Can you dig it?

Well-played!

you don't get any more 70s than that.

and Linda Ronstadt

I used to ice skate. I loved that their show had skaters. don't judge.

Least of all me. There are photos to prove it.

And I'm a woman. I was wearing just the shirt over tights (I had good legs then!)

Yes, the good legs of youth.

my husband and I did go see the Moody Blues, they're older, but still pretty good. Aretha Franklin is also going there. Brought back memories......

about trump suits and no trump suits.

There is no rule or decider. I only urge restraint.

unnecessary threads at each other all day

Basically, an OP that assumes everybody shares the same context they do (as if they were sitting on their couch or holding their keyboard for them) is unnecessary.

An OP that is content free and simply expostulates a wild approval of disapproval without even a brief explanation or discussion is an OP that has zero depth and is unnecessary.

There were some years when I volunteered my home for a polling place.

For a couple of years, going to the polls was a simple matter of waking up and walking into my living room.

I've heard of people voting in neighbor's houses or in their neighborhoods but I've never experienced it myself.

uses a family's garage as the polling place. They have done so for many years. It can get cold there, so the family supplies hot tea, coffee and cocoa for the poll workers.

I moved to the D.C. area to intern for a Dem Rep. at the beginning of the Carter Adinistration.

And I am going to feel very good about my vote today too!

I love DU, but couldn't we all get behind a a bit of consolidation? Do we really need ten different OPs on the same exact same news item? And, yeah, a lot of OPs would fit nicely as a reply to an already existing thread.

Maybe it's just me and my OCD...

there has been a big increase in duplicates (many of which don't even have excerpts from the article).

that I may start a separate thread referring people to this one. Just to make sure everyone reads it and I get a lot of internets credit for it.

We're really looking out for each other.

I totally agree with you by the way. Tomorrow's gonna be nuts. I expect about a dozen 'Hillary's Got This' new threads.

For example, if someone posts a thread entitled 'Hillary is President' new thread, that's cool.

More new threads entitled:

Hillary Wins!

Hillary is the Winner!

Hillary is President!

Just as I Predicted, Hillary Wins! and

Winner is Hillary!

might be considered less 'necessary.'

Would that thread be "necessary" to begin with? Probably, one could find it on CNN to begin with...

where Hillary is officially declared the winner, I don't care if there are a thousand new OPs about it!

Aside from that, I'm with the OP.

This was actually about one-sentence idle thoughts threads. Comments that could be posted in an existing thread.

Maybe I should just give up.

We are stronger together. Threads. It takes a thread.

We should pin this thread, and keep posting in it until it gets bigger than kudzu. When it stops opening for people, we can start a new thread for random thoughts.

<snarkasm>

I'll be doing an all-night TV program on the election on German TV from about midnight to 7:00 AM (6PM to 1 AM Eastern time).

However, I WILL have a VERY cool video for you all. Look for the announcement from either Skinner or someone else as soon as the election is called. I won't be able to post during that time.

Have fun!

German radio had an all-night panel with German reporters in studio, one on the phone from the States, and some "Republican" who was really a rich German who had lived in the USA. He was on the phone from Berlin, and hung up VERY early in the program!

I wanna see stuff like that tomorrow.

We know you'll do a GREAT job!

Everybody needs to use thread-birth control.

of the time my uncle Earl got talking about the election in Bridgewater flats. He said...

me of my high school graduation we thought...

when I was skiing down the mountain and saw...

or

Don't we all like that jacket X is wearing? I think I want one

It's amazing! How do you do it?

maybe they will consider carrying the practice over after the election. One can hope, huh?

(good) suggestion!

**praying**

too drunk to care! jk

I heartily support this sentiment!

As it is, there are are too many OPs that are just idle thoughts with no content.

Good suggestion, hopefully people will use some restraint tonight.

for many. Who decides what is necessary or not! This sounds too much like the church lady. Hey folks post whatever you want. I want to see it all.

and the site goes into defcon, meaning we lose functions.

Nor is it unnecessary, in my opinion (though that may be debatable). I don't expect it to solve the problem, but planting the thought may help to reduce it.

that dont say shit...... at least with the short post it doesnt take long to filter them.

Baby steps. And I don't think long essays tonight will be the problem.

Jack Handey