Hi Bob, Boy, you are the crazy hippie/enviro/granola muncher aren't you?! I'm sure the Dalai Lama is very proud indeed. ;-) Of course, I agree with just...
All good points, Sherman. I'm really a grumpy, old conservative. My sweetie has a daily tear-off Dalai Lama quote calendar with stuff like "Be kind whenever...
I'm pretty sure I am not in any martyr contest. Any changes I make will be because they improve my life and the world around me. I might decide to throw off...
I hear all this talk of population being the problem and how people shouldn't have children to help the earth and I wonder. If the people who care about the...
http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=104&sid=1236830 Conn. Home 20-Times Larger Than Average September 1, 2007 - 4:51am A 50,853-square-foot mansion under construction...
Hi, sorry to repeat myself here a little bit, but I think this is important enough to merit its own subject line. While we're all agonizing about difficult...
It'll make a nice school or college some day. -Jean ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Shape Yahoo! in...
Some answers to 'them versus us' are education, communication, and social equity. No one can try to comprehend all the problems, suffering, and inequity on...
I have two comments I'd like to express. I appreciate everyone's sentiment on these topics, but statements like "not enough smart people" sound blatantly...
Lisa, I would be happy to retract the words 'prayer' and 'God' from my post, if that were possible. It won't change the message, and like I said, I am not...
Hi Lisa, It 's interesting how different people can read the same phrase and get two different meanings from it. I happen to be white but my step-dad is...
My wife asked the same thing! My guess is that he was simply trying to make it realistic in the same way that a model railroad buff would try to recreate a...
Hi Scott, Needless to say, this is a touchy subject -- one that people often react to emotionally rather than logically (not refering to yourself, just...
I'm not at all religious, but I've always liked the Serenity Prayer myself. It seems to me that there are many people who would be a lot happier if they kept...
The ah "home" reminds me of the turn-of-a-prior-century (late 1800s, early 1900s) mansions, some built by the so-called robber barons. Many were vacated after...
Hi Bob, First of all, I wanted to say that I continue to be impressed by your writing. I told my wife the other day that you could easily be writing a real...
That's interesting Jean, I'd never heard that before. I'm surprised these places are vacant -- I mean people will buy just about anything if the price is...
It wasn't my intention to offend anyone with my statements and definitely wasn't meant as racist. I'm sure my explanation will offend though but here goes...
Here's an article on the subject of the return to the gilded age and the growth of the mansion phemomena: "http://www.pkarchive.org/economy/ForRicher.html ...
I got my first shopping trip to the RV lot! My Nana wants one to travel, I want one to travel/live while building/use as guest quarters after etc.. The only...
the title of the thread is an oxymoron. duplication of content in the first message is just wrong. excesses unto themselves. think of all the food, mortgages,...
Hi Sherman, I guess I react that way because I hear people talk about how the "poor" people have too many kids and the "rich" people don't. There is always the...
Hi Scott, Thanks for elaborating. It is a very tough topic. The whole measurement of intelligence is not a science, so it's hard to assume that the dumb people...
Plaese all, when topics diverge from the original subject please make a new topic. Topics like having babies, intelligence, racism etc are hardly related to...
just to lighten things up, here's the serenity prayer from an old Calvin & Hobbes strip: Calvin: "Know what I pray for?" Hobbes: "What?" Calvin: "The strength...
Thanks for this link. I ejoyed exploring this website and especially liked "The Honey House". It's a real, collaborative work of art and remined me of my art...
