it appears that PETA accepts only pampered pets.

when I was working as a farm hand part-time, we
pampered our cattle, day and night, weekends and
holidays, when we were well and when we were
sick. . they were pampered at least as well as
we were. . and the best were jersey mom, angus
dad youngsters. . Yum! -- j

You are very much welcome. We need more appreciate people in this world for the ones that supply the true needs of the people. Even though I produce a hormone and antibiotic free animal I still receive flack from PETA and other organizations. So when I say thank you it is from my heart.

it just got to me that I had to kiss a D politician's
rear to get Eagle. . sorry. -- j

I think the requirements have changed.

We Love Beef; Thanks for providing for us!!! -- j

hey, nerds are the glue holding the nation together,
sir! . . dad was a financial nerd, having grown up
during the depression;;; he logged everything in a
ledger from a $20 fan to blow cool air down the hall
along the axis of the house, to a $32,000 check for
a 320 acre tree farm from which lots of houses and
dining room tables have been built. . he bought
the Briggs go-cart engine for $7.50 and made a
functional Model T out of two broken ones which
cost $25 together, when he was a kid carrying
newspapers. . frugal. . yes, I'm prejudiced. -- j

p.s. I only made it to Life Scout; I didn't want to
interview a D politician for civics merit badge,
required for Eagle.

As a dad, I was a nerd, but unlike me, my son sounds a lot like your dad. I don't know where he got it from, but him and my grandson did amazing things like building a playground for the city out of wood and steel for his Eagle Scout rank. Oh well, at least I raised him to be a good man.

he and I built a go-cart with a wooden frame, garden-
cart wheels, a 3/4 hp Briggs engine and a v-plex
belt drive which would out-run a friend's "store-
bought" 5 hp chain-drive welded metal machine!
that's just an example;; I was fortunate to have
him as a dad. -- j

Now, I'm envious.

he was great! . received a field promotion to LtCol
in ww2, managed a sears store and taught marketing
and ran a tree farm. . eclectic. . loved life! -- j

Choose your battles carefully.

Plus the fact I dont have to be upset by having my home invaded by these calls. Its like getting passive revenge at no cost !! Plus, if everyone did this, the calls would STOP for lack of financial return on them.

Likely!

I like your dad without ever meeting him.

and then, when you're gone, your children are
assessed the value of the investigation which
you caused. -- j

back in the sixties, my dad sent the IRS money by
writing the check to "The InFernal Revenue Service"
just for fun. -- j

good idea!!! -- j

Love Firefly!

I loved Firefly and wished they could have gone another season. The movie was a disaster - too many loose ends to try to wrap up in two hours, but I did like the premise.

if I have 2 nickels to rub together, I'm suspicious.
good thing that tax day is coming;;; we'll be broke! -- j

I was skeptical of bitreserve. I've been playing with it and being able to move bitcoins to/from other stable currencies seems valuable. Te supposedly keep physical assets to back your purchase

This isn't news. They've had real time monitoring since the '70s at least.

I wish I could believe it, but most of the frogs still don't notice how hot the water has become.

They won't be so smug when it turns into the run that collapses the banking system. Which is going to happen soon regardless.

Yeah, either that or in property, assets, etc. I figure just as good to use the money to have more food, water supplies, etc on hand.. and have it invested in a few small things here and there. Definitely better than just sitting in the bank.. I will have to look into BitReserve, hadn't heard of that. Sounds like more of a savings / investment as opposed to the speculation that just acquiring bitcoins can be...