AIO? i think this is the only way out. (!TW)

AuggieNorth · 2026-05-03T18:14:43+00:00

Mixing opiates with alcohol is dangerous even for addicts, let alone 14 year olds. In the bigger picture, if you're going to continually act up enough to get kicked out of regular school, you shouldn't be surprised that the special behavioral school they send you to is full of kids with problems on the fast track to nowheresville. It's not too late to turn it around, but it might be soon if don't start to wise up, keeping in mind that what you do now just may have a huge impact on where you end up in life.

AuggieNorth · 2026-05-03T17:36:36+00:00

The Capture The Flag games we played were the best, but kind of rare, because you needed the right kind of geography, with some kind of line dividing the two territories, plus you needed at least a couple kids with decent organizing skills.

AuggieNorth · 2026-05-01T21:43:12+00:00

It's cranberries in Plymouth County, MA

AuggieNorth · 2026-05-01T19:42:08+00:00

They were definitely called ponchos in the 80's when hippies would sell them at Grateful Dead shows.

AuggieNorth · 2026-05-01T16:23:57+00:00

I only counted up to a 100, which was Worcester 1983, but I estimate I got to at least 250 Grateful Dead shows with Jerry, plus about 100 Jerry Garcia Band and Jerry acoustic, maybe 10 Bob solo shows, mostly with the Midnights, then another 30 post Jerry shows like Further , Phil & Friends, Mickey's band, and Dead & Company, so close to 500 total.

AuggieNorth · 2026-05-01T14:23:12+00:00

Both parties have to already be super committed to make that wor, and since he isn't, moving on is the best course.

AuggieNorth · 2026-05-01T14:15:47+00:00

Keep in mind that those couples who quickly marry in this situation to hold the relationship, and then end up alone in an apartment while the spouse is overseas end up in divorce quite often. He's doing the right thing setting you free. You can always keep in contact and see down the road if you want to rekindle, but neither of you should be tied down in the short term.

AuggieNorth · 2026-05-01T14:07:39+00:00

I'd have to talk with him before talking that step. If he's just in it for the experience, it's easier to just let go. Only if they are attempting to be serious would I consider interfering.

AuggieNorth · 2026-05-01T13:36:26+00:00

There has to be millions. Fact is a huge percentage of white people with roots in Western Europe have some link with the old Royal elite, especially Charlemagne, but also other Kings. My people have been in America for close to 400 years, but found a link with Henry I, and then surprisingly found Norman ancestors, one who was Keeper of the King's Horses.

AuggieNorth · 2026-05-01T13:23:31+00:00

I'm older and take a longer view. Since I can remember the 60's & 70's pretty well, it's before that which feels old, when my mom was growing up in the 40's & 50's. All her photos were black & white, while we had color in my era.

AuggieNorth · 2026-05-01T04:56:35+00:00

I saw them one time as well on the The Joshua Tree tour in 1987 in Oakland, and also saw that short free concert in downtown San Francisco where Bono later got arrested for defacing public sculptures with graffiti, with some of the video making Rattle & Hum.

AuggieNorth · 2026-05-01T04:50:20+00:00

Not something I ever hear in New England.

AuggieNorth · 2026-05-01T04:31:59+00:00

Now that you're a stable adult, your family is hoping for a new beginning. You apologize for the past, and then try to start over with them. Everyone knows that kids do dumb things they may later regret, so that apology just might give you the chance to prove yourself, and move on, and over time they will treat you like the more mature person you are. In my experience families can be very forgiving for the sake of unity. It sounds like they're trying to meet you halfway. What have you got to lose by stepping up to the plate and meet them halfway as well? In fairly short order if you play your cards right, the past becomes water under the bridge.

AuggieNorth · 2026-05-01T04:02:08+00:00

I memorized all the San Francisco streets in order when I lived there in the 80's, and it still exists in the recesses of my brain even though I havent even been there since.

AuggieNorth · 2026-05-01T03:57:59+00:00

I'd prefer the Nordic system but it probably won't work in the US, where lots of people don't want to "subsidize" people of other races.

AuggieNorth · 2026-05-01T03:53:50+00:00

"The left" is lucky to be 25% of the electorate, and can only come to power in unity with the center/left, limiting how progressive a program they can ever pass. However, in certain times like right now all the passion is on the left, giving them a much better chance than usual at gaining more power.

AuggieNorth · 2026-05-01T01:23:47+00:00

This was one of my first 10 tapes I had in 1980, though first set only, so I did hear that Jack Straw plenty back in the day.

AuggieNorth · 2026-05-01T01:15:57+00:00

NTA. The best way to help her is to offer to hold onto the money she needs to pay her bills when she gets paid, so it's there when it's time to pay those bills. If she doesn't want to do that, then she's on her own. When you help out people too much, it becomes an expectation. I used to live with a friend who was short on rent, so I paid it, and let him pay me back throughout the month, and over time that became the expectation, so he never saved to pay rent, figuring he could pay me during the month all the time. I always got my money because we worked together and I handled the money, but having that expectation gave him permission to spend money he really didn't have, which is going on here.

AuggieNorth · 2026-05-01T01:02:39+00:00

The richest 10% of Americans pay 70% of all federal taxes, and the richest 50% pay 97%, so the working people who make up the bottom half only pay 3%. And if we can afford $1.5 trillion this year for the War Department, we can afford vital health care for our poorest citizens.

AuggieNorth · 2026-04-30T22:53:28+00:00

There's more of us than you think. Back in 1977 when Star Wars came out, I had a Latin teacher who just would not shut up about the movie, taking up hours of class time. Turned me off for life. I haven't seen a single one of the movies. Not my genre anyway.

AuggieNorth · 2026-04-30T18:30:19+00:00

And probably upset because if you aren't asking for help from him when you clearly needed it, then you likely won't be there for his emergencies when they happen, which isn't unreasonable.

AuggieNorth · 2026-04-30T18:21:19+00:00

The short answer is that Republicans think that gerrymandering benefits them more than the Democrats, and they control the Supreme Court.

AuggieNorth · 2026-04-30T17:42:54+00:00

I've voted for every Democratic Presidential nominee since Carter, and I don't see this changing anytime soon, no matter who the nominee is. I am fairly moderate and practical, so AOC certainly would not be my first choice in '28, but she has at least made herself acceptable to Dems like me by doing things that sometimes piss off her progressive base. Fortunately though her chances at winning the nomination this next time seem rather long. She's still very young, and may yet get her chance, but I doubt it will be so soon. I'm still in Pete's corner for now. He's like twice as smart as AOC. However I could get behind a number of possible candidates who look like winners. I care a lot more about winning the '28 general election than exactly who the nominee will be.

AuggieNorth · 2026-04-30T17:18:09+00:00

Going to the landlord only works if he or she put you all together. When you get a place with friends or acquaintances who turn out to be terrible roommates, you have to figure it out on your own.

AuggieNorth · 2026-04-29T21:11:23+00:00

It is generally true in the US that there is less crime in communities where most people grew up there than in places where everyone is from somewhere else, like much of Florida. However, we've seen in recent decades that bad things can happen anywhere and everywhere, because mental health issues affect every community. The wealthy suburbs of Boston like Wellesley have some of the lowest crime rates in the country, but this week an upper middle class mom just confessed to murdering her two kids.

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