I may never listen to the news again. And if I don't read the newspaper maybe I can forget this disaster.

There is an episode of "The Simpsons" written in the year 2000 which mentions president Trump. I can't believe they imagined this so many years ago.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/w...

Oh well, just think of it this way, even though we still haven't had a woman president, we now have a first "lady" who has already shown us her full frontal nudity! That's a first!

Sitting here so far away I cannot comment but that made me chuckle!

Yes, Sharlene, you can comment. It is a small world after all.... can I come live with you?

I took back the post, wasn't worth commenting on.....

Bonnie you are welcome - guest room is always empty these days.
As long as you bring along your gardening gloves

John was in the service before I knew him. He did his Masters work on the GI Bill. He could watch the North Koreans from the DMZ (later designation). He hit Korea the day the truce was signed.

The only funny story was while in Japan he went to the PX & bought a set of china with iris on them & shipped it home. It weighed 300 pounds. His parents were away & his Australian aunt had to go to the post office to collect it. Sort of an explosion when parents came home. John was out of the way helping man a searchlight (battlefield illumination) on a huge truck, so missed the wrath on Long Island.

Sharlene, you should include that she needs to bring her irises along too.

True! You want Bonnie's dwarf collection!

I wonder if Mika has room? I can house sit which ever place they are not currently in residence. You know, tend the iris for them...... plant a few of my own....

Absolutely! And I'll even supply the gardening gloves!

Mika, if you supply the gloves I think I should consider joining Leslie when she house sits your place in Menton
I'll pass on Oxfordshire - English weather is too similar to ours

back to the election for a minute: Bonnie we can do writes ins with our type of ballot & I was very tempted, but instead filled in the very minority party candidate. the only thing which made me feel better was being able to vote for neither of the 2 majority partys, It doesn't help much even when against both majors.

Need a wand to zap weeds instead.

sunnyvalley said:Mika, if you supply the gloves I think I should consider joining Leslie when she house sits your place in Menton
I'll pass on Oxfordshire - English weather is too similar to ours

Sharlene, the more the merrier! Our weather in England is much milder than yours, I think - we're zone 8b. It does feel cold in winter and we get some frosts but we rarely get any snow - one short flurry last year, which didn't settle. And we don't have to protect roses/most of our other plants in winter (we do take in our pelargoniums and lemon tree, and wrap up the head of our standard bay, just in case).

Oh, I will take the weather in both locations just fine.

How about a lovely Aussie holiday! We have a few international celebrities that call Australia home these days. Do you ever wonder what happened to Leo Sayer? I think Deborah Harry has a house here too.

I have always wanted to visit Australia, but haven't done so. There always seems to be too much in the way of taking an extended trip with all the animals to care for.

Only been to Brisbane and Sydney, but liked both places _a lot_! Could use a few weeks of sunshine right about now tbh.

Miley Cyrus said she'd leave the country here if Clinton lost the election. Robin, you guys in need of a attention seeking pop singer?? I'll pay postage

We live so far out in the country that the only way we have tv is to pay for satellite service. I cancelled it yesterday. Our new president spent 14 years as a reality show star - and I think that made him popular. Now I won't have to look at his orange face as much. We're reading more.