(07-03-2023, 09:27 PM)GeauxHomeLittleD Wrote: I will celebrate by going to the laundromat. I will mix up the colored and white loads and wash everything in hot water. Then I will quietly sob while eating vending machine snacks as I dodge floating softener sheets and dryer lint. Freedom!

(07-03-2023, 07:50 PM)F2d5thCav Wrote: I recall the 200th "birthday" back in '76. Can't believe we're almost at 250 years now. Somehow, don't believe the country will make it to 300; the pace of change is too violent and getting more so.
Cheers
I hardly recognize the US now.
It's the same though with the UK where I grew up. I don't recognize the "attitude" or mindset more than anything else.