While I appreciate your wise words I am always suspect of advice from those who choose to cut and run. Staying here in the middle of the fray shows a commitment I suspect you do not possess.
Enjoy your expat life while those of us here try to deal with this mess and save our Country.
You can read about it in the comfort of your German…
While I appreciate your wise words I am always suspect of advice from those who choose to cut and run. Staying here in the middle of the fray shows a commitment I suspect you do not possess.
Enjoy your expat life while those of us here try to deal with this mess and save our Country.
You can read about it in the comfort of your German house, see how we’re doing
And write some more words without conviction. Or courage.
Ole, why do you always have to shit in the punch bowl? Jeff's community is mostly made up of smart, positive people like Linda. You're not contributing to the common weal by making snarky comments to your fellows here (which I've noticed tend more often to be directed at women, why is that?)
As somewhat of an aside, while I certainly believe you are in fact "suspect," I suspect the word you were looking for was "suspicious." That's how a properly educated person would say they're mistrustful of something.
Jumping Jeezus, wake the F Up! If you are such a snowflake that my tame comments upset you I suggest you scroll on by.
I am not here to submit to your or anybody else’s rules of what is ‘nice’.
I don’t feel nice right now, our Country is under seige! Don’t you get it yet?
You sip your tea and eat your crumpets or whatever it is you do.
At 75 I am out holding a sign- and waving it vigorously out in public while you sit home and Linda does whatever they do in Germany.
And while you and a few others may not like my style many intelligent and lovely women have sought to spend time with me. I am not threatened by nor do I cower before women of strength. Just the keyboard warrior types who will not be out in the streets yet feel like their opinion should carry the same weight as those who get out there and make their presence known.
I will leave it at that before I tell you some things you really need to hear but would certainly upset your over sensitive self further.
And thanks for the grammar lesson. I suppose that makes everything I said invalid in your supercilious mind.
You need to get a handle on your emotions, Ole. Calm down. If you want to inspire people to be more active in the fight for our democracy, stop yelling at them about how they're doing it all wrong and you're doing it all right. Reflect a little on how silly you look projecting your own sensitivity onto others as you rant and call people names. Chill. Think about what you actually know about what other people are doing and feeling, and what you don't know. Ponder the idea that you've called me both supercilious and oversensitive (which by the way should either be one word, or hyphenated :D).
Ole is not emotional. He's stating the facts as he sees them. He jumped on me once, but it wasn't permanent. I think we all wish we were in Germany, but we're not and it can be edgy at times. I keep wondering how much worse it can get. And he lives in Florida or Alabama, I forget which...
An assertion that I'm an over-emotional snowflake who is not awake enough about our current situation is not a "fact." It's an uninformed opinion at best. Ole needs to put a sock in it as far as I'm concerned. And I don't give a rat's ass if Ole's nastiness toward me is permanent. I just want him to stop castigating people for not being the perfect warrior he seems to view himself as. It's overbearing and unhelpful.
Could you refrain from the grammar lessons, which were all incorrect btw, and the kitchen table psychoanalysis which is just as incorrect as your English lessons?
And your condescending, and yet again incorrect comments on my mental state.
You are the most passive aggressive commenter I have ever witnessed, and your schoolmarm philosophy may make you the darling of your group but does not impress many others , I am quite sure.
And my socks will remain on my feet. This conversation is at an end. But I know you and you will insist on one more inane dissection of my supposed shortcomings because you have not managed to learn that your opinion means less than nothing to anyone except a very few. And your erroneous suppositions likewise.
Now, now, Ole. I have five years of Latin and three of Classical Greek. Plus two years of German. I am fully qualified to comment on grammar (in the English language). I even have three copies of E. B. White's small book on grammar, the only book you ever need. I only comment on grammar if I find someone particularly annoying. There are people I particularly dislike on Substack, and I don't comment on their statements. Leave Ms. Collins alone. (I know you said you're done, just pass.) I find this a hard rule to follow, but I try. Send me a personal message and we can share. XXX
No Charlotte's Web? Yes, he wrote all kinds of stuff, and for the New Yorker. My mom had all of his books. My dad gave me my first copy of the grammar book, and every time I found a copy I kept it. Always had one at work. I was very popular (maybe not) but I had managers who never sent anything out without me proofreading it first. (I was a customer service person...)
I May be mixing up authors. ( note- I looked it up and EB wrote both of them. Now I will abase myself and own up to having more of a forgettery than a memory these days ) It happens. I used to be able to name any song and artist on the radio and I was strong at Jeopardy but I can’t grasp things that once came easily to mind.
My mother died of Alzheimers when she was about 15 months older than I am now. I can't tell you how much of I see her in myself every day. My husband notices a lot. Of course, he can't hear any more, but he can see my lips aren't moving.
We’re not at a proper English tea here, our very Democracy is at stake. The norms are off and have been off since the orange shit stain came on the scene.
If we are not allowed to voice an opinion which is not considered ‘nice’ then we may look forward to the exact same shit show we are seeing now.
And my opinion is that I prefer my champions be here amongst us, not commenting from afar. If that upsets you then I guess I would say toughen up- it’s gonna get a whole lot worse and we had better get ready to get out into the street because Nobody else is coming to save us. And Linda won’t be there along side of us when it’s time to make our displeasure known.
I know she is an intelligent woman but I can’t support her decision to flee. Many of us have concerns about what’s going to happen to our Medicare. That is no excuse
Linda
While I appreciate your wise words I am always suspect of advice from those who choose to cut and run. Staying here in the middle of the fray shows a commitment I suspect you do not possess.
