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AChildOfBoredom
11-23-2019, 01:31 PM
You can choose any one skill to have at an expert level. The only restriction is that you may not profit from it.

Great singing voice?
Expert typist?
Artistic skill?
A musical instrument?
Anything else?

I suppose an artistic skill such as painting. I’ve got a good voice with a wide vocal range and I play several instruments well enough. I like receiving royalties from the work I’ve done and want to continue when I record my own music. Maybe something firearms-related. Be an expert shot or something. I wouldn’t wish to use that skill for profit, though.

Speaking of, I’m having a time narrowing the songs I’ll cover down. I don’t want to do more than one from each band I cover, so It trying to choose between:

this one (https://youtu.be/0Lg94pkOAXk), this one (https://youtu.be/jZd2d9Rq158), and this one (https://youtu.be/4A5W-N4ky0Y) for a Reverend Bizarre cover. I already have some definite choices selected for other bands.

NitaBaby
11-23-2019, 02:48 PM
I wish I could drop my kids off at somebody’s house and burn off for the weekend. I seriously need a break.

SnuffleUffleGrass
11-23-2019, 02:54 PM
You can choose any one skill to have at an expert level. The only restriction is that you may not profit from it.

Great singing voice?
Expert typist?
Artistic skill?
A musical instrument?
Anything else?

Marksmanship with a rifle.

Which I already have to extent, I just don't make time to be plinking at targets.


Totally random- I'm hungry, supper is ready, this evening is going great!

Smoothcat
11-23-2019, 03:46 PM
It's almost Christmas tree decorating time. I have a tradition...I decorate my tree nude. Bf doesn't help. He just watches and drinks egg nog while I decorate...I don't know why.
Sounds like a great tradition. I wonder what Santa would say if he saw you. ;)

Elektra Luxx
11-23-2019, 05:37 PM
You can choose any one skill to have at an expert level. The only restriction is that you may not profit from it.

Great singing voice?
Expert typist?
Artistic skill?
A musical instrument?
Anything else?

Play the guitar. I would love to show up at a family gathering with my guitar play songs by ear while everyone sings.

slowpoke
11-23-2019, 05:48 PM
Maybe something firearms-related. Be an expert shot or something. I wouldn’t wish to use that skill for profit, though.


this one (https://youtu.be/0Lg94pkOAXk), this one (https://youtu.be/jZd2d9Rq158), and this one (https://youtu.be/4A5W-N4ky0Y) for a Reverend Bizarre cover. I already have some definite choices selected for other bands.

What if Eugene Stoner or Mikhail Kalashnikov held patents and got a $10 royalty for reach rifle.


What about poor Rollin White?

"White left Colt's in December 1854, within three months he had five patents, including Patent 12648 which was for an "Improvement in Repeating Fire-arms".[4][5] The next year, White signed an agreement granting Smith & Wesson the exclusive use of his patent for boring through the chambers, but not the rest of the patent. White retained a royalty rate of 25 cents for every revolver.[6]

Smith & Wesson parlayed the bored-through claim into a monopoly on the breech-loading revolver. After the Smith & Wesson Model 1 revolver came on the market, White began production of a revolver of his own in 1861 in a factory in Lowell, Massachusetts called "Rollin White Arms Company". Approximately 4300 revolvers were made under Rollin White Arms, most of which were sold to Smith & Wesson to keep up with demand." ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollin_White

http://www.antiquearmsinc.com/images/smith-and-wesson-model-1-2nd-issue-tip-up-revolver-civil-war-rollin-white-patent-volcanic-antique/smith-and-wesson-model-1-2nd-issue-tip-up-revolver-civil-war-rollin-white-patent-volcanic-antique-31.jpg


http://www.antiquearmsinc.com/images/smith-and-wesson-model-1-2nd-issue-tip-up-revolver-civil-war-rollin-white-patent-volcanic-antique/?C=N;O=D

Elektra Luxx
11-23-2019, 05:50 PM
It's almost Christmas tree decorating time. I have a tradition...I decorate my tree nude. Bf doesn't help. He just watches and drinks egg nog while I decorate...I don't know why.


