Re: introductions: "Well-come, to The New House, US, our rules": What's old is new...

Age, Old: (Punchu-ation, as in comma, intended) The age-old wisdom, regardless of your own, is that to be 'polite' (aka "be courteous", let alone minding your manners...), especially if you are deemed to be "in polite company" one question you don't ever ask, at least explicitly, is the age of the person seated on your immediate right, or left, and now includes at least an initial avoidance of asking if they are (right, left, that is). This, while it's still OK, especially if done in a whisper (careful here, remember what our parents told us about telling secrets, as others may feel left out, may get a bit paranoid) "how old do you think that guy is over there, the one spouting off about age-old wisdom...". And at least as of the time this post was posted, what US bloggers quip as representing the new "post time"...it's still OK, regardless of in whose house you find yourself, and who now resides in the larger US House, if you're both subtle and savvy, to find a way within your larger conversation, to segue into what fads, gizmos, specific "Top 40" were "In" when they graduated from high school...thereby giving you an oppo, with just a little mathematical wizardry (didn't I tell you several times here that you would find math useful, practical?), with just a bit of plus/minus, within an acceptable margin of error, to at least "guest-imate" their current age. This, separate from the ongoing debate, which seems so innocuous at the start, but turns out to be other-wise, as to "how old is old?" alongside the 'companion' question of "what does growing old gracefully look like?" - given the explosion of cosmetic surgery, the cost of which may be getting heaped on the next gen of taxpayers...as the ambient temp in the room, convos begin heating up, eh? And, of course, the one, given the disparity of age between the average U.S. citizen and that of both the old, new U.S. House members..."Isn't it well past the time, over-due, to show them, the door, as in new term limits?" Still open for debate...and speaking of time, wow, "just look at the time!" the age-old, time-tested attempt at a graceful exit, for either the host or those who are feeling a bit toasted, roasted...

Politi-ticking: Just a matter of time...a slogan that's always been in. And certainly applies to the new assembly of characters allowed, voted in actually, when the new US House is seated in a few weeks...no matter what the initial seating arrangements and provisions provided, what we as Open House watchers can count on is yet another round of committees and investigations of both current and former party go-ers, some of whose seats current committee members, even those newbies, perhaps a few late-comers, now find themselves...warming, up to, nestling in, for at least the current term. For the rest of US, it's always fashionable, so as to not be "shown the door" pre-maturely😞😡, to re:familiarize ourselves with the House rules..."executive orders" even prior to entering...Yeah, just a matter of time that we are all targeted, even though we, ourselves, are certainly not guilty, not worthy of such attention; enough to put us on the defensive...

Gas lighting, liter: While it's never been polite, and a guarantee to clear the table, if you pass this, especially in what's considered "polite company" (later), it sure has become fashionable, we have become accost-omed to, casting blame, for who is casting "shame on us!" The topic of who said what to whom, whom shoved who first, was met with frowns all around, by our elders -- first by our parents: "I don't care about justice, I just want peace and quiet at dinnertime...it's off the table!" Followed in kind by our teachers: "Children, use your words, get in your seats, we'll talk about (now 'restorative justice') later ("yeah, like when I see that #$^@ on the playground after school hours!") These re-directions, early attempts to pre-empt what we eventually re-termed as "gaslighting"😕 occurred way-y-y before Twitter was even conceived, let alone re-patriated; the air-waves are sure thick with this stuff now. As of late, of course, it's even a hot topic, to a-portion who, which party, is responsible for the high price of gas itself. Which can, as so many attempts to engage the one on your left or right, "So, what did you pay at the pump today...?" Well meaning, this, but, given the pro-pensity of those around the table, who are "so #%&@ hyper-sensitive!"...I end up getting the blamed for starting this brawl, by simply begging the question..."can you just please pass the...?" 

"Hey, don't blame me; just trying to clear the air, before the arrival of more House guests...geez!"

Next: Re:maining topics; off the table, scraps.