Re: Borg getting worse

[Leon]

Well heck yeah Jim....you are the only one buying the Minwax products and all the Pine.. :~)

[Jim Stuyck]

...and the women are glad for it! ;-)

Jim "Tex" Stuyck

[Steve]

Q: What do Texas men use for birth control?

A: Their personalities

[patrick mitchel]

Sounds like the same corporate structure that I work for. Common practice to open a store, give them a flush budget, have the best "golden boy" manager there to open the store, then cut the hell out of operating budget down the road, transfer the favored son out to anothe plum assignment and give the store to a guy that has to make do with a piss poor budget. Small wonder when things don't measure up. And the bottom line is, well, the "bottom line" . Kinda amazing when the district managers will look the other way at complaints when the budget (that is dictated at corporate) is under control. Pat- the grocery business operates the same way...

[Charlie Self]

Dave Hall responds:

RICO is a beauty, isn't it?

Government gets to confiscate, then you have to prove you didn't racketeer, at which point you discover the government has already disposed of your money and goods.

Charlie Self

"I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." James Madison

[JackD]

A navy guy told me this once...

Q: Why do navy ships carry marines?

A: Sheep are too obvious.

"name withheld to protect the innocent"

[Specter]

We did exactly that, here in Canada - split our Northwest Territories in half, that is. Now, each of the two halves is larger than Alaska : )

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[Doug Winterburn]

Even worse is the confiscation of the earnings of the unborn through our many trust funds and associated lock boxes, all because we want to spend their money now, on ourselves. Not much they can say about it.

-Doug

[Charlie Self]

Doug Winterburn notes:

Actually, the RICO act is pure police state theft, and non-political. I'm not sure what you're covering with your "trust fund and associated lock boxes" deal, but...we do have to watch those tax and spend Democrats, don't we. Especially when the borrow and spend Republicans keep aiming ever higher for record deficits.

Charlie Self

"I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." James Madison

[Unisaw A100]

Peter,

You being from here by me I'm sure you remember waitresses who would approach you table and ask, "How is everything, good?"

It never ceases to crack me up.

UA100

[Unisaw A100]

As a matter of fact, when I worked for the stair company I did.

UA100

[Leon]

Seems like in the old days cedar shingles were used..

[Doug Winterburn]

I'm referring to the practice of Democrats and Republicans of doing the following:

1) Collecting more taxes than required to fund pay as you go programs such as social security. 2) Spending those funds and placing IOUs in the fund lockbox. 3) Pretending that those IOUs represent an asset rather than a liability ala Enron.

The result of all this is:

1) The current taxpayers are paying more than required to fund those programs. 2) Future generations will have the privilege of paying off those IOUs when they come due with increased taxes over what they would require to take care of for their own generation's needs.

The notion of these 40 or so trust funds is laughable, and more laughable is the fact that current taxpayers, Democrat and Republican, buy the politicians story of trust funds and lock boxes as if they actually contained assets rather than liabilities.

If some of the estimates of future debt are true, we are approaching the point where tax increases and tax cuts will no longer be a source of debate for future generations as every penny and more of all, rich and poor alike, will be required to pay off these debts. This ain't partisan, this is scary.

Other than dumping these programs altogether, one long term solution is to take the excess contributions and invest them in private business bonds and stocks. That way, the profits of business would pay off the debt rather than the profits of government (taxes). Better yet would be to encourage and expand the IRA concept for those who are capable of earning a living and only tax enough to take care of the current needs of those unable to provide for themselves because of physical/mental disabilities that are no fault of their own.

-Doug

[Unisaw A100]

The trouble with cedar was that *store bought* weren't the right size. We cut what was required for out stair trencher. We used the off fall from treads. Kiln dried southern yellow pine and oak mostly.

UA100

[Trent©]

ROTFLMAO !!!

Have a nice week...

Trent

Follow Joan Rivers' example --- get pre-embalmed!

[Trent©]

I have to disagree with that!

I saw one disgruntled Canadian...really in a pissy mood.

But he'd just left the casino in Niagara Falls! lol

P.S. The wife and I spent about a week a few years ago...in the Ottawa area. What a nice country...and a nice bunch of people.

I don't think they're allowed to mug anybody without a permit...and I don't think they give many of them out. lol

Have a nice week...

Trent

Follow Joan Rivers' example --- get pre-embalmed!

[Jim Mc Namara]

all the Pine.. :~)

See Leon - I told ya there was extra benefits to Jummywood but would *you* listen? Noooooooo! :-)

Jums

[Steve]

The one on Hanley Road?

[hbakker]

There is one similar at the HD store at 127Ave/88Str in Miami-Kendall. I'm glad to see him being employed there - he's very knowledgeable and above all, very helpful. I only wish HD would clean up their aisles more....Lowe's is far more neat and tidy (but there isn't one in Miami Dade)..... hnb