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Reply to Why doesn't anyone accept pets? in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Well yeah, I understand too, but just like some places have special units for the disabled and such...it would be a good idea to save a couple units for pets. I mean...some places refuse pets, but at the same time allow smoking. First, I'm pretty sure offering special housing for disabled shouldn't be compared to pet owners. Second, smoking is almost impossible to enforce. It is an action, not an extra creature living in the spac

Reply to Peace in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Peace is plentiful, Angie. Nah, I really don't see it. I see joy. I see happiness. But, I don't see real peace. All I have seen in my lifetime is more and more violence and less and less consequences. Then when we try to establish "peace" in a country riddled with horrible violence, we get people complaining that we aren't "peaceful". Can you have peace without violence? Is violence the only way to maintain pe

Reply to Why doesn't anyone accept pets? in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

so the value of this house might have stayed the same or actually gone up. Trailers depreciate as fast as cars do- that is why the lending criteria for them is different. I have heard estimates that a trailer will lose 50% of its value within 5 years. 35% of that is wihin the first 2 years. Like a car, it loses about 10% value the moment it leave the dealer lot. 400 a month isnt huge

Reply to Peace in Blogging JoeUser Forums

sleepness nights worrying about impending Armagedeon lol...uh, I don't think that has ever happened to me. The point wasn't about *my* life. I live in a small community that has so little crime that it doesn't even have its own police force. However, you never know when some jerk with no value on life could step in and destroy your "peaceful" existence. The article is about "peace", not "good in life". Sure, there are

Peace in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I was meditating on the concept of "peace" during my morning commute. It's a great idea, isn't it? The world living in harmony. Mankind being civil. People existing without fear. Families building a home and feeling safe...living a life without violence or senseless loss. Peace It'll never happen. There are signs up all over the place saying "Peace- No War!" What war are the referring to? One would argue that they are referring

Reply to Larger, Fuller Breasts, without surgery… in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I think it's a cream but I could be wrong! It's not a cream, it's a device: http://www.brava.com/common-questions.asp Yikes.....

Reply to Boil That Corpse! in Pure Technology JoeUser Forums

I think I rather be boiled than burned. Why does boiling sound worse than burning? Hell, just through me in a bag and bury me. Plant a tree on my stomach and let it use me as food. Once I'm dead, I really don't care! Our space problem is that "remains" remain with our current system. We put a large cement box in the ground, then put a somewhat preserved corpse in a sealed wooden box that we then put in the sealed cement box. To me, being boiled in

Reply to If a spouse has a nose job- are they obligated to tell you? in Ethics JoeUser Forums

If your plans involve having children, yes I think you're obligated to tell your spouse. Otherwise, how are they gonna field those questions like...my GAWD, where did she get that BEAK? That was exactly what I thought when I read the question. Can you image a man blaming his wife of infidelity because the kids nose looked nothing like his or his wifes "perfect" nose? I, personally, don't like the idea of plastic surgery unless it

Reply to I Could Never Be a Vegan in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I try to eat liver often, because it’s good for me with the iron it provides and which I lack, so says my doctor last year hmmm...liver is so high in cholesterol, though. Seems like you would be better off eating more iron rich veggies, or taking a supplement.

Reply to I Could Never Be a Vegan in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I don't eat meat. Grew up around farm animals and saw what it takes to get an animal from farm to table...yuck. Heck, in Michigan, they consider livestock too diseased to live by the time they reach the slaughterhouse- if one runs away and gets put at a sanctuary, the sanctuary has to quarantine them until the health department deems them healthy enough to be around other animals. Yikes! I could never be Vegan though for one simple reason--- CHEESE! Dude,

Reply to Oh my dear gawd!!! in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

I had size 8 1/2 shoes and was 5' 4" when I was 12......I still have size 8 1/2 shoes and am still 5' 4". So, you just never know. Every kid grows differently.

