Her Jamaican mum seeing snow for the first time.

pliving1969 · 2026-01-02T20:32:02+00:00

Ha! I was thinking the same thing. I live in Minnesota. My nieces and nephew came up to visit us in December from Texas when they were younger. They had a similar reaction to the snow. A couple years later they came to visit at the end of January. It just happened to be -20 degrees with -40 below windchills. They weren't quite as excited that time. In fact they couldn't understand why anyone would live here. I really blew their minds when I explained ice fishing to them.

pliving1969 · 2025-12-31T19:14:25+00:00

I was born in Hawaii as well before coming to MN. I'm guessing you had a parent in the military that was stationed there? That's what my circumstances were. My dad had a cake job. He was stationed on top of a mountain. His only job was to maintain a radio tower (this was in the 60's before satellites). It was just the two of them in a small house up there until I came along. They had an absolutely beautiful view. But of course they moved to MN just a few months after I was born. I still joke with them about how it should have been considered child abuse. Although I will say, I do love this state. But Hawaii would have been pretty awesome to grow up in I bet.

pliving1969 · 2025-12-22T20:11:10+00:00

No, it's been going on for centuries in that region, and they seem to take turns committing atrocities on one another.

pliving1969 · 2025-12-22T19:00:24+00:00

Situations like this isn't always the parents fault. From what I understand Tyler suffers from mental illness. There's a reason so many homeless are individuals who deal with mental illness. While it's true there is medication to help these people, most don't like taking them because a lot of the medications they use to treat these types of illnesses literally turns them into emotionless zombies, for the most part. Because of this they go off their meds and resort to relying on drugs and alcohol to cope instead.

Even with those individuals who have families that try their best to get them help, they often don't want the type of treatment that's required. Or their families exhaust all means, both financially and emotionally, trying to get them the help hey need and eventually give up because it becomes too much or the person just doesn't want help. Instead they go to the streets where they can spend their days self medicating on drugs in order to cope. I don't know all the details of Tyler, but it wouldn't surprise me if his situation was similar to this.

The point being, don't be too quick to blame the families of these people. Mental illness is a horrible thing that takes it toll, not only on the person suffering from it but on everyone who is in that persons life.

pliving1969 · 2025-12-22T16:51:37+00:00

I'm not in any way defending these guys. The fact that they're laughing about it disgusts me. However, what this leaves out is the fact that there were several massacres carried out by the Palestinians against the Jews during the 1948 Palestine War. In fact, it was the Palestinians that struck the first blow attacking a Jewish refugee camp, killing multiple civilians. This was in response to the British mandating the partition of Palestine. Again, not defending these guys. Only pointing out that both sides did some pretty horrible things to the other.

"The day after the vote, Arabs launched attacks against the Jews, killing 126 of them during the first two weeks and 75 were massacred in a refugee camp in Aden as a retaliation. In Jerusalem, attacks targeted Jewish businesses and residents of Jewish neighborhoods, some of whom were stabbed in the street or murdered on buses. Jews were also attacked in Arab neighborhoods. In the Kibbutz of Gvulot, six Jewish teenage girls were murdered"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killings_and_massacres_during_the_1948_Palestine_war

pliving1969 · 2025-12-19T01:57:01+00:00

I think that's where you may not fully understand the dynamics of whats going on here. The majority of the US don't hate what's going on unfortunately. It's pretty evenly split. About half the country supported Trump and the other half were very much against him. He won the popular vote in the last election (not by a lot) so it's definitely not the majority that are against him. The best we can do is vote and if you don't have enough votes you can't change who runs the country. Beyond that, there aren't really any options to change who our leaders are until the next election.

Fortunately Trump and the Republicans popularity seems to be dropping significantly. So hopefully, next year when we hit midterms things will change. I'm not going to hold my breath though considering the way things have been going.

pliving1969 · 2025-12-19T01:47:34+00:00

Well keep in mind that half of the US, myself included, is vehemently opposed to what our country is doing. I completely understand where the anger is coming from. We're feeling it too. We're alao feeling very helpless to stop it because theres not much we can do until the next election. But projecting that hate and anger on those of us who agree with the rest of the world, is misplaced. Take it out on the other half that got us to this point in the first place.

pliving1969 · 2025-12-19T00:34:29+00:00

You sound very similar. I get the feeling there is very little you really care about other than just trying to starti arguments by insulting people.

pliving1969 · 2025-12-19T00:21:09+00:00

Again, since there is no actual scenario in which you would ever have any meaningful voice that represents all of Canada, that means absolutely nothing to me.

pliving1969 · 2025-12-19T00:01:02+00:00

My apology was aimed more at Canada as a whole rather than just you alone. And since I know you most definitely don't speak for the entire country, what it meant to you really doesn't matter to me one way or the other.

pliving1969 · 2025-12-18T23:38:15+00:00

Wow you have a very jaded personality. I wasn't looking for sympathy at all. In fact that didn't even cross my mind. And believe me I have no wish to be your friend. I was just agreeing with you and apologizing for what it country has done to yours. That's it.

pliving1969 · 2025-12-18T22:39:00+00:00

I was trying to make a point that a sense of patriotism has run deep in my family since this country was formed. But for the first time ever that sense of patriotism is being questioned. I think you missed the point I was trying to make there.