Blues, we don't ever *ask* for pictures on this site, no beggars, so punch yourself in the face, sit on your hands, and grit your teeth until the urge passes.

And I'm not even trying to be sexy, but bf says he'd rather just watch. As soon as I get home from wherever, I strip off everything anyway so it's not like he hasn't seen everything already.

slowpoke
11-23-2019, 06:09 PM
It's almost Christmas tree decorating time. I have a tradition...I decorate my tree nude. Bf doesn't help. He just watches and drinks egg nog while I decorate...I don't know why.

This time of the year he is probably preoccupied daydreaming of the Muy Grande, right down the road in Freer.




https://muygrandevillage.com/

slowpoke
11-23-2019, 06:12 PM
Marksmanship with a rifle.

Which I already have to extent, I just don't make time to be plinking at targets.




Thats always the problem.

Smoothcat
11-25-2019, 09:44 AM
Play the guitar. I would love to show up at a family gathering with my guitar play songs by ear while everyone sings.

That's such a beautiful sentiment. It reminds me of this inspirational scene.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RMh9hPGNGKE

WendiStarr
11-30-2019, 07:11 PM
A cactus Christmas tree. I'd never thought of that before:

https://www.dealsdot.com/products/5-6-7-artificial-cactus-christmas-tree-with-lights-and-ball?variant=31150253113421&utm_source=criteo&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=Household%20Appliances%20prospecting% 20campaigns

AChildOfBoredom
11-30-2019, 08:26 PM
I played guitar in a death metal band. Don’t think my family wants to hear that.

Anybody want some two-way radios? For themselves, for their kids to play with, etc.? There’s an equestrian center in another state my employer owns. They used to use the little blister pack FRS radios, but after a while decided they didn’t want everyone flipping through 22 channels and 121 DPL tones, so they got the little 16 channel BaoFeng BF-888s like we use here. But they still can’t talk all the way across the property, and since they can operate under the same license we do, they want a repeater. So I have to fly out tomorrow to set that up for them. They told me to do whatever I want with the old radios. They’re mostly Midland GXT-325s… 22 channel, license by rule, so you don’t need to buy a license to use them. Should be one charger for every two radios, or you can use four AA batteries. I don’t want them, and I don’t want to have to store and inventory them.

WendiStarr
12-04-2019, 11:38 AM
Sometimes when I'm camming and it's slow, I look at local craigslist ads. This one caught my attention:


"Attention Sex workers: Are Unhappy Working in the Industry??


I am hosting a get together beginning this week to discuss thoughts about the topic of success in life beyond the sex industry. Are you struggling to get ahead or a person with input you would like to share???? If you would like to discuss your point of view and receive valuable feedback than stop by my address this Sunday at 7 pm...I am on the bus route. I am asking for a 5$ donation from each guest. I would love to see you then!!! Call me to get my address..Have a great day!!"

Out of curiosity I responded to the ad, using a temporary, disposable guerrilla mail email. I wanted to see what the motive behind such a post is. It's some dude who owns a used car lot in the area. It sounds to me like he just wants to hold a meet and greet of (only female) sex workers since when I responded, he specified "female only" at his home so he can meet different providers, while profiting from it in the process. He asked for a full body picture and face picture for "safety reasons". I didn't bother responding after that request. Is he a serial killer who plans to commit mass murder of sex workers or just some old, horny creep hoping to score sex? Regardless I do not think that this guy has good intentions and that's odd to invite female strangers, sex workers specifically, to your home and charge $5 donation for admission. I flagged the ad on all 7 of my electronic devices because I'm hoping no poor naive soul actually falls for this.

NitaBaby
12-04-2019, 11:42 AM
sounds predatory asf.

