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Yup, I agree. I believe you should be content with yourself first. I define compatibility as "ego-mesh". you and your S.O. has definite beliefs that do not clash. The said "hobbing error" may be in an area of no consequence. Now, if you have one of those "diffrential" relationships and it's not a Ford 9" rear-end. . . You know, She hates your over-bearing mother who used to tell you as a kid that brown eggs came from Mexican chickens, and always threatening to sell you to the Russians. And she believed for many years that her father was her super hero, till the day you have to point out it's not true . . .He's just a crazy man with a cape. You know. Something's going to frag here pretty soon. Not very compatible. _____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

Not how much you make, but where your income comes from. I say you are rich when you get a majority of your income from your assets and then after that, depending where you live, top 20% of income of the community. $250,000.00 a year job? if it's reported on a W-2 and you live paycheck to paycheck, you aren't rich, you just have a lot of money. You lose your job? you don't have that money. You invest well with that money and get a majority return? You're rich. _____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

compatability, respect, and economic comfortability. Love should be automatic and second nature to the relationship. It shouldn't be the "important" part, it should be the foundation; the thing to fall back on when things go to hell. Disagreements, money issues, ect. ect. Whoever said "all you need is love" is the person who is still searching for it. Also, Steak and Knobber Fridays. _____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

No pressure here. We have decided a while ago that there was no one else we wanted to be with. When the talk of children came up, then we considered it. The proposal was beautiful. I took her to "our" cove right next to the small beach off the cliffs that was her stomping grounds since she was a toddler. I led her to the rock cliff above the sands. It was a warm late spring evening. The sun had set and the surf was crashing on cue. The air was wafting with the scent of weed and campfire. The sound of the crashing surf and horrible guitar playing set the mood. Beautiful. As the moon popped up, I popped the question. Of course she said "yes" and we kissed and hugged and we kicked back for a while, listening to the baying and howling of the hippies (genus Oceano Beachus). The perfect beautiful Southern California proposal. _____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

this begs the question of whether people who initiate these wars think it is some sort of "wickedness". Sometimes I wonder if these writers really take a look at their pedestals they stand on. Just because you can write plays and poems doesn't mean you can get the same credibility in writing about certain subjects. It's as if they actually believe they can change the thinking that they are not a part of by writing simple bumper-sticker quality phrases. _____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

"er. . .um. . .Did you know peanut butter was invented by an African American?" "it's too late, Doc." _____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

yup, exept it costs more. You should check out Fitness Water _____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

that came out of flawed thinking of my part. . . A genius couple in a group would stand out from the rest. No matter how social, volunteering and likable they are. Not their fault. . .the others. But, if everyone was a genius, there would be no social issues. Out of that 10,000, you should be able to find ten people who meet qualifications. You would have to be extra careful picking them out. They are just as flawed as everyone else. They may only be geniuses in one area only and completely incompetent everywhere else(already touched on by banning anti-social nerds) This is hard. The one that has the greatest amount of ability for expression, thought, and creativity. Definitely no "thousand words for" . . .(fill in the blank) types that come from living in a same-climate-throughout area. I don't automatically want to pick english. !Kung! ? _____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

Basic skills related to Boy scouts stuff. Able to start a fire, build basic shelter, snares, farming. No ethnic diversity. You don't need it. Time will diversify the masses anyways. This will help with medical maladies that are common on that particular race. there would be less cultural differences the small group will have to worry about. Diversify the personalities, to a point. No passive meek people. No super type-a's. Definitely no sad types or the shy. No anti-social nerds. All these will pop out over time anyways. All of them are destructive to unit cohesion. All have to be very athletic, perfect 20/20 vision, least amount of "family history of". . .(fill in the blank). So. . . 5 men, 5 women. aged 17 to 28. Females preferrably in the younger group. socially adept and participated in High school/college clubs and sports. above average IQ, with a couple of near genius levels but cannot have children with each other. _____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

even with women on ships, it still common. Generally speaking, most of those hookers look a lot better than most navy women. _____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

Yeah, but truthfully, if all power and control was shared equally, there would be no nations, infastructure, culture, religion, interests, motivation, cars, roads, assholes to hate. Bit extreme, but between total dictatorship and pure equalness is the area that allows a few individuals to lead others and form cohesive structures. If you can do that, you aren't so regular anymore. when it works against them. _____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

Good lesson to be taught. Maybe not by a social studies teacher, but by a guidance counselor. You see, the true statement you posted is inferring something negative, but there's fact here. only the elite can motivate, move and create at such a grand scale. the janitor? Not really there. It's not conspiracy theory that the goals that the elite have are self-serving. Especially because most people don't complain if the same qualities serve(even accidently) the masses positively, such as jobs, products, services. ect ect. _____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

I think the best answer is: "because they can't take it with them" Seriously though, I think it has to do with giving up ownership. (waiting for the day my daughter decides to secede her bedroom from my house) _____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

I had to hear him "rap" (get jiggy with it. . . .every damn day of the Ninties) _____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

back to the barter system. Neither currency is trustworthy. That blind guy doesn't have much time before that bundle of cash is useless. _____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

