Spud_Monkey
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Guess the shiny trinket that was reflecting light off it looking like silver that attracted them from their current position turned out to be just aluminum ball of foil when they got to it. They got foiled!
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This will be an interesting thread moving forward......
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DMiller
Senior Member
Yes TS, we as Boomers are retiring faster than the Millennials will take up the duty, at some point they will have to either try and fail until find their niche as we all did for lower money or die penniless and homeless, Parent's money or Government handouts will not continue unabated forever.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
And that is correct DM. But Boomers played a big part in fact of a saying I just hate and I can't count
how many times I've heard it said {I just want my kids to have better than I had}. Just what was it that
caused boomers to think they had it so bad. 90% had way the hell better than their parents. In stead
boomers traded in their tie dyed tee shirt cut their hair got a real car stopped smoking pot {Which boomers
are responsible for the drug culture amongst other things} and joined Big Brother which they railed against.
Plus started the thought everyone needed to go to college, and started the trend of paying/saving for their
kids college buying them vehicles without the kid forking out sh!t for it.
I'm a boomer-It takes a boomer to know a boomer. Except I have no children for a reason {my job doesn't
work well with a family}. Boomers started this mess they can live with it.
I don't rant very often-but this issue is very stale starting years ago.
hosspuller
Senior Member
Great ... Inflation is a gov't monetary policy problem... too much money chasing too few goods or services. So gov't is handing out more money.
This is a sore point for me because fixed income folks like me are getting their savings stolen.
This is a sore point for me because fixed income folks like me are getting their savings stolen.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
Yes we are all in this toilet together when it comes to inflation.
At home earning their living on your back
DMiller
Senior Member
We have no kids either TS, almost as glad as sad never had any beyond the one that passed from a different momma.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
It was our choice, we played the cards as we saw them.
I'm dam tired of work at this moment........so me and the wife are taking the next three days off and getting the HELL out of here! I just may sleep for 3 solid days, but I will check in providing I can get service.
Whatever you all do........DONT get this thread locked! LOL
Whatever you all do........DONT get this thread locked! LOL
kshansen
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Well I had no kids for the first about 39 years of married life.
After separating from first wife got a second wife who already had a daughter who was 19 going on 20 and just after meeting her mom she moved out of house she was living in with her mom. But now she blessed us with a grandson so I kind of skipped the child and moved right on to the grandkid stage!
kshansen
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OK everyone lets start a stupid political argument the minute Vetech leaves the room!I'm dam tired of work at this moment........so me and the wife are taking the next three days off and getting the HELL out of here! I just may sleep for 3 solid days, but I will check in providing I can get service.
Whatever you all do........DONT get this thread locked! LOL
Mike L
Senior Member
I went the premanufactured family route. Never wanted kids. Ended up with 3 step kids. 10 out of 10 wouldn’t recommend. Now there’s a granddaughter and she’s fun in small doses.
BigWrench55
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Being a stepfather is the hardest thing that I have ever done and I don't say that flippantly.
If I knew then what I know now. I wouldn't have done it. I don't recommend it for anyone. Being a stepfather isn't for the weak.
John C.
Senior Member
Everybody eats, needs clothes, med care, & shelter. Even the homeless are supported in some way. Not everybody is self supporting so logic says the self supporting people are taxed (in some way) to provide for the former mentioned. There aren't enough basements for grown children to live in.
You are making a supposition with no basis. Another way to look at it is you are starting an unprovable rumor.
John C.
Senior Member
So how far do you think a thousand dollars or less will go? Most of those numbers are also based on a person paying taxes in the prior year. How in any way do you think that would affect people being available for a job? What I currently see is just not enough people to begin with. What I want to know is how many people are in the streets that should or could be part of the job market.
BigWrench55
Senior Member
My step children are all grown and out of the house except one. Three boys and a girl.
Then I had to go and give her a f@#k trophy of my own. Probably the best thing I ever did, but if it weren't for this beautiful little girl. I would've told the old lady and the last one to leave the house to kick rocks a long time ago.
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BigWrench55
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Maybe you guys should start another thread and argue about economics and the welfare state. I am with Vetech63 on this one. Don't get this thread locked up on some **** neither side can prove or do anything about.
