Here is a list of Chatting Blogs ordered by Last Commented, posted by members. A Blog is a journal you may enter about your life, thoughts, interesting experiences, or lessons you've learned. Post an opinion, impart words of wisdom, or talk about something interesting in your day. Update your blog on a regular basis, or just whenever you have something to say. Creating a blog is a good way to share something of yourself with others. Reading blogs is a good way to learn more about others. Click here to post a blog.
Knowing Thyself
I think it’s actually a real gift to find ourselves in this position of not knowing because it means we can change that, we can get to know ourselves and our needs, we can start liking ourselves, taking care of ourselves better, and eventually develop a strong and profound sense of self-love. And from my personal and professional experience, I can tell you, this feeling is magical
How much money in U$ dollars will I need per month to live comfortably in your country?
The USA is imploding . All responses are appreciated! 
Cost for home ownership or rent info aside appreciated too.
Cost for home ownership or rent info aside appreciated too.
Tofu is destroying the Amazon rain forest.
A big joke is that if we all became vegan, the land would gain. Baloney! A major crop used is soy. As in soybeans. Fields of it used to feed livestock. To make cooking oil. And is darn near every processed food people use. I can only use International Foods coffee creamer because it is the only brand without soy. Soy make my stomach hate me. Lots of people cant use soy. Funny thing is if I take soybeans from my field and offer it to my mule, sheep and chickens..they refuse to eat it. Yet, it is put in pet foods and animal feed and they are forced to consume it.
Brazil grows acres and acres of soybeans. Their idiot Pres pushes it. So farmers steal land from the indigenous, burn the rain forest of old growth and plant massive crops of soy. Climate change is the result of tofu eating people who think they are saving the land by not eating meat. So, instead of razing the forests to run cattle on grass, they instead raze it to mono-culture soybeans. Either way, humans eat and the land suffers.
When someone brags about eating vegan to save the earth...look again. Those veggies and crops need bare fields to grow. You are just exchanging one destructive practice for another.
Soy is not edible. And yet corporations feed it to us. Soy is high in estrogen. Reason they think why boys grow bosoms and girls get bosoms and menses at age 11.
The other thing foisted on us is palm oil. Cut down 100s of year old trees to plant palm plantations. You know what..I went back to lard.
Brazil grows acres and acres of soybeans. Their idiot Pres pushes it. So farmers steal land from the indigenous, burn the rain forest of old growth and plant massive crops of soy. Climate change is the result of tofu eating people who think they are saving the land by not eating meat. So, instead of razing the forests to run cattle on grass, they instead raze it to mono-culture soybeans. Either way, humans eat and the land suffers.
When someone brags about eating vegan to save the earth...look again. Those veggies and crops need bare fields to grow. You are just exchanging one destructive practice for another.
Soy is not edible. And yet corporations feed it to us. Soy is high in estrogen. Reason they think why boys grow bosoms and girls get bosoms and menses at age 11.
The other thing foisted on us is palm oil. Cut down 100s of year old trees to plant palm plantations. You know what..I went back to lard.
Climate change is a joke, nothing will change everyone knows the problem is China and India, COAL!
Coal is the largest contributor to the climate being fooled up
As you can see Canada increased supplying China with coal, only last year by 21 %
All who voted were disappointed about the coal problem.
No one had the guts to protest and not vote until something was done about coal
Canadian coking coal exports to China jump 21% in 2020
Canada's coking coal exports to China increased by a fifth in 2020 amid a “verbal ban” imposed by Chinese authorities on cargoes from Australia late last year.
Shipments from Canada amounted to 3.96 million tonnes, up by 21% from a year earlier, according to data released on March 1 by the Port of Vancouver.
China imported a total of 72.63 million tonnes of coking coal in 2020, down by 3% from 74.49 million tonnes a year earlier, the country’s customs data shows.