"Are you a struggling sex worker? Come pay me, a customer, to do what you already do at home for free - vent. Don't worry, I'll be the only man there".

slowpoke
12-04-2019, 07:08 PM
Sometimes when I'm camming and it's slow, I look at local craigslist ads. This one caught my attention:


"Attention Sex workers: Are Unhappy Working in the Industry??


I am hosting a get together beginning this week to discuss thoughts about the topic of success in life beyond the sex industry. Are you struggling to get ahead or a person with input you would like to share???? If you would like to discuss your point of view and receive valuable feedback than stop by my address this Sunday at 7 pm...I am on the bus route. I am asking for a 5$ donation from each guest. I would love to see you then!!! Call me to get my address..Have a great day!!"

Out of curiosity I responded to the ad, using a temporary, disposable guerrilla mail email. I wanted to see what the motive behind such a post is. It's some dude who owns a used car lot in the area. It sounds to me like he just wants to hold a meet and greet of (only female) sex workers since when I responded, he specified "female only" at his home so he can meet different providers, while profiting from it in the process. He asked for a full body picture and face picture for "safety reasons". I didn't bother responding after that request. Is he a serial killer who plans to commit mass murder of sex workers or just some old, horny creep hoping to score sex? Regardless I do not think that this guy has good intentions and that's odd to invite female strangers, sex workers specifically, to your home and charge $5 donation for admission. I flagged the ad on all 7 of my electronic devices because I'm hoping no poor naive soul actually falls for this.


Maybe he has a tie in to the used car lot planned.

AChildOfBoredom
12-06-2019, 02:18 PM
Every year in anticipation of the annual Christmas parade, the question of having someone dressed up as Santa comes up. Well, of course not - they only allow the grand marshall of the parade to appear as Santa.

Looking through the parade guidelines, I did notice something… nothing I read in there seemed to exclude the inclusion of Krampus. So why not? Have someone on our float dressed as Krampus, maybe grab a kid from the crowd every once in a while and beat them with reeds.

When I pitched that idea, they just told me I must have no maternal instincts, whatsoever.

WendiStarr
12-06-2019, 08:50 PM
This cracked me up:

https://nypost.com/2019/12/06/polyamorous-florida-woman-with-4-boyfriends-is-pregnant/

Ok, which online video game or LARPing event did they meet on? The only thing I'm jealous about is that she has 4 men to help her out with buying baby stuff and raising the baby, while I don't even have 1.

slowpoke
12-07-2019, 04:33 PM
every year in anticipation of the annual christmas parade, the question of having someone dressed up as santa comes up. Well, of course not - they only allow the grand marshall of the parade to appear as santa.

Looking through the parade guidelines, i did notice something… nothing i read in there seemed to exclude the inclusion of krampus. So why not? Have someone on our float dressed as krampus, maybe grab a kid from the crowd every once in a while and beat them with reeds.

When i pitched that idea, they just told me i must have no maternal instincts, whatsoever.


what a great idea !

https://bungalower.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/web_Krampus_Site.gif

SnuffleUffleGrass
12-08-2019, 07:57 AM
Sometimes when I'm camming and it's slow, I look at local craigslist ads. This one caught my attention:


"Attention Sex workers: Are Unhappy Working in the Industry??


I am hosting a get together beginning this week to discuss thoughts about the topic of success in life beyond the sex industry. Are you struggling to get ahead or a person with input you would like to share???? If you would like to discuss your point of view and receive valuable feedback than stop by my address this Sunday at 7 pm...I am on the bus route. I am asking for a 5$ donation from each guest. I would love to see you then!!! Call me to get my address..Have a great day!!"

Out of curiosity I responded to the ad, using a temporary, disposable guerrilla mail email. I wanted to see what the motive behind such a post is. It's some dude who owns a used car lot in the area. It sounds to me like he just wants to hold a meet and greet of (only female) sex workers since when I responded, he specified "female only" at his home so he can meet different providers, while profiting from it in the process. He asked for a full body picture and face picture for "safety reasons". I didn't bother responding after that request. Is he a serial killer who plans to commit mass murder of sex workers or just some old, horny creep hoping to score sex? Regardless I do not think that this guy has good intentions and that's odd to invite female strangers, sex workers specifically, to your home and charge $5 donation for admission. I flagged the ad on all 7 of my electronic devices because I'm hoping no poor naive soul actually falls for this.

