at company. They’re lovely friends
I always love to surprise. As a girl, I reloaded dad’s shotgun shells. As a twenty something, I worked on cars. In my thirties I successfully cracked freight brokerage (another male dominated industry) and now moved onto my dream job. Life’s good, and I don’t take it for granted
@shawngorham I’m doing the same thing, opposite coast. St. Petersburg, FL. High school sweethearts. Met Y2K, living our happily ever after still 26 years later
@shawngorham I was a hardcore Toyota girl for years. Worked at biggest Toyota in Phoenix for a decade, restored vintage Toyotas as a hobby. I can’t do the current Tundra or Tacoma, bad engines. I’m on a hiatus from wrenching, so I’m driving a Camry now. V6 though ;)
@WeaponsVault My dad was infantry in Vietnam and he instilled this into me daily. He said trash was always suspicious and if you saw a Coke can in Nam the trip wire was guaranteed to be around.
@BartGonnissen Amazing story, and I never knew the details of this before. I majored in logistics management, so this really touched me deeply. I was far away, in Minneapolis, but quite old enough to be cognizant of what was happening. Thank you for this story.
@tropicalupdate My father in law’s house in Pinellas County got knocked over by the ‘92 tornadoes! They had to live in a trailer for a year while they rebuilt the house.
@SalaryDr Oh yes, because you can just choose to be an orthopedic surgeon 🙄 like it’s not in the top five most competitive residencies. Then you go even further and compare academics to private practice? There’s enough rage bait about physician pay without these bad faith posts.