People ask why I post so much. I'll tell you why.

[usonian]

Nothing to do with postponing chores.

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. Nyuk! Nyuk! Nt

[31j20b3]

2. Seems like a Wubwubwubwawu! is called for in support of that

[MustLoveBeagles]

3. You can post as much or as little as you want

Upvoting for the Three Stooges.

[usonian]

4. Oh yeah?

[MustLoveBeagles]

5. Curly was my favorite

[MerryBlooms]

34. Same! Oh, yeah! Say that to the back of my face! You knucklehead!!

I play What's My Line and other old black and white TV for my feral Russian Blue colony on my porch during their supper.
Their big papa loves What's My Line and You Bet You Life. The old Groucho game show. lol go figure?

I also play guitar, but, he really wants bluegrass. No idea what any of this means.
He and his lady gal, btw, both survived the Almeda fire together. Showed up at my house. After all these years, big papa finally touched me. It took me 3 years to convince him the heated beds that his kids were in felt good!
Patience and looking blinks.
Sorry went on way more than I should've.

I appreciate you!!🤣🥰🤗

[usonian]

37. But do you tell them the secret woid?

Asking for a friend.

[MerryBlooms]

40. Never! Unles it ever showed up on Groucho's,show haha

But, I think me and them Russians have watched all, never never started with a Tia and ended in an a 🙃

[MerryBlooms]

41. btw, president start with a today and end in A today?

Worked camed home took care of 83 sis and making potato salad
On break and now back at it
Later tater 🥰

[MustLoveBeagles]

50. Thank you

I appreciate you too! I had a Russian blue when I was a teenager. I still miss that cat. 🐈

[MerryBlooms]

30. 😂🧐🥸

[Ars Longa]

6. I like/love your posts!

Quite often, what we all need to hear!!

[usonian]

10. What a fine compliment. Thank you.

I post for several reasons (included in the above)

1. Really serious, and actionable political news, as in meetups, rallies, and heavy-duty points such as "The Democratic Party needs to be "revolutionary" not passive. After all, there's this King George ....


I grew up in the Boston area.

2. Just fun. Spirits need a boost.

3. Graphics. Enjoy my amateur fakes and memes. I thank the internet for providing background images.

4. Techie stuff. I get almost all my material from HackerNews, hopefully understandable stuff. It's really important to know.

I think that's it. (Gets idea for next post)

[Ars Longa]

13. You tend to be a good reality check for this board. IMO

Thanks!

[twodogsbarking]

7. The three men I respected most and learned the most from growing up. Yuk, yuk.

[JMCKUSICK]

8. You have a delightful sense of humor Usonian,

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And I for one, while enjoying your posts in general, do very much look forward to your occasionally subtle and not so subtle injections of humor.

So post away my chore avoiding friend lol.

[usonian]

14. Some days are crazy.

Spare you the details, I had some work done at the well pump, and some anxious moments when the booster pump refused to start (black magic was invoked) and then home pressure was low until I flip-flopped a ball valve, which magically restored normal pressure.

When you buy a home, there's never a map of important stuff. I suspect that it's a tee valve, and that the flipping flushes some dirt or gold nuggets down another line. Metal detector didn't map out the pipes, because they're all plastic.

By the way:


Green Acres!

[JMCKUSICK]

17. Lol, you prove me correct again lol

[erronis]

9. Everybody comes up to you with tears in their eyes and says, "Sir, please post more!"

[usonian]

11. Thanks

I think.

[yellow dahlia]

26. ...

[lastlib]

12. I see it in their faces.....

"...with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right....."

[usonian]

15. Comic geniuses.

I love every minute of their shows.

[lastlib]

16. yessireee! n/t

[Biophilic]

18. Of course not.

[BaronChocula]

19. I should be working but I'm doing this

[Easterncedar]

20. Ha! I don't ask, just am grateful for ya!

[calimary]

28. Same here!

[warmfeet]

21. Thank you! nt'

[AllaN01Bear]

22. agreed

oh a wiesnhimer . arf . arf. thanks for being here .

[Pesky1]

23. Dr Howard Dr Fine. Dr Howard

[usonian]

24. And a

to you!

[Martin Eden]

25. How do you find the time......

To go places and eat things?

[usonian]

31. Short answer is "I don't"

Long story short, I'm really far from everything, so I make a big shopping trip once a week.

"Places" of interest are at least 50 miles away, so photo trips involve the driving plus the hiking around plus the camera gear.

Daughter and Son-in-Law are a 3 hour drive away.

I do plan to relocate to the SF Bay area. I spent 30 years there and miss the ocean and restaurants and such.

There are some interesting things to do there.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1036163941





Pacific photos were some of the best.

