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elocs

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35. This guy is not an omniscient god. Maybe the sky is going to fall, maybe not.

Tue Sep 3, 2019, 06:33 PM

Sep 2019

There also seems to sometimes be a perverse delight in predictions of doom and gloom.
I'll just do the best I can and not spend a lot of time hand wringing about things that are totally out of my control.

Tens of thousands of people will die today and certainly many of those thousands had no idea yesterday they would be dead today. Just like the people who perished in that boat fire, you never know.
I'm as poor as the proverbial church mouse, but healthy and content to be alive. Maybe the end is near, maybe it is not. But one thing about those who predict doom--if they are wrong you tend not to hear from them again.

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Who is responsible for stopping the game we are all playing...? pbmus Aug 2019 #12

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Inflation will result as the currency is weakened. roamer65 Sep 2019 #17

Then the entire world would be in chaos... pbmus Sep 2019 #18

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Totally disagree pbmus Sep 2019 #20

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Bingo we have a winner n/t. airplaneman Sep 2019 #37

This guy is not an omniscient god. Maybe the sky is going to fall, maybe not. elocs Sep 2019 #35