While I’m sure there is learned effort, I do feel like there is something inside my brain that just has a connection to north somehow. Kind of like how ducks and geese know which way to travel when migrating. I can’t really explain it well.

I have a similar experience when I go a city in my state - St. Paul. If I go downtown for any reason, I always feel a bit uneasy walking about and I didn’t know why for the longest time. I finally found out that the streets in the downtown aren’t laid out on the cardinal points-- They were laid out on a slight bias due to being right up against the Mississippi river. And that makes me a little uncomfortable when looking down a block of buildings or from one street to the next at an intersection. It’s always a little bit wonky feeling.

What? You don’t have an internal compass that keeps you oriented? For some reason I seem to be a lucky person that just knows which compass direction I’m going no matter where I am. And it’s a very weird and frightening feeling if I do get disoriented. I had some pain meds after a surgery that did that to me. Flushed them damn things down the toilet after the first 2 I took.

No president ever stands up and says “I take the blame for what my predecessor did.” But they are all quite whiling to take credit for things that they had no hand in.

I never said I attributed anything ‘good or bad’ to Biden or even Trump in my statement. I said presidents take credit or blame by the public for things that were beyond their control.

Historically, presidents take credit and the blame for things they didn’t do. Economic policy is one example. They actual economic changes take time to really be felt on main street. Very often those changes occur just before they take office or after they leave.

And despite presidential elections being the SB and WS all tied into one competition, the real path to controlling the government is through the house and senate. But THOSE elections aren’t as cool.

That’s good for you, in the best way possible. I have not been so fortunate. I do have longer than normal legs. But we all need to adapt and over come in life. Toss in the me being a lefty also and things can be a hassle in day to day living sometimes.

Me, I’m heading out of my 6th decade. Shoveling cow shit, grain, silage, and tossing 50kg/120lbs hay bales nearly every day growing up as kid on a farm got me started on ruining my body early in life. 12 years as a toolmaker standing on concrete 10 to 12 hours a day and lifting heavy pieces of steel, Then 15 years spent dragging 115+kg/250+lbs patients up from basements and down from upstairs bedrooms as a medic has done little to nothing for my back either. A couple of knee surgeries later and now I have a hip that’s starting to act up.

Yeah something as simple as washing your hands can be painful at times when you are above average height. The vanities are too short and the faucets set too low. While my wife doesn’t want them in the bathroom, I did put a tall goose neck faucet on the kitchen sink. I don’t need to bend over to use it, so I tend to wash my hands in the kitchen. I would recommend installing one if you can.

A lot of tall people have chronic leg and back pain because nothing is designed and built for them in the everyday world. Everything is just a tiny bit to short or small. From stair steps to chairs and tables to desks, to cars, to toilets. Everything is always just a bit off. It doesn’t seem like much, but the accumulative stress and strain on your joints will cause pain. You don’t really notice in your 20’s, but by the time you hit your 30’s you will start to feel it. And as you get older, it won’t get better. Exercising won’t stop the accumulated wear and tear.

And the “Just remodel your kitchen” is a great idea! Why didn’t I think of that? Are you going to drop $50,000 on me to do that? That “Big and Tall” shit costs extra-- a LOT extra because it’s custom. And will you be explaining to my wife why SHE can’t reach anything in the kitchen anymore? And will you make up the cost difference if I sell this house? That remodeled kitchen that fits me will make selling it a lot more difficult because very, very few average sized people would find the extra 2" to 4" higher counter tops and cabinets to be at a comfortable height. Or do I need to remodel it yet again to fit the average person?

And being in a crowd isn’t much fun. The tops of everyone else’s head look pretty much the same. Kind of hard to tell the difference of who’s who. And since few can see over my shoulders, I end up at the back of the crowd to be out of the way which often separates me from my friends. Going to movies or a theater sucks because the seats are too close together and my knees are jammed up against the seat in front of me. It’s painful for me and annoying to the person in front of me. And the person behind me can’t see through my head.

And as far as “tossing and orange ball into a hoop to make millions of dollars.” Not everyone wants to play that game nor do we fall into the .1% of 1% of people on the planet that are actually good enough to get paid millions to play basketball.

Oh, and before I go. Would you mind picking up that pencil off the floor for me? You’re short and much closer to the floor than I am.

Oh I’ve seen pictures of them. Just haven’t seen one in the real world nor seen one tossed on the ground. I do suspect they just aren’t popular around me. Smokers around here probably prefer real cigarettes.

That seems like a “you” problem at the polls in your state. Not an issue here.

I live closer to Winnipeg than I do to my state capital. We are often referred to as “Canada Lite” by other states.

I had that misfortune when I was teaching math at my local school for 4 years.

I probably spend more time you side than you do. I just mostly do it in a forest.

I wouldn’t claim to be all that enamored of humans as a rule. But I’m not a hermit in the classic sense.

Yeah, I live in legal weed state. The nearest dispensary is a mere 20 miles away. I’m not even sure they sell vapes. Flower and edibles for sure, but I have no idea if they sell vapes. (I’ve never been there-- weed just ain’t my thing). But I still don’t see any used ones tossed out. Maybe we are just neater people here and don’t litter.

Then you need to find a different planet.

If you choose to look, Ted Kennedy received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth 2 whilst a sitting senator. And no one batted an eye. In fact he was widely praised for being knighted when it happened.

There are lots of meaningless honorary titles floating about if you care to actually look. And yes those types of titles, like “knighthood”, are meaningless these days and have been for a number of centuries.

Ain’t no night clubs within 100 miles of me. Plenty of bars, but no night clubs.

Perhaps where you live. I recently helped a young man get an e-bike, (somewhat mentally handicapped-- we raised funds to purchase the bike to get him to have better mobility), We got him an Aventon Cargo bike. The local bike shop plainly stated they would work on any e-bike you brought in. And that that all of the area bike shops were the same.

One does not turn away a paying customer.