ExiledInIllinois

Not everybody tells the truth.

Yeah... But you don't want to have to dig a phone out while working or playing. I can see why a smartwatch linked to your phone would be handy. Better yet, just surgically implant the phone in my eyes and ears... And keyboard can be pressing fingers in the air, gestures for control.

Exactly... What can't you do at your desk that you can't do on the couch at home? Sounds like a light duty type job.

Yes. Open border, more like relaxed. Like how it used to be: Customs Agent: "Citizenship?" Me: "US" CA: "Purpose for coming to Canada?" Me: "Bingo and Chinese food." CA: "Have a nice time!"

Say you're out skiing, shoveling snow, mowing the lawn (not code), etc... You don't want to whip it out (not code again) your phone. A handy cheap watch under the gauntlet of your glove really is practical! Skiing I always clip my phone to a paracord (survial, chain knotted to enable extra length) neck lariat... This way you don't drop your phone off lift. There is just no way in hell a cellphone is more practical than a basic wristwatch.

Timex Expedition w/Indiglo 50m water resistant Meijer $29.99 Sport band, black with velcro.

It is a dungeon.

I have always been for open borders open trade.

You can shame it what you want. Isreal has become a theocracy... An apartheid state. Shame on them. Honestly... You thing the US can build this wall and not over-run 4-5x the cost? NOT turn it into a boondoggle? Just the legal battles alone will take years.

Yeah. "Israel is slowly but inexorably turning into a conservative theocracy while the Diaspora is largely dedicated to liberal democracy."

Bluemont was nice... Had decent vertical of about 800'... They think about bringing a modern version back at Blue Hill in Yorkshire! Lifts sucked. Had to get rescued one time when chair broke. I made it off. Friend jumped on roof of SnoCat. Other friend boatswain chair! LoL... He was with a chick... Threw snowballs at them whole time they were waiting! LoL...

I never skied Swain! We did Bluemont for Jr. High Ski Club... Kissing Bridge Sr. High...

Skiing. Giant slalom... NASTAR stuff now. Had a race team in High School, College Club (UB) we sucked, but always middle of pack.Not much racy racy anymore... But if the gates are up, will run then...

No? What crime? Defaulting on non-essentials, working with creditors, mortgage companies is not a crime. Maybe file bankruptcy. Wait till till the health insurance companies want their premiums... This will get good. Then if Feds get back to work... They owe 40% of those premiums. I wouldn't authorize back pay, what a cluster eff health will be. When I was Seasonal, I was rountinely furloughed, my health carried through. And it took me twice as long as the furlough to catch my health premiums back up. This shutdown is only just starting to get good. Yes... I sympathize with the employees... But many mechanisms to get through it, even if living paycheck to paycheck. This ain't 1930. This is a problem! I agree with you here!

Hey... I am an extrovert too! Just gotta get me going. Maybe a little flip cup as ice breaker, etc... Welcome me in... I won't shut up!

Nice. I am not the Snowflake. You are. I don't complain for these people living pay check to paycheck. Just default. Mass default. Protect your residence, transportation... Etc....and crash the economy. That ain't a Snowflake talking... People have to do what they need to do. Pick themselves up and move on.

Yeah, everybody can be a millionaire. Just like everybody should go to college. How's the cost of education working out. With the shutdown... Just let the economy crash. More people will blame the Prez. Prez. is easy lightening rod, figurehead. Human nature will take over.

You gotta be kidding. "Trump's Vision" is really doing that! /sarcasm Yeah, right... His GOP ball washers, appeasers are silent, watching him scare people to the Democrats. Totally unsustainable. Great Vision. Only thing brown is coming out his mouth! You're doing one hell of a job Orangie trying to portray a vision!

Go to: USAJobs.gov to see how much Feds make. The big benefit is time off, benefits, etc... My wife works. I don't work for the pay. I work because it affords the benefits... You won't get rich working for Fed... It has never been about the pay. Trump is doing exactly what he always has done. Stiff his employees.

I disagree. People eat this stuff up. Maybe not you or me in the end... But when in Rome do as the Romans. A guy like Trump feasts on the non-resistant. In the end, it's the hearts and minds of good people that come to realization that they were manipulated by a con-man, carnival barker... When they realize they are flawed, broken... That's when things will change. You have to parody a guy like Trump... People see their moral mistake.

Oh boy... Here we go again. Father knows best syndrome.

Oh... And your Dev is still an American Citizen. They can run home when the poo hits the fan. Who's trying to police the world, keep things stable... Coasta Rica gets those benny's or they wouldn't be there... That's a lot of military $$$$ as an ex-pat.

No. It's because the GOP is losing the demographics game. The minority in power is losing it's grip. Bring migrants in to be productive working citizens... That's the "Browning of America" that threatens the Republican voting base, power. You think the GOP wants America to be Brown and vote Dem? Build a wall to keep from changing, losing power, influence. This is the very definition of being conservative. Conservative = afraid to change, take risks... Lead, follow, or get out of the way. Adapt and overcome. That's why walls are built... Fear of change. Fear of unknown. Being paranoid. Everything else is a smokescreen.

Uh... Because they are reaping the rewards of a safe, modern society. Don't get me wrong. I worked swing shift for 30 years, damaged my body, etc... It's now a luxury I have a Federal job. I don't really disagree with you. But, it's called being grateful too. Their is luxury and then there is opulant. All varying levels. We all give back in ways. Yet... In the end, it really boils down to it's easier. Less people who are pissed off an are apt to get violent because they can't provide basic need. It's a more stable society.

Because there is more disposable income and wealth. Takes a bigger % income at the lower economic rungs to sustain life. Basic life sustaining food and shelter is pretty much equal. The rest is luxury. Easier to fund with excess, luxuries. Do they ever come back to the states with his/her income... Use services, infrastructure?