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Nyse Elias

Do you ever find yourself thinking . . .

gosh here's an interesting Mugger, I'd really like to know more about him or her? But there's no real way to do so. Especially these days, when so many people have an ulterior motive, and people just can't be trusted. The most you can really do is to 'friend' them.

Posted - April 12, 2020
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  • 53524

      Over the combined decade that I’ve been on this site and its predecessor, AnswerBag, I’ve expressed a curiosity or two about some of the people, but it hasn’t been common for me to do so. In their posts, be it question, answer, comment, poll, or statement, I may glean what I want to know about how someone thinks, what someone likes or dislikes, what someone believes, etc. There is also an opportunity for me to ask directly in a post of my own. Lastly, as you’ve stated, if we are on each other’s list of friends, I can send a private message. 
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      April 12, 2020 9:42 AM MDT
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  • 182
    Thanks for the response. Of course, to pursue any interaction fully, geography would always be a problem. And, unless there were exceptional circumstances too, electronic correspondence tends to falter and fade after a while. I wonder how many people we have enjoyed interacting with here, and on AnswerBag, are now dead. In most cases we would never know (and the older participants tend to be the most interesting in my experience). This post was edited by Nyse Elias at April 12, 2020 4:57 PM MDT
      April 12, 2020 9:51 AM MDT
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  • 53524

      Some members here have contact with other members beyond these pages, and they keep each other apprised of what’s going on in their lives, some even have third-party contact with members’ relatives and/or other friends, through whom they stay apprised of any life-changing events. If I were to die tomorrow, I believe that my absence from these pages might go on for several weeks or several months before the realization would sink in that I wasn’t ever going to return.

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      April 12, 2020 2:58 PM MDT
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  • 44649
    I'm still trying to guess your age from your responses. I think I'm getting close, but I shan't divulge my final guess.
      April 12, 2020 10:00 AM MDT
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  • 6988
    He has been through the military. That is a clue to his age. 
      April 12, 2020 10:31 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    Perhaps, but someone who has been in the military could be anywhere from 22 to 92.
      April 12, 2020 10:36 AM MDT
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  • 44649
    Between the two Gulf wars. Better clue.
      April 12, 2020 12:51 PM MDT
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  • 34432
    I think Randy is about 55.
      April 12, 2020 3:33 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    You will be many many years trying to suss me out ....My advice to you is for you to give it up now yore coming up to retirement age and that you are still realitivly sane....
    Why not sit back and enjoy your retirement and just cease annoying you're betters....:) 
      April 12, 2020 11:23 AM MDT
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  • 53524

      NJ, I’ve never asked you anything about your personal business, I’ve never been curious about you.

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      April 12, 2020 3:03 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    There is no point of admitting things after the fact ps have been published....you've openly admitted on here 
    that you hide in my wardrobe...   I rest my case....mostly because it's so dam heavy :( 
      April 12, 2020 5:26 PM MDT
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  • 53524

      By hiding in the wardrobe and “watching over” you, I was able to learn everything there is to know about you, which is why I no longer have the urge. 



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      April 12, 2020 10:55 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    Are you sure that loosing the urge isn't age related or maybe wanting now to bat for the same side.....:)D This post was edited by Nice Jugs at April 13, 2020 2:43 AM MDT
      April 13, 2020 2:43 AM MDT
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  • 53524

      (loosing losing)
      (age related age-related)
      April 13, 2020 5:42 AM MDT
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  • 14795
    Is that all you've got for me....hehe
      April 13, 2020 6:59 PM MDT
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  • 53524

     

      That’s all I’ve got for you.
    ~

      August 30, 2020 6:38 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    ...so many people have an ulterior motive motives. Different people (plural) do not all share a singular motive.

    To answer your question, not very often.
      April 12, 2020 10:39 AM MDT
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  • 7408
    No. 
      April 12, 2020 12:49 PM MDT
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  • 6477
    That's a really thoughtful question.. No, I don't think I have thought that.. By that I mean, I've never had the fear of worrying that people aren't to be trusted. Most often I have had the problem where I'd like to know more and know them better, but they don't seem interested :P
      April 12, 2020 1:18 PM MDT
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