I have an English Cocker Spaniel that loves to catch mice. Maybe you just need an alternative animal? Do ferrets eat mice? Reptiles?

Cars can’t be used to make that point because the investment is enormous compared to the shelf life of the vehicle.

Leasing a car is whole different animal, and it really depends on use and budget. The best reasons for leasing are: you prefer (and budget for) new cars, or you commute long distances / travel for work.

Yes! People say it’s not rent because you can sell and keep the money you put in. But, it usually becomes a deposit on your next mortgage - you don’t keep it at all.

(Choose any one and say it with a smile and a wink...) “Well, that was awkward.” “Ouch” “This spot taken” “I might have lost the toe.” “Careful there, Tony Stewart.”

Ha! That’s a good crazy theory. Georgy Norry of Coast to Coast theorized that time is speeding up as a sign of the end of days. Too dark, dude, too dark.

Maybe it’s more the type of people who get heavily invested in religion are prone to extremist views and actions?

Obama made an observation, it’s not an opinion. Technology is replacing some jobs - ATMs, kiosks, self-checkout, online transactions - and that’s a structural issue with our economy because jobs aren’t as readily available. In the 80’s an office department needed a support staff of 20 to do what 5 people can do today…

I wish I could remember his name. He had read, or heard of, The Ghost Map and that was his takeaway.

Ha :) I’ve worked with people like that. I swear, some people have seen too many 80’s movies. Dude, the 5 minutes you’ve been here hasn’t been a montage. You don’t even know how to do your own job yet.

There was some tea-party guy (can’t remember who) who felt that modern sewers and trash disposal had taken jobs from hero entrepreneur waste diggers. If the government hadn’t interfered, we could have those jobs today.

He’s more warden in that analogy. He gets kickbacks from the crooked governor in exchange for positive press while the prisoners suffer.

I felt just the opposite. He could have been trying to retrieve a Mission Impossible briefcase, because there never seemed to be any concern, rage, fear that made me feel he was rescuing a living person.

I assumed it was some of her hair hanging forward?

I used to work with someone like that in a business with a lot of young professionals. She was gorgeous in a Kate Upton way and she loved to tear up those new marriages. I was sitting next to her at a company softball game and she was pointing out the married men on the field like she was picking out fruit in a…

I think you’re really angry... about something. Wanting the workers to have more? Agreed. Angry that people would roll their eyes about price differences when they should be happy to give more? I can’t agree. A thrift store isn’t a high-end charity auction. Saying it’s bigoted entitlement if they aren’t always keeping…

Wow. This is way over and above any offense meant. I have often shopped at thrift stores, and there is need at both ends - both by the employees who work at places like Goodwill, and the people who shop second-hand because they can’t afford to shop at regular stores.

I work in retail part time to get out, and the items are donated to thrift stores if they can’t find a better donation. It’s up to the store manager to decide.

And thrift does mean scrimping and saving - basically buying things as cheaply and wisely as possible.

I understand what you’re saying, but thrift is in the name - and it’s the assumption. If it was called a charity shop, people would expect to pay a little more for a good cause.