michael rice

michael rice

2020-07-04T20:34:36-05:00

Commented "May take a year or two but hiking and camping in Utah and Montana beckon."

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Does your future include travel plans?

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michael rice

2020-06-28T15:33:40-05:00

Commented "If by "the future" we mean this country's future or the planet's future, then count me in. If it's my future, I suppose it would depend on how wonderful or devastating it was."

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If you could, would you want to know the future?

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michael rice

2020-06-28T15:21:51-05:00

Commented "From groceries to clothes to furniture I prefer as many of my five senses as possible to be engaged. I enjoy the personal experience of shopping almost as much as purchasing the product."

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How do you do the bulk of your shopping?

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michael rice

2020-06-28T15:12:28-05:00

Commented " After focusing on personal, societal, and planet problems most of my life, I'm thinking and feeling at two-thirds empty. I'm clawing my way to "half.""

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Is your proverbial glass half-empty or half-full?

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michael rice

2020-06-28T14:25:39-05:00

Commented "The vast majority have chronic substance abuse problems. When hungry enough they will seek out a shelter that will require they work on them."

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Do you give money to panhandlers?

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michael rice

2020-06-28T14:12:52-05:00

Commented "This both a "yes" and a "no" for me. The strays I have fed were kittens and I kept them as indoor-only pets for the rest of their lives. Otherwise, I don't feed a growing stray/feral problem."

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Should we feed stray cats?

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michael rice

2020-06-28T13:49:49-05:00

Commented "I'm a thoroughly rational person so church is somewhere I'd rather not be. But my mother is very elderly and very devout, so before COVID-19 I took to church her every week. Since then no church. "

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How often do you attend religious services?

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michael rice

2020-06-23T14:47:28-05:00

Commented "Even if the friend would rather not know (an "ignorance is bliss" approach), the cheating spouse might give the friend an STD or, these days, Covid-19. I'm not really a friend if I say nothing."