Oh yea... and a company that makes you pay $1k a license but gives it to your competitors for $98 or even free (by ignoring piracy) to get foreign markets to grow.
VS- not sure I agree... why continue to be locked in to paying a lot of money to a company that forcibly retires your development environment (and forces upgrades on your software that works and does not require changes-- except to keep up with their artificial "end of life" decisions)
Why use software which they can use to compete with you if you make a decent product-- Why use software that locks you into one particular operating system (really one VERSION of one operating system).
Stay with free, stable, long term tools that work everywhere and are O/S independent.
I agree... currently the Left is for big government.. while the Right is for big government... hmm. But the left suppresses free speech ( "PC"- reeducation ) while the right suppresses free speech.. hmmm. And so on...
Even on issues like abortion, there are pro and anti-republicans, democrats, and others. Some republicans are really just pro business. Of course so are many democrats (as long as the business is in their state... i.e. Boeing vs Airbuss recently).
The hippies got tired of being poor. The hippies got property and money and became the system they were fighting.
I got tired of being poor at about 31. It was fun til then. But as my buds took off, it became lonely/mostly losers. When they all go off for a $600 trip and you can't afford it, you change friends or get with the program. In my case, I was in college all along but it put a real fire under my ass to finish and get a "real job" tm.
Now I have the house, car, etc.. Fight to keep my taxes low... work a regular 40 (and after a recent promotion often voluntarily a regular 43-45).
I've seen this play out a half dozen times in my life. I really think it is more subtle than that. Ive seen it come into a happy relationships without any warning. The cheaters never intended to create as much devastation as turned out. It was "just a little harmless flirting" or "just talking to him about work during lunch" and in one case-- bible study alone at church.
The key thing is being alone with a person of the appropriate sex (happens to lesbians and gays too). I agree that a bad relationship makes it much more likely- but I've seen it happen to good relationships like mine was. It's results in conflicted romantic entanglement-- i.e. the spouse is in love with both. It creates the absolutely worst damage because
a) you have no warning they are cheating-- they still love you just as much as ever, do not argue with you more than normal, still love sex with you, it's just like they slice this little part of themselves off for another person. b) they can't decide which one they want (mine couldn't explicitly decide- just found it much easier to find time for him as things progressed and to cut time with me as things progressed).
FYI, I know all about David DeAngelo. It is wonderful stuff when you are trying to pick up a woman. Before I got into a monogamous relationship it was great stuff for picking up women. Had the entire cocky, funny bit down pat, sharp dresser, good shoes, etc.
But once you have bonded with the girl and both of you have fallen in love with each other, it's not so appropriate unless you want to keep a cocky, funny mask up the rest of your life. After you have a real relationship, then when you hurt you show it and they comfort you. When they hurt, you hold them and take care of them. And once they have your heart, you are going to hurt really badly if they leave so you'd best protect yourself from other males trying to take away your love.
As others have said, you can't be everything. If you are rich, it could be a celebrity (had one girlfriend who was susceptible to even minor celebrities who she met as part of her job so I broke that off) -- you know the sort of joke about the "list of 3 celebrities you could screw and it won't count" (tho it really would of course). If you write poetry, it could be they are a jock. If you are a jock, it could be that they write poetry.
However... I firmly believe that being wealthy and using it subtly pushes very powerful buttons in women. Some it is more direct (knew a girl once who said a man offered her $1,000 for sex and she came right there without him touching her). Others would be offended by that approach but be drawn in by lots of favors, car repairs, jewelry (oh.. this means nothing- just a gift for a friend).
Even when falling in love the first time, people approach it sideways. There is a BIG difference between getting laid (D'Angelo) and having a successful long-term relationship. However, I would agree that the "girls want to have fun" part of his bit applies to everyone (even most guys to be honest).
I just want someone that I desire as much after 9 years as the first year, someone who glows and says she loves me all over again each of the many times that I take the time to pick special gifts that show I know her, or drop by her office and leave a rose on the door, who finds me very sexually attactive, who I can have long talks about just about anything and who I feel I have a spiritual connection with...
Oh.. I had that.
And then she stumbled across the wealthy guy in an unhappy marriage and suddenly her favorite flowers were not as wonderful as a (apparently) $180 rose arrangement with sparklies thingy's of some kind (didn't see it- only saw the email). The meals she loved that I crafted (and I mean crafted) for her were not as appealing as the $100 lunches he took her too (well actually she wanted both). The poetry I sent her that she thrilled over didn't apparently match up to such great prose as "get your pretty ass over here" and "we had a lot of fun and did some great luvin together this weekend baby girl, didn't we?"
