THIS is what I saw with my own two eyes but couldn't post because we were hacked

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Interesting.

It helps to have a strong sense of skepticism, and to get information from places other than the interwebs.

Many years ago, as in the early 1970's, I didn't have a TV. A co-worker was completely convinced that without a TV I was completely cut off from normal news. He'd quiz me periodically, and then be astonished that I knew what was going on in the world. Around that time the BBC series The Six Wives of Henry VIII was broadcast. I spent an evening with a friend with a TV and we watched whichever episode was broadcast that night, and to her utter astonishment I not only filled her in on what had happened before, but told her what would happen after.

I read. I read books. I read history. I real lots and lots of nonfiction. I do also read fiction of many kinds. The point is, I read. I don't simply depend on what I get from TV. Or, these days, the internet. As a consequence, I almost immediately note what is fake news. Oh, and I spend time perusing Snopes. And before Snopes was out there, I read the books about urban legends. Very enlightening. I can spot an urban legend at 20 paces. Every time.

Do not even attempt to challenge me to Trivial Pursuit.