Guys like that are so common. When I was a newbie baby stripper (like literally less than one day into it) I wondered why the bouncers at my first club were so aggressive about chasing away creepy guys that would hang around the parking lot of the strip bar. NOW I totally understand.

Random- getting used to soy milk again is easier than I expected.

slowpoke
12-08-2019, 12:02 PM
It's almost Christmas tree decorating time. I have a tradition...I decorate my tree nude. Bf doesn't help. He just watches and drinks egg nog while I decorate...I don't know why.


Blues, we don't ever *ask* for pictures on this site, no beggars, so punch yourself in the face, sit on your hands, and grit your teeth until the urge passes.

What about pictures of the TREE?

Bahuba
12-08-2019, 06:13 PM
I guess that's ok. Bring the trees on!

SnuffleUffleGrass
12-09-2019, 08:35 AM
I'd like to humble brag that I have not put the tree up yet, due to just finding other things to do.

edit to add- recently I read that about 40 percent of marriage proposals happen during the holiday season (makes sense, both for social reasons and tax/recordkeeping reasons)...Here's wishing luck to people who want that in their lives.

slowpoke
12-09-2019, 11:57 AM
They would have to be quick to get it done before the end of the year.

Could it be the result of more drunkenness during the holidays?

slowpoke
12-09-2019, 04:17 PM
I got my Evergleam Stainless Aluminum Christmas Tree up. It must be close to sixty years old, and still has the original box.

Elektra Luxx
12-10-2019, 02:53 PM
I got my Evergleam Stainless Aluminum Christmas Tree up. It must be close to sixty years old, and still has the original box.

Post a pic.

slowpoke
12-10-2019, 07:52 PM
I am trying to find one.

5244452444

Here is an old Christmas picture until I do

Bahuba
12-14-2019, 05:50 AM
Drive by? More like Mum-bai! We got attacked by purveyors from the capital city of Maharashtra again last night. The mods leapt into action, wielding the Ban Hammer of Venus like a flyswatter. Peace is restored, but we must be vigilant because, as we know, the geography and marketing challenged young touts of the Big M will always return, hawking their unwanted and inaccessible wares.

AChildOfBoredom
12-14-2019, 09:09 AM
I’m sorry, but necrophilia to me is just the funniest shit ever. Like, how does someone even discover that they’re into that? Do they just randomly happen along a dead body and think, “wow, she looks hot for being so cold. Sure would be a shame if she went six feet under without getting the cobwebs knocked off that ass first”?

And where’s the line between “hit it” and “quit it”? Like, is it based on smell or do they keep going until they pull out and the whole cervix comes with?

On a related note, I hear in Alabama it’s fun for the whole family - even Grandma.

On another related note, this probably has something to do with why I’m still single.

Bahuba
12-14-2019, 11:30 AM
I’m sorry, but necrophilia to me is just the funniest shit ever. Like, how does someone even discover that they’re into that? Do they just randomly happen along a dead body and think, “wow, she looks hot for being so cold. Sure would be a shame if she went six feet under without getting the cobwebs knocked off that ass first”?

And where’s the line between “hit it” and “quit it”? Like, is it based on smell or do they keep going until they pull out and the whole cervix comes with?

On a related note, I hear in Alabama it’s fun for the whole family - even Grandma.