[MerryBlooms]

38. Omgosh, really beautiful shot. All I have time for these days

Is a few of cats and coons if I'm lucky lol. I did get a couple of my elder sister for her kid I thought were nice
You do really nice work

[usonian]

42. I would post way more photos except for the internet copying and stealing machine.

I don't want to have to pay someone to buy my own photos back.
Maybe if I can find an online gallery that keeps bots out?????
Those bots are damn clever.

Here's a short video.

https://vimeo.com/1198589589

Longer post here:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1036163941

I worked some 7 years in the building nearest the Carillon. Amazing times!

[MerryBlooms]

51. There was a guy here on DU I bought Texas prints from

To decorate my basement.
Also,very talented guy. He had advertised his photos site on DU. I bought and had framed. My dad's family was from Clyde, and I spent most my childhood with my Texas part of my family. Super good memories.
Anyway, the photo group here at DU are amazing talent! When I had time, I entered 1, of one of my iris that I particularly loved. Haven't had much time since.

Thanks for the chat. Much appreciated.
Respect. 🫡

[usonian]

52. I looked at hosting sites that sell prints for you.

It's too competitive for the effort it takes, And I look at my photos as personal expression. My Dad was an artist and sold none of his paintings. He did commercial art for a living.

I also don't see photography as competitive. It's self expression! One imprints one's soul in a fine picture. Not a competitive sport. It's a private conversation.

See Joseph Conrad:

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Nigger_of_the_%22Narcissus%22/Preface

To arrest, for the space of a breath, the hands busy about the work of the earth, and compel men entranced by the sight of distant goals to glance for a moment at the surrounding vision of form and colour, of sunshine and shadows; to make them pause for a look, for a sigh, for a smile—such is the aim, difficult and evanescent, and reserved only for a very few to achieve. But sometimes, by the deserving and the fortunate, even that task is accomplished. And when it is accomplished—behold!—all the truth of life is there: a moment of vision, a sigh, a smile—and the return to an eternal rest.

All that said, I'd love to find a way to share photos with DU'ers. Copy and print. I'll add that to my priority list.

[Martin Eden]

44. My cousin from Palo Alto, when living in San Francisco

Was roommates with one of the founders of Burning Man. He was at the very first event on the beach, and has been involved with it ever since.

Maybe one of these years, while still able, I'll travel from my home in Chicagoland to that cultural phenomenon in the desert.

[usonian]

46. Contact me if you want to see more prosaic sites.

I have a national parks pass as a senior and a veteran, though climbing up Sentinel Dome or Taft Point with heavy cameras is a chore.

And forget about the Mist Trail. Maybe with my grown up "kids" instead.

I got great photos on the Pacific coast ( and lots of other places) Some from the Pacifica Pier, which was demolished in ocean storms.

Take pix TODAY, because "you never know"

[Martin Eden]

47. The "Mist Trail" in Yosemite?

One of my first times backpacking was in 1986 hiking up that trail past Vernal and Nevada Falls. My visit there was too brief, on a monthlong trip between jobs.

I've spent much more time hiking in the Midwest and Southeast, with forays to Utah, the Rockies, and Northeast. Last October my wife and I with our two dogs vacationed for a week in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. I don't recall the name of this waterfall, but it was a nice spot.
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[usonian]

48. It was easier in 1986!

I live on a ridge, and its a hike going anywhere but the workshop.

[yellow dahlia]

27. I might ask - why don't you post more, u?

[usonian]

32. Only 32 hours in a day!

(metric hours)

[yellow dahlia]

39. 0h...alright.

[MerryBlooms]

36. Beaut!

[h2ebits]

29. Me too. (Also nothing to do with postponing chores.) hee, hee, hee

[usonian]

33. Oh, this takes away from photography and piano.

Photography is seasonal, whatever flowers the deer don't eat get to live, and I am far from everything in terms of trips.

I REALLY need to spend more time with the piano.

And there's ALWAYS something needing fixing.

I've got some new window covers to put up and a kitchen drawer to repair. Wait till I find the idiot that thought long staples shot into the end of a flimsy board consists of "drawer construction". That just shatters the board. eventually.

[MerryBlooms]

35. Sorry for the long post, long day. Happy to kick!🥰

[mahina]

43. I don't think you post so much and I'd be happy if you did

And I’m thankful every day for those DUers who do post a lot with great content that I would never find otherwise.

Wuwuwuwuwuwu!

[usonian]

45. Only too much relative to undone chores.

I frequent DU and Hacker News. They are both VERY well moderated.

Mahalo!

My daughter is an a hula halau in the SF bay area.

Winning at Merrie Monarchs? Maybe soon.

🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺

[Skittles]

49. no one asks ME that

what am I, chopped liver?