2019.05.07 07:00 - Trying to find upbeatness

The Guardian for this meeting was Riddle Sideways. The comments are by Riddle Sideways.

Riddle Sideways: Welcome, Leaping Adams
Riddle Sideways: a large Spring in your step
Adams Rubble: Good morning Riddle :)
               --BELL--
Riddle Sideways: had had plans to be a bit more upbeat today
Adams Rubble: yesterday my rl avatar looked in a mirror and was wearing an outfit very much like mine
Adams Rubble: oh, that's good
Adams Rubble: Spring is a good time to find upbeatness
Riddle Sideways: does your RL av have the little telescope neckless? ;)
Adams Rubble: hehe, no, not that
Riddle Sideways: then the browns?
Adams Rubble: no yellow and pink bangs
Adams Rubble: yes, almost the browns
Riddle Sideways: funny, don't have many RL or SL brown clothes
Riddle Sideways: and don't wear those very often

Riddle Sideways: those days of go to a office building are gone, with it the need to dress in a different color each day
Riddle Sideways: so that most would note that the clothes had been changed
Adams Rubble: retirement is easier on clothes
Riddle Sideways: some geeky nerd software engineers were rumored to have bad cleanliness habits
Adams Rubble is shocked
Riddle Sideways: and others made life choices easy by having 20 T-skirt exactly the same
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble ponders T-skirts
Adams Rubble: like a nighty?
Riddle Sideways: oh, nice typo

Riddle Sideways: well, some co-workers did look like they slept in their clothes
Adams Rubble sleeps in my clothes much more these days sitting in front of a computer
Riddle Sideways: ah yes, those doze off moments
Riddle Sideways: some afternoons
               --BELL--
Riddle Sideways: and then the drift off during TV shows
Adams Rubble: very tired after early rise on Tuesdays
Riddle Sideways: and all that Play
Adams Rubble: yes
Adams Rubble: need to walk to the park this morning
Adams Rubble: they are doing construction next door and the back yard is not fit to play in
Riddle Sideways: oh dear, need a new play area

Riddle Sideways: was not sure what Eden was mentioning yesterday
Riddle Sideways: then heard more about the State of the Animal Kingdon
         https://ethicsdaily.com/report-1-million-animal-plant-species-face-extinction-risk/
Adams Rubble: ohh, that report will not make you feel upbeat
Riddle Sideways: nope
Adams Rubble: nothing we did not know--hope it will inform others
Riddle Sideways: there was a rather nice interview answer.
Riddle Sideways: when asked how and which Governments would react
Riddle Sideways: person said to watch carefully.
Riddle Sideways: the scientist did it for free
Riddle Sideways: watch who is paid a lot to condemn the report

Riddle Sideways: and the statement about "if 25% of corporations were going bankrupt, something would get done"

Adams Rubble: can I have a new government, please?
Riddle Sideways: would like a do-over
Adams Rubble: a president who is kind and thoughtful
Adams Rubble: who cares about everyone being governed
Adams Rubble: a president who is not vain and puffed up
Riddle Sideways: that would be so nice

Adams Rubble: don't look at the Washington Post today
Riddle Sideways: ok
Adams Rubble: stay away from McConnell
Riddle Sideways: did not get the NYtimes Sunday

Adams Rubble: little one here
Riddle Sideways: aw
Riddle Sideways: and the cats run and hide
Adams Rubble: trying to make me get up
Adams Rubble: yes
Adams Rubble: I must go--little one's orders
Adams Rubble: thank you being here--sorry to run
Adams Rubble: she is saying bye bye
Riddle Sideways: ok, thank you
Riddle Sideways: by by
Adams Rubble: hope to see you Thursday
Riddle Sideways: hope so too

Riddle Sideways: will sit here a bit, Listener. ok?
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Riddle Sideways: thank you.