Enjoy your expat life while those of us here try to deal with this mess and save our Country.
You can read about it in the comfort of your German house, see how we’re doing
And write some more words without conviction. Or courage.
Ole, why do you always have to shit in the punch bowl? Jeff's community is mostly made up of smart, positive people like Linda. You're not contributing to the common weal by making snarky comments to your fellows here (which I've noticed tend more often to be directed at women, why is that?)
As somewhat of an aside, while I certainly believe you are in fact "suspect," I suspect the word you were looking for was "suspicious." That's how a properly educated person would say they're mistrustful of something.
Jumping Jeezus, wake the F Up! If you are such a snowflake that my tame comments upset you I suggest you scroll on by.
I am not here to submit to your or anybody else’s rules of what is ‘nice’.
I don’t feel nice right now, our Country is under seige! Don’t you get it yet?
You sip your tea and eat your crumpets or whatever it is you do.
At 75 I am out holding a sign- and waving it vigorously out in public while you sit home and Linda does whatever they do in Germany.
And while you and a few others may not like my style many intelligent and lovely women have sought to spend time with me. I am not threatened by nor do I cower before women of strength. Just the keyboard warrior types who will not be out in the streets yet feel like their opinion should carry the same weight as those who get out there and make their presence known.
I will leave it at that before I tell you some things you really need to hear but would certainly upset your over sensitive self further.
And thanks for the grammar lesson. I suppose that makes everything I said invalid in your supercilious mind.
You need to get a handle on your emotions, Ole. Calm down. If you want to inspire people to be more active in the fight for our democracy, stop yelling at them about how they're doing it all wrong and you're doing it all right. Reflect a little on how silly you look projecting your own sensitivity onto others as you rant and call people names. Chill. Think about what you actually know about what other people are doing and feeling, and what you don't know. Ponder the idea that you've called me both supercilious and oversensitive (which by the way should either be one word, or hyphenated :D).
Ole is not emotional. He's stating the facts as he sees them. He jumped on me once, but it wasn't permanent. I think we all wish we were in Germany, but we're not and it can be edgy at times. I keep wondering how much worse it can get. And he lives in Florida or Alabama, I forget which...
An assertion that I'm an over-emotional snowflake who is not awake enough about our current situation is not a "fact." It's an uninformed opinion at best. Ole needs to put a sock in it as far as I'm concerned. And I don't give a rat's ass if Ole's nastiness toward me is permanent. I just want him to stop castigating people for not being the perfect warrior he seems to view himself as. It's overbearing and unhelpful.
Could you refrain from the grammar lessons, which were all incorrect btw, and the kitchen table psychoanalysis which is just as incorrect as your English lessons?
And your condescending, and yet again incorrect comments on my mental state.
You are the most passive aggressive commenter I have ever witnessed, and your schoolmarm philosophy may make you the darling of your group but does not impress many others , I am quite sure.
And my socks will remain on my feet. This conversation is at an end. But I know you and you will insist on one more inane dissection of my supposed shortcomings because you have not managed to learn that your opinion means less than nothing to anyone except a very few. And your erroneous suppositions likewise.
Goodnight and goodbye, Madam
Now, now, Ole. I have five years of Latin and three of Classical Greek. Plus two years of German. I am fully qualified to comment on grammar (in the English language). I even have three copies of E. B. White's small book on grammar, the only book you ever need. I only comment on grammar if I find someone particularly annoying. There are people I particularly dislike on Substack, and I don't comment on their statements. Leave Ms. Collins alone. (I know you said you're done, just pass.) I find this a hard rule to follow, but I try. Send me a personal message and we can share. XXX
I have Stuart Little but did not know of his grammar book. I write as I like , I’m not submitting these little posts for a thesis.
No Charlotte's Web? Yes, he wrote all kinds of stuff, and for the New Yorker. My mom had all of his books. My dad gave me my first copy of the grammar book, and every time I found a copy I kept it. Always had one at work. I was very popular (maybe not) but I had managers who never sent anything out without me proofreading it first. (I was a customer service person...)
For sure I had Charlottes Web- Some Pig
I May be mixing up authors. ( note- I looked it up and EB wrote both of them. Now I will abase myself and own up to having more of a forgettery than a memory these days ) It happens. I used to be able to name any song and artist on the radio and I was strong at Jeopardy but I can’t grasp things that once came easily to mind.
Ah, well. Getting old ain’t for sissies.
My mother died of Alzheimers when she was about 15 months older than I am now. I can't tell you how much of I see her in myself every day. My husband notices a lot. Of course, he can't hear any more, but he can see my lips aren't moving.
Come on, Ole. Play nice.
We’re not at a proper English tea here, our very Democracy is at stake. The norms are off and have been off since the orange shit stain came on the scene.
If we are not allowed to voice an opinion which is not considered ‘nice’ then we may look forward to the exact same shit show we are seeing now.
And my opinion is that I prefer my champions be here amongst us, not commenting from afar. If that upsets you then I guess I would say toughen up- it’s gonna get a whole lot worse and we had better get ready to get out into the street because Nobody else is coming to save us. And Linda won’t be there along side of us when it’s time to make our displeasure known.
I know she is an intelligent woman but I can’t support her decision to flee. Many of us have concerns about what’s going to happen to our Medicare. That is no excuse
So, No. I will continue to call it like I see it.