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[quote=svelte]It’s funny how little this is discussed now – almost like it didn’t happen.

I remember being mesmerized by the whole topic of the wall when I was a kid and thinking it would be there forever. It was one of those few topics that I deep-dived into because it was so fascinating.

And then, in very short order, discussions started on merging the two Germanies again and it was done in very short order. It was a big, big deal.

And now, just 25 years later, the wall and its demise are but a footnote in our lives.[/quote]

wouldn’t some fencing have been cheaper?

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Santa was never a thing for.

They went to church but declared themselves atheists around age 10.

But not believing in Halloween anymire.

It’s just too much for me.

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[quote=Blogstar]We didn’t have fun. It was family movie night.
We watched a movie called ” The Rocket” had a very realistic birth scene of twins with the second still born and the young mother dying after being kicked out of her village in Laos by some british corporation, probably IMF funded, dam building project. The people were promised a nice village with new houses and spectacularly fertile soil but were given squalor amidst old unexploded ordinance.

The Movie was trying to keep the massive carpet bombing / cluster bombing of Laos by the US from being forgotten I think.

I like the anti-cluster bomb agenda.
The movie is a good contrast to veterans day hype that the schools are throwing out right now. My kid said, I am not happy that America did that. He was having a hard time understanding why I would not participate in “Bring a veteran to school day”. He said most of the veterans , when put in front of a mic to speak, looked like they wanted to cry and couldn’t talk much so that’s really good. I wasn’t there, but I kind of visualizing the superintendent cheerleading the military none-the less, I think they sang patriotic songs. O.K. only the kindergarten and first graders sang about the heroes happily coming home. It’s best to get them young.

My other son says, good + evil= human.

Happy ending for the remnants of one family, they win a rocket flight contest and get enough money to buy good land and build a house.

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Veterans day seems like a good opportunity for actual education at a school.

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it was really fun!

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we discussed th e merits of taking up smoking while looking ata cigarette display.

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we were laughing about all the ice cream variety.

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we were cracking up about JUST BERRIES< a capn crunch product with just the berries. kid said, hey, what about 'just sugar" you opn it up and pour out pure white can sugar." that seemed pretty funny in the aisle at the supermarket at 10pm. then he was talking about all the life advice one of his teachers gives him...most o it was pretty good...

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How angry mama would get if we brought home the cap not crunch that was on sale for 1.88

How funny life is. In variouscforms

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[quote=Hatfield]The lottery is a tax on people who can’t do math.[/quote]

It certainly stimulated conversation last night.

My position was our life would not improve upon winning.

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[quote=Aecetia][quote=scaredyclassic]so im out trick or treating with my almost 12 year old. and he’s so stoked for weeks leading up to today. we’re supposed to meet up with his pal but his pal is a half hour late. he’s so excited he starts hitting up doors for candy before his pal gets there. after a few doors, he’s not having fun, despite the intense anticipation. he’s like, what am i even doing? this is sort of dumb. then his pal gets there and they revert back into full on this is awesome mode.

but we are very very close to the end.

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We have a Halloween get together for friends and neighbors and this was the first year none of us had a trick or treater there to take around the neighborhood. You are right scaredy, sad and strange and weird all wrapped up together.[/quote]

it’s just been so many years that its been such a big deal. and now..to end…like this..

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[quote=JerseyGrl]I miss that show. I had the pleasure of being on the show several years ago. They laughed through the whole thing. Seems like all we did was laugh.I told them about wisps of smoke that would come from my steering column (Chevy Lumina/company car). They cracked up and said “where there’s smoke there’s fire”. They had no idea what the problem was but we had a lot of fun anyway.[/quote]

Wow! That is
Cool.

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[quote=svelte]Soon enough there will be grandkids and you’ll get to relive youth vicariously through yet another generation.

Believe me, it’s even better.

All the fun with little to no responsibility. :-)[/quote]

Not ready.

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[quote=The-Shoveler][quote=spdrun]The only thing that’s unique about Vegas these days (in the US) is that it has legal bordellos outside of city limits.[/quote]

Seriously when was the last time you were in Vegas?

You can do a grand canyon Air tour, see a water canon show see Paris, venice the mediterranean sea and then take in a show all in one day LOL.

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plus go to the PAWN STARS shop. wait in line. see the actual joint.

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being out $850 sucks, but really it was nothing compared to the financial abyss that house represented. soemtimes we have to feel good about bad events.

i got a ticket 9 months ago. i tell myself that it was a warning to be safer, i am grateful for the ticket, i am driving slower, saving gas. perhaps that ticket saved my life.

this 850.00 had a purpose.

our lives, who we are, where we a re going, it is all a story we tell ourselves.

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[quote=CA renter][quote=scaredyclassic]right now, my wife is working A LOT, and frankly, i can’t believe how we are back to a healthy level of savings, in spite of throwing more money into our house recently for a refinance and some other large expenses.

i always wondered who in the hell could afford one of those catered bike tour vacations in the catalogues I would get that desperately made me want to hit the road. tuscany. southeast asia. long roads through south america…all supported and deluxe…. Actually, that would probably be us, right now. we could actually afford that. woah. weird….

of course, it would cause me too much physical pain to write the check. but we could afford it! hell, i might just break down and go…

i think i prefer to spend the money on really expensive wood floors, a few fine oriental rugs,some other strangely expensive furnishings, and college tuition, but even then we might have a few bucks left over…more than enough for a cheap vacation somewhere local…[/quote]

Let’s be honest: your wife is a doctor. Yes, the opportunity cost for her to remain out of the workforce to be a SAHP (for life?) would be quite high. Still possible that it would be worth it, though, especially if you were HS’ing all of the kids F/T, and/or if you had a family member who needed chronic care. It just depends on her outside opportunities, and the specific needs of your individual family. And it depends on your non-monetary priorities, beliefs, and desires, as well.

But a family with a spouse who perhaps just has a high school diploma or is in a low-paying field that has little potential for upward mobility? It could very well be that this family would be better off with a SAHP, even 20, 30 or 40 years later; yes, even financially.

And that’s the point I’m really trying to make. Every family’s situation will be different, so we should push to have as many options available to us as possible. Forcing everyone into the paid workforce dramatically reduces the number of options available, not only for a particular family, but for everybody (see Elizabeth Warren’s lecture that I’ve posted here; read her book if you get the chance).[/quote]

it’s true. everyone is different. consumption isn’t everything. indeed, it may be well down the list. we are a very strange society ata very strange time.

still, it all seems kind of interesting and I feel glad Im here now as opposed to any other time or place.

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