If I wear normal, regular fit Levi 501s then anything in the pockets gets bent when I sit down.
If your phone bends when in your pants, you should probably be replacing it anyways, sure with 501s sometime keys and other things hurt if they get caught up the wrong way in those relatively tight fitting jeans, but they were most 'dangerous' with smokes in a soft pack. Why you seem to imply that Americans don't wear tight fitting jeans or how you'd get that impression, probably some shouldn't, but there are plenty of people who pull it off well.
I'm not sure why you choose to include the pedestrian 'American's are fat' narrative for not being 'able' to wear the only truly American clothes, and then tie that into the idea that a smart phone doesn't fit well in a pocket. However, I only carry my phone on my left side pocket and my wallet and keys in the other front pocket. When I used to smoke, my cigs went into the cell phone pocket, and that sometimes got uncomfortable in jeans. Especially if I had a 'box' of them and it was beneath the phone. As phones got thinner and lighter, it was easier to ignore it. Eventually, I needed to touch my pocket, just to see if my phone was there. The iPhone in part reversed trend by increasing the width and height, not so much that it's become a problem yet. Maybe a 5" screen would convince me otherwise, but I still sometimes touch my pocket to assure the presence of my phone.
I'll take that as a 'no I cannot'; you might as well point at a pubic library and claim 'it's in there'.
I'm sure that anything 'big' in that tome was widely known at the time or exposed within a few years. Sure, the operational details might be classified, but you would seem to claim that there are big secrets still hidden. I know for a fact that the CIA sometimes goes out and kills people and the eavesdropping worries me, but it's not well hidden. People leak stories, especially as they grow older, disgusted, or poor.
Is there some big scandal brewing now, perhaps some detail that has thus so far remained hidden? Any rational person would say maybe, to that question, I might even say 'probably', however, most details flush out within a decade, even if congress or the media doesn't decide to shine a spotlight on the subject. Sure there are some men who try to be 'the man who really runs things', some even succeed a little, but they never really do so as quietly as they'd like. Just ask the Koch brothers, or Murdock.
The only thing that one can say for certain about 60-70 years from now, there will always be people filling 'news entertainment' with stories of governmental conspiracies and plans. It's an easy business to be in, and people like Glenn Beck will continue to exploit the easily fooled for financial gain.
According to your 'schedule' we should just now be finding out all of the terrible things that people like you claimed happened in the 30's, 40's, and 50's. Can you point out one thing that was effectively 'suppressed by the government' in the same manner that you might suggest is commonplace?
Each time you move into the other lane you leave a hole in traffic that isn't filled anywhere near a quickly as the hole that you create in the other lane. Weaving in an out of traffic below the speed limit destroys traffic, and above the speed limit, it can be the very start of a traffic jam, especially if they think you a little too threatening and slow down. Sure it down't 'hurt' you, but most times when stuck in traffic an aggressive weaver is often the start of the problems. When the fast lane comes to a complete stop, it's because people are jumping into the slow lane and then back into the fast lane, even if it stops traffic (or merging basically strait into the 'fast lane' from an on-ramp)
My best effort is to go as quickly as I can in the fast lane, until I come within two car lengths of another car in the fast lane. I pass at first opportunity, any gapper who is bigger than 4 car lengths in the fast lane.
Despite the claims of reactionaries, we still do build good innovative stuff in America. However, the GOP is busy working against the American worker and small business owners by giving/keeping tax breaks that take jobs overseas.
Because those crappy Polaroid photos won't be around in 10 or 20 years.
As there is a reasonable chance that you won't be around in 20 years, perhaps you too should now be discontinued; all thing are fleeting, especially our youth. Besides, trust me, kids these days won't generally be wishing for any more documentation of their events and indiscretions. Also, even in the 70's people knew that Polaroids faded.
I don't understand why the Republicans hate to see blue collar people with middle class lifestyles. Labor unions built the American middle class and are often the only leverage against a race to the bottom. Government worker union are really the the only stability for Americans who's boss can change every couple of years. The continued GOP assault on unions is not to some some status quo, but an effort to pull the rug out from millions of Americans. Nothing but a corporate cost saving method spread across our entire society; right wing social engineering gone amok. Yet even in that reality they continue to charge into a narrative of past corruptions (never any balance of big business's past evils, of course), placed into the lives of namesakes. It's the approach of a school yard bully, particularly one intent on creating chaos. Will middle America continue to stand for such foolery? or for how long.
Really? Do you think that a large percentage of rural Alaskans with school age children live above the tree line? Personally, I would guess that nearly every Alaskan lives in the valleys rather than some otherwise barren treeless landscape.
So, are you're like telling me that I'm right or wrong? I'm confused. I was expressing the reality of the situation, not the recititude of it. You seem to be confirming exactly what I said, but lead off with a 'No, and how the heck', so it seems weird.
