# \#things-fall-apart

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## [The Tenor of Life in a Crumbling Nation/Society](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-tenor-of-life-in-a-crumbling-nation-society/4272)

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**Author:** [@civilwestman](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/civilwestman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [4 February 2024 13:11 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-tenor-of-life-in-a-crumbling-nation-society/4272 "2024-02-04T13:11:22Z")

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If I don’t do something - like write this down - I may explode. American incompetence reigns everywhere. My wife was diagnosed with a bad cancer last week. We have had appointments for procedures 4 out of 5 days this we…

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## [A Week in The Land of the Fray…](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/a-week-in-the-land-of-the-fray/2184)

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**Author:** [@civilwestman](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/civilwestman)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [1 November 2022 13:57 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/a-week-in-the-land-of-the-fray/2184 "2022-11-01T13:57:26Z")

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Or is it weak in what was formerly land of the free. It is surely fraying. I offer a single week’s worth of evidence from the front lines of my life. Since I, too, am fraying at age 78, I’m not sure I can remember all t…

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## [My Trip to Zurich from Pittsburgh Today - a real time chronicle](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/my-trip-to-zurich-from-pittsburgh-today-a-real-time-chronicle/1753)

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**Author:** [@civilwestman](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/civilwestman)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [28 July 2022 02:44 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/my-trip-to-zurich-from-pittsburgh-today-a-real-time-chronicle/1753 "2022-07-28T02:44:47Z")

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After a near three year hiatus, I bought a ticket to visit my son who is Swiss and lives in Zurich, where he was born 46 years ago. My son from the US had planned to accompany me, as we have done before. However, over Me…