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I just shared with my Mom. She's going on 92 and has no tv.

Never heard tell of such a thing.

Her outside news is the local rag and perhaps 3-4 hours of religions programming a day, a mix of dead old preachers and harmony gospel.

She wisely asked where did government find the money. After some strained silence, I just told her to keep checking the account the social security deposit go to.

Her retirement center has her on lockdown. She's fairly pissed at the restrictions. She likes to make dinner for us once a month or so and she can't even have us over.

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Posted: 03/27/2020 at 2:01PM

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