#ooc

And Salma is still getting sand out of her sandles

sandals?

I think Jess might have sand elsewhere.

better sandy than salty (attitude)

True.

workout done!

BEAST!

um

B is giving her opinions on race relations.

Okay, meeting over. Lots of people given tenure (should have happened in May). Not much else of note.

Oh, Mr. D., I'm sure that's comedy gold.

Tragi-comedy, maybe.

She's not insisting on watching the RNC, is she?

Oh we're watching a show from the 90s, jail break, some racial tension

and she declares out of the blue that "The blacks" can start "hollering" at her when she owns one as a slave, because she's not responsible for slavery now and never has been and its nothing they've been through either. ie they've got nothing to 'holler' about since slavery is no more :man-facepalming:

Two of us guys are like trying to not facepalm too loudly or say 'what the fuck?' out loud. B's daughter calmly says "When your son was 14, were you ever worried he'd be shot for wearing a hoodie?"

And B says "No."

And her daughter says "Not everyone in this country can say that, and maybe they have a right to have a problem with that"

GOOD FOR DAUGHTER!

Tell her HELL YEAH from me.

(thought I would have left out the word "maybe")

(of course, I would have unable to deliver that line without expletives)

I may not be getting exact exchange right, but props to the filter of my housemate/ B's daughter, because I would not have been able to say anything without cursing at her at that moment. I am NOT very 'woke' I think Social justice warriors sometimes are their own worst enemies. I don't like Politically correct bullying... and even I was going 'are you STUPID racist, hateful racist, or both?" in my head

Two minutes later B's looking at one of our dogs who looks back at her and going "What are you looking at?" kind of baby voice

and it's all I can do not to say outloud "A racist"

you are being very good

Your self-control is noted and commended.

I am sorry guys. That was one of those 'terrible horrible I can't believe someone said that in this house' moments I felt I had to share

COMPLETELY understood!

OH I GET YOU

Amen.

Squeaky clean, Rae?

parents CHOSE to retire to Oklahoma, that says enough right there

we have lovely conversations on a very curated number of subjects

I can understand loving a state for the landscape more than the politics, but I've been told I can get my mountain Fix in SW PA

May I suggest the Catskills?

SWPA

SWPA

All moot currently, but I certainly take suggestions. I ain't a millionaire but there's I do like to dream shop Zillow etc 😉

Essentially the view from my window (in Autumn, anyway). Just sayin':

oooooooooooooo

home

BrekkeP is not wrong.

Wow. (To both)

Sorry, AFK a moment.

/roll coin