I worked for 3 different Domino's locations, both busy and slow, I never had a manager the encouraged me to break the law. Many would talk about seatbelts and driver safety often around new drivers.
I never had to pay for a late pizza and never heard of it happening. Accounting for a reasonable drive time, many times it was late even before leaving the store, and we'd go out the door with the pie marked 'late'. As a driver, I liked to see the customer at 32 minutes, as one-dollar tip often turned into a three-dollar tip (more sometimes if when it was free). Sure, if you had nothing but unexpectedly late pizzas, you might not have a job. Also, and likely most importantly the delivery areas were generally well designed to allow for a safe speed, given a pie with enough time left.
Your experience might have been different, as my first stint as a driver (maybe 1984) included a lot of detail on speed, and we were specially told that some franchises were in trouble for pushing and 'fining' drivers. The owners of your franchise would have been taking a known lawsuit risk.
I'm certain that both phones were lifted by an experienced pick-pocket. Likely the second guy, upon learning what happened to the first guy who tried to profit off of his 'find', likely broke the phone up and put it in the trash.
Back in the 80's analysts were noting that Russian ships were heading out to sea on their normal rotation. In the 90's the Russians were more concerned with generating hard cash than funding the military, as the soviet union had collapsed by then. I don't think that we are quite at that point, but if you think that we are, then you should consider that Russia is in better fiscal shape now.
I've never seen so much FUD pushed around about America in my entire life, it sickens me that most of it is coming as a political move from the GOP.
Honest men don't consider buying from thieves at all, the 'too good of a deal' is the best clue of it's illegality for such men, rather than a plan to pay a higher price for some social-economic affect of a strawman agenda.
I've had friends (fellow slacker roommates from upper middle class families) who were active thieves. I've seen people ask them if the item for sale was stolen, but as a negotiation tactic more than anything. Also, typically they wanted rid of the item quickly, with the price more in line with what they needed rather than what the items were worth. If you knew how much they needed (sometimes just lunch money, but more often for drugs, part of rent, etc) one would have a real 'advantage' in negotiations. However, be more careful if you think they may be armed and/or mentally unstable**.
*thieves sometimes pass though stages where this true as they have little connection to their own goods as any others. But no one comes up with a new but used item every week.
**Mental stability could be a continuing worry, if they consider you a buddy. However, as they would only give such a good deal for a buddy, it can be a default position. Buddies sometimes are 'called upon', but you shouldn't worry unless of the type to help. If that would be problematic, you can try to 'keep it business', but you'd loose some of the 'buddy discount'.
Now that you might know a little more about the most common and obvious thieves, perhaps the next time you can buy from one at a better price.
So, since you don't believe in the decency of other human beings, we should all live in that uncaring, uncooperative, and unproductive world in which you think would be perfect, maybe? I swear libertarians would rather see children starve in the streets (again) rather than pay any taxes.
The fact that I get taxed at a higher rate overall than Warren Buffett, sorta trumps that view.
One should also note that those within the top 5% have 70% of the money, and I'm sure that every dime of it is working for them. Combine that with your numbers, and I think it shows the the rich aren't paying nearly enough.
Do you really think that 'tax the poor', or 'cut granny benefits for Social Security' is somehow a winning strategy for the GOP. Anything to avoid taxing the rich marginally more, wow.
Tax the rich marginally more and all our dept problems go away. I don't understand how these so-called 'fiscally conservative' ever bought into the thing that caused our structural debt, the Bush tax cuts.
I love US grammar and spelling, don't you? It somewhat sets the tone for the view on Americans in general
They've always said that we were boorish, but they do love our grad schools, movies, and might.
Oh, wait, that not some European snob, who dares insult 'Americans in general', but seemingly one of those 'high-brow conservatives'. Newt? is that you? If so then stop trying to take credit for the Clinton surplus, as it was a product of the 1993 Omnibus tax bill.
While there is always a segment of the American population who believes 'that the end is right around the corner', if only for religious beliefs, it always seems that there are many more of them after a economic crisis. We're Americans, we always get though it, yet, even after 8 strait quarters of admittedly weak GDP growth, but growth none the less, many are still beating the drums of crisis.
Maybe for you the American dream is over, but for most of us it's chugging along.
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If I wear normal, regular fit Levi 501s then anything in the pockets gets bent when I sit down.
If your phone bends when in your pants, you should probably be replacing it anyways, sure with 501s sometime keys and other things hurt if they get caught up the wrong way in those relatively tight fitting jeans, but they were most 'dangerous' with smokes in a soft pack. Why you seem to imply that Americans don't wear tight fitting jeans or how you'd get that impression, probably some shouldn't, but there are plenty of people who pull it off well.
