Brian,Why do you think I still come on here after 5 years retirement, and I like logic challenges like the recent Lady Di problem in Excel. Ok not on much at the moment as wife is very ill, but still like a break on here.
My original comment was a little tongue in cheek, but I don't trust statistics as they are usually shallowly based, yeah I did make that word up.
Brian
I forgot that most Americans will think of a gun. It is actually an ice-lolly (? ice-pop in the USA?)
It has ice-cream in the middle with a chocolate coating on the outside, very nice.
Col
Why else do we work? We all need to feed our families, pay for their and our own healthcare etc. What depresses me are those people who are complete workaholics, who put work before their families and are completely focused on the job at the expense of everything else.I am working to live. I need the insurance with my health difficulties. Would love to pull the plug and live on the cheap, but cannot do that. 5 more years to retirement and then consider me living to live...The corporate clap-trap is really starting to get me down. All we ever hear around here is blah blah blah - trigger word - trigger word - blah blah blah - lie lie lie - (well, you know the rest).
Why else do we work? We all need to feed our families, pay for their and our own healthcare etc. What depresses me are those people who are complete workaholics, who put work before their families and are completely focused on the job at the expense of everything else.
If I could, I would be a stay at home mom, but haven't got the finances to a point where I can do that.
Do you agree that it's ok to have kids even when you can't bring them up yourself?
Or would it be better to wait until you can look after them properly and provide a real family environment, thus giving the child the best start with a real mother, not a paid mother whom the kid sees more than the real mother.
That is after all, a womans job - to raise the children, not to go out - fob the kids off on strangers and then have a nice child free day.
Ok, people say they need the money, why not think of that before conception? Passion before logic? Is that the answer? or logic before passion?
It's no wonder so many kids are mixed-up.
Col
But then I also suspect that you are just trying to be provocative .
Brian
That is after all, a womans job - to raise the children, not to go out - fob the kids off on strangers and then have a nice child free day.
Davep said:I apologise for trying to inject some life into these dead American forums.
So what exactly is a womans job then?How 1940 of you.
haha. I could set my watch by your bitterness. Take a look out your window, I think I see some kids on your lawn!
So what exactly is a womans job then?
Col
Personally, I think daycare is good for kids as it teaches them to socialize with children their own age.
Do you agree that it's ok to have kids even when you can't bring them up yourself?
Or would it be better to wait until you can look after them properly and provide a real family environment, thus giving the child the best start with a real mother, not a paid mother whom the kid sees more than the real mother.
That is after all, a womans job - to raise the children, not to go out - fob the kids off on strangers and then have a nice child free day.
Ok, people say they need the money, why not think of that before conception? Passion before logic? Is that the answer? or logic before passion?
It's no wonder so many kids are mixed-up.
Col
Give a dog a bad name eh Bri?
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I apologise for trying to inject some life into these dead American forums.
Col
Personally, I think daycare is good for kids as it teaches them to socialize with children their own age.
So how many children did you have?