Actually, she took and wanted both for a total of about 9 months and then it all went to hell for her. She said at one point, "I knew what I was doing was wrong but I couldn't stop myself." And she tried to keep us both because she had been reckless and now she was in love with both of us.
I'm not saying all women are attracted to wealth but it is a very common meme-- let's call it the "Diamonds are a Girl's best friend" meme.
And if you realized she was spending time with someone for bible study or politics or whatever innocent reason-- then would you respect her right to be with whoever she wants for innocent activities or would you start hanging out or even ask them to meet when you were present or not meet?
keep in mind married preachers walk into this innocent time alone trap all the time.
You sum it up well and your conclusions match mine- especially with regard to NC..
At my age, good unattached women are rare-- pretty much widows-- the rest are pretty messed up or bad news at this point.
Yes I was in a very good NC and in a good place emotionally and so then she broke it. Yes, she's still in love and lust with me apparently but whenever she has to make a choice she chooses him. So it's like I'm Mr. 40% and he's Mr. 60%.
This was a very long relationship and there had never been an issue before and she had plenty of opportunities with moderately wealthy business men almost daily -- but he was seriously wealthy and unhappily married.
I'm sorry but I think you are being naive. She clearly chose wealth over all other factors. The guy is a dud in the sack-can't complete. I'm very good at the tantric stuff and was very attentive too. Even during the breakup she was very attracted to me.
But he spent money like water and that was something she had never encountered in her life before. I think she really felt she could have him during the day (without destroying his marriage) and me at night (while he was with his wife) and keep all the money and toys and keep me. But she got more and more emotionally connected and then he found out about me (she says she told him- but talking to him, it seems he saw an email from me one day at her office that she left up on her browser).
It's such a classic and cliched situation that they write songs about it. Women are attracted to wealth and you better be careful with yours. I thought I was- but I was too far away to see her during the day and that's how it started. And since then, on the cheating sites, that seems to be a very classic post.
In a way I am lucky- at least I found out before I married her-- but in a way it was just damn unlucky. There just are not that many wealthy men to go around. He just happened to be in marriage counseling when he met mine. It might have never happened. Just damn bad luck.
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City girls just seem to find out early How to open doors with just a smile A rich old man And she won't have to worry She'll dress up all in lace and go in style
Late at night a big old house gets lonely I guess ev'ry form of refuge has its price And it breaks her heart to think her love is Only given to a man with hands as cold as ice
So she tells him she must go out for the evening To comfort an old friend who's feelin' down But he knows where she's goin' as she's leavin' She is headed for the cheatin' side of town
You can't hide your lyin' eyes And your smile is a thin disguise I thought by now you'd realize There ain't no way to hide your lyin eyes
On the other side of town a boy is waiting with fiery eyes and dreams no one could steal She drives on through the nice anticipating 'Cause he makes her feel the way she used to feel
She rushes to his arms, They fall together She whispers that it's only for awhile She swears that soon she'll be comin' back forever She pulls away and leaves him with a smile
And there is the nub. After what she did, I am not sure I will ever be able trust a new person again. It was a monstrous betrayal made even worse because she really did love me-- still does. She was still mourning losing me and trying to keep me but still wanted him more when I broke things off. But I could clearly see that given another six months, then she would have been able to completely connect to him and disconnect from me and then she would have cut things off. So why go through that death march.
But addressing your point- how can I ever trust again? I still would trust her with my money-- just not with my heart and soul. And I have seen that trusting allows things to get out of hand before you find out about them. Meanwhile, my friend married much longer will happily tell his wife in front of every-- I love you and trust you completely-- and I will keep checking up on you to keep things that way. And to be honest- I get the feeling that she likes that he does check up on her. There must be an art to doing it lightly enough to matter but doesn't weigh too heavily on the relationship.
The same thing applies to myself-- I don't trust myself. If/when I find a relationship again, I won't be hanging out alone with other women either-- because the same thing could happen to me (and it is part of why billy graham always makes sure a male aid enters rooms before him so he will never be alone with a female-- avoid the temptation in the first place.)
Your theory sounds lovely-- I'm just saying what I've seen in practice.
It takes time to build a friendship, then a sexual interest, then a romantic relationship-- the guys I know who have stable relationships do not let their women hang around alone with other men. When their feelers go up they chase the guy off- usually just by saying very mildly that they are not comfortable with the situation.
In my case, they had a business relationship first.. then started meeting for lunch-- then I stopped being copied on emails-- then his wife stopped being copied on emails-- then they acknowledged something deeper than friendship (this is about 5 months in-- like I said, I got to read every email from both of them once I stopped the blind trust thing), then they started having sex-- then she had some work conferences (i.e. trips to his ranch)-- (now we are at 7 months)-- then they had a full out affair- he dropped hundreds if not thousands on jewelry, flowers, dinners and THEN he found out about me (she told him there was no one else-- he was married so there was no conflict right away) -- THEN she fought him for three months to keep both of us-- finally she told me and tried to keep both of us but as you would imagine, she was 60% him / 40% me and sliding towards him by then or else she would have cut him off instead of trying to keep both of us.
You are right- we are all individuals who control our own destinies and we have no strong control others. But it take time to slide from loving someone to being willing to lie and betray them. If you catch them early, then you can stop things before they are too far along.
If he had not been so damn wealthy I do not think it would have been an issue. It was like the second sentence out of her mouth when she broke the news to me. The universe had sent a wealthy man to take care of her. It was right after she said crying that she had had an affair with someone and she didn't want to lose me.
And I make a good income and wasn't stingy on sharing it and had proposed. She was gloriously happy while at the same time she was being a complete skank. She and he started out with the idea that it would be a discrete little side thing that they would do during the day and "no one would get hurt". His family is hurt... I'm torn all to hell... his wife is hurt. The two of them lied to everyone. I damn near had a nervous breakdown over it because there was almost no warning. I knew she was under stress and consoled her and she told me it was about her business- I trusted her completely at that point. The stress was apparently really that she was fighting with him to keep it all secret and under wraps.
I wouldn't be posting but she tried to open up contact with me again last week after I had successfully ended contact with her for several weeks and that attempt opened up all the pain again.
Recently lost a girl to just this. Was extremely painful-- loved me to death, he was older, we had great sex-- I truly felt we had a spiritual connection.
He was old... and shorter.. and balding.. and... wealthy.. and retired... and had a 100 acre ranch.. and a F250.. and horses... and he could spend every afternoon hanging out with her at work and doing little work chores for her. After 9 months, she told me about him and tried to keep both of us.
After three very painful months, I cut off all contact with her. She called me for phone sex two weeks AFTER I cut things off-- apparently he is just not a rocket in the sack and she would have loved to keep sneaking off to see me... while marrying him... after he was "divorcing" his ex-wife to marry her while telling her he was no longer on speaking terms with my ex after his wife got a look at the cell phone bill.
He had stupidly copied his wife on an email before the affair started... and she had stupidly linked her main account to a poetry account I set up. So now he is getting divorced for real. And she still found a stupid pretext to contact me last week.
The only thing I have seen that works is to be a jealous spouse and really check up on them. My friends who do this have vaguely unhappy but surviving marriages while those who do not have either suffered through affairs or ended up with divorces after 8-10 years. Trust but verify. If I had been doing that- I would have caught him 1-2 months in and driven him off.
Like CPI, money supply, since the reported unemployment matters, it has been changed (like the others).
Actual unemployment is much higher (just as actual CPI is higher). The money supply the just bold-faced stopped reporting to hide the fact they are printing cash at a huge rate. This destroys the actual value of the dollar-- which you can see by the slip from 1.20$ to 1.54$ to the EU. (http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=FXE&t=5y&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=)
Joltin Joe was not affected by the pressure late in the streak. For many people, the knowledge that they were in a history making streak would affect their average hitting rate. Some excel- some crumble.
Slashdot Mirror
Oh yea... and a company that makes you pay $1k a license but gives it to your competitors for $98 or even free (by ignoring piracy) to get foreign markets to grow.
Photoshop - sure! 3D Software - sure!
VS- not sure I agree... why continue to be locked in to paying a lot of money to a company that forcibly retires your development environment (and forces upgrades on your software that works and does not require changes-- except to keep up with their artificial "end of life" decisions)
Why use software which they can use to compete with you if you make a decent product-- Why use software that locks you into one particular operating system (really one VERSION of one operating system).
Stay with free, stable, long term tools that work everywhere and are O/S independent.
So they would owe over 3 billion dollars! Wow.
Away from religion...(and agreeing with you)
You also can't use drugs (libertarian but not "right")
I agree... currently the Left is for big government.. while the Right is for big government... hmm.
But the left suppresses free speech ( "PC"- reeducation ) while the right suppresses free speech.. hmmm.
And so on...
Even on issues like abortion, there are pro and anti-republicans, democrats, and others. Some republicans are really just pro business. Of course so are many democrats (as long as the business is in their state... i.e. Boeing vs Airbuss recently).
I agree we should all.. well we should do something... I guess.
Oh look.. a butterfly!
The hippies got tired of being poor. The hippies got property and money and became the system they were fighting.
I got tired of being poor at about 31. It was fun til then. But as my buds took off, it became lonely/mostly losers. When they all go off for a $600 trip and you can't afford it, you change friends or get with the program. In my case, I was in college all along but it put a real fire under my ass to finish and get a "real job" tm.
Now I have the house, car, etc.. Fight to keep my taxes low... work a regular 40 (and after a recent promotion often voluntarily a regular 43-45).
Yes and there are organizations (military industrial, medical) who have a lot more than microsoft at stake.
Wii is great.. but no strategy games at all that I know of so far.
Lots of FPS and Hyper kenetic stuff.
The pointer would be great for managing armies and so on.
Bigpaul,
I've seen this play out a half dozen times in my life. I really think it is more subtle than that. Ive seen it come into a happy relationships without any warning. The cheaters never intended to create as much devastation as turned out. It was "just a little harmless flirting" or "just talking to him about work during lunch" and in one case-- bible study alone at church.
The key thing is being alone with a person of the appropriate sex (happens to lesbians and gays too). I agree that a bad relationship makes it much more likely- but I've seen it happen to good relationships like mine was. It's results in conflicted romantic entanglement-- i.e. the spouse is in love with both. It creates the absolutely worst damage because
a) you have no warning they are cheating-- they still love you just as much as ever, do not argue with you more than normal, still love sex with you, it's just like they slice this little part of themselves off for another person.
b) they can't decide which one they want (mine couldn't explicitly decide- just found it much easier to find time for him as things progressed and to cut time with me as things progressed).
FYI, I know all about David DeAngelo. It is wonderful stuff when you are trying to pick up a woman. Before I got into a monogamous relationship it was great stuff for picking up women. Had the entire cocky, funny bit down pat, sharp dresser, good shoes, etc.
But once you have bonded with the girl and both of you have fallen in love with each other, it's not so appropriate unless you want to keep a cocky, funny mask up the rest of your life. After you have a real relationship, then when you hurt you show it and they comfort you. When they hurt, you hold them and take care of them. And once they have your heart, you are going to hurt really badly if they leave so you'd best protect yourself from other males trying to take away your love.
As others have said, you can't be everything. If you are rich, it could be a celebrity (had one girlfriend who was susceptible to even minor celebrities who she met as part of her job so I broke that off) -- you know the sort of joke about the "list of 3 celebrities you could screw and it won't count" (tho it really would of course). If you write poetry, it could be they are a jock. If you are a jock, it could be that they write poetry.
However... I firmly believe that being wealthy and using it subtly pushes very powerful buttons in women. Some it is more direct (knew a girl once who said a man offered her $1,000 for sex and she came right there without him touching her). Others would be offended by that approach but be drawn in by lots of favors, car repairs, jewelry (oh.. this means nothing- just a gift for a friend).
Even when falling in love the first time, people approach it sideways. There is a BIG difference between getting laid (D'Angelo) and having a successful long-term relationship. However, I would agree that the "girls want to have fun" part of his bit applies to everyone (even most guys to be honest).
I have an old college friend.
She insisted on a man who was attractive and wealthy (taller wasn't an issue since she was about 5'4").
She is still single.
There are very few attractive and wealthy men and they tend to pick women more attractive than my friend.
I just want someone that I desire as much after 9 years as the first year, someone who glows and says she loves me all over again each of the many times that I take the time to pick special gifts that show I know her, or drop by her office and leave a rose on the door, who finds me very sexually attactive, who I can have long talks about just about anything and who I feel I have a spiritual connection with...
Oh.. I had that.
