Romans crucified people on "T" shaped structures, not crosses. They would have permanent vertical beams planted in the ground, and would nail or lash the person to a crossbeam and hoist it up and set it on top of the vertical beam.
Oh, and if they nailed you up, it was through your wrists, not your palms. It wouldn't support you if you nailed through the palms.
I grew up on a farm. If you ask my dad what's significant about the date 9/11, he'll tell you that was the day in 1979 when it hailed right before harvest and knocked all the corn in the county down onto the ground.
And BTW, when they classify how dangerous various jobs are, they don't count farmers, cause they'd be at the top of the list.
If you make a reasonable attempt to save and invest, by the time you're 70 you won't need the government's "permission" to retire.
And if they have a problem with it, well, screw 'em. Outsource your retirement. There are towns in Mexico that cater to American retirees. There are retirees living there on 400 bucks a month. Heck, I could easily retire there *now* on what I've got in investments, and I won't be eligible for Social Security for twenty more years.
Rich people get the laws they want. Rich people are rich primarily because they own equities. If you own equities, you get some of that protection.
When I'm 80, the 20 year olds with chips in their heads will be competing with each other to manage my retirement fund while I'm reading a book on a beach somewhere.
Oddly enough, the best job I had in college was tutoring an offensive lineman (at the Univerity of Nebraska). In differential equations. He was a math major.
I never said anything about women not having marketable skills. I've just noticed they tend to live a lot more paycheck-to-paycheck than I do. But then again, so do most men. If I were gay, I'd probably have to occasionally pay some of the BF's bills if he got into trouble.
I've just noticed that the chance of getting a second date or a goodnight kiss goes way down if you ask the waiter to split the tab on the first date. What's your take on that concept?
Police cars, fire trucks, and ambulances have devices called "sirens" and "flashing lights" that let other motorists know that they have the right of way, even if the traffic light is red.
It's more likely it's because you bought spray paint, what with all the huffers and taggers. I'm surprised the self checkout let you buy it at all. You have to show proof of age in a lot of places.
My phone is less than two years old, and if I put it within a few feet of my clock radio in my bedroom the radio starts making some really annoying sounds. This is when the radio is off.
The Grand Canyon was formed by the land in the area *rising* over millions of years and the Colorado river cutting it away. Go fifty miles upriver or downriver and there's not really a canyon.
If you dammed up the Grand Canyon, it wouldn't flood the midwest. The Colorado would change its course around the bulge.
As far as the flood story in Genesis is concerned, it's based on what happened about 6000 BC when the Bosporus Strait opened up, and the Black Sea went from being a small freshwater lake to a large salt water sea.
WTF? Canada was in WWII from the get-go in 1939, way before the US decided to get involved. They even had their very own beach at Normandy. Australians and New Zealanders did some major fighting too. You do realize you're talking about countries with a small fraction of the population of the US, don't you?
Most of the gain probably comes from the fact that sugar cane converts about 8% of solar energy to sugars, while corn is only 2%. However, when they get the cellulose conversion figured out, that's when things can get interesting. Maybe one day we'll be able to convert cellulose to alcohol as well as termites do.
The reason the "American Dream" existed in the 50's was because the rest of the world was pretty much bombed-out rubble. Easy to compete with bombed-out rubble.
And the reason they have all those ridiculous protections is because back when they didn't, every time someone new was voted into power they'd replace everybody to reward their supporters. Look up the word "patronage". Still happens at the higher levels (federal prosecuters).
It's pretty much impossible for government to not be screwed up.
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Romans crucified people on "T" shaped structures, not crosses. They would have permanent vertical beams planted in the ground, and would nail or lash the person to a crossbeam and hoist it up and set it on top of the vertical beam.
Oh, and if they nailed you up, it was through your wrists, not your palms. It wouldn't support you if you nailed through the palms.
You must not be married or living with a GF.
So, you buy books, xerox them and sell them?
