Countrymouse Posted November 2018
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Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
People are being locked out either 1) as part of a multiuser tech glitch or 2) because they are suspended or banned.
If someone’s in Group 1, there’s no reason they should not just set up a transparent backup account to continue talking after they’ve submitted a support ticket.
If someone’s on discipline, however, that doesn’t apply. The whole point of a suspension is so those suspended don’t communicate with the board, so I would imagine a backup account or getting friends to post for them or whatever would infuriate the admins who initiated the restriction even more.
It’s a very sad reality that so many people are suffering with being alone.
It’s not just emotional suffering, it also has a physical impact on people who have absolutely no one else in their lives.
Very sad time then for NY. It’s horrible because NY is so fabulous.
Actually, that situation sounds like New Orleans after Katrina hit. Geeeeeez, the looting was insane. I get people taking diapers, formula and baby food for their children. Even the police let that slide. But the insane looting of other stuff was just plain crazy!
My neighbor who was in the national guard and assigned to the super dome said that it was absolutely horrific inside the dome. The drug addicts were withdrawing and things got really bad In the dome.
That reminds me of another story from the 1970’s in NYC. Now I was just a kid then , but my husband was friends with a gentleman at work that was older than my husband. This gentleman was head of security where my husband works. The man is now retired but previously this man was a policeman in NYC when it was bad and morale was low . He told us about the blackout of 1977. He was assigned to a particularly bad area when the blackout of 1977 happened . It was crazy, no electricity , couldn’t see anything , people just breaking all the store windows and looting , starting fires . This policeman and his partner just decided to hide until daylight . They were so outnumbered , they figured they would have been killed . He did his 20 years for a pension and got out . I don’t know what crime is like there now , I moved to Pennsylvania 18 years ago when my husbands job transferred him .
Honestly, it is getting so bad that I don’t think anything is a top priority for the police. Their morale is in the toilet at this point. There are neighborhoods that they won’t even show up at all!
Here’s the thing though, crime is happening in areas where it never happened before on a regular basis.
So, we have really beautiful neighborhoods like our garden district (uptown) but just a couple of blocks away are some really sketchy neighborhoods.
Other areas like Lakeview, another nice area of the city that didn’t normally deal with high crime levels is now seeing a lot of carjackings and robberies.
I am waiting for something to happen at our jazz festival. I have been going to the festival since the very first year. Nothing bad has ever happened but security doesn’t do a great job of searching bags. I know because I have told them before that they didn’t search my bag very well. The woman looked at me and said, “You don’t look like the type to have a weapon.”
Security does a great job at the dome for our Saints games! Now, people go to their cars after the game and see that their cars have been vandalized! It’s crazy.
Mardi Gras can get crazy. It’s sad because I have always loved going to the parades. Lots of locals go out of town for Mardi Gras. They go skiing, Disney or somewhere else.
It’s funny, one time we took a trip to the mountains when my oldest daughter was young during Mardi Gras. She had a whole week off of school. She saw kids in their school uniforms and said, “Mommy, why are they in school? It’s Mardi Gras time!” LOL 😆 She was only 6 and thought everyone had a vacation from school for Mardi Gras.
PeggySue - you mean set up a backup account? I just made my avatar the same for both accounts to be more recognizable. Really glitches get fixed pretty quickly so I don't see that I will need the backup much.
You and me both! It is truly sickening. Our politicians have always been colorful! Hahaha, that is a polite way to put it. I’m sure that you can read between the lines and know what I mean.
Look up our mayor and you will see that she is not popular or well respected in our city. There were tons of signatures to get her removed but nothing happened. Not enough signatures were collected for the recall.
Isn’t it sad? I wish that your grandfather would have been able to feel safe when traveling home from his job. It’s so stressful to live in a city where there is a high volume of crime.
It’s so bad here now, if a woman is attacked the police have said that it won’t be a priority. My Lord, I can’t make sense of this situation anymore.
