Worrying Reading...
By pgn
@pgntwo (22408)
Derry, Northern Ireland
October 22, 2017 8:44am CST
I do wonder why I read about things that make me fear reading more about them lest I start to lose sleep...
Who is it that is keeping us safe, I wonder?
Apropos the picture up top, it is just a wonderfully seasonal photo off Pixabay.... of a pair of conkers, or horsechestnuts, in their spiky jacket.
The U.S government issued a rare public warning that sophisticated hackers are targeting energy and industrial firms, the latest sign that cyber attacks present an increasing threat to the power industry and other public infrastructure.
12 people like this
14 responses
@JudyEv (325696)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Oct 17
@pgntwo It's a great saying isn't it? I thought there was another made-up ending but I can't find it. However I did come across this:
God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change,
the courage to change the one I can,
and the wisdom to know it's me.
Not sure about that one! 
2 people like this
@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
1 Nov 17
Hmmm... are horse chestnuts the same thing as buckeyes, pgn? Those look just like the buckeyes we pick in Monett park in the fall. (Okay, I looked up the difference between those two nuts. We have buckeyes here.)
I wonder why you do that, too, pgn, especially if you are going to let the information bother/upset you. I might read reports like that because I like to know things. (What I know is not necessarily something I can use or that I can do anything about... but on occasion, things I have learned from reports like that might give me a clue to something else that I can use or do something about.)
Don't worry, pgn... you reading reports that make you uneasy is no worse than me reading reports just because I like to know things. *sigh!* Okay, so we are both weird... SMH! We can't be the only ones in the world like that, right? 
1 person likes this
@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
5 Nov 17
@pgntwo I have heard that, pgn... I am not a practitioner, though.... (grinning at you!)
1 person likes this
@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
5 Nov 17
@DaddyEvil Me neither, much to the amazement of some 
1 person likes this
@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
5 Nov 17
love the photo... I know what you mean... but I don't read newspapers for that very reason ... or watch those sort of programs either... 
1 person likes this
@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
22 Oct 17
In the UK, the picture shows a horse chestnut, actually two in a single spiky covering. They are collected and used to play a game called "conkers".
In the USA, i think they are called "buckeyes", but I am prepared to be corrected, @Lignitecityabishek96. 
1 person likes this
@much2say (53960)
• Los Angeles, California
22 Oct 17
Argh and darn those hackers. Oh yes, I do the same . . . there's so much out there we can read about - articles and related articles that make us want to live in hidden caves. We can fear this world, but I refuse to lose sleep over it (I lose sleep over personal things as it is 
).
).1 person likes this
.
@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
23 Oct 17
as if we didn't have enough of an energy crisis as it is - scary
1 person likes this
@Chantiele (433)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
23 Oct 17
Your image is absolutely stunning. We often don't get to see things up close and personal like that unless we see them first hand.
1 person likes this
@mikaelajuliet (638)
• Boston, Massachusetts
22 Oct 17
I feel the same way. its a scary scary world.
1 person likes this
@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
22 Oct 17
Scary feet, scary feet... 
Skip navigation Sign inSearch Loading... Close Yeah, keep it Undo Close Watch QueueQueueWatch QueueQueue The next video is startingstop Loading... Watch Queue Queue __count__/__total__ Loading... Find out whyClose Henrik Gustafsson Loading... Unsubscribe
