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Besides, OVM was just pokin fun at me. It is one of his main functions in life!! As I do him. Layoutshooter :D

I am not worried. If I do really want to write, which I did for a living for a bit, I would go into Word and use spell check. I don't ever want to write tech papers again, BORING!! I would like someday to write famliy hunting and fishing stories. Layoutshooter

I can see where this forum could be a good tool for the repo man. I had no such tools when I did that job. Layoutshooter

Yep. Layoutshooter

You are correct. It is 100% the fault of the parents. It is 100% thier responsibilty to insure that thier children are educated. We insured that ours were. We made sure that they could read and write BEFORE kindergarden age. We exposed them to as many different ideas, theroies, subjects...

Never mind. Layoutshooter

OH MAN OVM, don't look at my spelling, it sucks!! I once had a nun give me a spelling award when I got a "C" on a spelling test. It really went down hill after they invented spell check. Our education system is dumbing down, I am very aware of it. We are also slowly moving towards a more...

I was not speaking of you Mr. G. I thought we were having a fun debate. You have your numbers, I have my beliefs. It was an interesting dis-agreement. Gave others food for thought. Where did you live overseas and why? I love good stories. Layoutshooter

OVM, I did not mean to imply that only the US has the answer or the best way. I just know what I saw. The bulk of the young and bright leaving England, many came here, because they had no chance to move up in sociaty in thier native land. The tax system alone killed that. The restrictive laws...

Gee Mister world traveler, you seem to not understand the difference between subjective and objective polling. You cannot quantify things like happiness. Watch how many move our or in, that is a much better gauge of what they really think. How long did you live overseas? Layoutshooter

What I mean is all you have is numbers, no experience. Those numbers only show what they want to show. Numbers can show anything you want to. You have to see it to understand. Layoutshooter

Try this again. Layoutshooter A story to illustrate what I mean by the "focused" education system in England compared to the United States. In case you are wondering I never finish college, only have a high school diploma. I belonged to a fishing club while I lived there. It was called...

Here is a story to try to explain what I mean about education. Please don't insult me with charts and graphs. I lived in England. Most of the people my age were looking to leave. People tend to vote with thier feet. Poll the hundreds of thousands that left. There rest will say they are happy. I...

Do not be fooled by those education numbers. The tests are VERY scewed due to the way that they educate over there. In this country we have a more general education system, broad subject base. We do not even start to specialize until college and even then not really until you head for your...

What size truck? What carrier? Any special capabilities? Layoutshooter

Not that has been elected. Layoutshooter

He strokes thier ego. That is why. Layoutshooter

You would be correct and the more we go down that path the more true it will be. Controlled lives are not worth living. It shows over there. When your will and fire are stilled you lose hope. No hope, no drive. No drive, no life. Layoutshooter

That would be my first choice, VOTE THE SCUM OUT. Every last one!! EVERY imcumbent. Again in 2012. Every election for the next 20-40 years. I also love the idea of a tax revolt, NOW!! That is the ultimate "Flip Off" to that bunch. Layoutshooter Layoutshooter

Really? I saw a place where frowns out numbered smiles on a large basis. Where laziness was the norm. Where the sucide rate was VERY high. Where people do NOTHING except go to work, then home, then to the pub, then home. Then once a year take a "Holiday" where everything is planned for them...