The Guardian for this meeting was Adams Rubble. The comments are by Adams Rubble.

As a historian I have often wondered about how people, who just were trying to live their lives, coped with events that were swirling around them. 

Adams Rubble: testing. 1 2 3 testing

Adams Rubble: Good morning Riddle :)
Adams Rubble: I hope things are good there :)
Riddle Sideways: almost ㋡
Riddle Sideways: getting Better All the Time-e-e-im
Adams Rubble: :)
--BELL--
Adams Rubble: Always look on the bright side of li---i---fe
Riddle Sideways: love that song
Riddle Sideways: need to be convenient of high speed cpu fan sound
Riddle Sideways: to avoid crash
Adams Rubble: oooo
Adams Rubble is listening to Procol Harum in the background
Riddle Sideways: nice, which song?
Riddle Sideways: so many good ones
Adams Rubble: listening to 1967 album--started with Whiter Shade of Pale this morning and kept going
Adams Rubble: the 2006 concert in denmark
Adams Rubble: great group
Adams Rubble: playing piano on my keyboard
Adams Rubble: being careful not to hit keys
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: I have had a couple of heavy days on my blog
Adams Rubble: heavy meaning wighty rather than lengthy
Adams Rubble: weighty
Riddle Sideways: yes
Riddle Sideways: all of above
Adams Rubble: this morning's entry is a second version
Riddle Sideways: play Air-keyboards on desk not on typing keyboards
Adams Rubble: good advice
Riddle Sideways: am a day behind on your blog
Adams Rubble: hmm, that works better
Adams Rubble: next thursday I have jury duty
Adams Rubble: busy week next week
Riddle Sideways: oooo the Fun of jury duty
Adams Rubble: in NJ can call the night before and if they do not need people one can be excused
Riddle Sideways: on a Thursday? are you on a panel?
Adams Rubble: not yet
Riddle Sideways: thought it usually Mondays. it is here
Adams Rubble: in NJ it is one day unless you get on a panel
Adams Rubble: can be any day of the week
Riddle Sideways: sure
Riddle Sideways: have phone call in check also. is nice that can check Friday thru weekend for the Monday
Adams Rubble: ohh yes, nice
Riddle Sideways: for years only one of the 2 courts had it
Adams Rubble: my first time I had to go two weeks and then got on a jury the last friday afternoon
Adams Rubble: glad they have made it more humane
Riddle Sideways: thinking about sailing, safe harbors, Being boats at sea and Procol Harum's A Salty Dog
Adams Rubble: :)
--BELL--
Adams Rubble thinking "Life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"
Riddle Sideways: giggles, yes
Riddle Sideways: this time of year, this family's tradition is to read all the Year in Review magizines and now internet sites
Adams Rubble: oh?
Riddle Sideways: not sure if you got Dec. 28 NY Times?
Adams Rubble: I have an online subscription
Riddle Sideways: much more impressive in print on this article
Riddle Sideways: a 2-page spread in maybe 5-pt font
Adams Rubble is not sure one could survive a review of the year
Riddle Sideways: of the 551 people, Places and Things mr. T has insulted on Twitter: a complete list
Riddle Sideways: can be read online
Riddle Sideways: however, the sight of the 2 pages held up to see
Adams Rubble: it takes courage
Riddle Sideways: yes
Riddle Sideways: it takes courage to read, tell others and do something
Riddle Sideways: to keep talking
Adams Rubble has not had the courage to look at the news this morning yet
Riddle Sideways: not looked today either
Riddle Sideways: still back a week
Riddle Sideways: well, did watch some TV Tuesday night
Riddle Sideways: some national address about a National Emer... oh well
Adams Rubble: the president who cried wolf
Riddle Sideways: the spoiled kid
Riddle Sideways: that did not get his way
Riddle Sideways: National Emergency that I did not get my way
Adams Rubble had to put up with Trump on the local NYC news for years and years
Riddle Sideways: oh right
Riddle Sideways: was spared that
Adams Rubble: the act has not gotten better, just scarier
Riddle Sideways: if his memorial wall is built will it have his name in Gold?
Adams Rubble: I have pictured that
Adams Rubble: if he goes to prison, will the prison have his name in gold?
Riddle Sideways: thinking that would be about 2+ Billion in gold to be big enough to see from space
Riddle Sideways: yesterday's Fresh Aire show was about the Spiro Agnew indictment and ejection at the exact same time Nixon was being investigated
Riddle Sideways: and kicked out
Riddle Sideways: and then the parallels
Adams Rubble remembers that well
Riddle Sideways: the time when it was close to the country not havng a pres not vice
Riddle Sideways: imagine getting in trouble for Construction kick-backs
Adams Rubble: Trump has done worse
--BELL--
Riddle Sideways: imagine getting in trouble for lying to country, doing dirty deeds, telling others to do dirty deeds
