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Author | Time | Post |
 Where I live: (Original post) |
Atticus | Aug 2021 | OP |
| Srkdqltr | Aug 2021 | #1 | |
| Atticus | Aug 2021 | #9 | |
| NQAS | Aug 2021 | #2 | |
| Treefrog | Aug 2021 | #3 | |
| Sherman A1 | Aug 2021 | #4 | |
| CaliforniaPeggy | Aug 2021 | #5 | |
| Sherman A1 | Aug 2021 | #6 | |
| Atticus | Aug 2021 | #11 | |
| Sherman A1 | Aug 2021 | #34 | |
| MLAA | Aug 2021 | #17 | |
| Atticus | Aug 2021 | #10 | |
| Treefrog | Aug 2021 | #12 | |
| Atticus | Aug 2021 | #13 | |
| wnylib | Aug 2021 | #20 | |
| barbtries | Aug 2021 | #24 | |
| wnylib | Aug 2021 | #27 | |
| barbtries | Aug 2021 | #44 | |
| wnylib | Aug 2021 | #46 | |
| barbtries | Aug 2021 | #47 | |
| Treefrog | Aug 2021 | #22 | |
| FoxNewsSucks | Aug 2021 | #23 | |
| Skittles | Aug 2021 | #15 | |
| Treefrog | Aug 2021 | #25 | |
| Skittles | Aug 2021 | #28 | |
| Treefrog | Aug 2021 | #29 | |
| Skittles | Aug 2021 | #31 | |
| Treefrog | Aug 2021 | #32 | |
| Skittles | Aug 2021 | #33 | |
| Treefrog | Aug 2021 | #35 | |
| Skittles | Aug 2021 | #37 | |
| Treefrog | Aug 2021 | #38 | |
| Skittles | Aug 2021 | #39 | |
| mwooldri | Aug 2021 | #41 | |
| Skittles | Aug 2021 | #42 | |
| ecstatic | Aug 2021 | #40 | |
| multigraincracker | Aug 2021 | #7 | |
| abqtommy | Aug 2021 | #8 | |
| Fla Dem | Aug 2021 | #14 | |
| mwooldri | Aug 2021 | #16 | |
| riverbendviewgal | Aug 2021 | #19 | |
| appleannie1 | Aug 2021 | #18 | |
| FoxNewsSucks | Aug 2021 | #21 | |
| DanieRains | Aug 2021 | #26 | |
| TheRickles | Aug 2021 | #30 | |
| Atticus | Aug 2021 | #43 | |
| TheRickles | Aug 2021 | #45 | |
| GoneOffShore | Aug 2021 | #36 |
Response to Atticus (Original post)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 01:50 PM
Srkdqltr (4,980 posts)
1. Who ridiculed you? Several on here have talked about people challenging
Response to Srkdqltr (Reply #1)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 02:54 PM
Atticus (15,124 posts)
9. People in this community. nt
Response to Atticus (Original post)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 02:03 PM
3. No one has ridiculed me for self-isolating. How would anyone even know?
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No ridicule about wearing a mask either.
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Response to Treefrog (Reply #3)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 02:18 PM
Sherman A1 (38,958 posts)
4. Same here
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I find the OP somewhat questionable.
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Response to Sherman A1 (Reply #4)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 02:21 PM
CaliforniaPeggy (145,787 posts)
5. Perhaps Atticus was ventilating, or thinking out loud. No harm in that.
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Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #5)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 02:27 PM
Sherman A1 (38,958 posts)
6. and perhaps
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someone doth protest too much?
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Response to Sherman A1 (Reply #6)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 03:07 PM
Atticus (15,124 posts)
11. and perhaps someone is breathing too much methane. nt
Response to Atticus (Reply #11)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 04:30 PM
Sherman A1 (38,958 posts)
34. Got a fix for that
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Response to Sherman A1 (Reply #6)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 03:27 PM
MLAA (14,820 posts)
17. I say chill, cut some slack. So The OP's experience is different than yours.
Response to Sherman A1 (Reply #4)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 03:02 PM
Atticus (15,124 posts)
10. You would. I go out hardly at all, but I do communicate with others and I do read the local
Response to Treefrog (Reply #12)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 03:11 PM
Atticus (15,124 posts)
13. Our local discussion board would curl your hair. nt
Response to Atticus (Reply #13)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 03:45 PM
wnylib (18,344 posts)
20. Mine is like that, too.
Response to wnylib (Reply #20)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 04:03 PM
barbtries (27,922 posts)
24. looking back,
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well even at the time i guess...I believe it was the elevators in NYC that made so very many people sick. It's a vertical city.
