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@Mel_Hikes

Mom of humans and doggos. Raised in the Amazon, ardent patriot and general non conformist. Dogs, backpacking and BBQ. Chaos is order yet undeciphered.

Nonya,Texas Katılım Nisan 2021
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RxCKSTxR@therxckstxr·
Bully Gets Bullied! 😂 Like Comment & Share Me With Your World! 🫶🏾 RxCKSTxR Comedy Voiceovers!
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@WHGrampa0 How? My parents were missionaries for 50 yrs paid into SS every month( self employed while overseas) they just retired at 70 and are getting 4050 a month. They made max 30k a year combined.
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W.H.Grampa
W.H.Grampa@WHGrampa0·
“I worked for 36 YEARS. Paid taxes EVERY year. Did everything right.” Outside the Social Security office, she’s trying to understand why her check is only $876 a month “After a LIFETIME of work — this is all I get. Meanwhile, billions are sent to people who never paid a dime.” W.H.G
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Glad people are finally catching on. This is what has happened to five homes on my street. Three bought by the same Egyptian dude two by Indians, all are now section 8. And the yards are atrocious. In one they broke the garage door the first day. Homes in this neighborhood go for 335-450K.
Info Battle Maiden@info_maiden

A $4500 Section 8 house owned by an indian investor in Denton County?! Here’s the map of the area. These rents aren’t for luxury mansions…they’re basic suburban homes being turned into government-subsidized cash cows. American families are being priced out while foreign scammers stack properties and collect taxpayer-funded checks every month. @DrReclaimerTX This is what replacement looks like in North Texas.

