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  1. While black bears overall attack less than grizzlies or brown bears, they do indeed attack.  A number of years ago, a woman in Cosby, TN was killed in a black bear attack.  Cosby is adjacent to Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  

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  2. I do not avoid the expressways since they typically are fastest routes for longer distances.
     

    I am a 3 out of necessity in my city which has large amount of aggressive drivers.  National statistics back up my statement. 
     

    When I am in different areas such as PNW where drivers are generally reasonable , I try to remember to revert back to type 2 driving.  If I don’t, the PNW drivers will remind me 😃.

  3. 10 hours ago, Scarlett said:

    We drove to family’s house Saturday. Left there around three after totality. It is normally a 4 hour trip. We are 5 minutes from and it has turned into a 7 hour trip. 

    We drove from our Southern city to Jonesboro, Arkansas for totality.  It was totally worth it, but the trip home was a nightmare in all directions.

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  4. 6 hours ago, Scarlett said:

    I just don’t understand all these people who  come up with the most bizarre possibilities rather than accept the most rational probability which is backed up with a ton of evidence. 
     

    Maybe it is too much  for people to think a man could do that to his pregnant wife? Or maybe they are just trolls? 🤷🏻‍♀️

    I think we can safely assume that most board members know that, statistically speaking, pregnant women are more likely to be murdered or abused by partners than non-pregnant women are.

    To simply consider possible alternative explanations doesn’t equate to bizarre possibilities or to trolling.

     I have not seen anyone here claim that he was innocent.  Instead, they want to learn if there is any merit to recently announced evidence because they know that convictions in highly emotional and circumstantial cases tend to be the cases that result in wrongful convictions.  
     

     

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  5. It is not uncommon for scoundrels to claim wife has died to garner sympathy in hopes of getting sex from new woman.

    When my sister divorced, her former beau who was a university professor in another state, told her his wife had died.  A quick google search showed that she was alive and well and working as professor at same university.

    Friends and acquaintances have had same or similar experiences in online dating.

    If Peterson is not guilty, he is one of the unluckiest people alive.

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  6. I have had problems falling asleep my whole life.  My doctor prescribed Trazadone for sleep.  My body couldn’t tolerate the nausea and vomiting it caused.  Ambien didn’t help me either.

    Decades ago I decided to treat my insomnia by getting up for day if I could not fall back to sleep in 1 1/2 hours and start my day even if that meant arriving at work at 4 am.  Usually the next night I could get a decent night’s sleep.  This freed me of anxiety about insufficient sleep.  I never got sleepy easily like normal people do.   After the fails at rx meds, I reverted back to way had previously dealt with insomnia.

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  7. We never had tradition of giving Christmas themed pajamas.  We tend not to buy items meant for certain occasions in favor of multi use items.  Nowadays since kids are grown, we do a very scaled down Christmas with no gifts except one or two small items in stockings.  I don’t miss all the manual labor associated with big celebrations.  Prefer to have plenty of time for conversation, going places and watching movies together.

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  8. I think I will find I am outlier here because I find it considerably weird to message a total stranger even if they are a classmate and even weirder to question her very ordinary reply to you  I suppose I am in some ways a product of my time.

     I think you were spot on re unpacking your baggage to determine why her response resulted in visceral reaction from you. 

    Being rational and reserved to almost a fault, I dot not use terms of endearment but choose to not be bothered by them unless used as a weapon.

  9. Husband should rescind invitations and briefly explain why.  Expect some to be annoyed and some to take it in stride.  Husband should then take his dad on trip alone.  Your husband was trying to do something nice but details got out of hand.

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