Rich - thank you for that post script. We are all constantly evolving hopefully for the better, though it may seem like the regressives shout loudest right now. Really appreciate your honesty and humility with this.

That’s about when I started shopping with them too. You could pretty reliably count on items lasting around 10 years. Now, you’re lucky if something lasts one season. Couple that with an unjustifiable price point and it’s just not an option anymore.

Their declining quality has been the biggest deterrent for me since oh, around 2005 or so. I still have a few pieces from the very early aughts that were initially expensive, but continue to serve as classic staples in my wardrobe.

I understand that some people mutually engage in that kind of fantasy, but “casually dating” + tying up + torturing + against your will + choking = run the other way. Please!

This is truly a thing of beauty, illustrations and words! Along time coming and worth waiting for (though I wish we didn’t have to wait and that he’d have already been impeached). Thank you!

It’s not an industry worth revitalizing. As I said in another thread, I think it’s a fairy tale industry that once upon a time held decent jobs for uneducated people - particularly jobs that through regional isolation and the handed-down folklore of past generations has a romanticism and distorted pride attached to…

I live in Kentucky and though none of my family has ever been coal miners, I’ve been around a few. It’s a distorted sense of pride. If it was good enough for the fathers and grandfathers, then it should be good enough (i.e. available) for them as well.

YES!!!

Maybe it’s all unicorns and mermaids for people with their heads in the sand. In the reality of Trumpmerica though, all fashion trends are Derelicte.

U of L Hospital has been managed by Catholic Health Initiatives for the last few years - not exactly sure how long now. That alone would explain why EMW lost their transfer agreement to U of L. BUT, Catholic Health is no longer managing the hospital as of this coming June. As of now, the word is that the university…

How I read this:

Yes, yes, and yes on all counts.

What a thoughtful response!

Thank you!

Women have done the vast majority of work in changing social structures and attitudes. Women will continue to do the work.

Very interesting. The $10/night rate seems reasonable though since it obviously requires extra laundry, cleaning and upkeep on the trailers.

I’m not sure that conjugal visits are even a thing anymore. Imagine being the cleaning staff for one of those trailers. Ha! I hope those people are making some serious money.

Just saw this posted down thread by another commenter:

My knowledge of the situation is slight, but my guess would be that it works similarly to the for-profit companies that run the prison telephone systems (I think it actually is mostly the same companies). With those, the person receiving the call has to agree to the fees up front. So, I think it’s the visitors who…

I think they’re all going down. It’s just a waiting game at this point.