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Diana Alastair💚🤍💜 ⚢ ❌❌✡️
There are trans-identifying men who freeze tomato sauce into cylinders to shove up their backsides so that when it melts, they can pretend that they’re having their period. But no, this is definitely not a fetish… or a mental health issue.
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Texas Family Project
Texas Family Project@FamilyProjectTX·
Casinos will not solve the property tax problem in Texas. What they will do is bring sex trafficking, addiction, divorce, foreclosures, and general crime. Casinos are no good for Texas.
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Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck@glennbeck·
Every American should ask all politicians running for office one simple question: Would you support a nationwide ban on Sharia Law? Their answer will tell you everything you need to know when you hit the voting booth. I asked @KenPaxtonTX and he responded: “Absolutely. It’s inconsistent with our Constitution. It’s inconsistent with most of our federal and state laws, and there’s no way we can have a dual operating legal system in our country and sustain that. We will crumble, and we will have serious issues like Europe is having."
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@BreannaMorello I guess I’m the only one who played a game of chicken with my cousins. Whoever could stand with both feet in the fire ant pile the longest wins. Bragging rights..
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Breanna Morello
Breanna Morello@BreannaMorello·
To my southern friends, How come none of you warned me about fire ants?! You guys know I’m from New York and don’t get out much! 😂
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Ethan Brooks
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Couples therapy Session 3 Cargo shorts Third pair Five pockets loaded One left open Pocket one: talking points Pocket two: counter-talking points Pocket three: my wife's original list from session one with my analyst's correctly formatted version stapled on top Pocket four: granola bar Pocket five: a printed summary of the therapist's Yelp reviews in case I needed leverage Pocket six: empty My analyst said to always leave one pocket open for something you didn't see coming Last session I learned we were having another child Pulled into the parking lot at 3:48pm My analyst was already there Same spot Engine off Legal pad on the dash Three iced coffees in the car Two were empty He rolled the window down I said "how long have you been here" He said "I got here at 5am boss man" I said "the session is at 4pm" He said "I know. I wanted to study the environment." I said "it's a parking lot" He said "every parking lot tells a story" I didn't ask what story this one told He handed me a folder through the window I said "she said no folders" He said "it's not a folder. It's a pocket insert. Fits right in pocket six." I opened it One page Header: "Things Boss Man Has Done Right (Partial List)" There were only four items I won't say what they were But number three was "hired me" Another subtle push for a promotion that I ignored I closed the folder I said "I'm not bringing this in" He said "I know. But I wanted you to read it." I put it in the glove box I didn't put it in pocket six But I thought about it Walked across the parking lot alone First session without backup My wife was already inside Left couch Same spot Stanley cup She looked different Not upset Not armed with Karen from HR or the teacher from the parent teacher conference Just there alone The therapist said "no analyst today?" I said "he's in the parking lot" The therapist said "why" I said "my wife said if he steps foot in the building she's calling her attorney" The therapist looked at my wife My wife said "that's accurate" The therapist said "and yet he's still in the parking lot" I said "he's committed. I respect it." The therapist made a note I don't know what she wrote but her pen moved for a while She said "your wife has set today's agenda" I said "I know. One item." She said "have you read it?" I said "no" She said "why not?" I said "I was advised to come in without a position. Let the other side present first. Then respond." The therapist said "who advised you to do that" I said "my analyst" My wife closed her eyes The therapist slid the paper across the table I picked it up Six words "Tell me something that isn't transactional" I looked at my wife She was looking at me Not the ceiling At me The therapist said "take your time" I didn't need time I said "you're the best decision I ever made" My wife said "that's a decision. Decisions are transactions." I said "I'd pick you again. Every time. No hesitation." She said "that's a selection process" I said "losing you would cost me everything" She said "that's a cost" The therapist said "she's asking you to speak without a framework" I said "I don't know how to do that" My wife said "try" The room was quiet I could hear the clock on the wall First time I've ever noticed it Mentally counting the therapist's cost per second I reached into pocket one Pulled out the talking points Put them on the table Reached into pocket two Counter-talking points On the table Pocket three Reformatted list On the table Pocket five Unfavorable Yelp reviews On the table My wife watched me empty every pocket The therapist watched I kept the granola bar I'm not wasteful The table had four documents on it None of them mattered right now I sat back Empty pockets First time I've walked into a room with nothing prepared My phone buzzed I looked at it Text from the analyst: "You've been quiet for four minutes boss man. That's a record." I put the phone face down I said "last night I laid out my cargo shorts" The therapist said "okay" I said "I have seven pairs. They're all identical." My wife said "I know. Your analyst ordered them." I said "I picked the third pair" The therapist said "why the third" I said "because the last time I wore them you told me we were having a baby. And you smiled. In this room. For the first time." Nobody said anything I said "I stood in the closet looking at seven identical pairs and picked the only one that reminded me of you smiling" I said "that's not a transaction" My wife didn't say anything She didn't look at the ceiling She looked at me Her eyes were wet The therapist's eyes were wet My eyes were not wet But the room was blurry again Must be the ventilation The therapist said "that's the first thing you've said today that wasn't a framework" I said "it felt inefficient" She said "how so" I said "because I could have just said I love you" The room went very quiet My wife said "say it again" I said "the cargo shorts thing