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HAB911

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12. Just helped a long time Republican friend

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Wed Sep 13, 2017, 07:59 AM

Sep 2017

some 10+ years my senior who lost power during Irma here in Tampa. They pulled the cord on the garage door to unlock the mechanism from the drive. They kept pulling on the cord expecting the door to open. I bent down and lifted the door. They had NO idea how a garage door worked. Never tried to lift it.

I had to hold back from laughing and they were grateful

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We live in a nation of people who don't know how to think. [View all] milestogo Sep 2017 OP

"They" think the same of you, interestingly, with a couple exceptions due to wording. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #1

So you think there's an equivalence between the left and the right? milestogo Sep 2017 #4

Stretch before you make that leap next time. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #5

Lockstep repugs v big-tent, thinking Dems? Nah, nowhere near equivalent. brush Sep 2017 #6

Stupid people don't realize that they are stupid. WinkyDink Sep 2017 #10

And now they're attacking all expressions of independent thought. Initech Sep 2017 #2

AKA idiots world wide wally Sep 2017 #3

they are angry KT2000 Sep 2017 #7

"don't want to" is probably more accurate JI7 Sep 2017 #8

Well said jambo101 Sep 2017 #9

This is why I don't see us turning it around Cosmocat Sep 2017 #11

Just helped a long time Republican friend HAB911 Sep 2017 #12

And I really hope than any future offspring raven mad Sep 2017 #13