Every time I go to a minimart the windows are nearly blacked out by all the ads for how you can win big. In the meantime I don't know anyone that has ever won anything meaningful on a scratch ticket. I

yeah, that was such a shock. For the first time since I had known the guy he had a bit of some pep in his step and wasn't just either nursing a hangover or working on another one. He finally had direction,

Young women go to "clubs" to dance shake their booties, with music that makes it impossible to do anything but eye someone over. I remember those times. good grief what a stupid experience the

I'm sure they did. I recall the furniture salesman that had I just walked in there any other day, would have likely ignored me because I was young and didn't look like I had money. It was amazing how much

Those hoops you describe at the end are probably just there to keep poor people from getting aid. A buddy of mine worked for FEMA during some snowstorm in New England and the forms that were done perfectly

well if it doesn't cause extreme pain, indeed, what is the point

Not just his situation but people in general... this sort of thing really annoys me. There are so many programs that will help people in these situations but he didn't seek out any of them. I'm sure he

I think you might be getting too worked up about this. Potatoes are exceptionally easy to grow. It's one of the few plants that I can manage to not kill in my garden

thanks. I never click on these crap posts anyway but it is good that there are watchdogs

well if you are old enough you probably remember when you could do it anywhere you wanted. I recall people smoking while they were shopping for groceries and there would be ashtrays all over the supermarket.

I recall the big lotteries coming round when I was in college. People I know that never play the lottery would play that. I tried to encourage them to just give their money to me and select a number between

do they keep stats on how many people have died there and post it in the park?

every shocked anyone with the fence?

ouch. I have an in-law that seems to be trying to pull one over on our family on a regular basis and it keeps me up at night. It seems so terrible when people try to rip off the ones that are the most

What a crazy situation you have over there. THe people who benefit from the trucks would rather see the people in the community not have water at all rather than not have to use their overpriced trucks.

the grounds look quite nice. I see that's some pretty serious barbed wire you have around the property though!

there have been a lot of times that I have slipped or nearly fallen badly in my life but this was one of the only times that I was very clearly warned about the danger but took it on anyway. Well there

total accident, but I found it funny

I do enjoy not being restricted. I don't have a lot of international experience but I do recall being in a national park of sorts in the Caribbean and there were so many rules that exploring and actually

I manage to hold down friendships with people that have very different ideals than I do. There are other though, that we had to let one another go and I think both of us in those situations are just fine