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My sister texted me that Dad was in Frederick visiting his brother and wanted to come see her, and did I want to come? Yes, with the caveat that masking had to happen and we'd sit outside.
Spoiler: I was the only one wearing a mask, and we mostly didn't sit outside.
Dad is ... weird. He's right-wing with some libertarian leanings, I guess? I don't talk politics with him for the sake of keeping the peace, but you can absolutely infer things just from talking about stuff in general. Like today, he was talking about cryptocurrency and how we should all get some, and I just said "uh huh" a lot. I don't have extremely strong opinions on it, or much knowledge of the subject, other than b*tcoin exists, it crashed and people lost a lot of money, and in general it seems to be the plaything of loons.
Things I have more knowledge of I challenged from sideways, I guess? He said something about needing more productivity, I said productivity is up a lot over the last 40 years, he said something about "I meant in like Africa" and got into food aid (it was hard to follow sometimes, it may have been via the "Soros/Gates decrease the population" conspiracy, idek). I responded, when I eventually got a turn, that there *is* enough; it's just not evenly distributed. (Because there are enough resources and is enough money but like 40 people have most of it.) [#fullCommunism]
He's always been blustery and kind of a windbag, so that isn't surprising. It's harder to follow his trains of thought than it used to be, and apparently his brother's memory is garbage. Considering their dad died of Alzheimer's when I was in college, I'm not terribly surprised. Though I worry about my own future and hope for an elderly-hood like my mom's parents: generally healthy, give or take age-related heart trouble and all that. Grandpa made it to 93 and was as sharp and irascible as ever. Grandma is currently 91, getting a little forgetful but she had cancer twice, and chemo isn't great for your brain. She has macular degeneration, though, which means she can't really see close up anymore. She used to do quilting and crochet and that kind of thing.
Irascible is a great word; we should use it more.
Now to read some books.
Spoiler: I was the only one wearing a mask, and we mostly didn't sit outside.
Dad is ... weird. He's right-wing with some libertarian leanings, I guess? I don't talk politics with him for the sake of keeping the peace, but you can absolutely infer things just from talking about stuff in general. Like today, he was talking about cryptocurrency and how we should all get some, and I just said "uh huh" a lot. I don't have extremely strong opinions on it, or much knowledge of the subject, other than b*tcoin exists, it crashed and people lost a lot of money, and in general it seems to be the plaything of loons.
Things I have more knowledge of I challenged from sideways, I guess? He said something about needing more productivity, I said productivity is up a lot over the last 40 years, he said something about "I meant in like Africa" and got into food aid (it was hard to follow sometimes, it may have been via the "Soros/Gates decrease the population" conspiracy, idek). I responded, when I eventually got a turn, that there *is* enough; it's just not evenly distributed. (Because there are enough resources and is enough money but like 40 people have most of it.) [#fullCommunism]
He's always been blustery and kind of a windbag, so that isn't surprising. It's harder to follow his trains of thought than it used to be, and apparently his brother's memory is garbage. Considering their dad died of Alzheimer's when I was in college, I'm not terribly surprised. Though I worry about my own future and hope for an elderly-hood like my mom's parents: generally healthy, give or take age-related heart trouble and all that. Grandpa made it to 93 and was as sharp and irascible as ever. Grandma is currently 91, getting a little forgetful but she had cancer twice, and chemo isn't great for your brain. She has macular degeneration, though, which means she can't really see close up anymore. She used to do quilting and crochet and that kind of thing.
Irascible is a great word; we should use it more.
Now to read some books.