I'm not sure why you choose to include the pedestrian 'American's are fat' narrative for not being 'able' to wear the only truly American clothes, and then tie that into the idea that a smart phone doesn't fit well in a pocket. However, I only carry my phone on my left side pocket and my wallet and keys in the other front pocket. When I used to smoke, my cigs went into the cell phone pocket, and that sometimes got uncomfortable in jeans. Especially if I had a 'box' of them and it was beneath the phone. As phones got thinner and lighter, it was easier to ignore it. Eventually, I needed to touch my pocket, just to see if my phone was there. The iPhone in part reversed trend by increasing the width and height, not so much that it's become a problem yet. Maybe a 5" screen would convince me otherwise, but I still sometimes touch my pocket to assure the presence of my phone.
I'll take that as a 'no I cannot'; you might as well point at a pubic library and claim 'it's in there'.
I'm sure that anything 'big' in that tome was widely known at the time or exposed within a few years. Sure, the operational details might be classified, but you would seem to claim that there are big secrets still hidden. I know for a fact that the CIA sometimes goes out and kills people and the eavesdropping worries me, but it's not well hidden. People leak stories, especially as they grow older, disgusted, or poor.
Is there some big scandal brewing now, perhaps some detail that has thus so far remained hidden? Any rational person would say maybe, to that question, I might even say 'probably', however, most details flush out within a decade, even if congress or the media doesn't decide to shine a spotlight on the subject. Sure there are some men who try to be 'the man who really runs things', some even succeed a little, but they never really do so as quietly as they'd like. Just ask the Koch brothers, or Murdock.
The only thing that one can say for certain about 60-70 years from now, there will always be people filling 'news entertainment' with stories of governmental conspiracies and plans. It's an easy business to be in, and people like Glenn Beck will continue to exploit the easily fooled for financial gain.
According to your 'schedule' we should just now be finding out all of the terrible things that people like you claimed happened in the 30's, 40's, and 50's. Can you point out one thing that was effectively 'suppressed by the government' in the same manner that you might suggest is commonplace?
I'm not ignoring anything. I'm simply stating that there is no scientific or logical evidence of the existence of any gods.
But that has nothing to do with the turtles!
Of course you're wrong, as we all know that it's turtles all the way down.
Each time you move into the other lane you leave a hole in traffic that isn't filled anywhere near a quickly as the hole that you create in the other lane. Weaving in an out of traffic below the speed limit destroys traffic, and above the speed limit, it can be the very start of a traffic jam, especially if they think you a little too threatening and slow down. Sure it down't 'hurt' you, but most times when stuck in traffic an aggressive weaver is often the start of the problems. When the fast lane comes to a complete stop, it's because people are jumping into the slow lane and then back into the fast lane, even if it stops traffic (or merging basically strait into the 'fast lane' from an on-ramp)
My best effort is to go as quickly as I can in the fast lane, until I come within two car lengths of another car in the fast lane. I pass at first opportunity, any gapper who is bigger than 4 car lengths in the fast lane.
Despite the claims of reactionaries, we still do build good innovative stuff in America. However, the GOP is busy working against the American worker and small business owners by giving/keeping tax breaks that take jobs overseas.
Because those crappy Polaroid photos won't be around in 10 or 20 years.
As there is a reasonable chance that you won't be around in 20 years, perhaps you too should now be discontinued; all thing are fleeting, especially our youth. Besides, trust me, kids these days won't generally be wishing for any more documentation of their events and indiscretions. Also, even in the 70's people knew that Polaroids faded.
Wow, the 'conservative' crap flood continues.
I don't understand why the Republicans hate to see blue collar people with middle class lifestyles. Labor unions built the American middle class and are often the only leverage against a race to the bottom. Government worker union are really the the only stability for Americans who's boss can change every couple of years. The continued GOP assault on unions is not to some some status quo, but an effort to pull the rug out from millions of Americans. Nothing but a corporate cost saving method spread across our entire society; right wing social engineering gone amok. Yet even in that reality they continue to charge into a narrative of past corruptions (never any balance of big business's past evils, of course), placed into the lives of namesakes. It's the approach of a school yard bully, particularly one intent on creating chaos. Will middle America continue to stand for such foolery? or for how long.
When unaccountable people run companies this is what you get.
There, I fixed it for you.
Really? Do you think that a large percentage of rural Alaskans with school age children live above the tree line? Personally, I would guess that nearly every Alaskan lives in the valleys rather than some otherwise barren treeless landscape.
I'm not counting, how many prospective cancer cures this month? I'm rooting for every one, but still.
So, are you're like telling me that I'm right or wrong? I'm confused. I was expressing the reality of the situation, not the recititude of it. You seem to be confirming exactly what I said, but lead off with a 'No, and how the heck', so it seems weird.
Perhaps that was true in some startups, but eventually every organization starts hiring based on 'have you done that job before'.
