The 14-Day Thread

[Goldfish]

Just a little self-correction.

It was $250 million LA lost for lack of census reporting last decade. (Given California's current economic woes, the number still seems negligible to me. $250,000 v. $250,000,000; small forgiveable mistake. ) gf

[AngelinaCatHub]

Hey JB. With all your experience and past problems, you should not worry in the least. My lawyer always told me when I complained and worried was: "You have paid me to do the worrying for you. That is my job, I'm your lawyer so you don't have to worry."

I heeded that and it was much easier. OH? You're 'pro se'"? Never mind. 'Hub


LOL

[Goldfish]

Good morning JB,

This is a great idea!
My mind is filled with so many thoughts, which means I should just be very brief.
One really uplifting thing I learned yesterday is that one of my new neighbors went to Skidrow downtown LA yesterday to do a 'make-over' on the mothers there-- cutting their hair, doing make-up. [Not her profession] [And she just moved here a month ago from another state; she does not even know the area.] I am very excited to make her acquaintance. She has so many interesting things to share. And I'm rather sure that she can & will be helpful to me in starting a possible business venture. (One idea is fixing and selling vintage clothing. She can help me on marketing, ...) I already adore her.

It was also great fun for me to introduce various neighbors to one another; e.g. a new Ethiopian neighbor to another one who adopted kids from Ethiopia. They got on dashingly. I really do wonder how exactly one makes money from being some sort of social coordinator.

[60 minutes last night had a segment on a topic I already mentioned in this forum; people deciding to foreclose because their house was under water. It seems they were raising a moral/ ethical issue about it.-- too ridiculous-- it's a business decision. In fact, I have thought of writing something on this topic: the 'Ethics of Going Bankrupt'; or, now, the 'Ethics of Foreclosing'. Where would I submit it, and how would it help me? is really the only question. Perhaps, in teaching business ethics.]

If I had the time, I should write some piece on "Chronicles of a Census Taker". It is sometimes rather fascinating to learn who one's neighbors are; and learn the general suspicion and ignorance that pervades this census taking. LA lost 1/4 of a million dollars last census because people would not report. [That really doesn't sound like too much.] I've run into language problems here so far because of Farsi [huge population here], and Japanese [huge population here]. I'd start I guess with the story about how some census taker was shot to death in the deep South upon announcing he was from the US Federal Gov't.

Anyway, I'll try to wake up. Thanks for the thread. gf

[justbroke]

Yes, this is my 14-Day countdown thread. Thought it would just be fun to post something interesting everyday.

Today I watched the Celebrity Apprentice. No spoilers here, but the season is winding down. I also traveled to my work location this morning. The Atlanta airport was rather busy for a Sunday morning. There was an entire Central Florida 7th Grade class that went to Atlanta for a Brave's game... oh that must have been fun.

(Note: these are things to keep my discharge off my mind. Especially with Albacore's last-minute UST involvement.)