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Jefferson also thought about the Islam conundrum with the American experience. A dreamer that couldn't handle his finances. Sounds like a certain group today.

And slave owner...

OR... It's this. They are content being who they are. This is the story that started the “be more with less” movement for me. While I knew all work and no play wasn’t the way, I thought I would forever be stuck in the cycle of working to live. I thought I would always have a car payment, credit card debt and not enough month at the end of the money. I thought I had to work harder to make more, buy more and have more. At one time, I really thought that would make me better somehow. This story is my inspiration to slow down, reassess, and get real about how I want to live life. An American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them. The Mexican replied, “only a little while. The American then asked why didn’t he stay out longer and catch more fish? The Mexican said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs. The American then asked, “but what do you do with the rest of your time?” The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siestas with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine, and play guitar with my amigos. I have a full and busy life.” The American scoffed, “I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat, you could buy several boats, eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing, and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually New York City, where you will run your expanding enterprise.” The Mexican fisherman asked, “But, how long will this all take?” To which the American replied, “15 – 20 years.” “But what then?” Asked the Mexican. The American laughed and said, “That’s the best part. When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions!” “Millions – then what?” The American said, “Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siestas with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos.”

Who wants the hassle: https://www.monticello.org/research-education/thomas-jefferson-encyclopedia/debt/ "...Despite some years of ample salaries in public office, Jefferson's load of debt only continued to grow. He and his family generally attributed his financial failure to forty years of public service and the consequent neglect of his own affairs. Virginia slave estates, all agreed, required skill and an attention that "never sleeps." "[S]kill I had not, and attention I could not have," explained Jefferson. Among other contributing factors were his famous hospitality – with no "judicious wife to look after his domestic concerns," as granddaughter Ellen Coolidge wrote – and his passion for building. ..."

Because industry makes people billionaires and millionaires. Being a civil servant doesn't pay that well. A public servant is paid more egalitarian. This lowly lock operator makes more than 1/2 a US Senator makes! 😆 Anyway, Washington, Jefferson, Madison, & Monroe were land owning elites which at the time were the only one's allowed to vote. Jefferson left in debt.

Hey, come on try a little nothing is forever there's got to be something better than in the middle but me and Cinderella we put it all together we can drive it home with one headlight.

I find the Lance Armstrong nod fascinating. Isn't he a disgrace? Yeah, the sport isn't the same. Honestly... No offense, but isn't the sport cleaner? Less cheaters. From 2012: https://newrepublic.com/article/109212/cyclings-secret-it-may-be-the-worlds-cleanest-sport "...But the head-shakers and finger-waggers have it exactly wrong. Yes, the Armstrong scandal revealed systemic cheating in a sport that was corrupt to its core—a decade ago. In the landscape of professional sport right now, cycling may actually be one of the cleaner sports around. No, really; stop laughing. And notice that I didn’t say “clean,” just cleaner. Because while cycling has a long, colorful history of cheating, it also pioneered the modern practice of drug-testing athletes. After the British cyclist Tom Simpson died of amphetamine-fueled heatstroke on the slopes of Mont Ventoux in 1967, riders have been subject to organized testing that been getting better and better, even during Armstrong’s reign of fraud between 1999 and 2005. ..."

Why do we even have age limits? Where does that come from? 😏

When it comes to the other loans... The WhiteHouse is attempting an end around: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/30/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-new-actions-to-provide-debt-relief-and-support-for-student-loan-borrowers/

Modern dryers will shut down and warn ⚠️ you. Replaced a 20 year old dryer in 2016, LG, it will do that if there's blockage. Anyway... Real fire 🔥 risk!

Flush your hot water tank every 6 months. Really... https://www.forbes.com/home-improvement/plumbing/how-to-flush-water-heater/ @BringBackFergy @Mike in Horseheads @Gugny @SWATeam

Ok... I came here thinking that they were checking the ages of Veterans. I was wondering why they didn't have all their patient info. 😕

Maybe they were gonna return them to the store anyway? From the gr8 website: "AisleOfShame" we have this... https://www.aisleofshame.com/target-underwear-return-policy/ Now... Years ago, they probably never even saw the "skid marks!" 😆... Now THAT'S nasty!

I detect sarcasm. 😆

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57902/whats-difference-between-lake-and-pond "Guess what? There is no official scientific difference between a lake and a pond. In fact, the only real criteria to categorize something as a lake or pond is that the area in question must be a standing or slow-moving body of water surrounded by land." It's actually a small, very small lake since it's on the Cayuga Crick... 😏... Definitely an inlet and outlet. Have at it. A pond is standing water. 😆

https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/redneck-fishing-tournament-returns-to-the-village-of-bath/ 16 years ago:

Way to go Einstein! 😏

Link: https://buffalonews.com/news/local/black-bear-spotted-near-como-lake-park-lancaster-police-say/article_a23018b2-128d-11ee-8d77-6be202eb4c4c.html

My take is... IMO... Environment getting cleaner, they are having a harder time surviving and become habitualized towards human. There used to be open dumps, etc... Where they could go, now everything is sealed and transferred far away. Sure they are gonna root through the trash or greasy grill on a deck. Not against a clean environment... But how about going back to the "Fly Paper" approach... You make your gabage locally, you dump it locally.

The young teachers are on their phones now... How are they supposed to keep track of the kids cheating?😆

People can always hide behind "safety." Schools need find a way to incorporate safety and eliminate the phone.

Why don't they just put emergency phones throughout the place. Like pick it up and it dials 911. Or issue a single purpose emergency phone to each student at the start of day. Leave in each desk. Corrected. 😉😜😘

8 days ago in Arizona... Strange because it was a black bear... Usually more scared of humans!