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June 14, 2009 at 4:40 PM in reply to: “Phantom Inventory” . . . gets bulldozed????? Guess that’s one way to reduce inventory. #416329
Ricechex
Participant[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=SD Realtor] I have met old surfers in places like Cardiff or Encinitas who are loaded and you would never know it. They are the nicest people in the world. [/quote]
SDR: True. My buddies and I used to booze at The Leucadian bar on the Coast Highway back in the day.
It turns out when of these raggedy old beach bum types was formerly with the General Counsel’s Office at IBM HQ in Armonk, NY and had finally said “f**k it” and pulled the pin.
He had taken up surfing in his 50’s and had a place on the water. Used to listen to Zep and Floyd and apparently smoked mammoth amounts of ganja. He was also loaded after 25+ yrs with IBM as a corporate attorney.
You never know.
[/quote]LOL…my father always said….you never know who the rich guy is, he probably has some dribble on his chin…
Participant[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=SD Realtor] I have met old surfers in places like Cardiff or Encinitas who are loaded and you would never know it. They are the nicest people in the world. [/quote]
SDR: True. My buddies and I used to booze at The Leucadian bar on the Coast Highway back in the day.
It turns out when of these raggedy old beach bum types was formerly with the General Counsel’s Office at IBM HQ in Armonk, NY and had finally said “f**k it” and pulled the pin.
He had taken up surfing in his 50’s and had a place on the water. Used to listen to Zep and Floyd and apparently smoked mammoth amounts of ganja. He was also loaded after 25+ yrs with IBM as a corporate attorney.
You never know.
[/quote]LOL…my father always said….you never know who the rich guy is, he probably has some dribble on his chin…
Participant[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=SD Realtor] I have met old surfers in places like Cardiff or Encinitas who are loaded and you would never know it. They are the nicest people in the world. [/quote]
SDR: True. My buddies and I used to booze at The Leucadian bar on the Coast Highway back in the day.
It turns out when of these raggedy old beach bum types was formerly with the General Counsel’s Office at IBM HQ in Armonk, NY and had finally said “f**k it” and pulled the pin.
He had taken up surfing in his 50’s and had a place on the water. Used to listen to Zep and Floyd and apparently smoked mammoth amounts of ganja. He was also loaded after 25+ yrs with IBM as a corporate attorney.
You never know.
[/quote]LOL…my father always said….you never know who the rich guy is, he probably has some dribble on his chin…
Participant[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=SD Realtor] I have met old surfers in places like Cardiff or Encinitas who are loaded and you would never know it. They are the nicest people in the world. [/quote]
SDR: True. My buddies and I used to booze at The Leucadian bar on the Coast Highway back in the day.
It turns out when of these raggedy old beach bum types was formerly with the General Counsel’s Office at IBM HQ in Armonk, NY and had finally said “f**k it” and pulled the pin.
He had taken up surfing in his 50’s and had a place on the water. Used to listen to Zep and Floyd and apparently smoked mammoth amounts of ganja. He was also loaded after 25+ yrs with IBM as a corporate attorney.
You never know.
[/quote]LOL…my father always said….you never know who the rich guy is, he probably has some dribble on his chin…
Participant[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=SD Realtor] I have met old surfers in places like Cardiff or Encinitas who are loaded and you would never know it. They are the nicest people in the world. [/quote]
SDR: True. My buddies and I used to booze at The Leucadian bar on the Coast Highway back in the day.
It turns out when of these raggedy old beach bum types was formerly with the General Counsel’s Office at IBM HQ in Armonk, NY and had finally said “f**k it” and pulled the pin.
He had taken up surfing in his 50’s and had a place on the water. Used to listen to Zep and Floyd and apparently smoked mammoth amounts of ganja. He was also loaded after 25+ yrs with IBM as a corporate attorney.
You never know.
[/quote]LOL…my father always said….you never know who the rich guy is, he probably has some dribble on his chin…
ParticipantScaredycat….you are a funny guy in your own way! It is life to see issues in gray, rather than in black and white, and apparently you are rather skilled at this! Me thinks you thought you would start an interesting thread, and yes, you were successful!
If everything you do for your child is based on a monetary system, then I would have to agree with some of the other posters…it creates entitlement. Should money always be the reward? What about social relationships and connectivity and being good to other humans and life forms on this planet? What about the personal gains received from just doing the right thing?
I suppose it is best to look at the whole picture. You state your family has no TV, so paying for grades seems to go against that grain. You are obviously not materialistic, and recognize the problems coming from the media. Since your kid was not raised on TV (neither was I BTW, my father had us read “The Plug In Drug”) then your values would seem inconsistent to pay your son for grades. However, as mentioned above, it is all grays, so perhaps with the other values you possess, paying for grades is actually quite harmless. I guess it all depends on ALL of the factors combined.
ParticipantScaredycat….you are a funny guy in your own way! It is life to see issues in gray, rather than in black and white, and apparently you are rather skilled at this! Me thinks you thought you would start an interesting thread, and yes, you were successful!
If everything you do for your child is based on a monetary system, then I would have to agree with some of the other posters…it creates entitlement. Should money always be the reward? What about social relationships and connectivity and being good to other humans and life forms on this planet? What about the personal gains received from just doing the right thing?
I suppose it is best to look at the whole picture. You state your family has no TV, so paying for grades seems to go against that grain. You are obviously not materialistic, and recognize the problems coming from the media. Since your kid was not raised on TV (neither was I BTW, my father had us read “The Plug In Drug”) then your values would seem inconsistent to pay your son for grades. However, as mentioned above, it is all grays, so perhaps with the other values you possess, paying for grades is actually quite harmless. I guess it all depends on ALL of the factors combined.
