How are you feeling right now?

[Eclair]

Sympathetic.

One of my neighbors has fallen on hard times.  They came over today and asked for water to drink, because they had trouble paying all their bills and the water company turned off their water.

(I have a slight case of "survivor's guilt" with all the rough times I am witnessing, while WE are having one our best years, yet - investments have kicked ass for about two years, both my wife and I have good jobs, things are just mostly UP for us, so ...  I felt a need to try to help them.)


I offered them a five gallon jug of our drinking water to get through this and after asking if they had plenty to eat (they have five kids, FFS)  I gave them a large bag of staples from our pantry and a six pound pork roast from my freezer.

It is the least I could do, but I hope things get settled for them soon.

DD you are so patriotic at times, but really, a country that cuts off a basic human resource, such as water? We pay surcharge for overuse to the Council, but that's for really excessive use.

How are they bathing?

Well, being Americans, bathing is definitely a concern, and all.

I actually asked because I was concerned about the children. No child should have to go without water, no matter where they live and I think a child in a civilised country like America having to attend school unbathed would be somewhat embarrassing for the child.

Just so that you and any others who make less of what I am and what I know,

I asked a question, if you want to take it as a personal thing that I was making 'less of you and what you know', then you are wrong. I actually put the disclaimer in that I knew you were patriotic, so you wouldn't get on your rant box about your country and instead focus on the question, which was "I don't understand how this could happen in a civilised country" and my concern about how the children were bathing and getting access to a simple thing like water.

You answered my question on what you believe is the foundations that your society is based on, but yet again, take it as a personal and an attack on your country, no matter how simple the question.

[DirtDawg]

Not really, but I thank you for the opportunity to once again HERALD my patriotism as a law abiding AMERICAN.


The lesson here is not that we Americans are uncivilised, but rather,  when a need was not met by the local profiteering company in charge of providing a necessary utility service to the community, the community itself gathered together and even members in the service of the profiteering private establishment came to the rescue of the family in need.  We, as a community, stepped up to meet the needs of our own.

At the toll of the bell, it will be seven hours past the mid day toll and all is well.

[DirtDawg]

OT:

I actually feel a little over cooked at this point in time.
 

[Parts]

relaxed by choice

["couldbecousin"]

OT:

I actually feel a little over cooked at this point in time.
 

Too much sun?

[Queen Victoria]

I am in the  process of mellowing out.  To see how mellow I get watch my typing skills deteriorate.

[SBI_Patience]

Meh...

You're here now, things are about to get better! 

 

Had been stuck sorting out a incident, apparently it involves somebody stalking another person, it's pretty crazy then the drama drags on from WP to Aspergic.
I was the only moderator taking care of it at the time (Still sorting it out).

I'm now idling here.

[Queen Victoria]

Definitely mellow.

[Eclair]

Not really, but I thank you for the opportunity to once again HERALD my patriotism as a law abiding AMERICAN.


The lesson here is not that we Americans are uncivilised, but rather,  when a need was not met by the local profiteering company in charge of providing a necessary utility service to the community, the community itself gathered together and even members in the service of the profiteering private establishment came to the rescue of the family in need.  We, as a community, stepped up to meet the needs of our own.

At the toll of the bell, it will be seven hours past the mid day toll and all is well.

What you did was very lovely to help out your neighbour, to help them with the bill. THAT post was made after my initial question as to whether the children were able to bathe.

You have to understand that our entire economy is established upon the idea that we all pull our own weight and we "pay as we go,"  in theory.

Sweeping statement. How does establishing a country on the efforts of slavery correlate into your theory of Americans pulling their own weight? Oops, sorry, another sweeping statement.

You see, it's like this....I asked about the children bathing, and the over blown 'oh my God no one can attack our country' mentality comes out. It's a bit like the schoolyard bully, which I've stated before.

["couldbecousin"]

I feel free. 

[Ergo Proxy]

I feel like I haven't slept in a while.

["couldbecousin"]

I feel like I haven't slept in a while.

How long have you been awake? 

[Ergo Proxy]

I feel like I haven't slept in a while.

How long have you been awake? 

Not sure. All I know is that the only sleep I got within the past 24 hours was a 3 hour nap. My sleep schedule has been out of wack and I'm trying to make it normal again.

["couldbecousin"]

I feel like I haven't slept in a while.

How long have you been awake? 

Not sure. All I know is that the only sleep I got within the past 24 hours was a 3 hour nap. My sleep schedule has been out of wack and I'm trying to make it normal again.

Have you had trouble like this before? I hope you can get back on a good schedule.

[Ergo Proxy]

I feel like I haven't slept in a while.

How long have you been awake? 

Not sure. All I know is that the only sleep I got within the past 24 hours was a 3 hour nap. My sleep schedule has been out of wack and I'm trying to make it normal again.

Have you had trouble like this before? I hope you can get back on a good schedule.

It happened a few times a couple of years ago, when my sleep schedule was about 5 hours long and I slept from 4-9 a.m.

My current sleep schedule has been between 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. But this is mostly because I've been working at the telescopes. So I've been getting enough sleep, but since I only have a couple more weeks at Utah, I'm trying to get myself to have a normal 11 p.m. - 7 a.m. sleep schedule again. I've been doing this by trying to pull all nighters a few times in a row...