XPost: can.general, can.politics, ott.general
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Canuck57 wrote:
> On 10/07/2011 4:33 PM, merlin! wrote:
>> John Fleming wrote:
>>> On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 23:42:17 -0600, while chained to a desk
>>> in the scriptorium Canuck57 wrote:
>>>> $On 06/07/2011 7:16 PM, John Fleming wrote:
>>>> $> On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:31:43 -0600, while chained to a desk
>>>> $> in the scriptorium Canuck57 wrote:
>>>> $>> $On 05/07/2011 10:34 PM, John Fleming wrote:
>>>> $>> $> On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:54:48 -0600, while chained to a
>>>> desk $>> $> in the scriptorium Canuck57
>>>> wrote: $>> $>> $On 04/07/2011 8:31 PM, John Fleming wrote:
>>>> $>> $>> $> On Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:10:25 -0600, while chained
>>>> to a desk $>> $>> $> in the scriptorium
>>>> Canuck57 wrote: $>> $>> $>> $On
>>>> 03/07/2011 2:28 PM, merlin! wrote: $>> $>> $>> $> Canuck57
>>>> wrote: $>> $>> $>
>>>> $>> $>> $> [snip]
>>>> $>> $>> $>
>>>> $>> $>> $>> $>> And Canada isn't on a sustainable path
>>>> anyway, sooner or later $>> $>> $>> $>> economic
>>>> collapse is inevitable... unless sometime trims government $>> $>>
>>>> $>> $>> to 1/2 of it size fast. Best to just look out for what I
>>>> can $>>
>>>> $>> $>> $>> control....me. $>> $>> $>> $>
>>>> $>> $>> $>> $> That's what I thought you'd say. It's
>>>> pretty much what everyone in your $>> $>> $>> $> shoes
>>>> says. And it's the reason things continue to get worse. $>> $>> $>>
>>>> $ $>> $>> $>> $Hey, I left friends behind in Ontario
>>>> in 1980 that are still waiting for $>> $>> $>> $government
>>>> to deliver. All government delivers is tax-slavery and more $>> $>>
>>>> $>> $byzantine non-value added complexity. Life is for
>>>> people who have the $>> $>> $>> $get up and go to deal with it.
>>>> $>> $>> $>
>>>> $>> $>> $> If you want fast delivery, phone a pizzeria.
>>>> $>> $>> $>
>>>> $>> $>> $>> $But does not mean you can't be a success all the
>>>> same. Life is full of $>> $>> $>> $obstacles. The trick is
>>>> to decide to walk around them or jump over $>> $>> $>>
>>>> $them...invest in yourself and persevere despite the issues. $>> $>>
>>>> $>> $ $>> $>> $>> $I guess I should realize my
>>>> disability is really my ability. It forced $>> $>> $>> $me
>>>> to be very realistic early on in life. Yep, worked like a mutt
>>>> for $>> $>> $>> $35 years knowing the disability would catch
>>>> up to me and I didn't spend $>> $>> $>> $one day waiting for
>>>> government bailouts. As I knew it wouldn't be there. $>> $>> $>
>>>> $>> $>> $> Huh? $>> $>> $
>>>> $>> $>> $Huh what? Lets not fed the delinquent.
>>>> $>> $>
>>>> $>> $> I just don't remember you ever mentioning a disability
>>>> $>> $> before.
>>>> $>> $
>>>> $>> $Yep, but will not discuss the detail in the wide open. Just
>>>> suffice to $>> $say I have the excuses and never used them. Excuses
>>>> are cheap. Getting $>> $off your ass and dealing with it
>>>> is divine. So when chimps fully $>> $enabled except for the
>>>> crippling attitude , they get little sympathy $>> $from me. And
>>>> fixing ones attitude is relatively easy. $>
>>>> $> I have several disabled friends who have done incredible
>>>> $> things with their lives. A couple are disabled enough to
>>>> $> qualify for full AISH. and the amount they give back to
>>>> $> society in the form of volunteer work is incredible.
>>>> $
>>>> $I managed to pack away enough I don't think I would qualify for
>>>> AISH. $Pays me more to watch the stocks grow and pay dividends at
>>>> this point. $Something you can do without worrying if your doing it
>>>> fast enough.
>>>
>>> With AISH, if my understanding of the rules is correct,
>>> while you can own your own home and you can own a vehicle
>>> modified to meet your needs, there is a limit to the amount
>>> of assets you can have.
>>>
>>>> $> Disabled people who, in spite of their disabilities, find.
>>>> $> ways to contribute to the world around them are such
>>>> $> incredible inspirations. If they can do what they do, what
>>>> $> is holding me back?
>>>> $
>>>> $Yep, yet many fully enabled whine to much. One thing a disabled
>>>> person $will learn sooner than later is whining gets you no where.
>>>> Neither does $self pity or excuses. In a weird sort of way this is
>>>> true: Everyone $has a disability, just depends how you work around
>>>> it. For some, MS, $for others blind, for others a wheel
>>>> chair....for others it is just $attitude.
>>>
>>> The author of "What Color is Your Parachute" wrote a version
>>> of the book aimed at the disabled. And he said exactly the
>>> same thing. Everyone has a disability.
>>>
>>> Usually, when people think of disabilities, they think of
>>> conditions with severe physical or mental shortcomings.
>>> People on crutches or confined to wheelchairs, or with
>>> autism or cerebral palsy.
>>>
>>> And you're right. For some people, the biggest disability
>>> is an attitude.
>>
>> Oh... you mean like the "arrogant smug superior" attitude that you
>> two clowns have? That's a disability? And here I thought it was a
>> charcter defect, potentially curable with a does of reality...
>>
>> I am so sorry for picking on you disabled guys.
>
> Not at all, just hoping to convey some wisdom to you.
You are, of course, joking.
>But do get the
> feeling we are wasting our time.
We are all wasting our time. That's what usenet is for. Why aren't you out
making money?
> Yes, I am disabled, but I didn't let that stop me. Just tried harder,
> replaced envy and self pity with skills and knowledge.
Give the man a medal.
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