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By Ted Belman

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April 16, 2020 | 7,783 Comments »

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  9. @ bernard ross:

    Besides being a predatory creep he is also an alcoholic.

    Cause and effect? I think he always was a predatory creep who used his positions of power to get away with it. Being a creep, powerful and a drunk is a toxic mix.

  10. @ dove:
    Notice that no one has talked about Biden running for pres., usually the veep is one of those who runs but I doubt anyone is considering him. He seems to have a reputation for this behavior. She looks uncomfortable to me and the husband appears clueless, but who knows maybe he is their good “friend” 😛

  11. @ bernard ross:

    There was one time (I could name several) when I was sitting at a table in a restaurant and all of a sudden I felt something cold on my neck. It was some guy with a runny nose saying ‘oh I just love the smell of your perfume.’ I gasped, got up and said I wasn’t wearing any….it must be my deodorant. Then my husband came over and had a few harsh words for him and he high tailed it out of the place before he got slam dunked.

  20. mar55 Said:

    coffee plain. Do you make your own coffee? Good for you

    Yamit82 has a whole harem who mud wrestle each for the privilege of making his coffee each morning.

  21. @ yamit82:

    Hard scrabble women?

    whatever that means. todays woman is different. Monogamy is also a choice for us now. Many women have very boring unromantic husbands – those women will find romance somewhere else.

  23. What’s there to fear unless it’s poison in the morning coffee???
    yamit82 Said:

    For whom ????

    Hard scrabble women??

    yamit82 Said:

    Hard scrabble women??

    Are you afraid of poison or no poison ??

  24. @ yamit82:
    @ yamit82:
    I don’t understand your question. Have I talked about fear?
    Confrontations can get ugly it all depends what the situation is. For petty stuff I will not even think about it. Men are strange creatures with some exceptions.
    I make my own morning coffee. Have one saved that can put hair on your chest. Some people said it should be called a controlled substance. I like my coffee plain. None of these yuppy larva coffees. A drop of milk (machiato). Do you make your own coffee? Good for you.

  27. @ dove:
    I avoid confrontation for petty stuff but if it is not just or I’m being in a position where an answer is called for it. I would not back off. I will not be a doormat for anyone.
    Sometimes they do. Not every man is the same. Some morons if they know they are wrong and try to bully you and you do not allow it to happen. They do have fear of women. Dove, I’m very tired today. I’ll see you tomorrow.

  29. @ mar55:

    I am actually a non-confrontational person……but if I am confronted….. I will respond! NEVER trouble trouble UNTIL trouble troubles you! It works!

  30. @ dove:
    @ honeybee:
    Men are creatures of habit. Most of them are immature. Let them talk and do whatever you most do. Otherwise you can go crazy. Say yes, and turn around and do what is necessary to do.
    If I was to listen to everything I would have to check myself in a sanatorium. After the fact they realize they were wrong. At my age my patience is gone. I avoid confrontations.

  32. I bought the house Menorah because I love simple designs. I gave to my daughter and her husband. A place with beautiful things was closing out. Saw a Menorah with elephants I bought it for Adam because he loves elephants. When S was born I asked him if he would give it to his daughter. He told me NO is mine, Can you imagine what a baby! I bought a very cute one for S. and this year they did not light it. B was born and I bought a beautiful Noah’s Ark design. They did not light it.
    My daughter had to travel during holidays I bought a traveling Menorah. The little one is a funny guy and a piece of work. As many Menorahs they have as many he will try to blow the candles. Kids are wonderful. They must know I like them because
    I attract kids and dogs. Not too bad.

  35. @ honeybee:
    I you allow me I can send you the Ahava mud I use. Ther is one for hands but, my are so bad I need the one that says nourishing body cream. It is more effective than the others.
    shea butter is excelent also. An old recipe from Spain. Old low acidity olive oil less than o.6 warm it up and rub it on your hands. Not hot, only warm. In Spain they fix everything with olive oil and manzanilla tea. Camomile tea. For relaxation. For children ear aches they use warm olive oil also. I have not done it. I took them to the doctor.
    Think about it. I want to see your paintings.

  37. @ mar55:

    All married men bellow, like bulls trapped in a pen. Watercolor required no chemicals. All great Artist were hard of sight. My Art Instructor always told us to squint when painting.
    A Menorah per child, save on the drama.

