Yesterday my gf and I went to the wedding of her cousin who just a little younger than us, end 20-ish
And the guy marrying (who shares the same name with me😆) told me that they tried to get as much second hand, free and recycled goods for the wedding like chairs, glasses etc
And the overall vibe was so cozy! All with "custom" items basically for almost no money!
He said that hiring glasses would costs 40 cents per glass and buying them second hand 20 cents. And they even can return them 💪 ♻️
@stux@nrmacdonald@MugsysRapSheet I thought you were a native English speaker from your posts, for what it's worth. Good job! I would hate to learn English as a second language. It's so full of inconsistencies.
Edit: This is for Stux, sorry about any confusion.
@stux@Hipska Thank you! That was my thought, but I also wondered if you might be a transplanted Dane. 🤔
I think Americans are remiss in not mandating learning foreign languages in our education system, but these days, we seem to have ditched the idea of including education in our education system. 🙄
@fkamiah17 I despise that man and his band of arrogant creatures. Every election, I pray for a blue Texas. The current band of culls are moving us backward so fast, I fear our collective tumping over.
@fkamiah17 Beto gave it a good shot, but he never stood a chance at winning over any good ol' boys who might have been on the fence. The influx of California Libs might have tipped the balance but they flee soon after their first hotter'n'hell summers here. I like Allred, seems like a solid guy, but I'm not holding my breath. Bubba and his tribe are frightened, angry, threatened, and murder in their hearts waxes stronger every week. The more GOP rot is exposed, the deeper they entrench in it. 🤨🤪
@fkamiah17 Before Texas goes blue--or even magenta--we need a much heftier voting wedge of people who want change, will work for it, and will vote for it. This state has been about white male patriarchy and wealth most of its history, and those benefitting from power will stoop to any amount of dirty tricks to hold it. This is why education and women's health especially are unsupported here. The No Child Left Behind policy that started mass erosion of national public education started here.
@fkamiah17 I wouldn't want to offend by muddling in Brit politics, but yeah, I esteem the Tories about as much or less than I do our Texas GOP. They did a real number on you guys with Brexit, disastrous for the nation. Hubby and I are anglophiles, and it breaks my heart to read about the suffering the British people are enduring subsequent to Brexit. Winter especially seemed brutal, too many choosing food or heat. Barbaric. Thought we had all evolved further than this. 😔
@fkamiah17 Empathy, hugs, and a comforting cuppa to you, friend. Our mutual conservative governments couldn't care less about the public they're sworn to serve, whether we have shelter, food, medical care, education--civilization, in short. They're masterful manipulators of fear, using it like a scalpel to cut away not only the threads that bind the fabric of society, but even the memory of that fabric. Dangerous country for all of us, and I fervently hope we can turn this around.
Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973. I was 10 years old. Put in perspective the fact that until I was 10, abortion was illegal. So, I began my life without bodily autonomy. I had it from ages 10 - 60, and now I’m back at square one, without any. This RIGHT didn’t even exist for one person’s entire lifetime.
@StillIRise1963@Aviva_Gary Yes, this is so important! I made a point of telling young co-workers what my mother, now 90-yo, and I experienced in the workplace, before laws and policies were in place to discourage discrimination and harassment. They were shocked. In my last years, I also told them it's their job to continue to fight to protect what our generation established and advance the battleground. The fight for freedom and equality spans generations, and complacency is surrender.
@StillIRise1963 Yep. But really, crazy is in our rearview mirror. This is surreal, like we all woke up in a checkerboard Dali landscape draped with melting clocks and a sky plastered with giant eyeballs and scissors. The world is tilted on a vertiginous axis, and the only thing that can set it right for me personally will be to see justice done and those responsible brought to account. I thought the Nixon scandals were disruptive and absorbing, but this...this is a whole new level. 😬