I'm still running Windows 98 on an old computer; who at Microsoft do I call to get a bug I found fixed???
A farmer has job predictablilty? Yeah.
I grew up on a farm. If you ask my dad what's significant about the date 9/11, he'll tell you that was the day in 1979 when it hailed right before harvest and knocked all the corn in the county down onto the ground.
And BTW, when they classify how dangerous various jobs are, they don't count farmers, cause they'd be at the top of the list.
If you make a reasonable attempt to save and invest, by the time you're 70 you won't need the government's "permission" to retire.
And if they have a problem with it, well, screw 'em. Outsource your retirement. There are towns in Mexico that cater to American retirees. There are retirees living there on 400 bucks a month. Heck, I could easily retire there *now* on what I've got in investments, and I won't be eligible for Social Security for twenty more years.
Rich people get the laws they want. Rich people are rich primarily because they own equities. If you own equities, you get some of that protection.
When I'm 80, the 20 year olds with chips in their heads will be competing with each other to manage my retirement fund while I'm reading a book on a beach somewhere.
Better than that, if you used the cotton to make your own clothes, it would affect the interstate commerce of clothes, and *that* would be sufficient.
Oddly enough, the best job I had in college was tutoring an offensive lineman (at the Univerity of Nebraska). In differential equations. He was a math major.
Huh?
I never said anything about women not having marketable skills. I've just noticed they tend to live a lot more paycheck-to-paycheck than I do. But then again, so do most men. If I were gay, I'd probably have to occasionally pay some of the BF's bills if he got into trouble.
I've just noticed that the chance of getting a second date or a goodnight kiss goes way down if you ask the waiter to split the tab on the first date. What's your take on that concept?
It better have a job so it can buy her dinner and pay her bills . . .
Police cars, fire trucks, and ambulances have devices called "sirens" and "flashing lights" that let other motorists know that they have the right of way, even if the traffic light is red.
It's more likely it's because you bought spray paint, what with all the huffers and taggers. I'm surprised the self checkout let you buy it at all. You have to show proof of age in a lot of places.
It's also in his collection of short stories "Burning Chrome". Good stuff. Have you read Richard Morgan's "Altered Carbon"?
My phone is less than two years old, and if I put it within a few feet of my clock radio in my bedroom the radio starts making some really annoying sounds. This is when the radio is off.
The Grand Canyon was formed by the land in the area *rising* over millions of years and the Colorado river cutting it away. Go fifty miles upriver or downriver and there's not really a canyon.
If you dammed up the Grand Canyon, it wouldn't flood the midwest. The Colorado would change its course around the bulge.
As far as the flood story in Genesis is concerned, it's based on what happened about 6000 BC when the Bosporus Strait opened up, and the Black Sea went from being a small freshwater lake to a large salt water sea.
Not to mention it was one of the first four movies released on HD-DVD.
WTF? Canada was in WWII from the get-go in 1939, way before the US decided to get involved. They even had their very own beach at Normandy. Australians and New Zealanders did some major fighting too. You do realize you're talking about countries with a small fraction of the population of the US, don't you?
Much of the corn goes to feeding livestock.
Most of the gain probably comes from the fact that sugar cane converts about 8% of solar energy to sugars, while corn is only 2%. However, when they get the cellulose conversion figured out, that's when things can get interesting. Maybe one day we'll be able to convert cellulose to alcohol as well as termites do.
Google the Texas Articles Of Secession. They make it pretty clear why they wanted out. I haven't looked at the other ones.
Have you tried going to a pawnshop?
The reason the "American Dream" existed in the 50's was because the rest of the world was pretty much bombed-out rubble. Easy to compete with bombed-out rubble.
And the reason they have all those ridiculous protections is because back when they didn't, every time someone new was voted into power they'd replace everybody to reward their supporters. Look up the word "patronage". Still happens at the higher levels (federal prosecuters).
It's pretty much impossible for government to not be screwed up.