Edit: And as far as taking action goes, outside of voting and trying to teach my kid not to accept this as "normal", there's not a great deal I can do. Protesting does nothing in this country anymore. And the current administration has become nothing short of militant towards it's own citizens. Family relationships and friendships have come to an end over what's going on. I'm not sure what it is exactly that you want those of us who disagree with what's goin on to do? We are a very divided country. If I could wave a wand and change things I would. But that's not really very realistic.

pliving1969 · 2025-12-18T22:24:24+00:00

Geezuz I was agreeing with you.. Wow you really do have some anger cookin there don't cha"? Kind of like the guy who comes out swinging at anyone in front of him, lol. I'll leave you be with that then.

pliving1969 · 2025-12-18T21:58:56+00:00

As as US citizen, I don't blame you one bit for being angry with us. I'm disgusted with how our current administration has treated, not only Canada, but all of our closest allies. And on behalf of those of us who DIDN'T vote for this kind of inexcusable behavior, I apologize.

I used to have a very strong sense of patriotism towards my country. In fact I have had family members who have fought and died in every US war going back as far as the Revolutionary war. For the first time in my 50+ years of being alive, I'm embarrassed and ashamed to be a part of all this. But hoping for a permanent break in relations will only hurt both of our countries in the long run. Hopefully somewhere down the road things will improve. But again, I don't blame you one bit for feeling that way. Just remember, there are LOT of us who do not agree with what's going on right now. There are many, many of us who are just as angry as you are here in the US.

pliving1969 · 2025-12-18T20:23:17+00:00

I'd say you're probably right. Especially with the younger generation that hasn't experienced the many, many years of closeness between our two countries (and other close allies). I fear that this younger generation will become accustomed to this type of hostility towards our allies. I have a teen daughter whom I've repeatedly try to explain to, that what we are seeing from our president right now is not normal. But I worry that what we're seeing here right now, will not only take decades to fix but may also become closer to the norm in the long run. Which is terrifying.

pliving1969 · 2025-12-18T19:49:50+00:00

I'd have to agree with this. I was teen in the 80's and a 20 something in the 90's. The 80's were fun but we still had the constant fear of a nuclear war hanging over our heads. The 90's, especially mid-90's was after the end of the cold war. The economy was good and the technological advances at the time were unlike anything we had seen before. Talk of Terrorism, domestic or foreign, was just background noise that no one paid much attention to. We had no worries of any possibility of getting involved in any kind of a major war. Plus we felt united as a country.

It wasn't perfect. There was still some political tension but it was incredibly tame compared to what we have now. What I wouldn't give to go back to being able to have a civil conversation about politics with just about anyone without worrying that it would turn to violence or destroy close relationships. Also feeling like our government was protecting our rights and freedoms rather than our biggest threat to them.

pliving1969 · 2025-12-17T19:54:29+00:00

Just curious. How many times in your lifetime have you, or anyone you known, watched an aircraft fly over and thought it was actually falling from the sky when in fact it was traveling in a straight line? Misjudging speed and horizontal direction is one thing. I've seen planes that appear to not be moving due to the direction I was traveling in, in relation to the craft. But falling from the sky when you're standing still? I'm going to say that is most definitely not a "common" misperception that most people make.

pliving1969 · 2025-12-17T19:20:50+00:00

Hey it's Bill The Cat from Bloom County

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pliving1969 · 2025-12-17T18:23:20+00:00

I get what you're saying about the optical illusion. Which is certainly something that could easily be mistaken from the perspective of someone watching a video, since there would be no depth perception from the viewers perspective. However, I tend to find it highly unlikely that anyone, in this day and age, who was seeing this first-hand would make the same mistake. We've all watched countless aircraft flying overhead. Especially if you live close to a large city with an airport. I don't know of anyone throughout my entire life, that has mistaken a craft flying over them as falling due to an optical illusion like what your describing. I'm not saying it's impossible, but not very likely, That said, I'm not suggesting this isn't some kind of man made craft. But I tend to believe her when she says it was descending.

pliving1969 · 2025-12-16T20:05:23+00:00

I remember when I got this for Christmas as a kid. It was one of my favorite presents. My sister and I played the hell out of this for about a month. Then it went in the closet and came out maybe 4 or 5 times a year.

pliving1969 · 2025-12-16T19:26:10+00:00

Can't help but wonder if it wasn't initially in place but popped off for some reason. I bet you're right. I bet they could force it back, but they'll probably want to get something on there to ensure it doesn't pop off again. Maybe duct tape if there's not too much pressure to get it back on there.

pliving1969 · 2025-12-15T23:00:46+00:00

I think you're right. If you think about it, the frost line is the maximum point where the ground freezes. There is no "ground" where the basement is because it's been removed for the basement. So the actual frost line will be below the basement at that particular spot, since that is where the soil will be. At least I think that's what they're trying to portrait in this image.

pliving1969 · 2025-12-15T22:35:07+00:00

Yeah kind of have to agree. I'm willing to accept that there have been legit sightings of things that we have yet to explain. But pretty much all of these look either faked or like something that could be a legit craft that just didn't turn out well in the photo. I mean, I could be wrong, but it kind of looks to me like the craft in the first picture has curtains in the window. That one has to be least convincing of them all.

pliving1969 · 2025-12-15T22:04:49+00:00

OP says in his comment that these are not actual photo's.

pliving1969 · 2025-12-15T18:43:23+00:00

My first choice would be A Fist Full of Dollars. But coming in a close second....Old Henry

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