Beth n Rod

I agree with Shane. Beth

Yep. Beth

Welcome to TGS Amy! Beth

Alan, get well fast and do as the DR says. Wishing you a very speedy recovery! Beth

You are welcome. :-) Beth

Great story Rick!!! Beth

This is a general notice that I received and seeing as it was not a current topic, decided to post it for others. It is an email from a local distributor:

Well, duh...yeah. I get it, but it still sounds a little freaky.....LOL Beth

What is this strange word.....vacation.....hmmmmm..... Elusive.... I must have one! Beth

Yes.....I need a vacation. That is all. Beth

I know. Just like the EPA VOC limit change in 2005 with oil based sealers. Screwing with things and never considering the damage. Of course, we know there is some company behind the push as usual just to get better sales because they want in the game. Rod!~

This is what I was afraid of. My skid unit has a Kohler, the other is a Vangaurd. but both have been having problems lately with starting. Difficult starting or not wanting to stay running. My Kohler unit smells like gas when this happens, sort of like the old carburetors used to do when flooded. I haven't found any leaks but I have noticed a lot of gas odor in the van yet none of the tanks are leaking. Looks like I may have to get them both in for preventative service. Thanks Alexy. Rod!~

We get the magazine and read it each month. Have for years. Beth

I think 2016 is a ways off, too much can happen between now and then, and I would LOVE to see some more business related threads on here. Beth

I'm sure they were happy, and I'm sure the neighbors were too! Beth

Not following blindly, but anyone who studies data, should have an understanding of it. Beth

I agree John.... It's really simple.... Remorse is a normal human response to an event such as this. One would think it would hit him that what was done can't be undone and there is a loss of life, the life of an unarmed child, whose parent are grieving and trying to move one. A lack of remorse could be perceived several ways.... 1. disrespectful 2. discriminatory 3. uncaring 4. guilt I could go in.... fast forward to today's news of this rescue of four people form a flipped over car. He's loving the limelight. And, he did a good thing provided he did not further anyone's spinal injuries for example by removing them from a car prematurely, after all, he's NOT an EMT. If he loved his community, one would think he loved the people in it, and logically, one could expect to see remorse. Hmmmmm...... Beth

Rick, Nice post. Can I have extra butter on my popcorn? :single_eye: Beth

You are talking centuries ago and none of that is prevalent today. That is my point. There is NO talk in government about taking away guns, repealing the 2nd amendment or anything of the sort. Yes, government does overstep but the point is: guns are not on the table. Rod!~

The poll numbers disgust me; they are not bull crap. By your own statement I would surmise that you find them to be inaccurate, while I do not. Allison explained it quite well, as did I. The numbers support the hypothesis suggesting that racial points of view are dramatically different regarding the outcome of this case, because of social, educational and economic backgrounds. The reason the numbers disgust me, is that discrimination disgusts me. I grew up with it, a victim of it, surrounded by it. I am perhaps overly sensitive to it. I do my very best to not let it into my life. Having said that, it saddens me greatly to see hatred in our society, displayed by any person or persons towards another person or persons. I look at the poll number and I remember my history lessons. I remember the Civil War. I remember the Civil Rights Acts. I remember other times too, some from history and some from my personal life. I look at those numbers as they are, a reflection of raw human emotion touched by personal experience, knowing that each person who answered that poll had a frame of reference that in that moment touched them emotionally with the result being their polling vote. To me, the numbers are not just numbers, they are an outcry, a scream of pain and anguish, a statement that many will choose to ignore because they are ....just numbers. And sadly, that these numbers are ignored, discounted and cast off as "BS" is disgusting. Beth

It's not all the media John. not by a long shot. Saying it is all the media's fault is just shooting the messenger. Are you trying to say we need to stop helping others first and help ourselves, because as a nation we are behind others as a result of the help we have given? That our GDP is reduced because of the outsourcing of jobs and the increase of imports with a severe reduction of exports? Because if you are saying that, I not only agree but have been saying that for years. I argued with a college professor about it many years ago...... We all want to believe we live in the greatest country in the world, each citizen of each country wants in their hearts to feel an allegiance to their homeland that makes them proud. No one would deny that. Just look at the Olympic athletes who go to the games, setting politics aside, to play for their homeland. They have a fierce pride and connection to the land they pledge their allegiance to. We are a nation in trouble. We have been broken for decades, but have been too busy pointing fingers back and forth to grab each other squarely by the shoulders and look each other in the eyes saying you are my brother, you are my sister, and while we disagree I love you but we all have to wake up and fix this together. I have not seen so much discrimination (of many kinds) in this country for decades. It lay like a sleeping dragon, and we all tiptoed around it and past it, knowing it was there and just quietly ignoring it. But it is not gone. It has awakened. Beth

I totally get where you are coming from Allison. And I have a lens much like your own, as you know. Beth p.s. keep working on your beach goal. You can do it!!!! :-)

If you were born here, it already is your nationality..... I know what my heritage is, I know where all of my ancestors came from, but I have never, ever thought of myself as anything other than American. I was born and raised here. I think you are trying to make another point in your post, a more socioeconomic one, but it is not clear enough for me to respond. Beth

Discrimination is not just a race issue. It can be a gender issue, it can be a disability issue, it can be an issue surrounding religion. We are raised, all of us, by imperfect people who we idolize and look up to. We see discrimination, joke about it, turn a blind eye to it; we are socialized into a society that expects a certain amount of tolerable discrimination as a part of society. Shame on us all. What I find disgusting are the poll numbers. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2373773/More-Americans-disapprove-Barack-Obama-George-Zimmerman-new-polls-presidents-job-approval-rating-nosing-downward.html Beth

That wood doesn't look completely neutralized to me. It does look off. Beth