ParticipantScaredycat….you are a funny guy in your own way! It is life to see issues in gray, rather than in black and white, and apparently you are rather skilled at this! Me thinks you thought you would start an interesting thread, and yes, you were successful!
If everything you do for your child is based on a monetary system, then I would have to agree with some of the other posters…it creates entitlement. Should money always be the reward? What about social relationships and connectivity and being good to other humans and life forms on this planet? What about the personal gains received from just doing the right thing?
I suppose it is best to look at the whole picture. You state your family has no TV, so paying for grades seems to go against that grain. You are obviously not materialistic, and recognize the problems coming from the media. Since your kid was not raised on TV (neither was I BTW, my father had us read “The Plug In Drug”) then your values would seem inconsistent to pay your son for grades. However, as mentioned above, it is all grays, so perhaps with the other values you possess, paying for grades is actually quite harmless. I guess it all depends on ALL of the factors combined.
ParticipantScaredycat….you are a funny guy in your own way! It is life to see issues in gray, rather than in black and white, and apparently you are rather skilled at this! Me thinks you thought you would start an interesting thread, and yes, you were successful!
If everything you do for your child is based on a monetary system, then I would have to agree with some of the other posters…it creates entitlement. Should money always be the reward? What about social relationships and connectivity and being good to other humans and life forms on this planet? What about the personal gains received from just doing the right thing?
I suppose it is best to look at the whole picture. You state your family has no TV, so paying for grades seems to go against that grain. You are obviously not materialistic, and recognize the problems coming from the media. Since your kid was not raised on TV (neither was I BTW, my father had us read “The Plug In Drug”) then your values would seem inconsistent to pay your son for grades. However, as mentioned above, it is all grays, so perhaps with the other values you possess, paying for grades is actually quite harmless. I guess it all depends on ALL of the factors combined.
ParticipantScaredycat….you are a funny guy in your own way! It is life to see issues in gray, rather than in black and white, and apparently you are rather skilled at this! Me thinks you thought you would start an interesting thread, and yes, you were successful!
If everything you do for your child is based on a monetary system, then I would have to agree with some of the other posters…it creates entitlement. Should money always be the reward? What about social relationships and connectivity and being good to other humans and life forms on this planet? What about the personal gains received from just doing the right thing?
I suppose it is best to look at the whole picture. You state your family has no TV, so paying for grades seems to go against that grain. You are obviously not materialistic, and recognize the problems coming from the media. Since your kid was not raised on TV (neither was I BTW, my father had us read “The Plug In Drug”) then your values would seem inconsistent to pay your son for grades. However, as mentioned above, it is all grays, so perhaps with the other values you possess, paying for grades is actually quite harmless. I guess it all depends on ALL of the factors combined.
Participant[quote=DWCAP][quote=Ricechex]Bashing illegals is like bashing welfare recipients. Or like bashing the Fire Chief that has a good pension and other government workers. Not saying it is right or wrong, BUT, this is small potatoes and takes a very little slice of the pie. The biggest chunk of money is spent on Defense. Yeah, and many of us make our bread and butter in this City because of Defense spending, so perhaps we do not wish to look at this matter. OH, and I am not talking about spending on our sailors, those guys make a pittance unfortunately. [/quote]
How much does the STATE of Ca spend on defence? I kinda thought that was a federal thing. 🙂
[/quote]My mistake, it is federal spending on Defense.
Participant[quote=DWCAP][quote=Ricechex]Bashing illegals is like bashing welfare recipients. Or like bashing the Fire Chief that has a good pension and other government workers. Not saying it is right or wrong, BUT, this is small potatoes and takes a very little slice of the pie. The biggest chunk of money is spent on Defense. Yeah, and many of us make our bread and butter in this City because of Defense spending, so perhaps we do not wish to look at this matter. OH, and I am not talking about spending on our sailors, those guys make a pittance unfortunately. [/quote]
How much does the STATE of Ca spend on defence? I kinda thought that was a federal thing. 🙂
[/quote]My mistake, it is federal spending on Defense.
Participant[quote=DWCAP][quote=Ricechex]Bashing illegals is like bashing welfare recipients. Or like bashing the Fire Chief that has a good pension and other government workers. Not saying it is right or wrong, BUT, this is small potatoes and takes a very little slice of the pie. The biggest chunk of money is spent on Defense. Yeah, and many of us make our bread and butter in this City because of Defense spending, so perhaps we do not wish to look at this matter. OH, and I am not talking about spending on our sailors, those guys make a pittance unfortunately. [/quote]
How much does the STATE of Ca spend on defence? I kinda thought that was a federal thing. 🙂
[/quote]My mistake, it is federal spending on Defense.
Participant[quote=DWCAP][quote=Ricechex]Bashing illegals is like bashing welfare recipients. Or like bashing the Fire Chief that has a good pension and other government workers. Not saying it is right or wrong, BUT, this is small potatoes and takes a very little slice of the pie. The biggest chunk of money is spent on Defense. Yeah, and many of us make our bread and butter in this City because of Defense spending, so perhaps we do not wish to look at this matter. OH, and I am not talking about spending on our sailors, those guys make a pittance unfortunately. [/quote]
How much does the STATE of Ca spend on defence? I kinda thought that was a federal thing. 🙂
[/quote]My mistake, it is federal spending on Defense.
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