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Keep it going for you guys. Let's keep the politics limited this time.

A young woman visits her parents and brings her fiancée to meet them. After an elaborate dinner, the mother tells her husband to find out about the young man.

The father invites the fiancée to his library for a drink. "So what are your plans?" the father asks the young man.

"I am a Torah scholar," he says. "A Torah scholar? Hmmm," the father says.

"Admirable, but what will you do to provide a nice house for my daughter to live in, as she is accustomed to?"

"I will study," the young man said, "and God will provide for us."

"And how will you buy her a beautiful engagement ring, such as she deserves?" asks the father.

"I will concentrate on my studies," the young man replies. "God will provide for us."

"And children?" asks the father. "How will you support children?"

"Don't worry, sir, God will provide," replies the fiancée.

The conversation continues like this, and each time the father questions, the young idealist insist that God will provide.

Later, the mother asks: "How did it go, Honey?"

The father answers: "He has no job and no plans, but the good news is he thinks I'm God."
 
#3,227 ·
Pottz- how can you leave Gunny and Top Max… M.I.A.?

- Desert_Woodworker
Yup MIA ;-( I have started writing my criminal indictment of the chity. Citing psychological studies showing their decisions to risk lives are intentional and vindictive. That should be first degree arson and murder if they continue ignoring safety standards the same as corporate managers, eh? Probably won't change without the death penalty for both the perpetrators and the victims. Why should the victims be the only ones to pay that price?
 
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#3,228 ·
Think this guy keeps following me asking if I wanna go to pakistan
 
#3,231 ·
Today we enter a phi­los­o­phy of fail­ure, the creed of igno­rance, and the gospel of envy, its inher­ent virtue is the equal shar­ing of misery.

I hope this only lasts a short while, my biggest fear is in the coming times it could get far, far worse!
 
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#3,233 ·
Yup MIA ;-( I have started writing my criminal indictment of the chity. Citing psychological studies showing their decisions to risk lives are intentional and vindictive. That should be first degree arson and murder if they continue ignoring safety standards the same as corporate managers, eh? Probably won t change without the death penalty for both the perpetrators and the victims. Why should the victims be the only ones to pay that price?

- TopamaxSurvivor
If you pen it like a proper indictment, you could share it with someone in the DA's office (you might have to do some digging to find the right person to listen to logic) and it might convey the message. Sure, there's nothing that can be done from the standpoint of moving houses farther away from each other, but code enforcement and proper inspections can go a long ways toward making the situation safer. Personally, I hope you're off in the woods at your tree farm when the big one hits and several million coastal dwellers lives are put in jeopardy. If it turns out the way you think it will, you'll only need a neighbor's texted pictures of what used to be your property to forward to your insurance agent. You can then walk away from it all with a check in hand and put the lot on Ebay with no reserve. That almost happened with my neighbor's burned house up the road at our property. Contractor left a halogen light on that caught something on fire upstairs, he got out with the dogs & kids, wife was away on business and the whole place went up like a tenderbox. Took the money and ran then sold the lot with a house needing scraped off super cheap to the guy at the end of the road who invested $5K for cleanup (his own truck, equipment and crew) then doubled his money 4 months later when he sold it.
 
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#3,235 · (Edited by Moderator)
Today we enter addition by subtraction.

Sky ain't falling chicken little.

- CWWoodworking

It s not the sky falling that I m worried about, it s freedom!

- bigblockyeti
So what would you like to do today that your country doesn't allow?

I can't think of one single thing if I'm willing and able.

Guns, religion, marriage, sex, occupation, speech, on and on.

This country is great. Look around the world and then look at some of the things listed above. US largely has it right.
 
#3,236 · (Edited by Moderator)
The wife had asked for a fishpond for her birthday back in October. I said sure, and we need a cascade too!!! But first I had to redo the stucco on the facade, fix the leaking gutters, tighten up the 1st coarse of roof tiles, and install the copper leaders (which werent there previously). The rain used to just river off the roof into a stone-lined hole that didnt hold water. The cascade offers very soothing running bubbling water sounds, very feng shui. All the stone came from the local riverbed nearby, and I used a beachsand/cement mix to lock everything together. Pond also has a double liner under everything, pump and filter combo.

The wife said she wanted it to look Natural!!! What do you think, yeah or neigh?

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The cascade begins inside the rock to the right, then central, in the following two photos, a naturally carved cavity in the stone that was a lucky and perfect find. Looks kind of like a centurion helmet or something. Hard to see in the photos but there are little pools collecting before each waterfall.

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Last photo is of a rock sculpture I did which makes the stones appear as though floating up.

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#3,237 ·
Molly Hatchet: Fall of the Peacemakers
CCR: Ramble, Tamble….
ZZ Top; Tres Hombres….
AC-DC: "Whole lot of Rosie" Live at the River Platte…."Shot down in flames".....The Jack…..
That should get things going…

- bandit571
Hey! How about some music from the Motor City Five (MC5). I grew up in the Midwest, AND I still have this album! This came out while I was still a senior in HS.

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#3,238 ·
So what would you like to do today that your country doesn't allow?

- CWWoodworking
Displaying equal admonishment of those breaking laws, rioting, destroying property and harming others vs. the single sided coverage presented by mainstream media.

Adherance to building and safety codes with stiff penalties for those in charge failing to do so.

Avoiding high taxes.

Avoiding draconian regulatory fees and policies that stifle progression and wages.

