Maggie's Farm

That's a good one, Patina. Am not menopausal yet, but have been known to say the wrong things or go off the handle from time to time. Pretty dumb of me, and certainly not nice. Only mention this because I'm pretty sure I acted a bit offensively to Buddy here a while back, not aware of some of my stupidity, but I did knowingly say rude, impolitic and unjustified things on occasion, and he's the last man on earth to deserve such treatment.

Am very sorry for that, Buddy-- I just didn't know how wrong I was being. Have always admired you and your friends for your politics and expression.

Re home improvement- most don't need it, better to spend one's precious time and limted funds on learning, producing and trying to be a positive in this reality. Domicile as a fancy structure is like the heart as a sweater over it. Just my two cents.

I would specify all of the wrong things I said and did, but am not completely sure. Still, I KNOW I mentioned some things I should not have, no matter as a reaction to things said by others, and I certainly shouldn't have tried competing with another woman, someone's very special lady. Haven't been in shape for a while, getting there now, but also she had his heart and it was wrong on my part to throw myself into the mix. And on occasion I was rude to her, mostly in reaction, but still, no excuse. Sorry to the two of you.

Then I mentioned family money on the wrong hunch, when I should have been honest and told the rest of the story- most of it was lost by injudicious investing, etc. Can't think of what else, but my politics and personal philosophy are fairly consistent-- perhaps they should be more expansive and I could learn a broader perspective from the thinkers here.

At any rate (preferably a 20% return), we all make mistakes and aren't always what and who we seem. But I feel particularly bad if some feel as if I misrepresented myself or for having insulted people, especially the enlightened types at MF. No BS- y'all pretty interesting, you know.