Increasing the money supply by whatever means including buying treasury securities (they literally create new money to buy the securities), reducing the deposit reserve requirements (if a I deposit $X with a bank which is only required to have 10% of X on deposit, they can loan out .9X so the total money is now 1.9X. This gets multiplied as money gets re-deposited and re-lent), Depending on what parts you measure, the money supply was about $5.2T or 8T including large time deposits in 2001. As of 2007 the money supply was 7T when you don't include large time deposits, and in 2005 M3 had exceeded 10T with a 9% annaulized rate of increase. The Fed then stopped reporting M3 claiming "it wasn't useful". Depending on whose estimates believe, our money supply may be increasing at 10% per year. Real GDP increases might be 4% annually. When they money goes up that much faster than what it represents you have inflation and a devalued currency. Okay, you got it. some people believe the term in a literal sense. Usually gold bugs and Ron Paul types. theoretically, printing money and decreasing supply of money is supposed to prevent crazy swings on the dollar valuation, vice steady increase/decrease in value. Problem with M3 is it's not liquid enough to make tangiable regular reports. As far as printing money, that is usually too short term a goal for M3 to fix what ever problem in the present economy. Hopefully they won't overfix and get the opposite problem. We'll see. You can't really call it a "Money supply". There isn't really any reason to waste man-hours creating these documents. and make their own reports. _____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

I can agree with three and four, but two? Nobody seems to hate speculators when they drive prices down. What's your definition of "printing money"? _____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

My assertions come from growing up and being surrounded in a below poverty neighborhood. My definition of "outside" is hurricane destroying your vinyard which takes a minimum of seven years from planting to produce at best, substandard grapes. Earthquakes. Floods. But if you know the rules, you will bounce back in time anyway. Until that time, you are poor starting over. I would have to do more research (which is hard due to the extreme slowness on the Internet on these FOB's) but those in that type of neighborhood are still exposed to television and other media sources. They see "differences". Many leave to persue. It's still a choice. What they lack is education and possibly witnessing end results of that said education(role model?). Also, walls created by local expectations and norms may prevent ability to comprehend one's capability to achieve what they see. In the end, I believe that these are more inside circumstances versus outside. You have to want, then research by any means necessary, and be willing to be the "black sheep" and break away from the mold life has thrown your way. (ever gone back and see some relative glare daggers at you for succeeding?) _____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

There should be a show. . ."Extreme Finance Makeovers". A show that educates financially inept people to make wise choices and how to build capital. I would find this more exiting seeing the success through months of training bearing fruit. It sure beats giving assets to someone in the "poorhouse" It's very rare that someone is poor due to outside circumstances. _____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

Yes, it is a choice. Don't confuse my end use of the word "need" as a psychological blanket. We were aware of the decision we were making. _____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

Leave those oversize or fad guns those Soldier of Fortune magazines advertise to the creepy magazine collectors to salivate over. Get a weapon that's comfortable and manageable for you. Take a class that not only teaches you how to use it but also practices escalation of force up to the point you will have to use it. Practice these scenarios actively to include the drawing of the weapon and use of it; it's useless doing the drills in your head. do it at the range. Practice it often. If the threat is real, you know what to do and have the confidence needed to prevent hesitation. It will be second nature. If you are worried about your ability to "use the weapon against someone" as is quoted a lot in this thread, the practice will help a lot. So put that fear behind you. It's useless and negatively impacts your ability to. forget using OC spray. there's a reason those of us that uses it has to get sprayed. It may not stop them. It will likely get on you. You still have to wrestle with him after the fact. _____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

Interesting. I think it would be mean and cruel to knowingly have a child with DS. That because you judge "quality of life" from a very myopic point of view Me and the 55% of voters, apparently. Yes that is true, i would hazzard to saythat the vast majority of people here have had no real contact with anyone that has Trisomy 21. and therefore their votes are kinda wasted I do. My cousin has it. Still, when my wife was pregnant, we had the talk and came to the conclusion that it would be best to abort. Luckily, we didn't have to. _____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

I entered the stats of my guzzler that runs on hippie tears. Since it's paid off and it's trade in value is still more than some of the vehicles listed, I see a lot of red. I guess that means the savings will be immediate. But, given the very low demand for large trucks, despite mine is a King Ranch edition, I probably won't get a lot for it anyways. that's a neat spreadsheet _____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

Socialism is an economic structure, a way of a country doing buisness. The military is, if anything a Communist structure economically speaking. Politically, it's a Totalitarian structure. It in itself can't even be compared to any of those anyway because it exists because its money is supplied by the result of the taxes of a Capitalistic economy. The military can't be compared as a social aspect of the U. S. because it is not a Government controlled aspect of civillian enterprise. It's a government controlled aspect of a piece of the government. _____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

You would think they would just walk those Rebok shoes over to the docks. Lazyyyyy. . . I believe the chinese learned their lessons well. I have a feeling most of that oil is going to their own personal needs sans U.S. manufacturing. _____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln