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Jay Harris's avatar

Happy New Year, Terry! Buckle up. (I was tempted to add a second exclamation point, but then I considered my audience… .)

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Terry J. Allen's avatar

And Happy New Year to you. I do make exceptions to exclamation point restraint and I think your warning to buckle up!!! could qualify. Glad to see Hightower thriving. and hope you are, too.

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Sue Johns Le Grand's avatar

You said that you lost subscribers with this one. Your comments needed to be written. Remember the quote from BC Forbes: "The truth never hurts unless it ought to." A short meeting with AI gave me this "Essentially, the pain comes from the context in which the truth is revealed, not the truth itself." But your friend, Catini, hit the nail on the head, I think.

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Jonathan Allen's avatar

Both this and the previous Opposable suggest that the distinctions between humans and other mammalian species is not so broad as we traditionally thought.

Wishing you all the best for the New Year.

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Alison Underhilll's avatar

I love these two together. Can’t see anything negative about them. And just look at that sweet nose.

Wishing all a less stressful 2025. “happy” new year might be stretching it!

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Terry J. Allen's avatar

Yes, we all need some rest from the furor. and as much happy as we can eke out. Thanks.

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Ruth Einstein's avatar

Only Terry Allen would come up with that brilliant comparison! Happy New Year.

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Terry J. Allen's avatar

Thanks Ruth. It kinda suggested itself. I hope the new year is less stressful for all of us.

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Carol's avatar

A wonderful New Years sentiment.

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Terry J. Allen's avatar

Thanks

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Nancy Disenhaus's avatar

❤️

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Terry J. Allen's avatar

Thanks.

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Georgia Landau's avatar

Joining in this New Years wish. Love this pair of photos . They brought a smile in spit of serious thoughts about how unfair the world can be

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Terry J. Allen's avatar

Thanks Georgia. Funnily, it sparked a raft of cancellations--more than any other post. Who knew! Did people see it as anti-religious? pro-cow? or did they just have enough of me.

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Catini's avatar

People are so funny and odd. And quite possibly lacking any sense of humor or sense of their scale in life. Maybe one of their resolutions was to cancel all things that might bring them some perspective.

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Cynthia Hartnett's avatar

The best New Year's wish.

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Sue Cloutier's avatar

Yes.

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