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DFW

(57,085 posts)
59. Alemannic is a challenge alright
Mon Dec 9, 2024, 05:02 PM
Dec 9

Otherwise known as "Schwyzerdüütsch." I'm OK with Basel or Zürich dialects. Get out in the hinterlands like Bern or Interlaken, and it gets harder for me. Get out to Chur, Appenzell or Uri, and I start to cry for help, too. Even my colleague from Geneva threw in the towel long ago. He's OK with English or Italian, but Schwyzerdüütch might as well be Uzbek to him.

I have only one retirement setup. I have the Roth IRA and a 401k which I can't access until I stop working. If I stop working, I figure I'm dead within a year, and won't be able to enjoy much of anything I take out of that 401k anyhow. That's relatively small to begin with. It's different if you have two million dollars in there. I don't, unfortunately. Other than the Roth IRA and the 401k, I have a jumble of some stock, some gold coins, and a savings account back in Dallas. I also have tiny sliver of my company which is frozen colder than Greenland's last surviving glaciers until the company is sold, which I probably won't live to see. If I do, then I can afford--what? No mansions in Beverly Hills, no private planes, so, what, then? I'd probably invest in a private recording studio and make music, or something. Maybe commute to Atlanta and play on more sessions with The Freedom Toast? I briefly fantasized about a house on Cape Cod. My sensible wife stopped that one cold. "A house we won't see for eleven months out of the year, but have to pay taxes on 12 months out of the year, pay for upkeep and renovation, and might fall into the ocean if the winter storms get too violent. Are you out of your mind?" Well, I may well be that, but I have been cured of looking to buy a house on Cape Cod. We'll just keep on keepin' on. It's worked out for us so far, anyway.

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What the SC decides on this on this will be a good indicator just how quickly our Democracy will be destroyed. That the JohnSJ Dec 9 #1
Fuck the willing sheep. What is our best course of resistance? Magoo48 Dec 9 #38
So far I am not particularly impressed by some of the Democrats in Congress who seem too willing to NOT to fight. JohnSJ Dec 9 #40
trump said recently he "would TRY to end it." Someone must have told him a Constitutional Silent Type Dec 9 #2
I don't think he cares. In his fluffy little poo-brain, AllyCat Dec 9 #14
Supremes won't give him a chance to violate what is explicitly written in Constitution. Not Silent Type Dec 9 #15
I wish I had your optimism. AllyCat Dec 9 #19
Supremes can insist they are 'originalists', and thus all Ammendments.... 70sEraVet Dec 9 #24
They COULD, but highly unlikely they will. Silent Type Dec 9 #26
All except the 2nd, of course. Aristus Dec 9 #58
The "Supremes" aren't going to do shit against Trump. TBF Dec 9 #35
I don't think the media should report anything. Trump says. Chances are very, very good. It's a lie. Walleye Dec 9 #3
Is the intention just denaturalization BadgerKid Dec 9 #4
No the intent is to deport the American children of the undocumented erodriguez Dec 9 #5
Their plan is to end the "anchor babies" dilemma FakeNoose Dec 9 #12
Lately he's been implying that the undocumented family members either leave - haele Dec 9 #34
Is he going to start with his own family? nt TBF Dec 9 #36
Let's Talk About All of Those Russian Kids Deep State Witch Dec 9 #48
Yes it's definitely abusing our system, and the Russians are doing it blatantly FakeNoose Dec 9 #51
The thing that is totally shocking, is that everyone assumes he means it's only going to apply to Baitball Blogger Dec 9 #6
My Friend's partner is Ukrainian Deep State Witch Dec 9 #49
Our government's Constitution stopped working for us, the day that less than 50% of those who voted, voted Baitball Blogger Dec 9 #50
The media... 2naSalit Dec 9 #7
the media continues to traumatize us with this sort of inflammatory BS LymphocyteLover Dec 9 #8
On day 1 Beachnutt Dec 9 #9
C-SPAN Washington Journal is talking about this now. Emile Dec 9 #10
We already did that. Research the "Real Jobs for Real Americans" Act AZLD4Candidate Dec 9 #11
Really? I'm surprised but thank you NT Tickle Dec 9 #17
I did look that up. 70sEraVet Dec 9 #32
Thank you, 70sEraVet, for the link FemDemERA Dec 9 #53
They are targeting the Constitution dlk Dec 9 #13
tsf also employs crews of undocumented folks, why isn't he arrested and they get deported? lark Dec 9 #16
he has also had many of those 'birth tourists' stay at his properties. mopinko Dec 9 #29
If they get rid of the birthright citizenship. The people without it should not have to pay into Social Security LiberalArkie Dec 9 #18
Everyone pays into SS and Medicare if they work for a legitimate business LittleGirl Dec 9 #21
I have been fighting a mostly lonely battle for many years. DFW Dec 9 #37
We really get the axe from being citizens abroad. LittleGirl Dec 9 #42
I started working full time with my outfit in 1975, and didn't formalize my residence move here until 2011 DFW Dec 9 #56
That mess is why I'm glad my spouse handles all of our retirement accounts LittleGirl Dec 9 #57
Alemannic is a challenge alright DFW Dec 9 #59
Oh I totally agree. I just have a problem with the fact that a person is forced to pay into something that they will LiberalArkie Dec 9 #43
A lot of folks think it will impact someone else IronLionZion Dec 9 #20
It's just s diversion Jughead Dec 9 #22
It's all about the Bitcoins. Chris Hayes had it right. k55f5r Dec 9 #39
No no. It going to happen and they are going to rob America erodriguez Dec 9 #44
this Cosmocat Dec 9 #46
Fine, Donnie can start with all the white folks first Blue_Tires Dec 9 #23
How about the constutution VGuerra276 Dec 9 #25
he'd like to repeal all of the 14th amend. mopinko Dec 9 #31
He can't just repeal a amendment. Elessar Zappa Dec 9 #52
oh, i know. but mopinko Dec 9 #55
Media has no birth certificate, they are not people, they are corporations. bucolic_frolic Dec 9 #27
Media once again obeying Trump in advance. nt Jit423 Dec 9 #28
More projection and hypocrisy. Russian 'birth tourism' -- according to The Week, at Trump condos lostnfound Dec 9 #30
So Melanie and her anchor baby. onecaliberal Dec 9 #33
No, they're white. They can stay. JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 9 #41
All those brown people pissed at the white immigrants are not gonna be happy. onecaliberal Dec 9 #45
Agolf Twitler wants to repeal the 14th amendment because he wants to avoid prosecution for January 6th. love_katz Dec 9 #47
"The Media" is now synonymous with "The Ruling Class" Johnny2X2X Dec 9 #54
Wait till they go after Caesarian births. usonian Dec 9 #60
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