Old Man Ewer

Smarter than a dead hamster. Mocker of idiocy.

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Not interested in sharing pics.

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I just pay my tithing and pretty much ignore the people.

There are a great many good LDS folks and then there are some who have their knickers in a twist about virtually everything.

When I refer to the Church, I use the full name. When someone asks me what religion I am, if I deign to answer, I say either "LDS" or "Mormon."

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@BradRTorgersen @morgraynufo I have over 3000 books in my home. My hope is to have enough saved up to build myself a mausoleum, for when I die, my books are buried with me.

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@BradRTorgersen I KNOW your pain.

I joke with my doctors that I hope Elon Musk creates some bionic eyes that will work for me.

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I am a teacher and was a teacher when I was selected for jury duty in 2016.

We found him guilty of murder. I was elected jury foreman by my fellow jurors.

At the same time as the trial I was selected, there were several other teachers from my district who were also selected for trials.

We saw each other, daily, as we awaited for the courthouse to open.

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@PollySpin The Europe of 30 years ago is dead.

This new Europe, when the transformation finalizes, will look nothing like the old, not in its people, its religious freedom, or its architecture.

Some think this is a good thing.

Those people are morons.

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@infantrydort I did not care if the officers in my chain of command were white. I wanted them to known their jobs.

This demand for "resemblance" is a useless twat waffle.

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@lainey15398991 @ArthurBoreman Also, ask him if he remembers Southern Sound. They had a bumper sticker, "If you can't crank it, yank it!"

Will never forget that.

Lovely part of the country, with flying roaches that sounded like B-17 bomber formations.

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I lived in Rayville for a while, and later Shreveport.

Best french fries I have ever eaten were from Mel's Diner in Rayville.

The father and son were acquaintances of mine, I had known them for several months by that time, but the father really had only nodded and pointed before that moment.

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Nearly 40 years ago, I had a guy, just outside of Monroe, LA, speak to me in English.

Except, his Cajun accent was so thick, I could not figure out what he was saying.

After several minutes of him speaking, me not understanding, and him getting angry about it, his son had to translate for me.

I love them Cajun people (and their food!), but man alive, it was like trying to decipher what Charlie Brown's teacher was saying in those old cartoons.

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I once taught in a school district where 79 distinct languages were spoken by combined students. We did not include staff in that number, but chances are there were at least a few other languages in that group.

This is a district of about 75,000 students.

But this is less than half the number of languages than the school district with the most diverse language group, which is 197, in Florida.

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@nicksortor @NJSP This won't matter if they are not also prosecuted, found guilty, and imprisoned.

Where judges and juries let them get away with their behavior, the cycle of political violence continues.

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Hell, there are vastly different cultures within the same regions.

The cultural differences between bayou country Louisiana and the I20 corridor are striking. Cross the river into Yazoo City and then towns along the Natchez Trace; they are all in different versions of America.

Venture into Arkansas, and there are wide cultural differences between sections of that state. At least there were, when I lived there.

Head over to Birmingham, Atlanta, Nashville, Memphis, and into the Florida panhandle. At times, one can believe themselves to be transported to a different era, especially on Sunday afternoons, when the weather is fine.

While there is a shared culture, such as with the modern technological "conveniences" being embraced by the youth and young adults, these are overlaid on top of differing societal foundations.

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I have only ever taught in Title 1 schools, as a full-time teacher.

I've never, ever, shared my personal phone number with a student, nor had any of my coworkers.

Doing so is highly inappropriate.

Emails to a publicly known work account, sure. Calls to a private number, nope.

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@CynicalPublius Some Democrat has Admiral Scrotum's testicles in a pepper grinder.

I wonder who...

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I used to read one book a day and often would read one and start another. 4 to 6 hours as my average to finish, if other obligations did not crop up.

Once I had kids, this slowed down.

After they grew up and moved out, I went back to about one a day.

My personal record is 150 in just under 90 days (in summer), for graduate school. As I was then unemployed, I had the time.

But these were all books I _wanted_ to read. If it was of a subject forced upon me, I would not devour it at the same speed.

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@thevivafrei Ted Talks increasingly feel like those time-share sales pitches.

A lot of icing, but no cake.

Whenever our administration has us watch a TT for "professional development," I immediately know that it will be a great time to pay attention to something else...anything else.

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@Zachary94825043 @dvorstone Capital punishment was off the table.

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@AnnTagonist_ @dvorstone I believe you.

I would prefer to avoid such a war, but unfortunately, I doubt we will be able to avoid it.

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@AnnTagonist_ @dvorstone Late 20s to mid-30s would be my guess.

All were employed, and I believe none had any children.

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@DylanTaber74648 @dvorstone Nope.

Victim and perp were both Vietnamese. Victim was dancing with others when the perp shot him.