And since you asked, the freedom to choose to or to choose not to continue to bail out those who have been fiscally (among other things) irresponsible and have no have incentive to begin to act otherwise.
 
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#3,239 ·
My post 3231, was in reference to my local building department relating to my shed build, any connotation otherwise is a function of false interpretation.
 
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#3,240 · (Edited by Moderator)
This country is great. Look around the world

- CWWoodworking
I could get longwinded here, but I will keep it brief.

Do The People of the US have a say in which initiatives get codified into Law? As they do in Switzerland?

Do the People of the US have a voice in how the Government spends the People´s currency, as they do in Switzerland? 850billion for F-35 fighters? People say NO!

Do the people of the US, or anywhere, have a say in how much the Government Treasury borrows, at interest, from a banking cartel with private shareholders?

Do the People of the US have a say in publicly funded Government pension liabilities?

Do Parents in the US get a voice in what the National school curriculum taught to their children will be?

Big Mac in the US: 4.80$
Big Mac in Denmark: 5.15$
MacD´s salary in the US: 7.25$ per hr.
MacD´s salary in Denmark: 22.00$ per hr.

Sure, taxes are higher in Denmark, so lets examine what some of the benefits of those taxes are, shall we.
1. Every child born in Denmark gets, starting at birth, about 12,000$ per year until the age of 18, no matter where they live.
2. Free healthcare for life.
3. Free education up to University degrees (though specialists in some fields, and those attending foreign universities will have to pay something, in addition to aid of government subsidies).
4. Drivers license is expensive, but valid until the age of 70; at which time an updated eye-test is required.
5. 1 year Paid Maternity leave, or paid Paternity leave, this can be split between parents, based on one´s yearly income.
6. If you do not have money to eat, the local authority will give you some, and require you to go to employment office after a certain time-period, where they will have a job waiting for you.
7. 5 weeks paid vacation per year, employer sets aside 12.5% of your wages into a vacation fund which you get at the beginning of your vacation period.
8. Tons of financial aid for artists of all types, craftspeople, festivals, theaters, clubs, events, etc,.
9. Currently, one Danish bank if offering 0% interest 20 year mortgages, and the other 2 major banks will likely follow in this.
10. Then, there are the welfare benefits for the aged, disabled, mentally ill, etc,.

Of course, it isnt shangri-la, and it is mostly grey, cold, and rainy, like Seattle.
 
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#3,242 ·
My post 3231, was in reference to my local building department relating to my shed build, any connotation otherwise is a function of false interpretation.

- bigblockyeti
I had ours out to visit me. Was amusing. Questioned me on my shop building. Well the plot layout and pictures from closing 28 years ago show the building already in place. Where exactly did they get this information I just built it?

Guy was polite and took notes. Got a letter week later saying nothing was amiss. Really? LOL
 
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#3,243 · (Edited by Moderator)
So what would you like to do today that your country doesn't allow?

- CWWoodworking

Displaying equal admonishment of those breaking laws, rioting, destroying property and harming others vs. the single sided coverage presented by mainstream media.

Adherance to building and safety codes with stiff penalties for those in charge failing to do so.

Avoiding high taxes.

Avoiding draconian regulatory fees and policies that stifle progression and wages.

And since you asked, the freedom to choose to or to choose not to continue to bail out those who have been fiscally (among other things) irresponsible and have no have incentive to begin to act otherwise.

- bigblockyeti
Your singling out small pockets of the country.

I'll single out mine-

0% unemployment
0% crime
0% drug problem
Taxes are reasonable
Housing is very reasonable
Houses and the town are extremely clean.
Schools are good and plentiful.
Probably have more cops than we need. Kinda like it that way.

There are great places in this country. If your not happy, move. Its pretty big country. Or leave. Free to do that too. And don't read media. Easy solution to that. I don't listen to either side. Too many agendas.
 
#3,244 · (Edited by Moderator)
I will absolutely agree with you there are too many agendas, with plenty of wrong attached to each.

The EPA and federal bailouts, last I checked, aren't affecting or being paid for by "small pockets of the country".
 
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#3,246 ·
hey guys i hate too throw cold water on the conversation but this kind of talk is what got the former thread shut down.i love this kinda stuff myself but the one in power here really doesn't so it really needs too cool down or i can guarantee a similar result.peace guys.
 
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#3,248 ·
Where there is money, power, and man there will be corruption. Our system has a lot of faults but it could be worse. I'm in one of the highest taxed areas in the country. There is always some excuse why they need more money but can never show where all the money goes. I put my sheds on sleepers and out of sight.
 
#3,249 · (Edited by Moderator)
I had one of their songs on my playlist a few posts back. Alot of guitar riffs have been ripped off from these guys over the years. And they influenced all the Detroit rock bands that came after them.

Speaking of guitars, I was hangin out in my son´s room while he was practicing tonight. Currently he is working on:
Livin after midnight, Judas Priest
Fortunate Son, CCR
Blitzkrieg Bop, Ramones
Smoke on the water, Deep Purple

I am a fortunate >Dad.

Hey! How about some music from the Motor City Five (MC5). I grew up in the Midwest, AND I still have this album! This came out while I was still a senior in HS.

- HorizontalMike
 
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#3,250 · (Edited by Moderator)
Where there is Man, there will be corruption.

- corelz125
FTFY.

Factchecking myself: I stated above that every child born in denmark gets 12,000$ per year until age 18. That was incorrect, my conversion math was off, by alot. The correct sum is about 5000$ per year until age 18. It used to be more but they have been making cuts over the last decade.
 
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