Cluuuuck, cluck, cluuuuk

On 2010-04-01 21:21:58 -0400, jeff said:

On 4/1/2010 8:16 PM, David LaCourse wrote:

...and, i was "promised" social security... why is your promise better?

jeff (my ghosts really...really... bother me.)

Better? My promise is BETTER? Hardly, my friend. I do believe we have
both been taken to the cleaners. This is the last year we will have to
pay max tax, but I'm betting it really isn't. Down the road, if I live
long enough, they will continue to sock it to me.



...just try to remember, it's better to give than to receive. g

you're blessed dave. we both have enjoyed a life beyond any "earned"
justification. i frequently ponder why i have been so much more
fortunate than a similar "really stupid" person born in somalia or
haiti. i wish i could say it was something special about me or what i
have done...but i know it wasn't. pure luck of birth.

jeff

I realized that way before you were born. Life magazine had pictures
of the Rape of Nanking. I can remember seeing a small infant sitting
in the middle of some railraod tracks crying, with explosions, fire,
and smoke all around her. I realized then that I indeed was a very
fortunate kid. In my lifetime I have visited some real hell holes
- Phillipines, Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, etc - that reinforced
my thoughts of how fortunate I am.

Be well. And stay employed! d;o)

Dave

e blessed dave. we both have enjoyed a life beyond any "earned"
justification. i frequently ponder why i have been so much more
fortunate than a similar "really stupid" person born in somalia or
haiti. i wish i could say it was something special about me or what i
have done...but i know it wasn't. pure luck of birth.

jeff

I realized that way before you were born. Life magazine had pictures
of the Rape of Nanking. I can remember seeing a small infant sitting
in the middle of some railraod tracks crying, with explosions, fire,
and smoke all around her. I realized then that I indeed was a very
fortunate kid. In my lifetime I have visited some real hell holes
- Phillipines, Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, etc - that reinforced
my thoughts of how fortunate I am.

I would have to add a few other places to the hellhole list
The DR the Zonas Industriales. Haiti, Sri Lanka
Wherever the textile biz went is where i went before I quit
I made money - sure - at at the expense of my health and sanity !!!

I will NEVER EVER go back or even to Mexico City again much less anywhere in
MX
I would sooner lie under a car for a week
However parts of Newark NJ and Miami FL, Detrout and even LA have the same
look
Fortunately I missed Hong Kong and Mumbai

I believed then as I do now that we have a finite am't of time in life on
this planet
One need not sprend that time in Airports,in lines. on highways iIn
automobiles and in large cities
What a ****ing waste of time and life!!!.

I used to get nuts about being in places I hated w owners of companies in
"war zones" that I reviled
Yet took to lunch or dinner

Then later the fact that I had to fear for my life in APorts and traveling
becaues of Osama, Bush and their cronies

We arefortunate to have the chance to be where we are now!
And we know it and appreciate it!!!!!!!!
I do not miss a big city only PIZZA!
NY pizza - yumbo!
Were we born in Somalia or Haiti - who knows?
I cannot even remotely imagine this.

Lou Reed