I am still around and hoping Minds-Eye will return. On Tue, 29 Jan 2019, 10:18 AM Don Johnson <[email protected] wrote:
> Doth Goliath stir? Where hath the stalwarts from yesteryear gone? Are they > still among us? Or forever seduced by the succubus Facebook? I had to get > the Zuck out. > Many years have passed since we've had discussions running the gamut of > politics, religion and philosophy. I wonder if our outlooks have changed? > > Probably not. > > My country is FINALLY out of the rut we've been in for 9 years and the > economy is booming again. It's amazing what a few tax cuts and regulation > relaxation can do. If our politicians can work together we might even get > some meaningful immigration reform passed. Doubtful. Too busy measuring > dicks. It's really embarrassing actually. Talk of "winning" when in fact, > again, the American people have lost. Money, time, energy. Government waste > and ineffectiveness on full display. Meanwhile the deficit continues to > grow exponentially. > > I'm older and weaker. Eligible to retire next year. Starting to hate the > drive with all the traffic. Seems everyone and their brother is moving to > Houston and EVERYBODY is driving. Badly mostly. We got a ton of Harvey $ > and our city council can't decide how best to spend it with our roads > mostly potholed. Seems to be a high level of corruption there with > councilmen fighting over who's sister-in-law's company gets the bid to make > signs, build bike paths and playgrounds etc. It never ends. > > Venezuela is finally coming to pieces after tittering for a decade. Gee, > if only someone could have told them confiscating private businesses and > price controls never work. Sigh. > > So, who's not dead yet? Vam and Archy still around I see. Francis wished > me happy birthday on Facebook last year but, since I fired the Zuck, I > won't see it this year. Orn, Slip, Chris, all have gone to warmer waters it > seems. I'll have some extra time next year. Is it possible to get the band > back together? > > watch <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yECgXi3Y_8> > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 9:04 PM RP <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 4:05:52 AM UTC+5:30, archytas wrote: >> > Hello my old friend. I haven't posted for years but still have >> moderator powers. >> > >> > On Monday, 28 January 2019 22:31:29 UTC, Vam wrote:It is possibly 8 or >> 9 years since I quit the Group. >> > >> > >> > >> > In the meantime I blogged, made use of FB and Twitter, and wrote on >> matters I wanted to put out in the public domain. >> > >> > >> > >> > Why did I rejoin ? >> > >> > >> > >> > I am not sure. The next few weeks will show up that purpose to me. i >> fact, very frankly, I was surprised to find that it still exists ! >> > >> > >> > >> > One thing sets me thinking : why isn't this well moderated Group not >> promoted through member accounts on other social media platforms ? >> > >> > >> > >> > Ah, well : Hello, Everybody ! >> >> Vam, I am glad that you have come back, this group has been dead for some >> years, I hope it revives. >> >> -- >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> ""Minds Eye"" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