Since late 2020, Chinese steel mills without easy access to domestic coking coal have been increasing their term contract volumes with Canadian suppliers, market sources told Fastmarkets previously. ................
Canada
As you can see Canada increased supplying China with coal, only last year by 21 %
All who voted were disappointed about the coal problem.
No one had the guts to protest and not vote until something was done about coal
Canadian coking coal exports to China jump 21% in 2020
Canada's coking coal exports to China increased by a fifth in 2020 amid a “verbal ban” imposed by Chinese authorities on cargoes from Australia late last year.
Shipments from Canada amounted to 3.96 million tonnes, up by 21% from a year earlier, according to data released on March 1 by the Port of Vancouver.
China imported a total of 72.63 million tonnes of coking coal in 2020, down by 3% from 74.49 million tonnes a year earlier, the country’s customs data shows.
Since late 2020, Chinese steel mills without easy access to domestic coking coal have been increasing their term contract volumes with Canadian suppliers, market sources told Fastmarkets previously. ................
Canada
The purpose of life
The older I get, the more often I think about my legacy to be left behind when I am gone.
In Russia we say man's life complete: when he built a house, had a son, and planted a tree. Nothing about women though
So here I am:
I created a garden 2,5 acres, with dry rock walls, a rock walled pond, collection of Hybrid Lilacs (Russian, Belorussian, Polish, French, German and one American Father Fiala Lilacs) When 84 of them bloom in Spring I cannot take my eyes off them, I smile. The happiest time! I don't think anyone will have a nerve to take them down. A vegetable and herb garden with 8x8 greenhouse (which I built myself),collection of paeonies, David Austin roses and other stuff.
I planted A real Russian birch (Betula pendula) which seedling I found growing by the steps of my house in Russia. It is not native to North America. Pity! Beauty! A powerful medicinal tree. My pride and joy!
What else: three children and one grand daughter
That's it, not much but I've done what I could.
I don't want people who will come after, to remember me. I just wanted to make Planet look prettier and keep my family line live.
Maybe someone will share their thoughts on leaving a legacy behind
Otherwise just ignore me I was talking to myself .. as usually
In Russia we say man's life complete: when he built a house, had a son, and planted a tree. Nothing about women though
So here I am:
I created a garden 2,5 acres, with dry rock walls, a rock walled pond, collection of Hybrid Lilacs (Russian, Belorussian, Polish, French, German and one American Father Fiala Lilacs) When 84 of them bloom in Spring I cannot take my eyes off them, I smile. The happiest time! I don't think anyone will have a nerve to take them down. A vegetable and herb garden with 8x8 greenhouse (which I built myself),collection of paeonies, David Austin roses and other stuff.
I planted A real Russian birch (Betula pendula) which seedling I found growing by the steps of my house in Russia. It is not native to North America. Pity! Beauty! A powerful medicinal tree. My pride and joy!
What else: three children and one grand daughter
That's it, not much but I've done what I could.
I don't want people who will come after, to remember me. I just wanted to make Planet look prettier and keep my family line live.
Maybe someone will share their thoughts on leaving a legacy behind
Otherwise just ignore me I was talking to myself .. as usually
Will the Carter Year’s Inflation rate return anytime soon in the USA.
Value of $100 from 1979 to 2021
$100 in 1979 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $380.98 today, an increase of $280.98 over 42 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 3.24% per year between 1979 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 280.98%.
This means that today's prices are 3.81 times higher than average prices since 1979, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index. A dollar today only buys 26.25% of what it could buy back then.
The 1979 inflation rate was 11.35%. The current year-over-year inflation rate (2020 to 2021) is now 6.22%1. If this number holds, $100 today will be equivalent in buying power to $106.22 next year. The current inflation rate page gives more detail on the latest inflation rates.
$100 in 1979 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $380.98 today, an increase of $280.98 over 42 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 3.24% per year between 1979 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 280.98%.
This means that today's prices are 3.81 times higher than average prices since 1979, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index. A dollar today only buys 26.25% of what it could buy back then.
