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How Loneliness Begets Loneliness
Pocket ^ | April 6, 2017 | Olga Khazan, The Atlantic

Posted on 06/28/2019 2:39:19 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I ride the bus to work and get off and walk the last three miles to my office. A co-worker suggested I post on our electronic bulletin board to try and find someone who might want to join me. My response was “why?”


41 posted on 06/28/2019 3:54:38 PM PDT by Spok
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To: BradyLS

“Sometimes I hear the phone ring or vibrate and think, “What now? I don’t owe anyone anything.””

Those are people who want you to owe them, by selling you something.

A few good friends are better than a lot of non-real ones.

People can be alone, that doesn’t mean they are lonely.

Also there are so many potential activities in most places, that if people want to be with others, you can find something to do, instead of being at home alone.


42 posted on 06/28/2019 3:54:46 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: Innovative

Agreed!


43 posted on 06/28/2019 3:57:28 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: vikingd00d
As I recall, the phrase was, "Hell is other people at breakfast.*"

Folks like me sometimes extend that to the entire day. :-)

*or maybe it was "FOR breakfast" or "WITH breakfast."

44 posted on 06/28/2019 3:58:00 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
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To: dp0622

Post of the day!


45 posted on 06/28/2019 4:02:42 PM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket)
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To: lee martell

“When is that fat, lazy #### gonna get up and feed me and clean my litter?”


46 posted on 06/28/2019 4:09:38 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: suthener

I was in kind of a happy mood after very good blood test results today.

This threat KILLED that! :)


47 posted on 06/28/2019 4:10:42 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: Red Badger
My favorite song on the subject of loneliness, by one of my favorite bands:

Alone At last--The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks

Franklyn Baur's version is completely different but also very beautiful.

Alone At Last--Franklyn Baur

I just can't believe it's true,
Here we are alone, we two.
I have waited all my life, it seems,
To tell my dreams to you!

There was I, waiting all alone,
Wondering why I was all alone.
Wondering when I would find you, dear;
You were here, oh so far though so near!

There we met, and we've never known
What it means, being all alone.
Hold me close, time is flying fast,
Here we are, all alone at last!

Yes, it's true that love is blind.
That's why you were hard to find.
After all, I'm glad I had to wait.
I know my fate was fine.

There we met, and I've never known
What it means, being all alone.
Oh, hold me close, time is flying fast,
Here we are, all alone at last!

48 posted on 06/28/2019 4:13:39 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: dp0622

That’s usually why cats just silently stare at us.
They cannot believe we haven’t gotten The Memo about what needs doing. “You STILL don’t know? Good Lord! I’ve only lived here for 15 years.”


49 posted on 06/28/2019 4:17:51 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: lee martell

LOL


50 posted on 06/28/2019 4:18:42 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: Tijeras_Slim; crosdaddy
Re: “Recount Freeper”

My official sign up date is 2004, but my first visit to Free Republic was election night in November 2000.

I think someone on a Yahoo political board mentioned FR as a great source for Gore-Bush recount information and political analysis.

I honestly can't recall if I signed up under a different screen name in 2000 or just lurked for four years.

I was a day trader in those days, and I spent 90% of my time on Financial boards and websites.

I did not get seriously active on political websites until the 2004 reelection campaign.

51 posted on 06/28/2019 4:19:59 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

We have friends and relatives, who have to have a loyal dog to walk and talk to.

There a couple of friends, who have cats which ignore them!

One of our neighbors for 40 years is on her 4th dog. They last about 10 years, and when they pass on. She says she doesn’t want another dog. My wife and I tell her she needs a dog. So she gets another one.

One of my female siblings in her mid 70’s is on her 4th or 5th dog. She and the dogs go every where together and they keep my sibling sane.

One female friend for 50+ years, is a happy divorcee and on her third Siamese cat. She says the cats ignore her unless they are hungry, like her former husband did and are less abusive and smarter.

The dog and cat people travel and shop with their critters and walk and talk with them.

I still prefer to be with my wife and a few friends.


52 posted on 06/28/2019 4:23:27 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (KAG! Keep America Great! Vote for President Trump in 2020! KAG! Keep America Great!)
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To: zeestephen; Tijeras_Slim; crosdaddy; dp0622; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON; redshawk
Next Jan 5 it will be 20 years since I joined under my original screen name (which is still there). I was a spry 43-year-old with a vast collection of Don Ho records.

LJLucido Since Jan 5, 2000

Here I am now surrounded by friends.


53 posted on 06/28/2019 4:33:01 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

ROFLMAO!!!


54 posted on 06/28/2019 4:35:27 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: Larry Lucido


[even if all signs point to the contrary]

Sometimes all signs point to "Yes! - You got a guestion, you gotta ask the 8-ball!"


55 posted on 06/28/2019 4:39:48 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

My tax lady has long conversations with her Rumba vacuum cleaner.


56 posted on 06/28/2019 4:51:39 PM PDT by Track9
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To: Innovative

Plus they don’t leave little used batteries around the house


57 posted on 06/28/2019 4:51:53 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: JohnnyP

I’m sorry


58 posted on 06/28/2019 4:53:17 PM PDT by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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To: Larry Lucido

59 posted on 06/28/2019 4:53:46 PM PDT by PROCON ('Progressive' is a Euphemism for <strike>Totalitarian</strike> COMMUNIST)
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To: PROCON

Newman...

5.56mm


60 posted on 06/28/2019 4:55:07 PM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
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