XPost: can.general, can.politics, ott.general   
   From: nospam@thanksalot.com   
      
   John Fleming wrote:   
   > On Tue, 5 Jul 2011 17:28:35 -0700, while chained to a desk   
   > in the scriptorium "merlin!"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> $And you two clowns have a crystal ball to see the future, and   
   >> mind-reading $abilities so you always know when you are being   
   >> defrauded. How nice for $you! No wonder your financial plan worked   
   >> out so well.   
   >   
   > Nobody can foresee the future.  But a persona can take steps   
   > to mitigate risk.   
      
   Of course they can, and I agree it is prudent to do so. But it is not   
   guarantee of anything, certainly not in this country.   
      
      
   > In personal finance, you do this by having a budget, a   
   > reserve fund, appropriate insurance, and minimizing your   
   > debt.   
   >   
   > In a relationship, you do this by making sure the woman you   
   > build a relationship has a good head for personal finance   
   > and isn't hooking up with you because of your wallet.  Not   
   > because she has nice tits and a good ass.   
      
   Seriously? You size up a woman's financial acumen prior to asking her out?   
   That's wierd, dude.   
      
      
   >> $> You reap what you sew.   
   >> $   
   >> $Maybe, if the locusts don't eat the crop.   
   >   
   > I'll echo Canuck57's statement.  You reap what you sow.   
      
   Unless the crop is stolen, then other people reap what you sow. That   
   happens a lot in Canada, and if it's the government who steal it then you   
   are SOL.   
      
   > You build a strong financial foundation, and you are better   
   > able to weather life's storms.  Thing of it as building your   
   > house on rock, not sand.   
      
   yeah yeah... we know. The point is, you can do all of that and lose it all   
   through no fault of your own - at the stroke of a pen. It does happen, and   
   you need to understand that and stop assigning blame where none is   
   warranted.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)