Meanwhile, speaking of policy, of which Trump has none, J.D.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Karen Strickholm last edited by
@KarenStrickholm @lolonurse Yes, not a clue. So many of us have never educated ourselves to think about life from the perspective of others, so that, when the loss of those others suddenly affects our real lives, we're in shock. Or, alternatively, we vote to strip women of rights, never imagining that a woman in our lives (or we ourselves as women) will be affected by what we've set in motion through our votes. Then the chickens come home to roost for us.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Karen Strickholm last edited by
@KarenStrickholm @lolonurse Yes, a story repeated over and over across the US, with the minority communities varying from place to place. In my aunt and uncle's final years in a care facility in Houston, I often wondered what their son, who'd turn on Rush Limbaugh to listen to as he drove me to see his parents when I visited, thought about the fact that almost every single person giving loving care to his parents was a woman of color. Did he even see, I asked myself.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Karen Strickholm last edited by
@KarenStrickholm @lolonurse You're giving me yet more reasons to play another trip back to Connecticut and Brooklyn to see my family members there. I'll land and when they pick me up at the airport, I'll say, "Let's go eat!"
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@wdlindsy @KarenStrickholm
I feel so fortunate for where & how I grew up. The part of NY City, as well as the nature of my dad's work, gave us exposure to all sorts of people from all over the world. And my father was a total feminist. One of his best friends was the first woman to become a PE (professional engineer) in mechanical engineering. However, he couldn't tolerate idiots. -
William Lindsey :toad:replied to lolonurse last edited by
@lolonurse @KarenStrickholm You had rich experiences and opportunities many of us growing up can only dream of having had.
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@wdlindsy @KarenStrickholm
It's so true. I have to laugh- this city girl who learned to milk cows at age 4. My life now kind of stinks, but I have wonderful, fun, amazing memories.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to lolonurse last edited by
@lolonurse @KarenStrickholm Wonderful-sounding memories. I would not have a clue as to how to milk a cow, though my roots are not that far removed from farm life. My father's parents farmed until he was a small boy. All four of my grandparents grew up on farms. I'm sure all could milk cows, but that art or skill did not pass down to me.
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@wdlindsy @KarenStrickholm
My aunt & uncle had a large dairy farm, where we often went during summers. All extra hands were welcome, and I was a curious & willing animal lover. They had barn cats, a herding dog, an elder draft horse, chickens, ducks...so perfect! -
William Lindsey :toad:replied to lolonurse last edited by
@lolonurse @KarenStrickholm You had rich childhood experiences. By my childhood, only two siblings of my grandparents were farming — a brother of my maternal grandmother and a brother of my paternal grandfather. I loved to visit the great-uncle and -aunt with a small farm south of Little Rock, the brother of my maternal grandmother. It was like stepping back in time, and I'd beg to spend the night with them and get to experience what farm life had been like for a very long time.
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@wdlindsy @KarenStrickholm
The one thing I would have liked least was the fact that the cows need you 365 days a year, so there are no weekends, holidays or vacations. -
William Lindsey :toad:replied to lolonurse last edited by
@lolonurse @KarenStrickholm Yes, that's something my spouse talks about. He grew up on a farm in northwest Minnesota, which combined grain-growing with maintaining a dairy, a herd of beef cows, chickens, hogs, and other livestock. Milking and feeding the cows was a 7-day-a-week job, 365 days in the year. Until he left for college, from the time he was old enough to be in the barn, he milked cows morning and night every day.
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@wdlindsy @KarenStrickholm
Indeed! Once one cousin went into the Army, another went to college, and the other got married, my aunt & uncle had to hire a guy they knew, give him a place to live above their garage... and he wasn't reliable. So much for "family farms" (or family fishing boats, etc.) -
William Lindsey :toad:replied to lolonurse last edited by
@lolonurse @KarenStrickholm It's a life that requires real dedication and sacrifice, and if you don't raise a family of lots of children – 8 of them in my husband's family, a family his mother, who was one of 12, called a small family — you miss out on a lot of free, unremunerated labor.
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Karen Strickholmreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy @lolonurse There is this whole thing in astrology - we are leaving the piscean age, and entering the aquarian age. 2,000 year cycle of Pisces was a time of building cities, of hierarchical structures - as seen in family, government, business. In the time of Aquarius, is is all about dominance of the individual. So for ex, instead of climbimg a corporate ladder, business will get done through loose alliances of individuals working on specific projects. Have article, will try to find!
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Karen Strickholmreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy @lolonurse You could do it! Basically, you grab the teat and squeeze it in you hand feom the top down. There, that's it!
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Karen Strickholmreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy @lolonurse That is such a good point, that labor was essential to running a farm back in the day.
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@wdlindsy @KarenStrickholm
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to lolonurse last edited by
@lolonurse @KarenStrickholm I think that many people would definitely now see it as an outmoded pattern of child-rearing and of organizing families. It was taken for granted in the past because farm families did rely heavily on the labor of children in the family. And, of course, in strongly Catholic cultures like the one in which my spouse was raised, this was reinforced by religious teachings forbidding use of contraception and encouraging families to have as many children as "God" sent.