On another related note, this probably has something to do with why I’m still single.

https://media.tenor.com/images/281e1b622ab1557a31670b658ef99cf2/tenor.gifhttps://media.giphy.com/media/mCxUZJN8i2wrC/giphy.gif

AChildOfBoredom
12-14-2019, 02:29 PM
So, two necrophiliacs - Jim and Bob - are talking. Bob says to Jim, “Hey, you still seeing the same girl?”. Jim suddenly gets tearful and manages to choke out, “no… she went and split on me, that rotten woman!”

slowpoke
12-14-2019, 04:05 PM
I’m sorry, but necrophilia to me is just the funniest shit ever. Like, how does someone even discover that they’re into that? Do they just randomly happen along a dead body and think, “wow, she looks hot for being so cold. Sure would be a shame if she went six feet under without getting the cobwebs knocked off that ass first”?

And where’s the line between “hit it” and “quit it”? Like, is it based on smell or do they keep going until they pull out and the whole cervix comes with?

On a related note, I hear in Alabama it’s fun for the whole family - even Grandma.

On another related note, this probably has something to do with why I’m still single.

The logistics must be different for a female necrophiliac

https://vice-images.vice.com/images/content-images-crops/2015/10/26/the-little-death-living-and-loving-as-a-necrophiliac-511-body-image-1445877385-size_1000.jpg?output-quality=75

https://vice-images.vice.com/images/content-images-crops/2015/10/26/the-little-death-living-and-loving-as-a-necrophiliac-511-body-image-1445877285-size_1000.jpg?output-quality=75

https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/yvxem5/the-little-death-living-and-loving-as-a-necrophiliac-511

AChildOfBoredom
12-14-2019, 08:54 PM
Yeah, I don’t see that working out very well. I don’t know… I remember dissecting a frog in high school and how we’d touch electrodes to nerves to make it twitch. With enough imagination and engineering, perhaps it could work. But there’s the matter of fluid retention, and then can you imagined that thing ended up ripping off?

Yeah, I just don’t think it would work.

slowpoke
12-15-2019, 06:02 PM
You don't necessarily have to be dead.

WendiStarr
12-15-2019, 06:19 PM
I don't understand how these cash back apps work. I've spent over $400 and I got a check in the mail back for $1.25. Yes, that is one dollar and twenty five cents. Um, okay? I'd better not spend it all in one place.

Bahuba
12-16-2019, 11:39 AM
I don't understand how these cash back apps work. I've spent over $400 and I got a check in the mail back for $1.25. Yes, that is one dollar and twenty five cents. Um, okay? I'd better not spend it all in one place.

Are we thanking WendiStarr for telling us about not understanding how some cash apps work, or are we thanking her for being the smart person at the Thanksgiving table who knows when to change the subject?

AChildOfBoredom
12-16-2019, 03:07 PM
The Irish woman has a thing for shitty musicals, and was trying to defend her movie tastes to the others in the house last night, so they all ended up watching Xanadu. And of course that song ended up getting stuck in my head. So it was quite surreal today… I was attacked by two Canada Geese and, as I’m fighting them off, that theme song is playing in my mind. Wtf?

oldster
12-19-2019, 09:07 AM
Next time she comes over, light the Get The Fuck out of my House Candle

https://youtu.be/VPHv8plPnNk

AChildOfBoredom
12-19-2019, 05:27 PM
Well, she lives here, so…

NitaBaby
12-20-2019, 06:35 AM
I was going to make a comment but I won't be the one to revive that topic lol.

I came here to say: WTF?? Did the entire 12 pound loss come straight from the meaty part of my ass or am I just tripping? My stomach isn't as "beer gut" as it was before but I slide into my underwear a lot easier these days and it just feels like I lost a person back there.

Twerking is 90% ass meat, 10% skill. Getting tipped for a twerk is starting to make me nervous. What's there to shake??

andrea-di-deo-83
12-23-2019, 04:23 AM
does anyone know this girl ?

andrea-di-deo-83
12-23-2019, 04:24 AM
does anyone know this girl ?

WendiStarr
12-24-2019, 09:08 AM
It just occurred to me that tonight I will have to play the role of Santa Claus since my kid still believes in him. Somehow I will have to have ninja-like stealth while I'm 8 months pregnant and about as graceful as an elephant on ice skates right now.

