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In reply to the discussion: Bonus Tweet of the Day [View all]Farmer-Rick
(10,399 posts)18. I take some exercise classes with about six widows
They offer old folks free exercise clases at the senior citizen center. I take the classes as rehab from a hip injury.
Everyone one of those middle class over 65 widows had to pay a fine when they made mistakes on their taxes after their husbands died. Everyone of them.
So the poor widow gets to pay IRS fines due to being in the fog of grief. But Clearance gets all sorts of free bees and gets away with the most blatant corruption.
Yeah, that's how the US rolls.
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It's the other way around -- they are the losers. Take away everything from rich and poor, and
housecat
Apr 2023
#20
Damn, but if you saved the letters, no problem. Also you do not want to flee to Mexico.
housecat
Apr 2023
#29
I'm not smart or special enough to understand the nuances and special legal circumstances
Irish_Dem
Apr 2023
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housecat
Apr 2023
#46
(response to # 2) Ohio was once Blue. I'm forth generation Ohio, and I am proud of the Blue part.
housecat
Apr 2023
#26
Yes, corn is such a friendly plant. I regret that we grow it to feed livestock. If it was
housecat
Apr 2023
#47
Sometimes I look at the beautiful pictures of animals and think we don't deserve to share
Irish_Dem
Apr 2023
#52