My grandfather was an artist for the print ads in the newspaper in NYC before they had computers to do that stuff. He always worked evening shift so he rode the subway 2 am to Penn station , then he took the next train back to Long Island to get home . Back in the 1970’s NYC was having bad crime , My grandfather was near retirement when he kept getting mugged . He retired at 70 years old . He got mugged a bunch of times waiting for the train in the subway platform . He always carried at least $100 in cash because if the mugger looked in the wallet and it was less they would punch him. If there was at least $100. They left with the cash and didn’t hit him .
Yes, it’s a pain to have to deal with cancellations of cards, getting a new license and all that stuff.
Not to mention that a lunatic now knows where you live. She had her keys in her pocket so he didn’t get her keys.
Yeah. I am pretty bummed. My oldest daughter has been assaulted on the street. She was hurt, he pushed her down pretty hard onto the pavement and the guy took her purse. She didn’t have a lot of money it it but she was scared to death. The guy towered over her threatening to kill her. Thank God that she wasn’t hurt.
I am just so sick of all of this. My husband’s job is here. So, we can’t really move to another state right now.
It breaks my heart because there are so many things that I love about New Orleans but our police department and our politicians don’t seem to be able to control the violence in our neighborhoods.
My youngest daughter is already talking about moving back to Denver because it’s really disturbing to feel like a carjacking or being victim of a crime is going to happen.
Thx re my avatar - same kitty as before but the photo was taken this year. She is 4 yo this month.
I like your new kitty pic
Need - that's terrible about the shooting and death of the 23 year old, and any other shootings for that matter.
So sick of it! It’s depressing actually. Our wonderful Jazz Fest is going on and a few miles away from the festival a young waiter is shot serving customers seated in an outdoor dining area. The gunfire went through the restaurant window and all of the customers are on the floor. I cannot count the times that I have eaten lunch and dinner there. It’s an institution in our city.
Oh, and the waiter is dead! 23 years old and dead. Disgusting how these shootings are occurring in our city.
Yeah, I see what you mean. I don’t know. I suppose that the administration feels that they are preventing a blow up or something of that nature.
I don’t expect everyone to agree with me on every topic and I know that I won’t agree with everyone on certain issues.
I am aware that people are entitled to their own opinions. There are people in this world who feel like everyone is supposed to agree with them on everything. It’s a ridiculous position and who knows why someone would feel like that.
Honestly, the older I get the less I try to figure other people out. I’m not their psychiatrist and I don’t wish to be their shrink! LOL 😆
What I mean is that, even if there has been an attack, a conflict, I find it a shame that we can’t talk about it publicly, openly, for the reasons I mentioned.
I hear you and I agree with you. Sometimes, it is only a communication issue.
I feel like this will always be an issue because no one can hear the tone of our voices or see facial expressions and things can easily be misinterpreted or misunderstood.
Personally, I don’t have an issue with explaining something if it’s misunderstood, others may be offended and hit the report button. Who knows?
I think everyone deserves a chance to explain their position. We have all seen behavior that is similar to a feeding frenzy where posters become attacked by others because people seem to want to jump on the bandwagon and join in.
“Possibly because it ends up being an attack on a poster which isn’t always fair.”
I get that. But I still find it a shame, because sometimes it isn’t an attack. On the contrary, it’s an opportunity to talk things through. And that’s why I wrote, “still staying respectful”.
Possibly because it ends up being an attack on a poster which isn’t always fair.
My issue is with not correcting the technical issues if that is the problem.
I feel many of us are confused about why we are getting kicked off the forum. Especially, if we aren’t being offensive to other posters.
It’s a mystery!
Why? AC decides.
I find it a shame that we can’t openly, still staying respectful, talk in public posts about pasts conflicts between members. I think it should be OK to talk about it. But AC just made a rule now, that it’s not OK to post publicly about past and future conflicts.
Yep! True 🤪
Of course with the new form policy now when people disappear we won't know if they've been locked out accidentally or temporarily banished🤔
So, all of the posts that are below did not show up as going through. Delayed response in the posting. It’s weird!