Adams Rubble: when I think of Agnew I think of Kent State and the awful things he said
Riddle Sideways: still can't play-sing that song without tears
Riddle Sideways: "How can you Lie when you know!"
Riddle Sideways: read your second paragraph
Riddle Sideways: and thought about a generation
Riddle Sideways: that were the 50's kids
Riddle Sideways: in the every was perfect era
Adams Rubble: today's
Riddle Sideways: Father knows best
Riddle Sideways: yes today
Riddle Sideways: one by one some Great value tripped and fell
Riddle Sideways: a small stumble over a Great value
Riddle Sideways: each hippy talked to would tell of a something
Riddle Sideways: that was a stumble over the times
Adams Rubble: there was the beat generation in the 50s going in a different direction
Riddle Sideways: a Value that did not meet up to some standards
Riddle Sideways: when 'Thought About'
Riddle Sideways: It was the Best of generations, it was the worst of generations
Adams Rubble: there were things hidden under the surface they did not tel us
Adams Rubble: they did not tell us about Joe Mcarthy
Adams Rubble: They did not tell us about the lynchings
Riddle Sideways: nope, never told us, never taught us. learned ourselves
Riddle Sideways: and were shocked
Riddle Sideways: and yelled, screamed and went a different way
Adams Rubble: and then some of those 50s and sixties kids became tea partyers
Adams Rubble: and now are the backbone of trump supporters
Adams Rubble: so many myths
Riddle Sideways: still shaking the stew pot
--BELL--
Riddle Sideways: roommate did not turn hippy. went to Vietnam and supports T
Adams Rubble: ohhh
Adams Rubble: drank the patriarchy koo aid
Adams Rubble: kool aid
Riddle Sideways: learned the week's hit song to play at the next gig. then wondered what those lyrics might mean. then had value shook
Riddle Sideways: personally
Adams Rubble listens
Riddle Sideways: big one, was standing in a line, holding somebodies hand for an hour
Riddle Sideways: or more
Riddle Sideways: turn and start conversation
Riddle Sideways: with a real person that had never talked to
Riddle Sideways: a real person that looked like 'Those'
Riddle Sideways: tjat were not to be talked to
Riddle Sideways: who taught that 'They' were not to be talked to?
Riddle Sideways: a 'They' became one of best friends
Riddle Sideways: a 'They' taught of the 'Other' side
Riddle Sideways: a good Bapist boy, an A-student, good to his momma, a never swore
Riddle Sideways: declared "ain't gonna fight in 'Your' war"
Riddle Sideways: then the evil thing of sneaking off to meet other 'They'(s)
Riddle Sideways: and the evil Learning
Riddle Sideways: now can't Unlearn that
Riddle Sideways: how can some of that generation unlearn the lessons?
Adams Rubble: it takes wiork to unlearn
Riddle Sideways: sorry, (well not really) for going off like this
Adams Rubble: when finds some answers to the perplexities and a place of unlearning it is very rewarding
Riddle Sideways: all those kids that were taught Their Religion and stumbled over some detail
Adams Rubble: In my case no one to tell me not to worry that it was OK
Riddle Sideways: all those girls that grew up the Amerikan ideal to become anything. As long as it was a housewife
--BELL--
Adams Rubble: well what i said was not wuite right; there were those who told me not to worry but could not point me in the right direction
Riddle Sideways: all those kids that grew up to not look like the White privledged kids on TV
Adams Rubble: I do want to note that my blog entry ended up in a pretty upbeat place
Riddle Sideways: prev gen went to war because it was Right
Riddle Sideways: oh, darn have not finished the read
Adams Rubble: there are some things we learned that led to the values we have today
Adams Rubble: I think there is value in sorting them out
Riddle Sideways: Yes, agree.
Riddle Sideways: was raised the best they could
Riddle Sideways: sheltered until could think for self
Riddle Sideways: then sort it out
Adams Rubble: our parents suffered from the patriarchy
Adams Rubble: and their parents
Riddle Sideways: then yelled at for not having sorted it the way they wanted
Riddle Sideways: maybe Dr. Spock taught 'Spare the rod and they shall whip themselves later" ;)
Adams Rubble: Luther did a lot of whipping of himself
Riddle Sideways: a wise guy
Riddle Sideways: well, have a busy day ahead. Have to whip self, get depressed, listen to more News, generate more garbage, put more bugs into software, etc. etc. so Sad
Adams Rubble: I apologize if I got you off track
Riddle Sideways: looks around for tracks
Adams Rubble: I hope your day goes well
Riddle Sideways: got up this morning and the tracks were gone
Adams Rubble: and your bugs do some amazing things :)
Riddle Sideways: (actually they are fun, funny and entertaining)
Riddle Sideways: Thanks for your time
Adams Rubble: bye for now
Riddle Sideways: by
Adams Rubble: thanks for coming :)
Adams Rubble waves