And then she stumbled across the wealthy guy in an unhappy marriage and suddenly her favorite flowers were not as wonderful as a (apparently) $180 rose arrangement with sparklies thingy's of some kind (didn't see it- only saw the email). The meals she loved that I crafted (and I mean crafted) for her were not as appealing as the $100 lunches he took her too (well actually she wanted both). The poetry I sent her that she thrilled over didn't apparently match up to such great prose as "get your pretty ass over here" and "we had a lot of fun and did some great luvin together this weekend baby girl, didn't we?"
Actually, she took and wanted both for a total of about 9 months and then it all went to hell for her. She said at one point, "I knew what I was doing was wrong but I couldn't stop myself." And she tried to keep us both because she had been reckless and now she was in love with both of us.
I'm not saying all women are attracted to wealth but it is a very common meme-- let's call it the "Diamonds are a Girl's best friend" meme.
And if you realized she was spending time with someone for bible study or politics or whatever innocent reason-- then would you respect her right to be with whoever she wants for innocent activities or would you start hanging out or even ask them to meet when you were present or not meet?
keep in mind married preachers walk into this innocent time alone trap all the time.
You sum it up well and your conclusions match mine- especially with regard to NC..
At my age, good unattached women are rare-- pretty much widows-- the rest are pretty messed up or bad news at this point.
Yes I was in a very good NC and in a good place emotionally and so then she broke it. Yes, she's still in love and lust with me apparently but whenever she has to make a choice she chooses him. So it's like I'm Mr. 40% and he's Mr. 60%.
This was a very long relationship and there had never been an issue before and she had plenty of opportunities with moderately wealthy business men almost daily -- but he was seriously wealthy and unhappily married.
I'm sorry but I think you are being naive. She clearly chose wealth over all other factors. The guy is a dud in the sack-can't complete. I'm very good at the tantric stuff and was very attentive too. Even during the breakup she was very attracted to me.
But he spent money like water and that was something she had never encountered in her life before. I think she really felt she could have him during the day (without destroying his marriage) and me at night (while he was with his wife) and keep all the money and toys and keep me. But she got more and more emotionally connected and then he found out about me (she says she told him- but talking to him, it seems he saw an email from me one day at her office that she left up on her browser).
It's such a classic and cliched situation that they write songs about it. Women are attracted to wealth and you better be careful with yours. I thought I was- but I was too far away to see her during the day and that's how it started. And since then, on the cheating sites, that seems to be a very classic post.
In a way I am lucky- at least I found out before I married her-- but in a way it was just damn unlucky. There just are not that many wealthy men to go around. He just happened to be in marriage counseling when he met mine. It might have never happened. Just damn bad luck.
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City girls just seem to find out early
How to open doors with just a smile
A rich old man
And she won't have to worry
She'll dress up all in lace and go in style
Late at night a big old house gets lonely
I guess ev'ry form of refuge has its price
And it breaks her heart to think her love is
Only given to a man with hands as cold as ice
So she tells him she must go out for the evening
To comfort an old friend who's feelin' down
But he knows where she's goin' as she's leavin'
She is headed for the cheatin' side of town
You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin eyes
On the other side of town a boy is waiting
with fiery eyes and dreams no one could steal
She drives on through the nice anticipating
'Cause he makes her feel the way she used to feel
She rushes to his arms,
They fall together
She whispers that it's only for awhile
She swears that soon she'll be comin' back forever
She pulls away and leaves him with a smile
And there is the nub. After what she did, I am not sure I will ever be able trust a new person again. It was a monstrous betrayal made even worse because she really did love me-- still does. She was still mourning losing me and trying to keep me but still wanted him more when I broke things off. But I could clearly see that given another six months, then she would have been able to completely connect to him and disconnect from me and then she would have cut things off. So why go through that death march.
But addressing your point- how can I ever trust again? I still would trust her with my money-- just not with my heart and soul. And I have seen that trusting allows things to get out of hand before you find out about them. Meanwhile, my friend married much longer will happily tell his wife in front of every-- I love you and trust you completely-- and I will keep checking up on you to keep things that way. And to be honest- I get the feeling that she likes that he does check up on her. There must be an art to doing it lightly enough to matter but doesn't weigh too heavily on the relationship.
The same thing applies to myself-- I don't trust myself. If/when I find a relationship again, I won't be hanging out alone with other women either-- because the same thing could happen to me (and it is part of why billy graham always makes sure a male aid enters rooms before him so he will never be alone with a female-- avoid the temptation in the first place.)
