• Pat Flood (@rebarcock) passed away 9/21/25. Pat played a huge role in encouraging the devolopmemt of this site and donated the very first dollar to get it started. Check the thread at the top of the board for the obituary and please feel free to pay your respects there. I am going to get all the content from that thread over to his family so they can see how many people really cared for Pat outside of what they ever knew. Pat loved to tell stories and always wanted everyone else to tell stories. I think a great way we can honor Pat is to tell a story in his thread (also pinned at the top of the board).

"Listening" as a skill.

How many of you possess it, and how do you use your powers for good?


I acquired the skill when I was in a long distance relationship. We would rehash old arguments over and over and over. In short, it was born of necessity.

Once acquired, it's like learning to speak 10 different languages at once in addition to a certain level of mind reading.
I’m in sales so it’s kinda part of the whole thing. Although I almost do it like a lawyer and like use words against them instead of trying to hear their meaning, that takes time
 
It never use to be a skill. Everyone had a degree in it. From the first day when we let a liberal run their mouth without getting knocked out was the turning point
 
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