AChildOfBoredom
12-24-2019, 02:47 PM
52513

oldster
12-28-2019, 06:38 AM
Just reminds me of some conversations here....

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mrs-fletcher-gloria-bell-mothers-women-sex_n_5dffbedde4b0b2520d0cbbc8

WendiStarr
12-31-2019, 06:14 PM
Anyone else binge-watching the annual Twilight Zone marathon for New Year's Eve? Since I'm pregnant and sick, I'll be laying in bed, sipping sparkling water.

slowpoke
01-01-2020, 06:51 PM
On This Day (I am told) Governor Pat Neff appointed the all woman Supreme Court.

The roots of the All-Woman Supreme Court lay in a lawsuit which originated in El Paso and reached the state supreme court in 1924.[2] The case, styled Johnson v. Darr (114 Tex. 516), involved a so-called "secret trust" under which the Woodmen of the World were claiming ownership of two tracts of land in the city. The high court was asked to review the decision made by the El Paso Court of Civil Appeals in the case.[1]

The case involved a lien on two tracts of land owned by the Woodmen in El Paso. A group of trustees from the group deeded both pieces to F. P. Jones, and the deed was properly recorded. That same day, Jones signed an agreement to hold the property in trust for the trustees and deed it back upon request. This was not recorded. Jones's creditors, including W. T. Johnson, claimed the land as payment for debts, whereupon the trustees brought suit to establish the agreement and prevent a transfer of the land.[1] The trial court held for the defendants on one piece of property, and for the plaintiffs on the other. The El Paso Court of Civil Appeals held for the Woodmen on both. [2]

The Woodmen of the World were very influential in Texas politics, and nearly all of the state's elected officials were members,[2] as were most lawyers. Consequently, most of the state's judges and attorneys had enough personal interest in cases involving the organization that they would have to recuse themselves. The state supreme court was no exception, and on March 8, 1924, Chief Justice Calvin Maples Cureton indicated to Governor of Texas Pat Morris Neff that he and associate justices Thomas B. Greenwood and William Pierson were members of the Woodmen, and as such would have to recuse themselves from the case.[1]

Texas law indicated that in instances such as this the governor should act immediately and as quickly as possible to find replacements for the justices in question.[2] Even so, the longtime Deputy Clerk of the Supreme Court, H. L. Clamp, later recorded that Governor Neff tried for ten months to find male judges or lawyers to sit on the court, but to no avail; every one approached responded that he, too, was a member of the Woodmen and could not sit on the court. Not until the first day of 1925 – one week before the case was to be heard – did he hit upon a solution; as the Woodmen were a fraternal organization, and accepted no female members, he would appoint a court made up of only women.[1] Discreet inquiries revealed that as long as the women were eligible under Texas law to serve in the position, there should be no barrier to their appointment.[3]

Neff's choice was particularly appropriate given the fact that he was the first Texas governor with a female private secretary[2] and his record of appointing women to all state boards and commissions throughout his term of office.[2] Furthermore, women were gaining more power in Texas politics throughout the decade; the state's first female governor, Miriam A. Ferguson, was scheduled to be inaugurated later in the month, and it was seven years both since Texas women had gained suffrage and since the first woman, Annie Webb Blanton, was elected to statewide office. Furthermore, in 1922 Edith Wilmans had become the first woman elected to the Texas House of Representatives.[1] Even so, there was little precedent for such an action, and the governor is often said to have taken it only after all other avenues had been exhausted,.[2]
Court
Hortense Sparks Ward

The first three women appointed to the court were Wilmans, a lawyer in practice in Dallas; Nellie Gray Robertson of Granbury, county attorney of Hood County; and Hortense Sparks Ward of Houston, also in private practice.[2] Robertson was designated chief justice. Problems soon appeared in the composition of the court. First, on January 5, Wilmans announced her resignation; she lacked by two months the required seven years' experience practicing law in the state. She was replaced by another woman from Dallas, Hattie Leah Henenberg. Next, Robertson also announced that she had to step down, having only practiced law in Texas for six years and nine months.[1] She was replaced by Ruth Virginia Brazzil of Galveston only one day before the case was to be heard.[2] Ward was appointed special chief justice.[1] Neff was lucky that the appointments stuck, as he had only about two dozen other women licensed to practice before the state from whom he could choose.[3]

