@CinnamonGirlE

Ooh. Cute. I'll remember that for next year, when I live near my grands!

@thewebrecluse

Ah. Probably correct, there.

@thewebrecluse

That's amazing for a 7th grader! Damn.

@thewebrecluse

And I made sure my kids did not have friends who were racist, and I'll make sure my grandchildren are aware, too.

@thewebrecluse

Oh, I do try. When I lived in Atlanta, it was rampant. When the white neighbor lady (parent of one of my kids' friends) told me she wasn't sending her son to the public middle school because 'those people' went there, I went off on her.

I stopped speaking to an old friend from high school after she called Obama a 'porch monkey'. Shit you not. My jaw dropped, and she was genuinely surprised that I took offense.

It's a deeply, deeply rooted thing. (con't)

@thewebrecluse

as he watched any black or brown ppl on TV were always there. Even as a teenager, I noticed the comments never were about white ppl, no matter how gross they were.

My mom made sure we knew who MLK was & how he was a great person. But her comments about black co-workers were sometimes brutal.

With my parents, it was ingrained from the time they were kids.

@thewebrecluse

Well, being a white person & coming from parents who firmly believed they were NOT AT ALL racist, I think I can explain the weird hoops their subconscious jumps through?

My dad made derogatory comments about black & brown people all the time, also about Jews. But he adored my Jewish best friend in high school, so he couldn't possibly be a bigot, right? He also loved my black friend who lived on the next street - and her family. But the disparaging comments (con't)

This explains why I was sooo cold when I visited France in May (some years back).

@altamaha

Wow. Some of those are fantastic!
Happy Monday!

@thedisasterautist

Oh, and 3 Dollar Stores. A bunch of tiny, expensive 'boutiques', too. But we have really good restaurants, especially fish. No big chains, except for fast food.

Be aware of the road and air traffic problems that will arise under and near the eclipse's path on April 8th.

Gifting this article about it.
https://wapo.st/3vzGCCJ

@thedisasterautist

I'm very much looking forward to the move. I've been in South Florida for 25 years, the last 6 in Key Largo. And while it SOUNDS exotic to live here, the truth is - it's not so great day-to-day. Beautiful and warm, yes, but only one road through town, soooo many tourists every day, and no Target, WalMart, Lowe's, or any other type of real store. We have a huge Publix, a Winn Dixie, and a Beall's Outlet. That's it.

@WatchLover679

Also, my renter's insurance dropped in half, too!

@WatchLover679

I'm renting. But my ex (the good one) moved up there last year from Boca Raton. He's got twice the size house, with sooo many more features, and now pays less than half of what he paid in property insurance in Boca.

He was at $6,800.00 in Boca. His 2800 sf house now in Wilmington is $2,700.00 a year now.

@MidnightRider @Madken65

Well, those you listed do, for sure. But I can't go along with all Italian politicians. I've known some pretty upright, good ones with Italian blood.

@MidnightRider @Madken65

DeSatan is one weird little man.

@MidnightRider

Few people know there's a law in FL that requires ALL insurance cos to pitch into any shortfalls that Citizens experiences - no matter what kind of insurance it is. Hence such expensive rate hikes.

Got the car insurance quote for when I move out of South Florida to the Wilmington, NC area.

It's going from $300.00 month to $87.00 month!!

Florida is soooo screwed up. Costing more & more to live here every year.

@Say_what_now

Yay! The five acres sounds like heaven to me.

@Say_what_now

Ay, yi, yi! Sorry.