DC Tom Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 She grew up without shoes and now she has you? That's The epitome of out of the kettle and in to the fire. I let her wear shoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 I let her wear shoes. So she can kick your .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 31, 2013 Author Share Posted August 31, 2013 So she can kick your .... I wonder where he found her? Argentina, Africa? Can't be BFLO, those winters are harsh, especially in the 1970's. http://www.toms.com Strange coincidence? He's on the cutting edge of the BOGO thing. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 ...They are stupid but, because they are just overwhelmed. Commence fireworks! http://inplainsight....tudy-finds?lite Good thing I am loaded. Well, not that loaded. ;-) ;-) "They've done a series of tests that show when people are flush with cash, they can stop worrying and make better decisions. But having financial woes takes up so much attention, they often make poor decisions." Answer: So give people more choice! :-O "The team's been trying to figure out why people who are poor seem to exist in a vicious cycle of poverty. Much of it seems to boil down to what is taking up their attention, the international team of researchers found. "Imagine you're sitting in front of a computer, and it's just incredibly slow," says Harvard economist Sendhil Mullainathan, who worked on the study. "But then you realize that it's working in the background to play a huge video that's downloading. It's not that the computer is slow, it's that it's doing something else, so it seems slow to you. I think that's the heart of what we're trying to say."" People are not born to work in servitude to others and they are not born to be herded into a school 5 days a week for 17-18 years of their lives. A basic premise of human survival is that the parents of a child create an environment in which that child WILL succeed and then that child will then do the same for his/her children. Our aforementioned "school to job" system is unnatural.....and for that reason it creates a lot of extreme, complicated and sometimes random results. It could be argued that true brilliance may be muted in a comfortable, family system but what can't be disputed is that the lack of such a foundation causes a lot of people to start off life at a great disadvantage. I think the independently funded case study conducted by Randolph and Mortimer Duke back in 1983 covered this ground sufficiently already but that's my two cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 I let her wear shoes. Do you let her leave the house once in a while also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Do you let her leave the house once in a while also? well duh, she has to buy groceries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garion Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Back to the first page discussion I have found this article useful. I teach medical students and use it to help them understand the challenges some of our patients face. http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2009-05-18/news/36823675_1_poverty-line-middle-class-milk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Back to the first page discussion I have found this article useful. I teach medical students and use it to help them understand the challenges some of our patients face. http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2009-05-18/news/36823675_1_poverty-line-middle-class-milk Interesting points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 The problem is that bad choices start early in life and perpetuate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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