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JFK and his children, Oval Office, Halloween 1963: #JFKL (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 OP
We had the same witch mask. Squinch Oct 2020 #1
Awwwww... those were the days. calimary Oct 2020 #2
Note the Irish green in that office. Love it! monmouth4 Oct 2020 #3
Even a green phone. Butterflylady Oct 2020 #10
Yes, note to Joe Tiger8 Oct 2020 #18
I dig the groovy green drapes Politicub Oct 2020 #23
YES moreland01 Oct 2020 #4
Trump doesn't use a computer. SergeStorms Oct 2020 #15
I've seen a lot of photos of his desk that show his phone. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 #25
Where's all the cans of Goya beans on the Resolute Desk? panader0 Oct 2020 #5
...and the over-stuffed drawer full of Sudafed. Totally Tunsie Oct 2020 #20
he is fucking ugly JI7 Nov 2020 #28
+1000 llmart Nov 2020 #29
They had good taste, obviously. ChazInAz Oct 2020 #6
What a wonderful photo! I love it! NurseJackie Oct 2020 #7
A blotter! I forgot even the word. marybourg Oct 2020 #8
And in 3 days...... leftofthestorm Oct 2020 #9
Halloween must have come awfully late that year. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 #11
3 weeks? AllyCat Oct 2020 #12
Family, art, song, celebration of life not death. Tommymac Oct 2020 #13
I promise these photos of Obama with children will bring a smile to your face. Lonestarblue Oct 2020 #14
Absolutely delightful! StarryNite Oct 2020 #26
K&R spanone Oct 2020 #16
Love it. nt iluvtennis Oct 2020 #17
I only have a stock black and white, but with something special that no one else has DFW Oct 2020 #19
That's a treasure! Totally Tunsie Oct 2020 #21
The number of days past are quickly outnumbering the days yet to come! DFW Oct 2020 #22
Sadly, that's true for many of us, but I have no doubt Totally Tunsie Oct 2020 #24
Well, I REALLY hope you have some pull with a few supernatural forces DFW Nov 2020 #27

moreland01

(738 posts)
4. YES
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 08:57 AM
Oct 2020

Now that's the desk of a person hard at work. Every photo of trump's desk shows it empty; not even a laptop or phone.

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
15. Trump doesn't use a computer.
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 10:51 AM
Oct 2020

As a matter of fact, I don't think he knows how to use a computer. People have remarked that in his Trump Tower office, where he controlled the huge Trump Empire ( ) there was never anything on his desk there, either. No computer, not even an office phone. He used his cellphone for everything. With the exception of Twitter, I believe he's totally tech ignorant.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,439 posts)
25. I've seen a lot of photos of his desk that show his phone.
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 02:55 PM
Oct 2020

Fri Jan 12, 2018: He has the same phone I do, at least in the Oval Office.

It's a Cisco CP-8811, or a model awfully close to it.



The phone uses VoIP technology. The phone it replaced in my cubicle plugged into a phone jack, but this one is connected to my laptop computer. It generates so much trash that I'm lucky to get WTOP (an FM station, at 103.5 MHz) in my cubicle. The RF trash this thing generates is off the wall. I don't the FCC has cared about AM or shortwave interference in a long, long time.

The phone was probably chosen for the Oval Office on the grounds that it would render useless any Russian-placed listening device.

Hint: "mute" is the button in the lower right hand corner.

llmart

(15,537 posts)
29. +1000
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 09:58 AM
Nov 2020

I agree. Can't wait until we never have to see that fucking face again (unless it's behind bars).

Tommymac

(7,263 posts)
13. Family, art, song, celebration of life not death.
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 10:17 AM
Oct 2020

I can't wait to have a real human being back in the Oval Office.



DFW

(54,372 posts)
19. I only have a stock black and white, but with something special that no one else has
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 12:05 PM
Oct 2020

Pierre Salinger, JFK's press secretary, lived right near our house in Virginia, and for my 11th birthday, my dad got Salinger to get JFK to make this out to me. I'm sure I was far from the only one, but this one was made out to me, so it sure was special to me. I still keep it in the original frame it came in back in March, 1963.

DFW

(54,372 posts)
22. The number of days past are quickly outnumbering the days yet to come!
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 01:27 PM
Oct 2020

However, we still have some time left to add to the memory collection!

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
24. Sadly, that's true for many of us, but I have no doubt
Sat Oct 31, 2020, 01:33 PM
Oct 2020

you will maximize ALL the time you have left, which I trust will be plenty.

DFW

(54,372 posts)
27. Well, I REALLY hope you have some pull with a few supernatural forces
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 08:50 AM
Nov 2020

Both my parents and ALL their siblings had cancer, most died from it (one didn't get the chance).

Of my grandparents, 2 never even made it to 70, and one made it to 80, but was out of it with Alzheimer's for the last 5 years. Neither of my parents made it to 80.

I have MAYBE a 1 in 4 chance of being alive 12 years from now.

So, you're right about one thing: I intend to try to maximize the time I have left. There's ALWAYS time to become a statistic.

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