I wasn’t actually replying to you, at least not intentionally. However I do see what might be considered a flaw. I can see some part time jobs only paying say $15k a year. In your scenario the employer would only have to pay those workers $3k a year. This would be great for the employer, cheap labor and it would be easy to kick someone to the curb because he only has to cough up say $4k a year to attract a new employee. It sounds like this would reduce his social security outlay too, unless your suggesting employers have to pay a base SS tax on $1k a month?

I own a house. I don’t think $12k is going to keep me from starving or more importantly, I’m no more likely to walk out on a job once I reach a certain income because it just isn’t enough. It may work if your flipping burgers.

Not sure I really understand that. So I’m working and making a decent wage, say $100k/yr. Now for some reason I can easily tell my employer to take a hike because $12k of it is guaranteed? How does this suddenly make $110k jobs available to switch to?

Yup, I agree. Tell him you noticed and ask why and if you can help. If you think he’s just nervous I think it helps if you tell him how much you like touching him/how good he is to hold, that kind of thing. It might help build his confidence.

You look great and I love the way your mother/SO/wife/grandma/neighbor/brother dresses you.

Well, personally, I have foot problems, so walking barefoot is painful. So I wear flip flops around the house.

I quit my job. Not sure if it gave me something but it sure took away a lot of asses I had to kiss.

Does that work?

I have a very small car so I make sure to park toward the end of the parking spot so people don’t pull half way in before realizing it is occupied. Your welcome.

What are you talking about? Didn’t you see? It’s down $8k. We can ALL afford one now. Hell, I’m gettin’ two of them.

That was awesome. Listened to the whole song. LOL.

I could go for that.

OK, perhaps I was exaggerating a bit. Perhaps it’s more like 10 to 12, but the point still remains that you have to occupy the rest of that time and it’s best if you have a good friend to do that with.

Opinions vary, but it’s my opinion out of all the things two people need to be compatible, friendship is by far the most important. At best sex only lasts, what eight to ten hours, the rest of the time you need a friend. When you are younger, you may be doing it all over the house but when you’re older things typically slow down or there may be times when someone is injured, tired, stuck at work, whatever. In those times understanding, compassion, commiseration and cooperation are important. If your partner is your best friend, you’re never lonely and you can share things. It’s so much harder when you have very little in common with your partner.

Guess I’m rambling now, but this is how I see it.

Good luck to you.

Don’t quote me on the exact time but I heard somewhere that they run so close to schedule that a bullet train arrived something like 18 seconds late and the company apologized for the delay. ( might have been a minute or two but I recall it was really, really short. )

Like a phone would last 50 years.

Do a quick calculation of what you can afford to buy with a billion dollars. Actually, I’ll do it for you. At, just 6% per year, a billion dollars generates 60 million dollars each year. The numbers are absolutely staggering. Virtually nothing is too expensive for the wealthy. Which is why billionaires generously volunteer to pay more in taxes and provide excellent benefits to those who work so hard for them. /s.

You’re right it was. But still good I think.

Good suggestion. I forgot about this show. It has a good ending.

Awesome. It seems so few people have even heard of this game.

Major Havoc.

Super cool arcade game c. 1988 featuring a simple line drawing type environment where the Major runs through hallways, a little like the original Prince of Persia. The controls were a cylindrical scroll wheel and a jump button. The really cool thing though was that there were pads on the floor that would trigger various effects, like a gun that shoots a star shaped bullet down the hall that you had to avoid. Many new and exciting challenges to face with every quarter. Ah, good times.