Recent content by officerripley

Actually, no, it is gif's I'm trying to insert--I got off topic, sorry--and I always used to be able to insert them before but I guess it's starting about a year ago, I no longer can. Images I haven't had any trouble with since somebody here--don't remember who, sorry--told me about ezgif.com...

I can't remember the last time I saw a person using ASL on tv. I thought they had discontinued it because too many of the powers that be don't give a sh*t about the deaf or hard-of-hearing (I guess since it's sometimes thought of as an old person's problem?).

Every place I've lived in my life, the mail has always been delivered after 4 p.m.; somehow I've always managed to live at the end of any mail route. I've never even met anyone IRL who's gotten their mail in the mornings. Sometimes I wonder if the carriers everywhere I've lived don't even start...

IDK; I just now tried it again and got the error message I always get: "Oops! We ran into some problems. The specified URL cannot be embedded as media."

I haven't had any problems with uploading images but I'm no longer able to upload gif's.

Edmonia Lewis was the first sculptor of African American and Native American (Mississauga) descent to achieve international recognition. Article: https://americanart.si.edu/artist/edmonia-lewis-2914

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I agree and it could've used a lot more Claes Bang (played Marcus Robichaux); love him.

Yeah, years ago a doctor told me he was absolutely going to get to the bottom of why I have so much trouble swallowing, he assured me he'd find out. Welp, when I went back in for the followup visit, he had the longest face I'd ever seen on a doctor and said he had no clue why I had the problem...

I'm late to this thread but I've had trouble with this (and other related issues) since the day I was born. And since my mother and her mother also did, the first words out of any medical professional's mouth about all this is, "It's hereditary then. Next patient."

A few years back, I read about a study that found that the most well-adjusted kids were those whose both parents worked part time or alternate schedules (mom worked days, dad worked nights for ex.) so that they spent time alone with both parents, time alone with just mom, time alone with just...

Mary J. Wilson, the first black senior zookeeper at the Maryland Zoo; the article: Meet Mary J. Wilson, The First Black Senior Zookeeper At The Maryland Zoo - Because of Them We Can

Bad stuff that happens during those early, formative childhood years is harder than hell to deal with and overcome.

Nurse, educator, and Army leader Hazel Johnson-Brown overcame adversity to become the first Black female general and first Black chief of the United States Army Nurse Corps. The article: National Museum of the United States Army

The 369th Infantry Regiment, The Harlem Hellfighters, spent more time in battle in World War 1 than any other regiment and were one of the most decorated, but they never got the recognition they deserved. The article: Harlem Hellfighters | Members, Battles, & Summary | Britannica