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@wakeupkitty · 8 months ago

What are you looking at father? The old man sat in his chair in front of the window He watched the procession of people in silence. She carefully placed the samovar on the table It was old and...

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@wakeupkitty · 8 months ago

The rising of Nationalism x Identity Crisis

Nation = Good National = Good -ism = BAD / dangerous . Nation stands for a country, the people of a country, people being united. Nato should be an example of that even though the average man...

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@wakeupkitty · 9 months ago

Driving

Do you have a car or a driver's license? I say 'or' and not 'and' because driving is possible even without a driver's license. It is strange that a lot of money has to be paid for driving lessons an...

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@wakeupkitty · 10 months ago

Letter

Those good old days. There was a time when we wrote letters. We took time to sit down, write in neat handwriting and even had a special pen. A fountain pen like a Parker or another Parker. Back th...

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@wakeupkitty · 10 months ago

CPU

Once I visited a hypnotist with my late friend. It was the strangest event I've ever been to. I couldn't help wondering why people fell for it. To me, it was a big scam (back then the word scam wasn...

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@wakeupkitty · 10 months ago

You owe me

Christmas is over. How do you feel? Happy, annoyed, relieved or anxious? If I may believe the internet worldwide 2 billion people out of the 8 billion "celebrate" Christmas. By celebrating I don't...

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@wakeupkitty · 11 months ago

Wrong horoscope?

He and she have birthdays one day apart, the youngest child notes. Then they can celebrate their birthday together, I say. It's even better if all your friends have their birthdays one after the othe...

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@wakeupkitty · 11 months ago

Health insurance

The year is almost over. We will soon be entering 2024, 2024 sounds futuristic to me, but it is not. In all the decades of my life, nothing has changed. Man is a cash cow. Not only the poor, but als...

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@wakeupkitty · 11 months ago

Imagine

Imagine that you are a columnist and write for the Volkskrant (volk = people). The name already says it, a newspaper for the people. It probably couldn't be better, provided the people also read tha...

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@wakeupkitty · 1 year ago

A vision (of 2023)

2023 This year or actually the Chinese new year, the year of the rabbit should be a good one. Time for the tiger to leave. To many it was a harsh year, to a part of the population it was as harsh as...

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@wakeupkitty · 1 year ago

About meds, bad food x calories

Overweight, those calories are not only caused by unhealthy eating habits, bad meals, excessive eating. Medication, chemicals in your food cause overweight too. You can count calories but even if your...

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@wakeupkitty · 2 years ago

Aristocrat x sheep

Can't we talk about nothing for a change? I mean what's the point people already make a lot of noise, and the more you say the less respond. Let's keep our mouths shut and enjoy the silence...the si...

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@wakeupkitty · 2 years ago

Best invention

The best invention? Is it the mousetrap or Pied Piper? Water closet or the light bulb? Farm boot or bed? When it comes down to it, everything is a great invention and is not one that has not affected...

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@wakeupkitty · 2 years ago

G-rated

There's a lot I don't know about and if I'm honest I'm happy about that. After all, blessed are the poor in spirit. Not that I'm poor in spirit. Even without radio, television, and newspapers, I get m...

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@wakeupkitty · 2 years ago

Rice - this is brutal

I used to eat a lot of rice but in recent years I hardly did. Back then my youngest said rice is food mom eats. Indeed you can wake me up for a bowl of plain rice, but it is no longer my daily meal. T...

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@wakeupkitty · 2 years ago

How do they know?

So far, so good. I manage, we manage and hopefully, the youngest will start with the driving lessons tomorrow. The driving school and its teacher don't seem to care if the passed exams expire. My chil...

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@wakeupkitty · 2 years ago

Food security

Good, bad, healthy, unhealthy. When it comes down to it, pretty much everything we put in our mouths has been called unhealthy. What is unhealthy depends on the food industry. The disc of five, in som...

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@wakeupkitty · 2 years ago

No native food

It depends on how far back in time you go, but I don't think the Netherlands has native food. Of course, there are certain foods that the Dutch have become known for thanks to art (think of the painti...

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@wakeupkitty · 2 years ago

No whining of an older person

This column is not why she wears white although she isn't a virgin or why he had to propose in this modern time but about changes, different norms and values. I'm sure you agree that everything has ch...

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@wakeupkitty · 2 years ago

Everything will be fine

Ideas, plans, their implementation, the final decision that is taken...it is never really clear who decides. Every decision-maker has a boss above him. Someone who pulls the strings makes his puppet m...

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@wakeupkitty · 2 years ago

Comrades

Shouldn't we be comrades? For some, the word comrade has a negative feeling, but this word is definitely not negative. A comrade is a friend, a companion, someone with the same interests as you. A co...

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@wakeupkitty · 2 years ago

I have enough

Every now and then I read something and I think I recognise this. The last time I had that was a few days ago. It was about the environmental issue, the CO2 hype and the provoked war that will cause...

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@wakeupkitty · 2 years ago

Crazy - Mr. Robot

I try to make the best out of it. Life I mean. It isn't easy. My childhood wasn't easy and no matter how old you get it affects you. Might be not as much if you are aware of what happened to you, wh...

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@wakeupkitty · 2 years ago

The trick

Do you remember the start of 2020? The created plandemic and China was blamed just like the first people who had it. They were treated as pariahs. It always feels good to have a scapegoat. When someo...

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@wakeupkitty · 2 years ago

Dirty tricks / backstabbing

Gazprom announced that due to circumstances they can no longer supply gas to certain countries . Germany is one of them. What those circumstances are apart from pipeline maintenance I will not go into...

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@Ozzyy · 2 years ago

What You Wish For

[WP] For years you searched for a genie. When you found it, your life was made. The genie says, "Hello. I am a genie, however humans have us wrong. The wishes we grant deal in lifespan." You reply, "G...

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@wakeupkitty · 2 years ago

News

The first known use of triplet was in 1656 It's up to you readers if the end of the triplet is good or bad. Three. Three chances, all good things come in triplets and so does bad and with it death....

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@wakeupkitty · 2 years ago

Money talks

Does it? Most money in circulation does not say a word. It is untouchable and not even longer in the wallet. Instead of money, people walk around with plastic cards. That card is the payment method, a...

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@wakeupkitty · 2 years ago

Christians: Central Control

When it comes to investments, I have lost a lot of money. That was in the past because of scams by insurance companies that invested the deposits. It should be a great savings plan for the future the...

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@wakeupkitty · 2 years ago

The good doctor

A good doctor is hard to find. Just as difficult as a trustworthy person. When it comes down to it, you simply have to be lucky. Happiness when it comes to the interest, expertise and appearance of t...

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