I certainly took your "volcano" post in the way it was intended. (Reply #37)

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Thu Jun 4, 2015, 05:30 PM

37. I certainly took your "volcano" post in the way it was intended.

I have something of a (very positive) history with Blanche on this board, and if she communicates to me that I have in any way offended, disrespected, or belittled her, I will offer her my sincere apologies.

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82 replies	Author	Time	Post
You know what ALSO takes courage? [View all]	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	OP
Amen	shenmue	Jun 2015	#1
...	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#54
Yes.	Jackpine Radical	Jun 2015	#2
I'm not sure this is the best place for this comment.	F4lconF16	Jun 2015	#6
Why don't you give that speech to the names of the, overwhelmingly, men at the war memorials we	jtuck004	Jun 2015	#13
That would not be an appropriate time and place.	F4lconF16	Jun 2015	#19
I certainly took your "volcano" post in the way it was intended.	Jackpine Radical	Jun 2015	#37
Hi Pine! I was at work and horrors forgot my phone....couldn't check in on the thread till now.	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#40
Of course you're right in all the points you make.	Jackpine Radical	Jun 2015	#50
Awwww, thanks, man!!	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#51
Yes indeed.	brer cat	Jun 2015	#75
awwwww......gee,	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#79
Unfortunately, our cannon fodder young men were sent to war	No Vested Interest	Jun 2015	#25
Why limit it to the last half-century?	ChristianGrey	Jun 2015	#29
"Unrelenting oppression that women face in our society?"	TexasMommaWithAHat	Jun 2015	#30
Unrelenting doesn't have to mean noticeable, even.	F4lconF16	Jun 2015	#32
Good	TexasMommaWithAHat	Jun 2015	#34
I don't know how to reply to a sub-thread that dropped into the negative. I agree with you/Blanche.	erronis	Jun 2015	#17
You're not alone there JR...	N_E_1 for Tennis	Jun 2015	#18
The same holds true for many of us.	In_The_Wind	Jun 2015	#3
Absolutely.	jwirr	Jun 2015	#4
you raised yourself?	snooper2	Jun 2015	#5
where does OP suggest she raised herself?	magical thyme	Jun 2015	#11
No kidding. Old women are especially worthless in the US	Warpy	Jun 2015	#7
Absolutely agree.	hamsterjill	Jun 2015	#24
saddens me too.	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#80
This is the point I was trying to make..that life for older women is nothing like the glittery cover	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#41
Well, there is one up side to it all	Warpy	Jun 2015	#43
True. I don't fear groups of males coming toward me as much as before.	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#48
Absolutely !!	abakan	Jun 2015	#8
I'm 57, but Caitlyn Jenner is 65.	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#42
So true!	JDPriestly	Jun 2015	#9
Yep.	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#44
Results of Jury	zeemike	Jun 2015	#59
I got alerted on for distinguishing between trans women and xx chromosome women?	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#60
There are egg shells all over the floor.	zeemike	Jun 2015	#61
heh heh!	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#63
Generally things like woman-born or female identified have been used against transwomen	LostOne4Ever	Jun 2015	#65
Thanks! Thst helps.	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#67
Trans means moving across or through	LostOne4Ever	Jun 2015	#69
Ohhhh....wow, interesting.	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#71
Sometimes informing helps more than sending an alert	LostOne4Ever	Jun 2015	#72
That's my feeling, exactly.	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#73
I hear ya! Born in November 1949.	WinkyDink	Jun 2015	#10
ditto	annabanana	Jun 2015	#15
Smile lines are the only thing that counts in the end. (nt)	Jackpine Radical	Jun 2015	#38
{{annabanana}}	WinkyDink	Jun 2015	#56
yes. nt	magical thyme	Jun 2015	#12
Old age ain't for sissies. Bette Davis	Tierra_y_Libertad	Jun 2015	#14
...	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#55
Never forget that age and treachery will overcome youth and skill every time. nt	Zorra	Jun 2015	#16
LoL!	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#45
Hear, hear! eom	eissa	Jun 2015	#20
Thank you for posting this.	Tipperary	Jun 2015	#21
My 60-something wife has no kids	Plucketeer	Jun 2015	#22
My wife is older than me but has made me promise to "let her go first".	Tierra_y_Libertad	Jun 2015	#26
LOL!	Plucketeer	Jun 2015	#33
OTOH. If my wife goes first I'm heading for bankruptcy.	Tierra_y_Libertad	Jun 2015	#39
K&R times a bazillion.	CharlotteVale	Jun 2015	#23
Wish I knew what thread you were talking about	randys1	Jun 2015	#27
I'm talking about the sparkling champaign reception given the birth of Caitlyn Jenner, at 65.	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#46
For you, Blanche.	sheshe2	Jun 2015	#28
Thanks, she...	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#49
The Cloak of Comedy	seveneyes	Jun 2015	#31
That's funny, I was just thinking about that last night	Blue_In_AK	Jun 2015	#35
Well there are different kinds of courage.	Kalidurga	Jun 2015	#36
Yes, it is a huge step she's taking, and it's courageous.	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#58
That is very true.	Kalidurga	Jun 2015	#74
7.3 billion humans and we get lonelier everyday	olddots	Jun 2015	#47
I hear ya, Blanche, and completely agree.	mountain grammy	Jun 2015	#52
It's a behind the scenes kind of courage	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#53
Yes, no awards for the silent, everyday courage it takes to just keep on going	mountain grammy	Jun 2015	#78
Harry got it right. Just ask my wife.	JEB	Jun 2015	#57
i'm not sure why you feel the need to "other" caitlyn jenner	fizzgig	Jun 2015	#62
Hi fizzgig, I hope I can explain....	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#66
i appreciate your response	fizzgig	Jun 2015	#77
Hating on trans women thread...	Jesus Malverde	Jun 2015	#64
No. You completely misinterpret my intent.	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#70
Being a 65 years old woman without the benefit of family, fame, or fortune take courage period	LostOne4Ever	Jun 2015	#68
Courage - The Definition Of Living In America Today	cantbeserious	Jun 2015	#76
How did I miss this lovely thread?	malaise	Jun 2015	#81
I'm sorry you did...	BlancheSplanchnik	Jun 2015	#82

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