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S/V Loner

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6. I'm too old to disrupt my life...

Reply to Glorfindel (Reply #3)

Sun Dec 8, 2024, 10:13 AM

Dec 8

leave friends and start over. Fuck that. I'll go with FAFO and I don't react well to bullies. At 71 life in prison just isn't the same threat as it used to be.

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What should we be doing right now? What can we learn from 1930's Germany? nt [View all] LAS14 Dec 8 OP

Saving money to buy a property abroad. OrlandoDem2 Dec 8 #1

What my family learned was edhopper Dec 8 #2

I would leave if I could, but I'm old and far from wealthy. Glorfindel Dec 8 #3

I'm in the same situation. Deuxcents Dec 8 #4

Same here. anciano Dec 8 #5

I'm too old to disrupt my life... S/V Loner Dec 8 #6

Solzhenitsyn and Hitchens give us a direction 303squadron Dec 8 #7

Thanks. This sounds do-able and possibly even effective. LAS14 Dec 8 #15

I've told my husband for around the last 10 years that we may need to amend our retirement plans if flying_wahini Dec 8 #8

One thing we can learn from the Weimarer Republik is not to do what they did to cause their own downfall DFW Dec 8 #9

How do you prevent crackpot parties from getting elected? LAS14 Dec 8 #14

Exactly the way the Bundesrepublik did after the war DFW Dec 9 #16

I'm afraid MAGA is getting a lot more than 5%. nt LAS14 Dec 9 #21

Hindenburg had a lot of power as President Kaleva Dec 9 #18

I'm sure that some people would say get out the vote. JanMichael Dec 8 #10

What we need to learn is that, just because a revenge-crazed, incompetent Aristus Dec 8 #11

Post removed Post removed Dec 8 #12

Well Hello!! GP6971 Dec 8 #13

Some book recommendations Mike 03 Dec 9 #17

We can learn that economic conditions are considerably different Kaleva Dec 9 #19

Well, if we look at some of our elected officials Bettie Dec 9 #20