Tom Sarbeck
@tomsarbeck
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tom sarbeck replied to the topic I found this lets discuss. in the forum Science 8 years, 11 months ago
I might be able to explain family silence.
My ethnic German dad said almost nothing about his early years. My born-in-Germany mom said absolutely nothing about her early years. They stopped talk by their five children, my dad with a leather belt, my mom with ridicule. (All kinds of hell followed, which I will omit here.)
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tom sarbeck replied to the topic how do you handle the lunatics in the forum Small Talk 8 years, 11 months ago
I’m going to try responding with something like “I’m saddened that you were so abused” and closing with something like “I hope you recover soon.” I might offer to help in some way.
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5-7-5 8 years, 11 months agoEnglish, our language,
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Bookish atheists 8 years, 11 months agoA non-fictioner, I’m currently dividing my reading hours between Riane Eisler’s ‘Sacred Pleasure’, Donald E. Scott’s ‘The Electric Sky’, Ulysses Grant’s ‘Personal Memoirs’, and Doris Kearns Goodwin’s ‘Team of Rivals’.
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5-7-5 10 years, 9 months agoWhen does desire end?
Says the centenarian.
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