or the other part" She said "the other part" I said "I love you" She said "again" I said "I love you" The therapist took her glasses off Third time in three sessions I'm tracking it My wife said "do you know that's the first time you've ever said that without qualifying it" I thought about it She was right Every other time I'd followed it with something "I love you and I think we should refinance" "I love you but the numbers on this kitchen remodel don't work" "I love you. Also the home warranty expires in eleven days." This time I just said it No addendum No follow-up action item Just the words My phone buzzed I didn't look at it It buzzed again And again And again Four buzzes I left it face down The therapist said "how does it feel to say that without adding anything" I said "uncomfortable" She said "why" I said "because it's not actionable. There's no next step. It just sits there." She said "sometimes that's the point" I made a note of that Mental note Not on paper I didn't have paper I emptied my pockets My wife reached across the couch She took my hand Third time that's happened I'm tracking that too We sat like that for a while Nobody said anything The clock was still ticking I was still aware of it But I wasn't counting the minutes That was new The therapist said "I want to ask about the baby" My wife looked at me I looked at her The therapist said "have you two talked about it since the last session" My wife said "he updated a spreadsheet" The therapist looked at me I said "it's a household P&L. The baby needed a line item. I used conservative assumptions." The therapist said "what assumptions" I said "daycare at the 75th percentile. Diapers at 3% annual inflation. College at 5%. I ran a Monte Carlo simulation on the total cost to raise a child to eighteen." The therapist said "and what did the model say" I said "$387,000 in present value terms" My wife pulled her hand back I said "I wasn't finished" She looked at me I said "I also modeled what it would be worth" The therapist said "what do you mean" I said "I tried to assign a value to what we'd gain. Another person at the table. More noise. More mess. More everything." I paused I said "the model broke" The therapist said "broke how" I said "because I couldn't quantify it. Every input I used was a number. And the output kept coming back as something that wasn't." The room was quiet My wife put her hand back I said "I don't know how to say I'm excited without attaching a dollar sign to it. But I closed the spreadsheet last night. First time I've ever closed a spreadsheet without saving." My wife looked at me I looked at her The therapist was writing something She wrote for a long time Then she stopped She said "I think we should keep meeting" I said "same rate?" My wife looked at the ceiling Some things change Some things don't The therapist said "same rate" I said "I won't negotiate this time" My wife looked at me She smiled Second time in this office I said "but I do want to discuss frequency. Weekly feels aggressive. Biweekly gives us time to implement the takeaways." The therapist said "I think weekly" My wife said "I think weekly" I said "I'm outvoted" The therapist said "this isn't a vote" I said "everything is a vote" My wife said "not this" I looked at her She was right Not everything is a vote Some things are just decided I nodded Weekly The therapist said "I'd like to meet the analyst at some point" My wife said "absolutely not" The therapist said "not in session. Separately. I'm professionally curious." My wife said "he doesn't need therapy. He needs a raise and a day off." I said "he got a day off. He came in anyway." The therapist made another note We stood up I left the documents on the table All four of them First time I've ever left a room without collecting my materials Walked out Checked my phone in the hallway Fourteen texts from my analyst First one at 4:02pm: "Status update when you can boss man" Fourth one at 4:11pm: "Both cars still in the lot. Positive indicator." Seventh one at 4:19pm: "You've had your phone face down for six minutes. New personal best." Tenth one at 4:28pm: "I can see through the window. She's holding your hand." Twelfth one at 4:34pm: "I don't have the right word for what I'm feeling right now." Fourteenth one at 4:41pm: "Proud of you boss man. Also the parking lot cop wants me to move. He said I have been here all day. He's calling someone." I walked to his car He had the window down Legal pad full I said "how many pages" He said "six" I said "the session was one hour" He said "there was a lot to capture boss man" I looked at the last page Bottom line "Cargo shorts: 2 for 2" Circled twice Underlined I said "you can see through the window?" He said "only from the third row" I said "you moved your car for line of sight" He said "I moved it twice. The first angle had a glare." I looked at him He looked at me I said "next session. You're coming inside." He said "I thought she said" I said "I'll handle it" He didn't say anything But he closed his legal pad First time he's ever done that mid-conversation I think that meant something to him I got in my car My wife was already in the passenger seat She didn't say anything I didn't say anything I put my hand on hers Third time now She looked at me Not the ceiling She said "you emptied your pockets" I said "I kept the granola bar" She laughed Second session in a row she's laughed I drove home Same cargo shorts Same couch Same $250 Didn't negotiate Didn't need the talking points Didn't read the Yelp reviews Pocket six is still empty I think I'm going to keep it that way Plz don't fix. Thx. Sent from my iPhone
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Morning of Cargo shorts on Third pair Pockets loaded My wife said "what's in your pockets" I said "that's proprietary" She looked at the ceiling Classic Analyst texted at 5:47am Session isn't until 4 Sent from my iPhone

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Grummz
Grummz@Grummz·
Why is this new music video capturing everyone? Simple. The boys are back. It’s got that energy that female led schools have tried to crush for years.
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@BBMagaMom Tried that for th last 20 years. There are two legitimate orgs who have been actively pursuing it. We got nowhere, so no. Demographics are reality and y’all still think Texas is full of Texans.
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Writing The Republic
Writing The Republic@Write4Republic·
Most American Christians lack the spine to oppose Islam. If that does not change, then America is finished.
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It’s none of my fucking business.
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