Your theory sounds lovely-- I'm just saying what I've seen in practice.
It takes time to build a friendship, then a sexual interest, then a romantic relationship-- the guys I know who have stable relationships do not let their women hang around alone with other men. When their feelers go up they chase the guy off- usually just by saying very mildly that they are not comfortable with the situation.
In my case, they had a business relationship first.. then started meeting for lunch-- then I stopped being copied on emails-- then his wife stopped being copied on emails-- then they acknowledged something deeper than friendship (this is about 5 months in-- like I said, I got to read every email from both of them once I stopped the blind trust thing), then they started having sex-- then she had some work conferences (i.e. trips to his ranch)-- (now we are at 7 months)-- then they had a full out affair- he dropped hundreds if not thousands on jewelry, flowers, dinners and THEN he found out about me (she told him there was no one else-- he was married so there was no conflict right away) -- THEN she fought him for three months to keep both of us-- finally she told me and tried to keep both of us but as you would imagine, she was 60% him / 40% me and sliding towards him by then or else she would have cut him off instead of trying to keep both of us.
You are right- we are all individuals who control our own destinies and we have no strong control others. But it take time to slide from loving someone to being willing to lie and betray them. If you catch them early, then you can stop things before they are too far along.
If he had not been so damn wealthy I do not think it would have been an issue. It was like the second sentence out of her mouth when she broke the news to me. The universe had sent a wealthy man to take care of her. It was right after she said crying that she had had an affair with someone and she didn't want to lose me.
And I make a good income and wasn't stingy on sharing it and had proposed. She was gloriously happy while at the same time she was being a complete skank. She and he started out with the idea that it would be a discrete little side thing that they would do during the day and "no one would get hurt". His family is hurt... I'm torn all to hell... his wife is hurt. The two of them lied to everyone. I damn near had a nervous breakdown over it because there was almost no warning. I knew she was under stress and consoled her and she told me it was about her business- I trusted her completely at that point. The stress was apparently really that she was fighting with him to keep it all secret and under wraps.
I wouldn't be posting but she tried to open up contact with me again last week after I had successfully ended contact with her for several weeks and that attempt opened up all the pain again.
Watch 1930s-1950s movies... there were many kinds of beauty.
Watch TV & movies today... even the busboys and waitresses all look basically the same beauty level as the leads which is very high.
It's like "middle class" families living in $750k houses in movies and TV shows. And it really screws up our expectations and happiness in real life.
Recently lost a girl to just this. Was extremely painful-- loved me to death, he was older, we had great sex-- I truly felt we had a spiritual connection.
... wealthy.. and retired... and had a 100 acre ranch.. and a F250.. and horses... and he could spend every afternoon hanging out with her at work and doing little work chores for her. After 9 months, she told me about him and tried to keep both of us.
He was old... and shorter.. and balding.. and
After three very painful months, I cut off all contact with her. She called me for phone sex two weeks AFTER I cut things off-- apparently he is just not a rocket in the sack and she would have loved to keep sneaking off to see me... while marrying him... after he was "divorcing" his ex-wife to marry her while telling her he was no longer on speaking terms with my ex after his wife got a look at the cell phone bill.
He had stupidly copied his wife on an email before the affair started... and she had stupidly linked her main account to a poetry account I set up. So now he is getting divorced for real. And she still found a stupid pretext to contact me last week.
The only thing I have seen that works is to be a jealous spouse and really check up on them. My friends who do this have vaguely unhappy but surviving marriages while those who do not have either suffered through affairs or ended up with divorces after 8-10 years. Trust but verify. If I had been doing that- I would have caught him 1-2 months in and driven him off.
They couldn't get it to actually look up at women's faces whenever they wore an open top.
Reported unemployment is at an all time high.
Like CPI, money supply, since the reported unemployment matters, it has been changed (like the others).
Actual unemployment is much higher (just as actual CPI is higher). The money supply the just bold-faced stopped reporting to hide the fact they are printing cash at a huge rate. This destroys the actual value of the dollar-- which you can see by the slip from 1.20$ to 1.54$ to the EU. (http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=FXE&t=5y&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=)
Answers the question directly-- informative!
It opens your eyes about what must be happening for the things that really matter when this can happen over something like OOOXML.
Joltin Joe was not affected by the pressure late in the streak. For many people, the knowledge that they were in a history making streak would affect their average hitting rate. Some excel- some crumble.