The 1979 inflation rate was 11.35%. The current year-over-year inflation rate (2020 to 2021) is now 6.22%1. If this number holds, $100 today will be equivalent in buying power to $106.22 next year. The current inflation rate page gives more detail on the latest inflation rates.
Kitchen Adventures once again
Sometimes I get on kicks for something special, lately it has been pork belly. It's like bacon on steroids! So far I can't get enough but once I do then I won't want it for a year or two. 
My daughter in law makes it Chinese style which tastes the best but is also the unhealthiest due to the rock sugar she uses. My mission has been to figure out how to cook it the healthiest yet still tasty. Sadly I fail many times before I finally perfect it but glory be to the dogs I've figured it out. It is a spendy experiment especially when I tend to burn a lot of things. Leave it at I'm a happy camper now that I can eat a hunk of pork belly that tastes delightful if I don't burn it.
Giving up processed foods has caused me more grief than I ever imagined. Three of the worst oils we can consume is soybean oil, palm oil and even canola oil. They are the cheapest dirtiest ingredients and are in everything, at least in the US. I've had to learn to make so many things homemade to avoid those oils or just give up that particular food item. My latest whole food I wanted was crackers so I learned how to make crispy a** crackers from just cheese. Very simple one ingredient and yet I managed to burn a couple batches before getting it right. I could buy cheese crisps in a bag for $4.00 for half an ounce (14 grams) or $128 a pound if they sold a bag that big. Now for $4 worth of real cheese I can get a couple ounces of crispy cheese crackers (or a taco shell)
Again not all bags of crisps are just the one ingredient as those damn oils sneak into way too many things.
Sweet potatoes are high in carbs so this year I'm trying a casserole of butternut squash (I may mix some pumpkin in) with a crunchy pecan topping. I also learned to bake candied pecans with a real sugar alternative and HOT PEPPER - Big hit among friends and my tummy.
Last year before I went on my health journey I baked so many gifts which I will do no more, I probably increases the diabetic rate. This year I'm giving grocery gift cards to the low income or elders in my friends and family circle. To the grand kids it will be amazon gift cards. OH man is Amazon is my nemis. This home delivery and fingertip shopping has cost me a fortune. I can't seem to discipline myself and keep buying stuff that I convince myself I need, like spices (then I only use once). I'm broken, so what who cares! That's my motto = So What Who Cares!
As I write this I've come to realize that Alexa is making me barking mad playing nothing but holiday songs-One who lives in Florida does not appreciate "Oh Baby It's Cold Outside" I have to remember to tell her play some country music.
My daughter in law makes it Chinese style which tastes the best but is also the unhealthiest due to the rock sugar she uses. My mission has been to figure out how to cook it the healthiest yet still tasty. Sadly I fail many times before I finally perfect it but glory be to the dogs I've figured it out. It is a spendy experiment especially when I tend to burn a lot of things. Leave it at I'm a happy camper now that I can eat a hunk of pork belly that tastes delightful if I don't burn it.Giving up processed foods has caused me more grief than I ever imagined. Three of the worst oils we can consume is soybean oil, palm oil and even canola oil. They are the cheapest dirtiest ingredients and are in everything, at least in the US. I've had to learn to make so many things homemade to avoid those oils or just give up that particular food item. My latest whole food I wanted was crackers so I learned how to make crispy a** crackers from just cheese. Very simple one ingredient and yet I managed to burn a couple batches before getting it right. I could buy cheese crisps in a bag for $4.00 for half an ounce (14 grams) or $128 a pound if they sold a bag that big. Now for $4 worth of real cheese I can get a couple ounces of crispy cheese crackers (or a taco shell)
Again not all bags of crisps are just the one ingredient as those damn oils sneak into way too many things.Sweet potatoes are high in carbs so this year I'm trying a casserole of butternut squash (I may mix some pumpkin in) with a crunchy pecan topping. I also learned to bake candied pecans with a real sugar alternative and HOT PEPPER - Big hit among friends and my tummy.