i applaud you for taking the stairs...5 floors would probably take me a half hour i'm in not good shape physically. I do take the stairs in my townhome on a regular basis though  |
Response to barbtries (Reply #24)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 04:15 PM
wnylib (18,344 posts)
27. I am 71. I have asthma.
Response to wnylib (Reply #27)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 06:59 PM
barbtries (27,922 posts)
44. you can't be any more careful than you already are.
Response to barbtries (Reply #44)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 12:15 AM
wnylib (18,344 posts)
46. It doesn't happen very often that
Response to wnylib (Reply #46)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 02:35 AM
barbtries (27,922 posts)
47. yes, i recently stayed at a hotel in CA
Response to Sherman A1 (Reply #4)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 03:55 PM
FoxNewsSucks (10,164 posts)
23. The title of the post is "Where I Live"
Response to Treefrog (Reply #3)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 03:25 PM
Skittles (149,678 posts)
15. I SALIVATE at the thought of someone "ridiculing" me
Response to Treefrog (Reply #25)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 04:17 PM
Skittles (149,678 posts)
28. I spent many years in England as a child
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I think the only word I say that sounds Brit to people here is "been", which I pronounce to sound like BEAN, whereas Americans typically say "BIN"
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Response to Treefrog (Reply #29)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 04:26 PM
Skittles (149,678 posts)
31. when I moved to Iowa from England
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I wrote a paper and it was with some words circled in red.....I talked to the teacher who told me, this would be correct only if you were in England. I told him, well, I just moved from there! He set me straight.
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Response to Skittles (Reply #31)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 04:27 PM
32. Whoa.
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Dayum. Had some of that too. Grr.
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Response to Treefrog (Reply #32)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 04:29 PM
Skittles (149,678 posts)
33. my English mum lived in America for decades
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when people told her they loved her accent she would say, "I'm speaking English....YOU have an accent."
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Response to Skittles (Reply #33)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 04:32 PM
35. Hahaha! Mine too!
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Her favorite story was how Americans loved to tell her England would fit into Texas 26 times, or some shit.
She found that hilarious.  |
Response to Treefrog (Reply #35)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 04:35 PM
Skittles (149,678 posts)
37. I did think a lot of Brits did not understand how big America is
Response to Treefrog (Reply #38)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 04:39 PM
Skittles (149,678 posts)
39. you got THAT right
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Response to Skittles (Reply #31)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 06:10 PM
mwooldri (10,188 posts)
41. Well you were clearly writing in English.
Response to Treefrog (Reply #3)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 05:41 PM
ecstatic (31,241 posts)
40. lol. It's probably not ridicule but moreso peer pressure from people (friends/family)
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repeatedly saying that you never leave the house?
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Response to Atticus (Original post)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 02:35 PM
multigraincracker (30,377 posts)
7. Shelter in place
Response to Atticus (Original post)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 02:49 PM
8. The Human Herd has been self-thinning ever since this covid started and it's
Response to Atticus (Original post)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 03:23 PM
Fla Dem (21,409 posts)
14. At least in my neck of the woods in Fl, masks are more in use. Almost back to levels before vaccines
Response to Atticus (Original post)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 03:27 PM
mwooldri (10,188 posts)
16. Had to step out to a Walmart.
Response to mwooldri (Reply #16)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 03:37 PM
riverbendviewgal (4,162 posts)
19. I can confirm what you wrote
Response to Atticus (Original post)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 03:34 PM
appleannie1 (4,674 posts)
18. It is almost that bad where I live too. Sad.
Response to Atticus (Original post)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 03:53 PM
FoxNewsSucks (10,164 posts)
21. Decreased mask use here also
Response to Atticus (Original post)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 04:24 PM
30. So, Atticus - Where do you live? (to give us some context)
Response to TheRickles (Reply #30)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 06:49 PM
Atticus (15,124 posts)
43. Southern Illinois. nt
Response to Atticus (Original post)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 04:34 PM
GoneOffShore (16,944 posts)
36. Anti pass sanitare demo in Aix-en-Provence today. Probably 1000 people.
