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Comments (52)Hey Don.... thanks for the compliment!: "..you have one hell of a way to play with words..." I practice a lot.... you're right - social equality or at least working towards social equality is important... however, it has been demonstrated in the past, and even currently in some countries, that "forced social equality" or socialism does not work... an economy can not support it. Why?.. because there are not enough "rich" people to give to all the "poor"... if you take all the money and distribute it to everyone, then everyone will still be poor... just a little less poor, but still in the "poor" bracket.... so what's the answer?... Canada thinks it has it (as do several other european countries), but the reality is that our health-care sucks: I just heard today that the average treatment wait time in Ontario is 16 weeks.... 4 months!... I could be dead by then!... so could my kid!... sure, fast response of private systems is much better but not affordable for all.... the answer is somewhere in the middle I guess.... not sure if it is practically possible tough... I agree with you with respect to children.... as far as I am concerned, there should be zero reservations with respect to providing care etc. for children, senior, and disabled citizens - reason being that they can not provide for themselves.... But welfare is much more than providing for those that can't provide for themselves... it's for people who don't want to provide for themselves.... this issue gets even more silly when you think about the fact that Canada has a very robust welfare system, and yet there are homeless people on the street!... how can that be?... all they have to do is walk into a welfare office, and they will get a free place to stay, and a small pay-cheque (for food, beer, and booze)... free!... so why would these people live on the street?... because they choose to do so.... similarly then, there are those who choose to live on welfare, yet they are fully capable of getting a job and working... I have no time for those folks..... system abuse is what it's called. so job creation by government grants is good in principle, but it too gets abused... you can't win... but if I had to choose between welfare abuse, and job-creation abuse, I choose the latter... because at least some people will benefit from having a job... and society benfits from the "value added" activity & products that the work force creates.... as for the 6% of ethanol supplied by corn?... of course... who could eat that much corn on the cob?... no-one grows it, because no-one wants it... another economics concept is "supply & demand"... just create the demand, and very quickly the supply base will provide it.... it's quite trivial... and if you think there are not enough farms to grow corn to provide all the supply, then maybe some third-world country in africa can provide the land - industry will provide the irrigation systems and the corn-seeds (all driven by "demand"), and all of a sudden we fix 2 problems for the price of one!...See Moregas mileage
Comments (16)Okay. I admit it, I drove an average of 80 mph on the highways. I was impatient to get to places, was tired of all the grannies on the road. . .I would tail end a car in the fast lane to pressure it off to the right to a slower lane. Yup, I was that person. But high fuel costs made me realize that saving the extra minute or two to get to a place really wasn't worth it. I slowed down to 70 mph. . .to 65. . .and now I cruise around 60-65 mph on average. . sometimes even to as low as 55mph. My car has a window where I can watch my MPG average for a trip. . .and all I do is obsessively watch it while I drive. I find my car can average about 19-21 mph city and about 31-34 highway. So whenever my average dips below my range. . .I either slow down or I try to accelerate more slowly. I live close to work, but I don't live close to my boyfriend. He lives about 40 -45 miles away, so a roundtrip visit to him is what? 80-90 miles. Not including commuting to work. . I probably average 250-300 miles per week? (We used to see each other every day or every other day. . .now I only drive to him once or twice a week). DRIVING SLOW and COASTING I find are the best ways to conserve gas. I try not to break while I'm driving on the freeway, and instead I let go of the gas pedal and sort of cruise along slowly. Accelerating eats up most of the gas, but breaking heavily also brings your MPG down as well. By doing this, instead of filling up two-three times a week (this is crazy maniac 85mph me), I can go on a tank of gas for an entire week! Yay!...See MoreLower Gas Mileage Cars
Comments (9)My good old 1983 Toyota Tercel 4WD station wagon got 43 miles to the gallon the day we drove it off the lot! That was freeway miles, and aroun 28 to 30 in town. It's still running strong some where in Idaho... I had it for 19 years, and it was still getting 32 mpg from it's tired old engines. All these new engines are too heavy.... should be able to get that mileage, but with all the stuff they have to put on the engines anymore.... in Europe they have big cars that get over 30... with diesel. Too bad we won't see that here either... one of my accounts is a volkswagon dealer... the bugs ESTIMATED mpg is 20/28. In my 2000 Taurus, my ACTUAL is 23,24/28.5. ....See MoreHow high to hang chandelier in 2 story foyer?
Comments (19)In case anyone is curious, this is the chandelier that we went with, and I love it :) It's definitely bigger than the previous one and we hung it lower. It makes me happy to see it and to have the other one out!...See Morepanzees36
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