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highplainsdem

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10. Again, you're welcome. I love Justin's songs.
Thu May 22, 2025, 03:41 PM
May 22

Re your PS - I try not to post anything at all identifiable and easily searchable here after having told some relatives who were getting into nasty political fights on Facebook that I was glad I post here anonymously. A mistake to refer to DU specifically (so glad I didn't tell them my DU name), and I honestly hope they've forgotten the board's name, but I'm not sure they have. Some of them are Trump supporters now. My family can manage get-togethers only by avoiding discussing politics (which is why discussing politics on FB has been disastrous for them). I'm not worried that I can't win arguments with them. I just don't want to have them finding my old posts here and thinking they HAVE to respond. Which with two of them could even mean late-night calls starting, "How the hell could you have said..."

There's a lot to be said for message boards vs Facebook.

But you still have to be careful. Years ago I knew someone who was complaining on another board about some relatives, and they didn't find her posts...till she mentioned a pet with a very unusual, searchable name. And they found what she'd written about them.

Anyway, highplainsdem or HPD is fine. I remember the Magistrate (whom I wish was still with us) called me Sir for a while till I explained that was wrong.

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