Last year before I went on my health journey I baked so many gifts which I will do no more, I probably increases the diabetic rate. This year I'm giving grocery gift cards to the low income or elders in my friends and family circle. To the grand kids it will be amazon gift cards. OH man is Amazon is my nemis. This home delivery and fingertip shopping has cost me a fortune. I can't seem to discipline myself and keep buying stuff that I convince myself I need, like spices (then I only use once). I'm broken, so what who cares! That's my motto = So What Who Cares!
As I write this I've come to realize that Alexa is making me barking mad playing nothing but holiday songs-One who lives in Florida does not appreciate "Oh Baby It's Cold Outside" I have to remember to tell her play some country music.
Lest we forget
The little boy and his sister, lived next to the German border, they often watched the trains go past, this was not a passenger train it was a cattle train this time. They heard people crying out, water, water.
Later they knew the people in the train were prisoners on the way to camps in Germany.
The little boy saw people being executed as some of the people were forced to watch.
He saw a hand sticking up in the dirt it was still moving, what could he do, he was only a little boy 8 years old.
I lost two of my immediate family members shot dead by the German's
The war broke out in ‘40. I was three years old, having been born in September of ‘37. “My dad went to Germany he would not be back for several years.
He went there out of his own free will, believing that he could do more for his family that way, before he would be forced to go.
My dad loved the German people and they loved him. (Not the Nazi’s)
Dad was able to send money home and other people who were later forced to go could not do this he also helped some German friends.
It was up to my mom now to take care of her two children my sister Greetje and I, and find food for us all.
Living in the North of Holland, only several hours away from the farmers, the first few years were not too bad for us, but that slowly changed. My mother had to sell her best linens, her gold watch and sewing machine for food.
The farmers did not care to receive money as it was worth nothing, so anything of value had to go.
A bottle of oil, a very valued commodity, would sell for $250.00 guilders.
My mother would bring home dried fish that stank something awful. We had to eat it anyway.
Looking back it still amazes me how resourceful people are when they have to be.
I would go to where coal was loaded onto trains, and take with me a small broom and dustpan and bring home coal dust. We would chew tar and turned it into chewing gum. It also whitens your teeth.
You could do the same with grain. We kids would go to where the grain was being loaded onto trains, and we would pick up what had fallen on the ground. It takes a long time to chew that grain, but believe me it will turn into gum.
Sometimes we were lucky and had a piece of real chewing gum. We kids would take some sugar to give it some flavor again after we had been chewing it for some time and all the flavors had left.
At night we wound it around the iron bed post.
If friends had gum and asked if you wanted to come out and play with them, you would tell them: “Sure if I can have your gum.” “Okay but only for awhile”
Later came bubble gum, and because of the sharing, we would all have sores around our mouth.
Would you like to know what happens to gum if you chew it for days? It crumples up into nothing. (It does take several days)
We may have been kids but we did things that were beyond our age.
We would climb onto trucks loaded with sugar beets, and throw them off the truck so people could make sugar.
I remember that one day I was about six years old, when I was sent shopping at the corner store for groceries. I could see from the store the school the Germans occupied, as it was around the corner of our street.
I saw a truck heaped high with coal. I saw no Germans, so I climbed onto that truck and started to shove the coal down.
What was amazing was how quickly people realized what was going on. They came with buckets and pails to scoop up what they could. When others took over from me to shovel more coal down, I ran home to tell mother at home to get some for us too.
The Germans let us be for a while they must have known what was going on. Most of them were mere boys.
We were also sustained by the soup kitchen. One of our neighbors called to say that there was meat in the soup that day. Quickly I was sent to get some of that good stuff. In the meantime, our neighbors had found the source of the meat, it was the tail of a mouse. I can't remember if we ate that soup.
