I was helping a local contractor (friend-of-friend) redo roof, including my share of shingling, the reengineering of the fascia, from flimsy --> to: heftier, to strengthen both it and the roof it was girding. We determined to do cabinet-grade work on this important structural surround: so as not ever to have to re-do. (Odd-angled joints to accommodate roof angle changes, glued and screwed etc.)
And.. later, a walk on roof demonstrated once again, F=MA

He came back after dusk, for some tool - caught me adding second paint coat to some pieces, priming the backside (too) of a hefty biscuit-glued section we were to install next day -- via Halogen lamp.

Wandered up, did a double take; all akimbo entoned -

Working. Class. Hero. Award !!


I be so proud..

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As to the other ?common?-definitions whose entirely inividualized-defs are, instead: the meat for every scream-fest that replaces sane debate (and here, is mixed-into 'Class', for another indication that - In the final analysis, everything depends on everything else)

I see that the Dems finally are figuring out that 'progressive' connotes ~~ a willingness to see if we just might have learned Anything since the 'status quo' became quo -- as distinguished from the now meaningless connotation of 'Left' (with its anarchists holding a bowling ball-cum-fuze.)

As to the 'conservatives' (never mind the ludicrou$ 'compassionate' Rovian style lead-balloon)
I find that.. (even harder than for those of That ilk to, "elaborate on what 'progressive' might mean?") -- most self-labelled folk encountered:

have Extreme difficulty in describing what they "mean to conserve/preserve". Including right here in River City; oh Wait: those most unwilling to proffer ever, 'a personal definition', are er 'Libertarians' -- izzat it?

Libertarian means .?. you don't ever have to say either, I'm sorry your kid starved to death - he just didn't work hard enough and.. there IS no free lunch. (seems a lot like 'conservative' there) or otherwise explain just how 0-Regulation would work (unless every single person knew how to use a mandatory Glock, prolly starting at about age 6?)

C o n s e r v a t i o n -
now That's the same root, but somehow so very much less-fuzzy .. innit?
Why IS This intentional mind-fuck dance more popular than crystal meth? Have one theory - -



..and we haven't even gotten to Ivory tower\ufffd, Red-neck , Pro-death penalty-Pro-lifer, Cheneyesque' :-/ ... ...