Reply to Minimum wage = living wage in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I said "an extra $500", meaning $48 x 12 months is about $500 a year left over. I greatly disagree that you can get a brand new car for $10,000. Lowest I see online is a Kia Rio for $11,395 before tax and fees. If you're going to buy a $5,000 car and "restore it" well there's a significant inherient cost that you are not including. I kno

Reply to Minimum wage = living wage in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Anyway my point is, I'm glad, shouldn't it be the goal of those who are well off to help those in need. We already do that- it's called welfare. Is it helping poor, or will it make it harder for kids to pay for their own college by working unskilled jobs? Or, will it cause the grocery stores to charge more for food, which

Reply to Minimum wage = living wage in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Even if I take all your numbers at face value, what you're saying is that in 1995, making minimum wage at $5.50 would allow you to live with about $500 a year left over. Today at $7.25 you're barely scraping by!!! So what you've proven is that our minimum wage has not kept up with inflation. How did you get $500 left over on minimum wage of $5

Reply to Minimum wage = living wage in Current Events JoeUser Forums

(and electricity altogether!) The apartment that I lived in had utilities included (I think they were too lazy to upgrade to have individual meters). The food costs could be lowered substantially as well, i

Minimum wage = living wage in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Being that I manage HR where I work, I get to see all the "news" about minimum wages (both in the state and federal). Our State's minimum wage has always freaked me out at how high it has gotten, but the current changes in FEDERAL minimum wage has me down right fearful. Why? Because it is now becoming a living wage. Either companies will quit hiring non-skilled workers (where will they work?) or they will start using their non-us factories more. If you don't

Reply to DA-1: Buddhism, suicide of the soul? in Religion JoeUser Forums

It teaches that man is not essentially different from animals You're right, we are different from animals- we have much more destructive ways, are selfish in thinking that the Earth is here to use how we want, raise animals simply for food (heck, we're too lazy to hunt), and we eat not to simply survive- but for pleasure. Let's not even talk about killing for pleasure ("hunting"). Yeah, we're worse than animals, and "we" use a book as the

Reply to DA-1: Buddhism, suicide of the soul? in Religion JoeUser Forums

I think it is ignorance to deny looking for the links and the similarities. It seems to be a defensive move to close off and try to preempt a conversation by claiming simply that they are too different. If there is one truth, and we are all looking at it from different angles, then wouldn't there be some things that are similar? Certainly similar enough to compare? You can take all religions and find similarities (compare Native American beliefs to Bu

Reply to Is 3 Months Long Enough...? in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

Why the rush? Why don't they live together for while first to see if it will work out? It's not like this is her first marriage....or possibly failed relationship. Why are they so rushed? I lived with my husband for a couple years before we got married. Probably would have lived like that for a long time but his parents and grandparents had their undies in a bunch over us "living in sin". So, since we didn't see any reason that we would split up, we got m

Reply to The Return of Prayer in Schools in Current Events JoeUser Forums

where are the other accommodations for the Jewish religion It's no different than what I pointed out, though- why do we have "Black History Month" but not "Native American History Month" or "Hispanic History Month"? There is a ""National American Indian Heritage Month", but have you ever seen any news about it or even ever heard about it before?

Reply to Steam Pipe Break in NY in Politics JoeUser Forums

Might as well blame Bush for not doing something to prevent a supervolcano from forming in Yellowstone, which may or may not happen, but could kill people and have a global impact if it does. Federal Government financing private sectors to fix privately owned utilities? That's a slippery slope, indeed! I thought that we were a democracy, not communists.

Reply to HAPPY BIRTHDAY JILLUSER & UDIGITTHEMOST! in Blog Communities JoeUser Forums

Happy Birthday !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope you both have wonderful Birthdays!!!!

Reply to DA-1: Buddhism, suicide of the soul? in Religion JoeUser Forums

Nirvana is basically heaven, not eternal death. Reaching Nirvana means that you have ended your cycle of reincarnation and exist in endless peace. Not all forms of Buddhism believe in endless reincarnation, or reincarnation at all. There were many Buddhas and there continue to be more. Siddhartha was just one Buddha. You can't really compare Buddhism to Christianity- it just doesn't work. Buddhism is more about a road to enlightenment and living a peace

Reply to The Return of Prayer in Schools in Current Events JoeUser Forums

the schools are allowing Muslims to use a room for prayer. Christians don't get that option. That is no different than how we treat any minority in the US. How many "black" related events are there versus just "white" (can you imagine a "White History Month"?). When I studied History in school, it covered History- white, black, nat

Reply to WindowBlinds 6 in SDC in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

SDC seems on the fritz this morning - briefly flashes the OD programs list then goes blank We're working on fixing it right now. It should be back to normal very soon.