Dear So and So

[emily_in_nc]

So far I've been invited to a Trump rally, the local gun range, and church. *sigh*

I would much prefer no invitations to those.

[emily_in_nc]

I can't remember which thread it was, this one or Dear So-n-so, or the cycling thread, but I think I jinxed myself. Crankin said she was sick, and I mentioned that I hadn't had a cold since last fall.

DH woke up with a sore throat three days ago, and now I did today. He's been very congested, coughing, blowing nose, and even had one night of chills and sweats (but no body aches or very high fever as with the flu), so I guess that's what I have coming up. Dang it all!

[rebeccaC]

emily....It makes a lot of sense to get well soon since you have hikes and riding and other adventures waiting…...hoping it passes quickly!!!

[Pax]

I would much prefer no invitations to those.

Ditto, Emily. I made it very clear where I stand on issues, now they don't invite me to anything, or really engage with me at all. Far preferable to being privy to their thoughts on Hillary, guns, Muslims, immigrants, stand your ground laws, what Jesus would or would not do...

[rebeccaC]

Far preferable to being privy to their thoughts on Hillary, guns, Muslims, immigrants, stand your ground laws, "what Jesus would or would not do"...

jesus would have felt the bern

[Pax]

jesus would have felt the bern

Quite possibly, Rebecca, they like to tell me who he would have hated instead.

[Catrin]

Quite possibly, Rebecca, they like to tell me who he would have hated instead.

Sadly my family does this as well - thankfully I, nor my church, agrees with them. I'm one of those staffing our church booth at Pride this Saturday, and historically, the Episcopal section of the Pride Parade in Indy is quite large - and has been for years. Granted, it was just our parish until a few years ago - but that's ok. Others are joining us now

Pax, I'm still wrapping my brain around super-conservative librarians - it just doesn't compute.

[Crankin]

I can't imagine a librarian being conservative.
When I moved to Miami at age 15, I was told most pointedly that I would be going to hell, because I was not Christian. Geez, this was in Kendall, a very upscale section of Dade County, where there are lots of Jews. It was unnerving and I just couldn't deal with it, so I just kept my brain thinking, I am getting out of here as soon as I can. I did eventually meet like minded people, but the holy rollers and other assorted nuts were there. Arizona was worse, but I was more mature, and I did live in a university city. But I remember feeling shocked that my neighbor had a sign for Bush 1 on her front lawn.
Emily, I hope you feel better. I am definitely better, but not 100%. The only upside is I lost the last bit of weight I have wanted to lose, from the winter.

[Pax]

Sadly my family does this as well - thankfully I, nor my church, agrees with them. I'm one of those staffing our church booth at Pride this Saturday, and historically, the Episcopal section of the Pride Parade in Indy is quite large - and has been for years. Granted, it was just our parish until a few years ago - but that's ok. Others are joining us now

Pax, I'm still wrapping my brain around super-conservative librarians - it just doesn't compute.

I can't imagine a librarian being conservative.
When I moved to Miami at age 15, I was told most pointedly that I would be going to hell, because I was not Christian. Geez, this was in Kendall, a very upscale section of Dade County, where there are lots of Jews. It was unnerving and I just couldn't deal with it, so I just kept my brian thinking, I am getting out of here as soon as I can. I did eventually meet like minded people, but the holy rollers and other assorted nuts were there. Arizona was worse, but I was more mature, and I did live in a university city. But I remember feeling shocked that my neighbor had a sign for Bush 1 on her front lawn.
Emily, I hope you feel better. I am definitely better, but not 100%. The only upside is I lost the last bit of weight I have wanted to lose, from the winter.

It blows my mind as well, until I worked here I'd only met a couple of them and they were usually just deeply religious and conservative in that way.

Today, my boss was talking to my co-worker saying "there's no way those Bernie protesters would pull that crap here, if some tries to push you here, and you're carrying, you don't back down". I just sat at my station and finished up a reference question then went off to find my waiting student.

[wnyrider]

Having a drink as I sit here reading this thread : )

[rebeccaC]

Having a drink as I sit here reading this thread : )

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[ny biker]

Quite possibly, Rebecca, they like to tell me who he would have hated instead.

Okay I'm kind of tired right now -- did I read this right? Who Jesus would have hated??

I had this vague idea that I would like to try to scrape up the cash for a condo in Florida so I could spend winters there. Not anymore.

[Pax]

Okay I'm kind of tired right now -- did I read this right? Who Jesus would have hated??

I had this vague idea that I would like to try to scrape up the cash for a condo in Florida so I could spend winters there. Not anymore.

Might be okay if you hang around with other retirees and don't go out much? Here in the town where I live I've seen maybe a dozen Bernie yard signs, zero Hillary signs, and hundreds of Trump signs... so I don't recommend east central FL

[shootingstar]

I miss having a social life. Since moving to FL I haven't met anyone I'd want to socialize with, the activities seem to center on drinking, and while I enjoy my beverages, going out to get sloshed just doesn't appeal. I had hoped once I got back to work that would change, but apparently, I work in the only library in the western hemisphere where the staff are all hard core conservatives. Libraries are normally bastions of liberal, free thinking, social justice type folks, so this is really bizarre.

So far I've been invited to a Trump rally, the local gun range, and church. *sigh*

Well true, Pax (since I am a librarian by formal training and career-wise, until I switched out nearly a decade ago), libraries should hopefully have staff that are more forward thinking folks in town. What makes people afraid....? That's how I see it..

[Pax]

Well true, Pax (since I am a librarian by formal training and career-wise, until I switched out nearly a decade ago), libraries should hopefully have staff that are more forward thinking folks in town. What makes people afraid....? That's how I see it..

I think they can "get away with it" here because it's a graduate school medical library. The students need little assistance beyond locating things like proper peer reviewed articles, and choosing anatomical models for the correct section they're in.