Part one
Later they knew the people in the train were prisoners on the way to camps in Germany.
The little boy saw people being executed as some of the people were forced to watch.
He saw a hand sticking up in the dirt it was still moving, what could he do, he was only a little boy 8 years old.
I lost two of my immediate family members shot dead by the German's
The war broke out in ‘40. I was three years old, having been born in September of ‘37. “My dad went to Germany he would not be back for several years.
He went there out of his own free will, believing that he could do more for his family that way, before he would be forced to go.
My dad loved the German people and they loved him. (Not the Nazi’s)
Dad was able to send money home and other people who were later forced to go could not do this he also helped some German friends.
It was up to my mom now to take care of her two children my sister Greetje and I, and find food for us all.
Living in the North of Holland, only several hours away from the farmers, the first few years were not too bad for us, but that slowly changed. My mother had to sell her best linens, her gold watch and sewing machine for food.
The farmers did not care to receive money as it was worth nothing, so anything of value had to go.
A bottle of oil, a very valued commodity, would sell for $250.00 guilders.
My mother would bring home dried fish that stank something awful. We had to eat it anyway.
Looking back it still amazes me how resourceful people are when they have to be.
I would go to where coal was loaded onto trains, and take with me a small broom and dustpan and bring home coal dust. We would chew tar and turned it into chewing gum. It also whitens your teeth.
You could do the same with grain. We kids would go to where the grain was being loaded onto trains, and we would pick up what had fallen on the ground. It takes a long time to chew that grain, but believe me it will turn into gum.
Sometimes we were lucky and had a piece of real chewing gum. We kids would take some sugar to give it some flavor again after we had been chewing it for some time and all the flavors had left.
At night we wound it around the iron bed post.
If friends had gum and asked if you wanted to come out and play with them, you would tell them: “Sure if I can have your gum.” “Okay but only for awhile”
Later came bubble gum, and because of the sharing, we would all have sores around our mouth.
Would you like to know what happens to gum if you chew it for days? It crumples up into nothing. (It does take several days)
We may have been kids but we did things that were beyond our age.
We would climb onto trucks loaded with sugar beets, and throw them off the truck so people could make sugar.
I remember that one day I was about six years old, when I was sent shopping at the corner store for groceries. I could see from the store the school the Germans occupied, as it was around the corner of our street.
I saw a truck heaped high with coal. I saw no Germans, so I climbed onto that truck and started to shove the coal down.
What was amazing was how quickly people realized what was going on. They came with buckets and pails to scoop up what they could. When others took over from me to shovel more coal down, I ran home to tell mother at home to get some for us too.
The Germans let us be for a while they must have known what was going on. Most of them were mere boys.
We were also sustained by the soup kitchen. One of our neighbors called to say that there was meat in the soup that day. Quickly I was sent to get some of that good stuff. In the meantime, our neighbors had found the source of the meat, it was the tail of a mouse. I can't remember if we ate that soup.
Part one
Will the DNC make Jimmy Carter potus when 46’s approval rating soon approaches 10%?
Or does 46 still have a chance and go big like FDR.
Why did British Parliament prohibit Americans from printing money?
This is an example why actual active Monarchs are Tyrants and should never be allowed to terrorize the world again. 
A Blog is a journal you may enter about your life, your thoughts, interesting experiences, or lessons you have learned. It's your own page on Connecting Singles that you can update on a regular basis, or just whenever you have something to say. You can write about an opinion, impart words of wisdom, or talk about something interesting in your day. Creating a blog is a good way to share something of yourself with Connecting Singles members. Reading blogs is a good way to learn more about members you have met here. Please be sure to read the blog rules before posting.
Would YOU like to post a blog on Connecting Singles? Have you written blogs that you'd like to share with other members? Posting your blogs shows your skill and creativity and helps members get to know you better. Your blog will appear on the Connecting Singles Blogs page and also in a link on your profile page. Click here to post a blog »