haha, I get to do my thing, give a plug after reading 'can you buy friendship'... the last paragraph of that article:
"Volunteering can be a great (usually free) way to meet people that’s not dependent on social performance."
Both of my parents were volunteers, so were role models for me; I've been a volunteer in many agencies my entire adult life. Marvelous way to serve your community, meet & interact w/ a variety of people, both other volunteers & clients/customers. Where I volunteer now, some of these folks are now members of my monthly game day, meeting at my house.
another Free for All, involving plagiarism, Cambridge being informed in 2023, but saying the guy was fantastic. Now he has a book coming out. Here's a YouTube about him, Jason Arday. TheTimes The comments are pretty good.
Looking back at my pictures from the 80’s, I wonder what these naked dressing women are going to think about their wardrobe 10 years from now. Sometimes fashion trend should just not be followed. I don’t want to see nearly naked women on the street any more than I want to look at some man’s big hairy belly on the street. The social concept of appropriate clothing may change but common sense doesn’t.
I wonder if those in the social clubs are actually more real than those online. It is still quite possible to be a phoney in real life, we’ve all met them. I have met people through sporting groups, continuing education and even ads in the paper, but I would be very hesitant to join a social club unless I already knew some of the members.
And props to the post people for checking on the elders. That reminds me, I need to check on my neighbour across the hall.
Oh, and thanks for mentioning a Canadian story. Didn’t read the article as I have lived that story for a while. There are lots of Albertans and other western Canadians who are tired of being second class behind eastern Canada. One example? BC Ferries are subsidized $1.43 per passenger; ferries on the east coast are subsidized $240 per passenger despite larger populations on the West Coast. There are many, many others, like elections are decided through votes in Ontario and east long before the polls have closed in Western Canada. We won’t even mention Quebec. I don’t think the separation will happen but it might just wake up Ottawa that the West is serious about the imbalance in the governance model.
haha, I get to do my thing, give a plug after reading 'can you buy friendship'... the last paragraph of that article:
"Volunteering can be a great (usually free) way to meet people that’s not dependent on social performance."
Both of my parents were volunteers, so were role models for me; I've been a volunteer in many agencies my entire adult life. Marvelous way to serve your community, meet & interact w/ a variety of people, both other volunteers & clients/customers. Where I volunteer now, some of these folks are now members of my monthly game day, meeting at my house.
another Free for All, involving plagiarism, Cambridge being informed in 2023, but saying the guy was fantastic. Now he has a book coming out. Here's a YouTube about him, Jason Arday. TheTimes The comments are pretty good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LOblZm_cnc
haha, I showed the 'naked dressing' article to a guy friend. His response:
"But I remember thinking, ‘I have no idea where to look right now."
I would instinctively know where to look.
Looking back at my pictures from the 80’s, I wonder what these naked dressing women are going to think about their wardrobe 10 years from now. Sometimes fashion trend should just not be followed. I don’t want to see nearly naked women on the street any more than I want to look at some man’s big hairy belly on the street. The social concept of appropriate clothing may change but common sense doesn’t.
I wonder if those in the social clubs are actually more real than those online. It is still quite possible to be a phoney in real life, we’ve all met them. I have met people through sporting groups, continuing education and even ads in the paper, but I would be very hesitant to join a social club unless I already knew some of the members.
And props to the post people for checking on the elders. That reminds me, I need to check on my neighbour across the hall.
Oh, and thanks for mentioning a Canadian story. Didn’t read the article as I have lived that story for a while. There are lots of Albertans and other western Canadians who are tired of being second class behind eastern Canada. One example? BC Ferries are subsidized $1.43 per passenger; ferries on the east coast are subsidized $240 per passenger despite larger populations on the West Coast. There are many, many others, like elections are decided through votes in Ontario and east long before the polls have closed in Western Canada. We won’t even mention Quebec. I don’t think the separation will happen but it might just wake up Ottawa that the West is serious about the imbalance in the governance model.
thanks for your input from a Canadian about that.