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@Jolly said in A Clear and Present Danger: he was rich, too. And he got that way by marrying into wealth!

@Axtremus said in $10,000,000?: @Jolly said in $10,000,000?: With those powers they don't have to be. Politeness presupposes both sides are armed. @Jolly finally wakes up to realize that an equitable society is a polite society. 55555555 I take it back. You are an idiot...

Kill 'em all and let God sort them out.

That's a great story. Nothing like intradivisional hate.

Figures lie and liars figure. Mine is just a small microcosm of a much bigger economy, but I don't see any dancing in the streets down here. Some jobs that require certain levels of education or training are actively hunting people. Some jobs that don't pay squat ($10-$12/hr) are actively hunting people. Other than that, I don't think it's too great out there right now (jobs+inflation), and I think as housing slows down it will get worse.

@taiwan_girl i think it was so that viewers who are sane on the ground can see the location.

Texas does not tend to grant new trials.

@taiwan_girl I also took the Israel licensing exam but it’s basically ripped off from American tests. Same pool of questions.

@Jolly said in Chamber of Commerce warns on Chinese investment: Several states are now passing laws, not allowing Chinese to buy farmland here. Florida just passed such a law. https://news.yahoo.com/florida-bill-banning-chinese-citizens-021816824.html It is not unusual in other countries for there to be limitations on foreign ownership of land. In Thailand, for example, you cannot buy a single family house. You can buy a condo (actually you get a 99 year lease), but total foreign ownership of the condos in the complex must be less than 50%.

@Jolly Don’t care. That screaming loon was a butch female.

I know this is a hypothetic, but should there be a difference between treating mental illness and physical illness? In other words, treating someone to bring them back to 100% - is there anything wrong with that? Person A has depression, which interferes with his ability to function. He is given medicine to make him better. Not taking the medicine will cause him to revert. Person B has back problems which interfere with his ability to function. He is given medicine to make him better. Not taking the medicine will cause him to revert. There is certainly a stigma around mental illness. (Yes, I realize that this is a swerve from the original intent of this forum thread)

I am not sure I would want to get that close to the rhino.

@jon-nyc said in For Horace: @Mik Really? Did you live there your whole childhood? No, just until I was 3. But we spent a lot of time there.

Handy with a hammer? Had a buddy who bought a house in the garden district within walking distance of LSU, for the purpose of renting out two bedrooms while his daughter lived in the third bedroom. House needed some TLC. He went in and fixed a few small things on the outside, then painted the exterior. Next, he tackled the kitchen, repainting the walls,cabinets and laying builder's quality ceramic tile on the floor. That was followed by some bathroom work I don't think was too expensive. Don't know what he did in the front room, but I know he painted the bedrooms after doing some sheetrock repair and then had FHA carpet (it was faster and cheaper) laid down. He sold the house after his daughter graduated. I don't think he made a huge profit, but his daughter's housing expenses in college were pretty low.

It’s time to wrap it up. Got rather ridiculous in the first half.