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Texaswitchy

(2,962 posts)
Tue Nov 16, 2021, 07:13 PM Nov 2021

Just curious what were y'all on doing Jan. 6th other then watching TV.

My Veteran housemate was so worried she was cleaning the guns and rifles.

She didn't say anything but cursed under her breath.

I knew what she was thinking.

She was getting ready for war.

She was in war zones during her 20 years active duty and reserve time, 30 years in all.

She is a retired RN.

We came really close.



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Just curious what were y'all on doing Jan. 6th other then watching TV. (Original Post) Texaswitchy Nov 2021 OP
I was doing a lot of very loud cursing Siwsan Nov 2021 #1
Turned on the news to watch while I had lunch and saw the attack. rurallib Nov 2021 #2
Every right to be afraid. Texaswitchy Nov 2021 #3
I was here ... on DU Hugh_Lebowski Nov 2021 #4
I was on DU also. Texaswitchy Nov 2021 #5
I was out helping... 2naSalit Nov 2021 #6
It was already clear asshole lost. lpbk2713 Nov 2021 #7
I worked from home because I knew DeeNice Nov 2021 #8
I was babysitting my 3 grandkids as always Freddie Nov 2021 #9
Seeing patients in clinic. Aristus Nov 2021 #10
Working.nt chowder66 Nov 2021 #11
I was up sightseeing in Plymouth, MA. BlackSkimmer Nov 2021 #12
trying to work from home, running to the TV, monitoring DU maxsolomon Nov 2021 #13
I looked back on my calendar Tree Lady Nov 2021 #14
Here on DU while sitting in my car at hospital parking lot Kaleva Nov 2021 #15
It was my 2 year anniversary. PDT69 Nov 2021 #16
The worst of it started while I was home for lunch. TomSlick Nov 2021 #17

rurallib

(62,406 posts)
2. Turned on the news to watch while I had lunch and saw the attack.
Tue Nov 16, 2021, 07:21 PM
Nov 2021

Immediately called my daughter and told her to turn it on right now. It scared her.

2naSalit

(86,569 posts)
6. I was out helping...
Tue Nov 16, 2021, 07:35 PM
Nov 2021

a friend cut up wood in the yard. I had DU open and checked in once in a while. I figured something like that would happen and it did. My friend didn't believe me when I told him what was going on. Called when he saw it on the news and said he couldn't believe that happened.

I was pretty pissed off.

DeeNice

(575 posts)
8. I worked from home because I knew
Tue Nov 16, 2021, 07:39 PM
Nov 2021

something was going to go down & I just didn't want to be in traffic with magaflaggers if they decided to demonstrate locally.
I'm nowhere near DC but we have them here. Just the other day I saw one with a F Biden flag. Can you imagine being that far from reality.

Freddie

(9,262 posts)
9. I was babysitting my 3 grandkids as always
Tue Nov 16, 2021, 07:39 PM
Nov 2021

My son (their uncle) called and told me there’s shooting at the Capital. Turned on MSNBC and kept checking DU.

Aristus

(66,325 posts)
10. Seeing patients in clinic.
Tue Nov 16, 2021, 07:40 PM
Nov 2021

And fuming at the stupidity, pettiness, provincialism, squalor, vindictiveness, blockheadedness, and utter uselessness of Trump and his Trumpanzees.

They smeared shit on the walls of the Capitol building.

I'm still trying to figure out how they thought that was 'patriotic'...

 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
12. I was up sightseeing in Plymouth, MA.
Tue Nov 16, 2021, 07:40 PM
Nov 2021

Everything locked down, but I still enjoyed walking around the Mayflower, the Rock, etc.

Came back to the hotel, turned on the tv, and was like…holy crap!

maxsolomon

(33,314 posts)
13. trying to work from home, running to the TV, monitoring DU
Tue Nov 16, 2021, 08:06 PM
Nov 2021

trying to get my Trump-voting 84 year old father to pay attention to what his candidate was doing. he told me it wasn't anything worse than what my "Antifa friends" had done during the BLM protests.

didn't talk to him for a while after that.

Tree Lady

(11,451 posts)
14. I looked back on my calendar
Tue Nov 16, 2021, 08:13 PM
Nov 2021

Which I also post chores. I put Christmas decorations away a bit late this year. I think tv was on in background. Its a lot of work carefully wrapping up ornaments, I have a lot of fragile ones.

Kaleva

(36,294 posts)
15. Here on DU while sitting in my car at hospital parking lot
Tue Nov 16, 2021, 08:13 PM
Nov 2021

While my wife was in the hospital undergoing an outpatient procedure.

I wasn't worried.

TomSlick

(11,097 posts)
17. The worst of it started while I was home for lunch.
Tue Nov 16, 2021, 09:40 PM
Nov 2021

I spent most of the rest of the afternoon calling the office saying I would be in when I could.

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