The court sat for five months, during which time the three male justices conducted all other business as usual. Its first meeting, on January 8, was noted in that morning's edition of The New York Times. Chief Justice Cureton administered the oath to the three justices; the ceremony was attended by the other associates, Attorney General of Texas Dan Moody, Clerk of Court, Fred Connerly, and several journalists. No women were among the crowd. The chief justice indicated that there were three possible dispositions in the case; either the court could refuse to grant a writ of error or affirm the decision of the local court, in effect refusing to hear the appeal, or it could grant the writ and hear the appeal.[1] The writ was granted, and Ward announced that the appeal would be heard on January 30.[2]

Ultimately, the question which had to be decided concerned recording of the trust agreement, and whether or not it should be noted down prior to the lodging of the creditors' claim. At the time, trust agreements did not need to be recorded for them to be legally binding, and the court had to decide whether or not placing a trust on record can keep it from being called in as debt payment.[1]
Decision and aftermath

The special court handed down its unanimous decision, in favor of the Woodmen, on May 23, 1925. Ward wrote the majority opinion, in support of the decision by the El Paso Court of Appeals; concurring opinions were written by associate justices Brazzil and Henenberg.[1] The decision was based mainly on an upholding of the state law regarding secret trusts and deeds.[2] Thereafter the court disbanded.[1]

It would be thirty years before women were legally allowed to serve on juries in the state of Texas.[2] Furthermore, women would not serve on the state supreme court again until 1982, when on July 25 Ruby Kless Sondock became the court's first regular female justice, when she was appointed to replace Associate Justice James G. Denton who had died of a heart attack. Sondock served the remainder of Denton's term, which ended on December 31, 1982, but did not seek election to the Supreme Court in her own right.[4] Rose Spector became the first woman elected to the court in 1992 and served until 1998 when she was defeated by Harriet O'Neill.[5] It would be 66 years (2015) before another state high court, this time the Minnesota Supreme Court,[6] contained more women then men.[7]

Johnson v. Darr has since its decision been cited as legal precedent for over thirty cases. In only one of those citations was the gender of the court even mentioned.[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-Woman_Supreme_Court

https://casetext.com/case/johnson-v-darr-4

And there is our history lesson for today.

R-209
01-02-2020, 09:50 AM
Anyone else binge-watching the annual Twilight Zone marathon for New Year's Eve? Since I'm pregnant and sick, I'll be laying in bed, sipping sparkling water.

Yes! It is my tradition. Funny how there's always a couple episodes I don't remember at all, like the one with Buster Keaton and the time travel helmet. A lot of episodes involve time travel in some way.

I left off with the one about the Holocaust victim confronting his former Nazi tormentor. Really powerful.

WendiStarr
01-03-2020, 07:02 PM
Yes! It is my tradition. Funny how there's always a couple episodes I don't remember at all, like the one with Buster Keaton and the time travel helmet. A lot of episodes involve time travel in some way.

I left off with the one about the Holocaust victim confronting his former Nazi tormentor. Really powerful.

Yes! Every time it surprises me too. Just when I thought I've seen them all there'll be one that I don't remember. I hate that "Talky Tina" doll one.

oldster
01-07-2020, 11:47 AM
Gwyneth Paltrow is in a .......

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gwyneth-paltrow-goop-netflix-vagina_n_5e149f81e4b0b2520d2852cb

WendiStarr
01-12-2020, 04:00 PM
I always wonder what the deal is when I see Instagram accounts with 300+ followers with a main picture of a random inanimate object or scenery but no posts at all or anything to hint at the person behind the account. How does one manage to achieve this?