XPost: can.general, can.politics, ott.general   
   From: Canuck57@nospam.com   
      
   On 06/07/2011 7:22 PM, John Fleming wrote:   
   > On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:25:02 -0600, while chained to a desk   
   > in the scriptorium Canuck57  wrote:   
   >> $On 05/07/2011 10:55 PM, John Fleming wrote:   
   >> $>  On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:48:59 -0600, while chained to a desk   
   >> $>  in the scriptorium Canuck57   wrote:   
   >> $>>  $On 05/07/2011 7:22 PM, merlin! wrote:   
   >> $>>  $   
   >> $>>  $>>   If you don't have a secure job, you have to make it a   
   >> $>>  $>>   priority.  It's called survival.   
   >> $>>  $>   
   >> $>>  $>   For many, it isn't an option. Other matters and other people   
   intervene.   
   >> $>>  $>   
   >> $>>  $>   You appear to have a very limited understanding of how things are   
   in   
   >> $>>  $>   Canada. Possibly, you have had good fortune, and assume that   
   everyone else   
   >> $>>  $>   has the same skills, opportunities, and good fortune. They do not.   
   >> $>>  $   
   >> $>>  $What a crock of crap.  What have you done to better yourself?  Evening   
   >> $>>  $courses?  Community college?  Anything?   
   >> $>>  $   
   >> $>>  $And don't say you took a course in basket weaving.  Hard score,   
   science,   
   >> $>>  $trade, investing, accounting....   
   >> $>>  $   
   >> $>>  $But does sound like you went in over your head.  Time to learn how to   
   swim.   
   >> $>   
   >> $>  And in addition to courses, there is a wealth of knowledge   
   >> $>  tucked away in books and magazines and audiovisual resources   
   >> $>  down at the local library.  The most it will cost in money   
   >> $>  might be a small annual membership fee ($12 for the Edmonton   
   >> $>  Public Library.)  Commit to reading a non-fiction book a   
   >> $>  month on topics that interests you.  E-book or paper--it   
   >> $>  doesn't matter.   
   >> $>   
   >> $>  If TV is your thing, commit to watching educational   
   >> $>  television like PBS or Discoery channel at least one night a   
   >> $>  week.   
   >> $   
   >> $You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink.   
   >   
   > Aye, that we can.   
   >   
   > Given the wealth of free and low cost resources available in   
   > our society, it is sad that more people don't make more use   
   > of them.   
   >   
   > One of the ways I was lucky growing up is that my parents   
   > encouraged us to read.  Mother took us kids to the library   
   > on a regular basis, and we had shelves of books at home. Not   
   > paperback thrillers, but good books. At a time many kids   
   > were struggling with Dick and Jane and Sally and Spot, I was   
   > reading books like "Born Free".   
      
   Yep. And with todays Internet, they can view it all, even order the book   
   from amazon.   
      
   If it is finances, channel 33 "Til Debt Do Us Part", then go to the web   
   site for more free info.   
      
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   Now the real war is on Obama-debt, to save America's future.   
   And do it for your kids sake....and ignore the selfish fleabags...   
      
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