Vodik_VDK

@Vodik_VDK@lemmy.world

Please, I have exactly two brain cells to rub together and I can’t have either of them to getting distracted.

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‘Ranting, rambling, and paranoid’: Federal appeals court suspends 96-year-old judge until she passes mental exam ( lawandcrime.com )

Judge Newman has threatened to have staff arrested, forcibly removed from the building, and fired. She accused staff of trickery, deceit, acting as her adversary, stealing her computer, stealing her files, and depriving her of secretarial support. Staff have described Judge Newman in their interactions with her as “aggressive,...

Vodik_VDK ,

Part of it is because you still need a gig to keep the retirement funds rolling. You don't want to live it out on pea soup and bread.

Part of it is because after a certain point every bit of your body, from your bones to your brains, is only available on a Use It or Lose It basis with no warranty for service blackouts.

And part of it is because, and l guess this is due to the collapse of the extended-family model, lots of people don't have anyone or thing to go home to; they're divorced or widowed, kids have moved out, and their social network has literally died out.

Towards the end of his life my father only had ONE surviving peer from grade school. Imagine how it is to call your only surviving friend on a regular basis and to wonder, each time, if today's the day you learn you've already heard their voice for the last time.

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