  38. @ honeybee:
    My eyes are not what it used to be. My mother was always critical because she said I took too much time to do it. She was always a party popper. My husband is thick headed and always think he know better than thou. When he started to get angry I told him to put his head in a bucket of water and walked out. I do not have patience for non sense anymore.
    BTW I remember you about the holidays. My granddaughter lit the Hanukkah candles and has a beautiful singing voice. The boy who is three tried to blow up the candles at every chance he had. He is strong as a bull but a piece of work. Do you have a site in the internet where I could see your pictures?
    I might want to buy at least one.
    I’m too old to be taking any garbage from anyone including a husband. You need a lot of cream for our hands. Between the paint and the turpentine these two combined have consequences.
    AHAVA mud from Israel is more effective that the famous brands
    they sell at the stores. I refuse to pay for a name. If it must have a name It should be mine and I should be selling the merchandise. I can get it here cheaper than in Israel. It is really effective. Let me know.
    I like this Debrah dicha.

  39. @ mar55:

    Amiga carita, as goon as weather permits go and get thee some watercolor and paint. One of my friends in art class said [ after 6 wks she was going to quite because she was ” no good], I said if your were taking piano lesson for the first time, after 6 wks would you quite because you could not play Mozart? She kept at it and wasn’t a bad painter. The market is bad 2 Galleries closed on me. Selling is a hassle so I paint for friend and enjoyment. Tell you Husband to take painting lessons.

    Dicha of Deborah: ” A wife can teach a husband nothing even with the aid of a lawyer”.

  40. @ honeybee:
    You are a real busy bee. I imagine your paintings must be really beautiful. You have a sense and sensibility for all what surrounds you. The innate appreciation that allows you to absorb the meaning beyond the image you are looking at is what makes an artist.
    From a very early age I could draw. My are only copies from pictures from other artists or photographs. I stopped 50 years ago. Most attention to detail was in the eyes of the person I was drawing. “Los ojos son el espejo del alma.” My father wanted to send me for lessons to a well known art school. My mother did oppose it and guess what. I never learned to use
    brush and paint. Spent many hours in the Prado Museum enjoying
    the wonderful perceptions of others and, admiring the talented students who came day after day with a small folding stool. Paints and brushes to allow them to copy some of the masterpieces or a detail of a masterpiece. Orientals are very detail oriented and very patience. With your personality I imagine your paintings have a lot of force and vitality. Bringing out the elements of life itself.
    Recently about two years ago they had at the Guggenheim Museum
    an exhibit of the Spanish and other Europeans paintings. My husband could not believe I could identify the painters. Easy, if I remembered the brush stroke I could precisely identify the painter. I’ll never again tell anyone I can do that. My husband got upset because he wants me to teach him how to do it.
    Honestly, I cannot teach how to do it anymore than I could tell anyone how to paint a subject. A Cotton Wood Tree. What a beautiful thought. Is there any way I could see your paintings.
    Why don’t you get an email address for you only. We could establish communication that way.
    I had asked for information about showing your pictures and even asked a young (not so young) man who had successful showings including one in Paris and he told me the same as someone else had told me. The market is slow right now. Not for the upper end of the art market. People who collect for gain. The ones who pay millions for a painting and in many cases do not know jack what they are buying. I like something because I like it period. I have seen in the Village some paintings that just
    looking at them give me nightmares. Others I would enjoy having them where I have breakfast. It is great to wake up to something enjoyable.
    Enough. I’m going to tell Ted, to give you my email. Then it is up to you.
    I received today a very funny sign from Texas. I can copy and paste for emailing purposes. Tried to put it here and it does not work. Only the words.

  41. mar55 Said:

    “ Where is honeybee. I think she might be angry at me. I hope I have not offended her

    mar55 mi mas amiga I could never be angry with you. I have been painting. My neighbor Mother pasted away at nearly 100. On her Xmas letter she sent a picture of her Mother at her Mother’s High School Graduations. She looked so pretty that I had to paint her. I painted her in her lovely melon colored dress as an Angel as a gift for my neighbor’s Granddaughter. I also painted an Apache ” Mountain Sprit Dance” for another neighbor’s Grandsons who are afraid of rabbits and monsters and need a protector. Now I am beginning a painting of a Cotton wood tree in the Fall. I love the Cottonwood leaves when they turn, like Gold Dollars. I shall be more careful you my Dear Friend, in these terrible time we must say connected.