I worked for 3 different Domino's locations, both busy and slow, I never had a manager the encouraged me to break the law. Many would talk about seatbelts and driver safety often around new drivers.
I never had to pay for a late pizza and never heard of it happening. Accounting for a reasonable drive time, many times it was late even before leaving the store, and we'd go out the door with the pie marked 'late'. As a driver, I liked to see the customer at 32 minutes, as one-dollar tip often turned into a three-dollar tip (more sometimes if when it was free). Sure, if you had nothing but unexpectedly late pizzas, you might not have a job. Also, and likely most importantly the delivery areas were generally well designed to allow for a safe speed, given a pie with enough time left.
Your experience might have been different, as my first stint as a driver (maybe 1984) included a lot of detail on speed, and we were specially told that some franchises were in trouble for pushing and 'fining' drivers. The owners of your franchise would have been taking a known lawsuit risk.
I'm certain that both phones were lifted by an experienced pick-pocket. Likely the second guy, upon learning what happened to the first guy who tried to profit off of his 'find', likely broke the phone up and put it in the trash.
. And yeah, the TSA are "only doing their jobs". Well, yeah, so were the brownshirts in the 1930's.
Someone shit in your cereal this morning? Nice ad hominem rant there
Back in the 80's analysts were noting that Russian ships were heading out to sea on their normal rotation. In the 90's the Russians were more concerned with generating hard cash than funding the military, as the soviet union had collapsed by then. I don't think that we are quite at that point, but if you think that we are, then you should consider that Russia is in better fiscal shape now.
I've never seen so much FUD pushed around about America in my entire life, it sickens me that most of it is coming as a political move from the GOP.
It's the reactionary media which sometimes gets board with straight politics and delve into vaccine fear to mix up the programming some.
People people who get in car accidents sometimes die in spite of wearing seat belts, maybe you should stop wearing yours.
Yes, the world seems so easy when the Connecticut Yankee enters King Arthur's Court, but reality just doesn't operate that way, sorry.
Honest men don't consider buying from thieves at all, the 'too good of a deal' is the best clue of it's illegality for such men, rather than a plan to pay a higher price for some social-economic affect of a strawman agenda.
I've had friends (fellow slacker roommates from upper middle class families) who were active thieves. I've seen people ask them if the item for sale was stolen, but as a negotiation tactic more than anything. Also, typically they wanted rid of the item quickly, with the price more in line with what they needed rather than what the items were worth. If you knew how much they needed (sometimes just lunch money, but more often for drugs, part of rent, etc) one would have a real 'advantage' in negotiations. However, be more careful if you think they may be armed and/or mentally unstable**.
*thieves sometimes pass though stages where this true as they have little connection to their own goods as any others. But no one comes up with a new but used item every week.
**Mental stability could be a continuing worry, if they consider you a buddy. However, as they would only give such a good deal for a buddy, it can be a default position. Buddies sometimes are 'called upon', but you shouldn't worry unless of the type to help. If that would be problematic, you can try to 'keep it business', but you'd loose some of the 'buddy discount'.
Now that you might know a little more about the most common and obvious thieves, perhaps the next time you can buy from one at a better price.
So, since you don't believe in the decency of other human beings, we should all live in that uncaring, uncooperative, and unproductive world in which you think would be perfect, maybe? I swear libertarians would rather see children starve in the streets (again) rather than pay any taxes.
Oh, yea, the Heritage Foundation numbers, again.
The fact that I get taxed at a higher rate overall than Warren Buffett, sorta trumps that view.
One should also note that those within the top 5% have 70% of the money, and I'm sure that every dime of it is working for them. Combine that with your numbers, and I think it shows the the rich aren't paying nearly enough.
Do you really think that 'tax the poor', or 'cut granny benefits for Social Security' is somehow a winning strategy for the GOP. Anything to avoid taxing the rich marginally more, wow.
Tax the rich marginally more and all our dept problems go away. I don't understand how these so-called 'fiscally conservative' ever bought into the thing that caused our structural debt, the Bush tax cuts.
I love US grammar and spelling, don't you? It somewhat sets the tone for the view on Americans in general
They've always said that we were boorish, but they do love our grad schools, movies, and might.
Oh, wait, that not some European snob, who dares insult 'Americans in general', but seemingly one of those 'high-brow conservatives'. Newt? is that you? If so then stop trying to take credit for the Clinton surplus, as it was a product of the 1993 Omnibus tax bill.
While there is always a segment of the American population who believes 'that the end is right around the corner', if only for religious beliefs, it always seems that there are many more of them after a economic crisis. We're Americans, we always get though it, yet, even after 8 strait quarters of admittedly weak GDP growth, but growth none the less, many are still beating the drums of crisis.
Maybe for you the American dream is over, but for most of us it's chugging along.