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jmbar2

(4,832 posts)
22. Happy Birthday
Sat Sep 11, 2021, 09:22 AM
Sep 2021

In my family we operate on the principle that all birthdays have a one week "cone of uncertainty". As long as you are close, you get cred for remembering the birthday. You can move your's to the 10th if you like.

Same here. Siwsan Sep 2021 #1
Same here... lisa58 Sep 2021 #2
Understandable Nikossitti Sep 2021 #3
Ditto malaise Sep 2021 #4
same here..it was 3000 miles from me so I experienced it only on tv anyway.. samnsara Sep 2021 #5
The problem with all the media hype every year on 9/11 PatSeg Sep 2021 #18
I'm grateful and a little suprised that the idea of creating "Patriot's Day" never got traction. BobTheSubgenius Sep 2021 #78
Oh yes, thank goodness PatSeg Sep 2021 #81
Who would try to make you?? USALiberal Sep 2021 #6
No one, it is probably prevalent. TNNurse Sep 2021 #9
I'm with you. kentuck Sep 2021 #7
Same here Sherman A1 Sep 2021 #8
I am with you, just wished my wife happy birthday. BlueJac Sep 2021 #10
I'm right there with you. Ferrets are Cool Sep 2021 #11
Happy Birthday jmbar2 Sep 2021 #22
Thank you very much. Ferrets are Cool Sep 2021 #79
We don't have TV. piddyprints Sep 2021 #12
After hearing the released phone calls yesterday I am not wanting to take any more in just yet. dameatball Sep 2021 #13
Same here. Diamond_Dog Sep 2021 #14
I Have 2 Episodes Of Gold Rush To Watch Instead DanieRains Sep 2021 #15
Should I feel ashamed? hibbing Sep 2021 #37
I Couldn't Have Said It Better DanieRains Sep 2021 #80
I remember 9/11/2001 Srkdqltr Sep 2021 #16
I was pretty young in 1968 and don't really remember the Martin Luther King assassination. Prof. Toru Tanaka Sep 2021 #21
I was almost 7, and it's my first significant memory MyMission Sep 2021 #30
For MLK BumRushDaShow Sep 2021 #65
I was an adult for all except 1941 Srkdqltr Sep 2021 #45
Same here... secondwind Sep 2021 #49
I add to that 1/6/2021. Grammy23 Sep 2021 #33
Same with me. sinkingfeeling Sep 2021 #17
Ditto jmbar2 Sep 2021 #19
Same here. I don't need reminding that we started down a dark and dangerous road niyad Sep 2021 #20
Me neither. I don't indulge in grief pornography. DinahMoeHum Sep 2021 #23
The way some of these corporate news programs cover 9/11 Farmer-Rick Sep 2021 #24
Absolutely Rebl2 Sep 2021 #28
I was thinking the same thing. 2naSalit Sep 2021 #47
Yup. KPN Sep 2021 #60
Yes, it's a touchstone for Right Wingers Farmer-Rick Sep 2021 #69
Also religious zealotry... 2naSalit Sep 2021 #75
It should be a day of starting the national embarrassment for this country. Jon King Sep 2021 #25
I'm still furious with how Bush & Cheney got away with it all, including letting his Saudi pals LymphocyteLover Sep 2021 #32
..."the stupid security theater at air ports. Followed by draconian laws." llmart Sep 2021 #61
Me either Rebl2 Sep 2021 #26
Me neither. Goodheart Sep 2021 #27
I have come to reducing my 9/11 mourning to 9/11 mornings Rocknation Sep 2021 #29
Maybe Some modrepub Sep 2021 #31
Me neither DownriverDem Sep 2021 #34
You and me both. paleotn Sep 2021 #35
Disgusted with all of it whyzayker Sep 2021 #36
I know what you mean Historic NY Sep 2021 #38
Same...not turning on the tv Hulk Sep 2021 #39
Not watching any of it. gademocrat7 Sep 2021 #40
I will pay respect to those who lost their lives on that day. Exactly the way I respect every..... usaf-vet Sep 2021 #41
I refuse to be told once again how to feel about it. The truth is far darker and more complex Ford_Prefect Sep 2021 #42
Same. Last night.. luvs2sing Sep 2021 #43
im going back to bed after breakfast. its sat . and i dont have tv. AllaN01Bear Sep 2021 #44
You are the nice nurse :). Agree. Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2021 #46
Me too. Can't. I just can't...nt Wounded Bear Sep 2021 #48
Same here. nt jrthin Sep 2021 #50
Same here. c-rational Sep 2021 #51
Ditto wryter2000 Sep 2021 #52
If remembering this tragedy would somehow make us better people... mrsadm Sep 2021 #53
Ditto. KPN Sep 2021 #54
Nor am I. Owl Sep 2021 #55
I'm with you...it is one of those things...time and place are seared into your memory ashredux Sep 2021 #56
Remedial Anguish 101. JohnnyRingo Sep 2021 #57
Neither am I ailsagirl Sep 2021 #58
Same here Auggie Sep 2021 #59
My niece is getting married cate94 Sep 2021 #62
Same. This anniversary New York- centric and media-case tic story. Dream Girl Sep 2021 #63
I'm not either Marthe48 Sep 2021 #64
Me as well edhopper Sep 2021 #66
We are united in our feelings about today. BidenRocks Sep 2021 #67
What should be remembered and studied to commemorate 9/11: jaxexpat Sep 2021 #68
Same. onecaliberal Sep 2021 #70
I am. Do what you want. The new documentaries this year have been well done. Shanti Shanti Shanti Sep 2021 #71
So do I. AngryOldDem Sep 2021 #72
On board jlerollblues Sep 2021 #73
Me neither. yardwork Sep 2021 #74
NPR isn't even safe. TNNurse Sep 2021 #76
I watch every year to pay my respects to those that died from the terrorists and those GemDigger Sep 2021 #77
I'm with you. Our mass media loves their emotional porn. It's a big ad seller. jalan48 Sep 2021 #82
Same here. I feel for those few newsclips I have seen of people who applegrove Sep 2021 #83
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