Recent content by keith99

One DOES NOT need to be a citizen to get a social security number. One pretty much does need a social security number to file their income tax forms. That brings back memories of High School history class. Something about no taxation without representation. Guess that idea from The...

Of course not. That would result in lots of voters over 60 being dropped from the voter lists. They will of course make it very difficult for young voters to register.

A handbasket is the thing on the back of Miss Gulch's bike in The Wizard of Oz!

My boss lived in Orange County, and we worked in the San Fernando Valley. He tried to use public transport. It was not possible to do and put in 8 hours at work. He had to leave by 3:00 in the afternoon to make the last connection before they shut down.

That speaks more to the irresponsibility and compulsiveness of Americans than wealth gaps. By the time I was 16 I could have handled an unexpected expense of $500. At least during the week when the banks were open. Right now I have a roommate who has a decent but not great job. She can handle an...

It depends a lot on the history of what happens when someone gets pulled over for these. It also can depend a lot on just how expired the tags are when people get pulled over. Sadly the history often says black drivers are pulled over as an excuse to perform borderlne to flat out illegal...

Retirement without enough money to still have fun is not desirable. I'm twice fortunate. Many things I like are not expensive and I have enough money that at this point it keeps growing rather than getting used up. The first does contribute to the second.

Yes, I caught that. The sight I followed a link from treated it as dead serious however. Poe is strong!

It is from 17 years ago! Inflation does change things.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/conservative-pundit-says-retirement-is-a-stupid-idea-i-agree-let-us-work-until-we-die/ar-BB1jO44f?ocid=msedgntp&pc=ASTS&cvid=5025f888d85b4bc8830a8c8348356837&ei=301 Honestly that is what this opinion piece advocates. No retirement. Not no mandatory...

One cause of injection site pain is distension and/or tearing of tissue. This can make fear of injection site pain a self-fulfilling prophecy. Often that fear leads to being tense instead of relaxed. Tissue that would have just been stretched a little is instead slightly torn resulting in damage...

If not for legal consequences I would end their suffering. I like to think I would do so in any case, but I'm not sure.

It would seem they believe that their Christ's Kingdom IS of this world. I think Christ disagrees.

I decided to look things up for California by County. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_locations_by_crime_rate What bordered on shocking was that none of the 10 highest violent crime rates was in Southern California! Kern County was number 11. It was no surprise that San Francisco...

I was a competitive swimmer in the 70s. My AAU club rented a long course pool in Burbank during the summer so we could train for Olymoic events (e.g. a 50 meter long pool). This pool was just over 1/4 mile from the mountains and on a really bad day you could barely see them. Once or twice...