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How fitting is it that this poll closed right the same time as the Republicans got their Big, Ugly Bill passed. Now commences years and years of many of saying or thinking “I told you so” to people we know or come in contact with.

What I wanted to find out: was I one of the few whose heart has hardened with the literal end of democracy, such as it was and with so many flaws. Nope, turns out a lot of people feel this way.

I realize it’s a skewed sample because Mastodon and Fediverse tend towards more educated and diverse membership
But still, even I am really surprised out of over 200 votes there was only one person who chose this was overstating to say “end of democracy”. Two voted this was a good thing. A very small percentage voted this change may not be so bad. And look at well over 100 people will never forget or forgive.

Any final comments? Thanks to all for boosting and voting. I’ve never said this before with quite this nuance—Peace Out

Beej

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How fitting is it that this poll closed right the same time as the Republicans got their Big, Ugly Bill passed. Now commences years and years of many of saying or thinking “I told you so” to people we know or come in contact with.

What I wanted to find out: was I one of the few whose heart has hardened with the literal end of democracy, such as it was and with so many flaws. Nope, turns out a lot of people feel this way.

I realize it’s a skewed sample because Mastodon and Fediverse tend towards more educated and diverse membership
But still, even I am really surprised out of over 200 votes there was only one person who chose this was overstating to say “end of democracy”. Two voted this was a good thing. A very small percentage voted this change may not be so bad. And look at well over 100 people will never forget or forgive.

Any final comments? Thanks to all for boosting and voting. I’ve never said this before with quite this nuance—Peace Out

Beej

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Screenshot of closed poll with over 200 votes as described in the post. 

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Now I got into a bin with Precious Treasures. Antique patchwork, my old quilt project pieces, handwork I don’t want to toss out. But whenever will I find time to make anything to gift from them? Ah me, maybe a granddaughter will inherit a box or too and then be torn about keep vs. save. Look how nicely I used to hand quilt. I can’t bear to throw that block away. Note the yardage next to it marked to have a much larger quilted wreath. Sigh
#Quilting #Quilting #Patchwork.

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Now I got into a bin with Precious Treasures. Antique patchwork, my old quilt project pieces, handwork I don’t want to toss out. But whenever will I find time to make anything to gift from them? Ah me, maybe a granddaughter will inherit a box or too and then be torn about keep vs. save. Look how nicely I used to hand quilt. I can’t bear to throw that block away. Note the yardage next to it marked to have a much larger quilted wreath. Sigh
#Quilting #Quilting #Patchwork.

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A clear bin being sorted for quilted pieces and patchwork blocks to save for new small projects. Various old and new cloth pieces, various colors. 

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@daliazygas You have to search online for various methods. You can use various coffee makers. I’ve read of people combining pour over coffee with French press or other methods.

I settled on making 6 cups a day (standard coffee cup measure 6 oz each). Then I save 2 cups from my percolated coffee in a travel mug in the refrigerator. Next day I add 4 cups water to it back in my percolator. I use about 7-8 tablespoons fresh ground coffee in the filter basket and percolate again for 7 minutes. The coffee is rich and not too “strong”.

This recycling works well for me. Once a week I start over all fresh making 6 cups of percolator coffee from filtered water. I also carefully clean all percolator parts daily so no coffee oils build up.

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@daliazygas You have to search online for various methods. You can use various coffee makers. I’ve read of people combining pour over coffee with French press or other methods.

I settled on making 6 cups a day (standard coffee cup measure 6 oz each). Then I save 2 cups from my percolated coffee in a travel mug in the refrigerator. Next day I add 4 cups water to it back in my percolator. I use about 7-8 tablespoons fresh ground coffee in the filter basket and percolate again for 7 minutes. The coffee is rich and not too “strong”.

This recycling works well for me. Once a week I start over all fresh making 6 cups of percolator coffee from filtered water. I also carefully clean all percolator parts daily so no coffee oils build up.

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Oooh my back hurts this morning! All that cleaning and rearranging of furniture was too much yesterday. But I was on a mission, an epic quest I’ve dreamed of for several years. Having a bit more space to move around in my own bedroom. When we moved here I had to give up my office and my bedroom to now have a tiny bedroom & have a lot more “overflow” in the garage. My playmat used for keyboard and mouse seems all the more heroic for the effort! 🥰🤣😂😆😁

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Oooh my back hurts this morning! All that cleaning and rearranging of furniture was too much yesterday. But I was on a mission, an epic quest I’ve dreamed of for several years. Having a bit more space to move around in my own bedroom. When we moved here I had to give up my office and my bedroom to now have a tiny bedroom & have a lot more “overflow” in the garage. My playmat used for keyboard and mouse seems all the more heroic for the effort! 🥰🤣😂😆😁

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On my desk a large and colorful print of warriors communicating mountain peak to mountain peak, wearing long orange togas and wielding a long sword and pole with pennant. It’s a sunset view over mountains and canyons, warm sun with fiery oranges and yellows at center and bright deep blue sky above as darkness comes. 

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So I think I should share "Media" right away so folks know it's really moi - how about a rock? This "rock" is one of my more "famous" rock photos. I took it in a glass display case at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show years ago in 2007 with a point and shoot camera. The "rock" is an amazing geode from the Bisbee mines and owner called it "Velvet Beauty". Back then it was valued at $25,000. I have thousands of photos on my flickr account that is now about 20 years old. Yikes! #Cobalt #Rock #Azurite #Geode

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So I think I should share "Media" right away so folks know it's really moi - how about a rock? This "rock" is one of my more "famous" rock photos. I took it in a glass display case at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show years ago in 2007 with a point and shoot camera. The "rock" is an amazing geode from the Bisbee mines and owner called it "Velvet Beauty". Back then it was valued at $25,000. I have thousands of photos on my flickr account that is now about 20 years old. Yikes! #Cobalt #Rock #Azurite #Geode

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Geode from Bisbee Arizona opened up a little to show off the azurite druzy, fine medium to light blue crystals covering the interior of this large azurite and malachite specimen.  It is mostly cobalt blue with swirls of shite and green bits from the malachite.