  42. @ dove:
    Dove I answered before but I have no idea where it went.
    Joking is good to pass time and relieve anxieties. With this beautiful weather when we have to stay in doors most of the time joking is a great “pasatiempos”. Form of entertainment to kill time. Where is honeybee. I think she might be angry at me. I hope I have not offended her.
    Dove, ask Ted, what is happening. It could e the program which is messing up the moderation. He is very pleasant and he can help you. I’m sure there is an explanation for this
    moderation. You are a pleasant person and this would not be intentional. I’ll see you tomorrow. I do not know if I have time. lots of things to do.

  43. Dove, do not worry. I know you were joking around and so way I.
    Do you know something? Most men are not worthy. There are lots of vey decent men but, if you are raising children although I do not know anything about our situation. It is better to be alone. You must have other or father who can help. Do you?
    Children grow very fast and, before you can count to 100. You will be packing them for college. The teenage years are the worse but, you might be able to manage it without great storms.
    Praying always help. You can do it. When they are all in college you will miss them tremendously. The empty nest it is happiness and some pain. After they are all grown. I’m sure you will find someone for your later years. They will become your friends. Be well and enjoy them. Ask Ted what is going on
    that you are put moderation so often. It could be an automatic mistake from the system or any other reason. He will know.
    He is patient and very helpful. Glad to see you back.

  45. @ mar55:

    lol….ya I was just joking around….but in general terms I think the bar needs to be raised for men and lowered for women to make a better balance. 🙁

  46. @ dove:
    Dove, faithful is included in loyalty. Let’s leave it like that
    we will never find a jewel. Be realistic. As for me I’m not perfect. So I can forget about perfection.
    Someone loyal caring and attentive. Many things can be compromised. Like when you see lawyers negotiating for a settlement. Life is a give and take. Be sure not to give so much as to be taken for granted. Give and receive. If both people have the feet on the ground and neither is extravagant
    with outrageous demands. Things can work out. That goes included in mature. Some people die at 80 or 90 years old and never matured. They die with the emotional age of a child.
    Everyone should get married once. Have some children and then
    when every thing, every promise and every desire has been broken. Divorce. If it happens you find attracted to someone take him as a lover. We do not have to look actively for anything but, sometimes it can happen.
    You see some couples who are very old and very connected and yet they both have maturity and independence in their relationship. Others grow old together but they are like kids.
    You do not want to be co-dependent because the situation kills
    initiative and when love and passion leave. It becomes a routine. Who wants a routine of a life without joy. Part of live is continue to explore, never stop learning and enjoying what you have. Our Creator has made for us a world full of exiting things. Not just the forest the flowers, snow and everything that surround us but, do you want something more beautiful and enjoyable than the smile of a child? There are other things in life a bit annoying. A gossiping loud mouth
    neighbor. I thought about it and she is part of creation. Life would be so boring if everyone was the same. The barking of a dog. The animal barks but, when he sees me is all tails and licking. When in Shabbat I go to shul and in a door that behind it contains a small library there is a class for children that is conducted with a puppeteer. The faces of amazement and enjoyment about everything surrounding them gives you a feeling of satisfaction that is like a prayer. Of course, they like the tiny cupcakes made for them and at the end they all
    partake in sharing a Hallah. Toddlers, younger children and it is another gift from The Almighty and ever living G-d.
    We are only a speck of dust in the immensity of the universe. And yet, we have so much to be thankful about. Last week I was thinking about the gossipy lady who can be irritating and I saw her for a very lonely person who needs attention. I thought
    about her while driving to an appointment and realize that her presence made me more aware of other people I do like. It is only by comparison we can appreciate the goodness of others.
    Came to the conclusion that if evil did not exist how would be able to differentiate and enjoy goodness.
    When someone needs something material give it. Never tell the person the reason you are giving it. It is better to say I made a mistake when I bought it and you are really doing me a favor for taking the coat off of my hands. It saves me a trip to the store. I would not want the person to feel humiliated or thinking she or he owns me.
    Dove, I do not need a man for the sake of having companionship. You are a young person. The only things I attract in live are children and dogs. I deal with life as it comes. Day by day solving whatever needs to be solved.
    Enjoying every breath, everything that comes my way. No expectations. It is what it is. I was just joking the same as you were. Have a great day and enjoy your children. They grow very fast.