Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
My heart is breaking, and I am scared.
It is called that because it is the second New Moon in one month.
For those of us who do not follow....
It is different than a Full Moon.
The second Full Moon in one month is called a blue moon, and happens
only once in a blue moon. ha.
I walked through the very middle of Central London yesterday. It was absolutely packed with sightseers, and of course it crosses your mind these days to think how easy it would be for someone with terrorist intentions to make headlines.
Because of where I was - walking from Victoria Station to Piccadilly which takes you right past Buckingham Palace, and you can tell the Queen was home because the flag was flying - I know that every step I took was monitored in real time by dozens of cameras. If I'd put my bag down for too long or been wearing the wrong clothes for a July day or stood and stared in a way that didn't look right, I would have been attended by friendly armed policeman within seconds. I expect, although I don't know, that I would also have been sighted by snipers.
But you can't watch everywhere that intensely, and people who are determined to get famous in this insane way will pick the nearest soft target. It is *horrible* but I don't know how it can be stopped.
Smeshque, I’ve never heard of pigeon races! Sounds interesting!
Thanks for asking.
There are small aftershocks daily. There was a few 4.7 recently.
It is getting harder to tell if it is an aftershock, or the new neighbor with his loud motorcycle, now with 5 friends with motorcycles hanging out.
Do not know how to tell if they are a dangerous motorcycle gang, or the reported
"friendly" types.
So sorry to hear about the shootings in Gilroy.
Worried that is very heavy!
We use to go to Gilroy to let our pigeons out when in training for races. So I am very familiar with the Garlic Festival and Gilroy. That is such a sad thing for the town, for the people involved and all the responders. :( Will be praying.
One suspect is said to be down, one is still on the run. But again not officially confirmed A few minutes ago there was a single gun shot heard at a nearby creek. Perhaps the other shooter taking the easy way out?
Theres video footage all over social media, taken by people at the scene. Local news just interrupted regular programming and said one suspect may be in custody. But their report is all over the place because nothing has been confirmed. They say there are a lot of patients at the local trauma centers. One hospital for 5 patients.
this is just awful. The garlic festival IS GILROY. It’s their pride and joy, it’s a huge fundraiser. It’s a family friendly event with lots of law enforcement present during the 3 day festival.
just saw a social media post from someone who was just feet away from the shooter and she said the police shot and killed the shooter, a young white male dressed in green Camo. Someone else said a boy is dead. I heard a 3 year old is one of the victims.
Often, I would want to give them a piece of my mind. I am silent about it because I just do not have enough pieces left to spare.
This forum rocks, and the people on it are special!
Yes, increasing tension here, didn't used to be that way.
The tension is so thick here now.
Oh (sigh) I miss the good ol' days.
Then something changes and you never know what it was or when it happened. All you know that something is different--something change! You look back and there were no signs--no symptoms. All you know is that they are not the same. But maybe you yourself has changed then you realize you were the same from beginning to the end. What has happen you don't know. So you reexamine yourself. Asking questions with no answers and none to be found. All you know you are hurt--betrayed!
I have had a lot of this in my life. Maybe I am broken and I pick broken people for reasons I do not know. So here I am writing words for all the world to read and sending them into a void of people who I will never meet. I know I am not alone for this happens to all. It doesn't matter if your white or black, or rich or poor, or highly educated or have any education at all. One minute they are by your side and the next they are on the otherside. Never take people at face value. Keep moving, keep going forward! This is what I have learned in this life.
He also made sure to let our contactors who did some structural work for us know not to get any dirt on his patio. I mean, not one speck of anything. I think he goes out there and vacuums it daily. It's kind of amusing when he's not complaining about anything related to us.
Does not involve india ink, needles and skin.:)
Not criticizing you guys for your opinions about your neighbors, so nobody get mad. Just stating my opinion.
CW that is just petty of your neighbor LOL!
Shell, I don’t know how people can live like that-brawling one minute and friends the next! Just nuts!
the last time I visited my parents, I noticed that the neighbors cherry blossom tree was hanging over the fence by about 2 feet. I thought it was really pretty so I got my brother to cut off a few branches for me. He was so afraid the guy would call the cops on us haha! I must say, the cherry blossoms looked just lovely in a vase on the cherrywood table & mirror thing my mom has next to the front door!
TNtechie, I guess you showed him. LOL
Yes CW! My dad use to say that saying so much!
Had the world gone mad??
Funny thing about Bruce is, he makes sure everyone is following the law and the park rules yet he takes his dog in to the park despite the fact they aren’t allowed there. And he never has the dog (a friendly collie) in its leash. I wasn’t present to witness this but one afternoon when he was making his rounds the park, his dog bit a motorcycle cop on the leg as he drove by the park! The cop must not have been driving that fast. The cop gave him a ticket!
Shell you just reminded me about the brawl I saw in front of the park a few years ago! It was during the day so Bruce wasn’t around to break up the fight LOL! I was the one who called the cops. I was sitting out front reading a book while the kids played with the kids who lived next door at the time. I heard loud yelling all of a sudden & looked toward the park...I don’t know how to express this without being offensive but....I saw a junky old van and a man & 2 women I can best describe as looking like trailer trash, in a very heated argument. They were not from the neighborhood. I had never seen them or the van here before. One of the women was in the driver’s seat of the van with the door open. All 3 were screaming at each other and screaming obscenities and a racial slur (N word even though they were all white). The blonde woman outside the van started grabbing the brunette woman in the van by the hair & trying to drag her out. They were in the middle of street swinging at each other and screaming. Then an older woman who appeared to be the mom of the woman in the van got out and hobbled over to them with a cane! She wasn’t even old, maybe early 50s? Cue all 4 out there hitting each other. Best I could tell, the 2 women were fighting over the man. They left just before the cops arrived. We found some broken jewelry and a phone in the street where they had been parked. Interestingly, I only saw the blonde woman from behind, never saw the front of her during the brawl. A few hours later, I saw her and the man walking towards the park and she was visibly pregnant! Then the van came back and they were all talking civilly. The blonde woman got in the van and the man and the brunette went and sat on the park bench & were talking. It was the craziest thing!