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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 06:48 AM Original message |
Elderly people are scaring the bejeebus out of me |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. I know what you mean.... |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Yes, it is. Ignorance really IS bliss I think. nt |
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grytpype (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. What were they referring to specifically? |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:06 AM Original message |
That's the freaky thing |
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kittenpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
51. not to generalize, but old people are always saying that sort of thing... |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 09:03 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. It is generalizing |
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kittenpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 09:41 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. I was just teasing...of course it was a generalization! |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 10:01 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Gotcha, and thanks! nt |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. I know it's kind of freaky. |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
23. I don't think that we will turn into Nazi Germany, but the US will |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
39. 'hostile corporate takeovers'...an interesting comparison |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 09:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
54. Bingo |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 10:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
64. Very astute analysis! "Corporate takeover" |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
41. It is depressing to think about |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. Happy Birthday! And that is scary. |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:11 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Thanks! nt |
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tech3149 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
5. They're old enough to know |
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Esra Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
6. They're right |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Thanks, and welcome to DU! nt |
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Ruffhowse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
7. I'm becoming very pessimistic as well, lately. It seems as though |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I told my husband a few days ago |
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MeDeMax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:56 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. many of us can relate to that... |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 10:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
67. That's about where I am |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
8. The Elders are teachers and sages |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I agree |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
13. My own 81 year old republican mother |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:22 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. That's great |
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MeDeMax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. where were these * hating repub voters... |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. This is my question as well |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
44. I think they were there |
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MeDeMax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 09:52 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. they did steal the result... |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 10:01 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I dunno about that "up in arms" stuff |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 11:04 PM Response to Reply #56 |
70. Nonsense. |
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MeDeMax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 07:57 AM Response to Reply #70 |
80. I'll buy that... |
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devinsgram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
18. I may only be closing in on 60 |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
19. My 83 year old great aunt says its not worse, just that |
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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 09:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
53. In what way? |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 10:20 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. When Hoover was in office |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
83. I'd say Coolidge's administration |
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shirlden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
20. I am 70 and I say amen! |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:42 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. My elderly neighbors |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
22. Happy Birthday!!. Celebrating with 2 family members today also. |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 09:20 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Thanks! nt |
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ConcernedNonpartisan (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
24. Damn, I wish you would quit calling me "elderly". |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 09:15 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. So sorry! Didn't mean to offend. |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
26. It's pretty bad alright n/t |
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Lannes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
27. Very interesting thread |
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ArkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
28. Yes, what is happening now makes 1929 - 1945 seem like |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:48 AM Response to Reply #28 |
78. It's not quite the Holocaust. |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
30. But they voted for * because of his morals? |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 10:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
65. the Abraham Lincoln Brigade is still alive and marching in NYC |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
32. Wow! These stories keep getting repeated and repeated. The greatest |
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paula777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
33. Happy 32nd !!!! |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:02 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Thanks! nt |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:19 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. In 13 years |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
34. To me the worst part |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
35. Here's one that's sixty-five and I can tell you the same thing. |
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cry baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
37. happy birthday! |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
38. It SHOULD send a chill up your spine |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:22 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. 65 and agree ...never dreamt things could get this bad |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:25 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Dingdingding!! |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
45. I'm sorry, but this is a common refrain of the elderly about evrything |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:21 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. There's plenty enough to worry about |
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expatriate (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:36 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. I have heard similar things from older people in America |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 11:19 PM Response to Reply #45 |
71. Sorry, that's not true at all |
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sharonking21 (552 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
47. My 91-year old aunt just said |
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sharonking21 (552 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. PS-I'm 62 |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 10:56 PM Response to Reply #50 |
68. Sounds totally familiar |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:56 PM Response to Reply #68 |
82. John K. is Gilbraith, one of the most |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 11:31 PM Response to Reply #50 |
72. I'm also 62 |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 11:32 PM Response to Reply #50 |
73. "Coordination" -- I didn't know that. What other goodies do you have? |
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sharonking21 (552 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:31 AM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Read this book |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
49. My Mom's 83, and she despises Bush. |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 10:36 PM Response to Reply #49 |
63. I was a depression kid. |
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Singular73 (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
60. Thing have been much worse... |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 10:23 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. What has been worse? |
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Singular73 (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 10:47 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. Heh, as an 80 year old? |
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sharonking21 (552 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:38 AM Response to Reply #66 |
76. In some ways you are right |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
62. Wow! What's the political perspecitive in KY? More of a red state? |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 11:41 PM Response to Reply #62 |
74. Stephanie, that's precisely why things ARE "worse" -- |
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Gyre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-01-05 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
69. They've been scaring me for along time. |
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GoldenOldie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:41 AM Response to Reply #69 |
77. I', 70 yrs young and have fond memories of being with my family as a young |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
79. Listen to them |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
81. I just had the same experience with my 62-year-old father |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
84. My German neighbors are in their 80's and they compare this to |
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