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Addie, Himself and I were just discussing this. The students chose to protest knowing exams were coming up. Choices have consequences. Now that they decided the chose wrong. they want do-overs? Sorry, life doesn't give you do-overs.

The Pirate and I were saying the same thing. What gets the both of us is that these people who are protesting, don't even live in or near the cities where these injustices happened. Save your protests for event that affect you directly in the city where you live. It will have more meaning. All these protests (?) are, are just an excuse to riot and cause mayhem.

I want to be a fly on the wall in one home who has a child that flunked mid terms because he was busy protesting and didn't have time to study. There will be something to protest in that home when the next payment for tuition becomes due and the parents are saying NO! You flunked your mid exams. Go get a job!

BTW, Mid Term Exams started today. :angel:
 
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Don't even start with on those protestors. I almost missed my flight the other day because of some protests. I wonder if they even know what they are protesting. I bet some of them are thee just to make trouble. I bet if the had Togo to work to feed themselves and the family they would not be there.


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I was a student in the 60's and we protested, and we changed the world.
Hooray for the students today who are taking a stand for what they believe in!
 
Don't even start with on those protestors. I almost missed my flight the other day because of some protests. I wonder if they even know what they are protesting. I bet some of them are thee just to make trouble. I bet if the had Togo to work to feed themselves and the family they would not be there.

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We had them laying down on tracks, on the entrance to major Federal highways, etc. If one of them had been killed, they would have one more thing to protest about. It is much easier to protest than to study for exams. :angel:
 
We have two CVS's in Eastie. One down in Central Square and the really big one on the road to Winthrop. While The Pirate was out today I asked him to stop in the small CVS and get me a small bag for a present with tissue paper. He went to check out thinking there would be a cashier to take his money. Nope. Not anymore. :wacko: They have one personal do-it-yourself checkout. The machine was not working properly and a small line was beginning to form. No a soul in site to assist. It wasn't until the manager saw the line that he came to fix the machine. I don't think we will be shopping in that store again. I really enjoy the personal touch of a live person being there. :angel:
 
We had them laying down on tracks, on the entrance to major Federal highways, etc. If one of them had been killed, they would have one more thing to protest about. It is much easier to protest than to study for exams. :angel:

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."

- Edmund Burke
 
Is it just me? I hate it when s/one calls and doesn't leave a message. I only have one phone (that's all I need) and it is not always convenient to answer the phone (in the basement feeding the woodstove, about to get in the shower, outside letting the girls out, in the kitchen busy, just don't feel like talking to anyone right now). I don't have a cell phone (well, I do, but it is a pay-as-you-go and only a couple of people have the # and I don't refill it unless I need it). What is it about "I can't answer your call right now, please leave a message" that is not clear?
 
I hate those no message calls. My son on the other hand tells me not to leave a message, as he never checks them. And he can see that I called on his caller ID. Drives me crazy. Oh, and another one I love is when I answer the phone and say hello I here on the end, instead of hello, who is this? Where did they learn to talk on the phone?


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I hate those no message calls. My son on the other hand tells me not to leave a message, as he never checks them. And he can see that I called on his caller ID. Drives me crazy. Oh, and another one I love is when I answer the phone and say hello I here on the end, instead of hello, who is this? Where did they learn to talk on the phone?


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I just tell them I'm not good at guessing games, I don't know who they are...it's my phone, I'm allowed to be a rude as I like on it, the person calling better be polite.
 
I have a landline but hardly ever get any calls on it. I have it because it's included in my package deal through Verizon internet. I'm glad to have it though, just in case something happens to my cellphone and I need to reach someone.

The last time I got a call on my landline was several weeks ago, someone called to remind me I was late to volunteer at a charity. :ermm: They left a message. I called them back and told them they reached a wrong number. Everyone who knows me knows to call my cell. A couple of times a year I might get a hang up on my messaging, but I don't pay it any mind. If it's important, they'll leave a message. :)
 
I used to run to the phone every time it rang when my parents were still alive and when I was employed. Now the telephone is for my convenience. I check my messages when it is convenient for me, similar to sitting down and reading my mail. The few people that know me understand how I do things and the rest of the world really doesn't matter. :ermm::ohmy::LOL:
 
We have a landline and I use caller-ID to decided if I want to answer. DH likes to answer and argue with the people. Our phone service is through out cable company so caller-ID comes up on the TV screen. I love that. If you are on the phone, it even shows who it is when another caller beeps in.

I can't understand why I get so many telemarketing calls on my cell phone. It started day one when I got the new number.
 
My DIL never answers her phone. She looks at it to see who it is then lets it go to VM. I don't like that, because I don't call to chat. I usually need to tell or ask her something that I need answered right away. Even if I leave a message, she doesn't listen to it until she "has time."
 
I am beginning to think the world is going to hell in a hand basket. I need to find a cause to be traumatized by. I wonder what it will get me. :angel:
 
You say traumatized, I say standing up for injustice.

"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."

- Martin Niemöller (1892–1984), a prominent Protestant pastor who emerged as an outspoken public foe of Adolf Hitler and spent the last seven years of Nazi rule in concentration camps.
 
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My DIL never answers her phone. She looks at it to see who it is then lets it go to VM. I don't like that, because I don't call to chat. I usually need to tell or ask her something that I need answered right away. Even if I leave a message, she doesn't listen to it until she "has time."

I'm kinda the same way, but that's because my mom tends to call while I'm eating or preparing dinner. After that she usually texts me if she needs something. When I hear the text come in, I can yell at my phone and say "OK Google Now, What's Up" and it will read me my text, comes in handy when I have my hands in raw meat.
 
You say traumatized, I say standing up for injustice....
Protesting is good. Standing up for what you believe is wonderful. Whining that you didn't have time to study because you were out protesting? *sigh* The students knew finals were coming. Choices have consequences, but many in today's Generation Snowflake think someone needs to wave a magic wand to make everything all better when they chose and then that choice ends up biting them. They shouldn't get a do-over. If they end up flunking the test for their class, they just might learn an important lesson about life. :D And then they can do-over the class material and exam.
 
Protesting is good. Standing up for what you believe is wonderful. Whining that you didn't have time to study because you were out protesting? *sigh* The students knew finals were coming. Choices have consequences, but many in today's Generation Snowflake think someone needs to wave a magic wand to make everything all better when they chose and then that choice ends up biting them. They shouldn't get a do-over. If they end up flunking the test for their class, they just might learn an important lesson about life. :D And then they can do-over the class material and exam.

I am with you on this CG. Parents are not paying thousands of dollars to send their kids to a very expensive college so they can learn to protest. And exactly what does their protesting get them? A flunking grade!! Their parents are going to love them for this. If they lived in these cities where these events took place, I might understand a little bit. And now Columbia students are traumatized. Give me a break! Did they witness any of these events? Imagine if any of these students are studying to become doctors. I would love to be there when they are assigned to their own cadavers to dissect. Will anybody find a reason to protest that? Not if they want to graduate. Why not? Because they will have no grounds. All bodies are donated to the medical school by the wishes of the deceased or family. But as my son told me, a lot of them faint when first touching the body. Now there's something they can protest. Students fainting in the cadaver classroom and interrupting their lessons. And that makes as much sense as being traumatized by events they didn't even witness. :angel:
 
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