It's a "series" so for entertainment purposes being that it is twins they should both get 1 child. Not sure if they are identical or fraternal but I'm sure they could find a way to figure out who gets which one, maybe flip a coin? It would be interesting to find out who is the better parent because the starting point would be the same.

Had a guy message me and said he would "host", not really sure what that means but I can imagine, I'm not into that kind of thing, I'm not into guys, so it was kind of creepy.

When you started talking about N's and HO's it's a good thing you mentioned electric trains cuz that could have taken a turn for the worse in a hurry.

I wrote a 22 page letter about it but it's too large to post here. If you subscribe to THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE maybe you can find it there🤪 If you look on WebMD none of these things would be clinically diagnosed by a Dr. They may call them similar things, but they would not use these terms, they are more social terms so defined by peoples own judgement. There is plenty of reading people can do on the subject, but being it does not have a clinical definition it is all subject to ones own interpretation.

Have you tried volunteering in a nursing home? Maybe you could be a gigolo or try to get in the porn business? Then you could make money while doing what you love. The plus side is you don't have to worry about getting them knocked up. Are you planning on taking out a large insurance policy on this woman if you find one?

Introvert, extrovert, pervert? All depends on how much alcohol you add.

Don't you know REAL MEN do not go to the Dr.
Women have that buddy system they go by, guys don't share such info with each other.
I have an exit only policy and thus far I have been able to keep my virginity back there. I'm not really sure how much they can tell by sticking a finger up there. I did however just have a new hip put in a couple weeks ago so I have cut down on my 60 hour weeks at work a bit for awhile so I have had a little more time to kill on here lately. My buddy has a shirt some guys might get a kick out of, it say " I'm no gynaecologist but I'll take a look"

Hey Ladywind to be perfectly honest with you the shampoo and the conditioner I have used for years is called Finesse, pretty ironic isn't it! I usually use the moisturizing version, I have a lot of hair, if I could share some of it with some of the women with thinning hair I would, and it is just starting to show a little gray. I'm very blessed in the hair department.
The commercials for the shampoo used to say sometimes you got a little Finesse, sometime you got a lot!🤣

I have never been down to Aftica so how was I to know? Apparently you did not know either! I do go down to the Y once in awhile, I'm not much on prayer, but trust me there have been a time or two that I have prayed going into the Y.
My mind in the gutter? I was just pointing out current trends in the housing market. You know like how some women like letting the prairie grass grow and the forest to be natural, well others keep the grass mowed and the hedges trimmed. The there are others that pull the grass and bushes out by the roots. Why would a woman want to trim or remove the big bush outside her front door? Well if someone goes down to her house and things are going well she probably doesn't want somebody to have to stop to pull a twig out of their mouth. And if somebody does come in her front door it is much easier to clean up afterwards. Others do it just because it feels good or they like the way it looks. I won't even get into maintenance of the back door because many won't let you enter that way anyway.
I could also talk about cats too, I don't really have the ability to post pictures, but some women prefer long hair cats, others like short hair cats, now they have those hairless cats that people are really getting into. The only reason I thought of this was because the women were talking about hair length.

Maybe tile would have been a better example for where you are at? Looking back hardwood may have a couple different meanings, but not many are doing wall to wall carpet anymore. Even some men are getting into manscaping.

Wow, are you ever showing your age. Many women spend as much time managing the other hair on their body as they do the hair on their head. Have you ever heard the expression do the curtains match the rug? Well if you keep up with trends you would know hardwood is currently in style. Ya, some may have a throw rug here or there, but others like that clean polished look too. It's not the 1970's when wall to wall shag carpet was in style. Maybe some of the women will share these secrets with each other later on in the thread and you will understand better.

When I first seen the word "Empath" it t seemed like a strange term, however after looking at it's root and also comparing other similar terms such as psychopath and sociopath I was able to start connecting the dots and it is all becoming much more clear now.

I assume you are not paying taxes then? Maybe I should try that game? At $150k I'd pay $48k in income tax, after saving that $100k I would not even be able to pay my property tax much less food, utilities, insurance, and basic needs. I would agree that I could live off $20k a year, probably alot less if my house was paid for and I did very little driving. But we must face it that $100k isn't what it used to be. I remember not that long ago when people would say if they had a million dollars they could live off the interest, but with low interest rates combined with inflation I think it would be very hard to do without a very risky investment.

After you have a few it does not matter. All tastes the same when you are drunk and that's the only reason for drinking it in the first place anyway.

This is the men's thread, not the men's locker room. Did you think we were running around naked in here ?(well maybe some are)
You looking for some bad Dad jokes? Or think we are talking about T&A? Well we are getting to that so maybe check back in later. 🤪

I had HO and O scale as a kid but never had the space for a true layout so when I was in my 20s I built an N scale and put it in a coffee table. Had a water feature and a little airplane that flew around, but after a few kids got into I had planned on doing an even better one but gave up on it. I would love to go to Z scale but that gets spendy really fast and I got so many projects going already that I probably don't need another.

It's easy to take someone out of the ghetto.
It's hard to take the ghetto out of someone.

Here is something I came across on "public school review"
A school district where 40% of the students identified as low-income would need to spend $20k-$30k per student in order to achieve average test scores. In contrast a school district where 10% or fewer we're low-income would only need to spend between $5k and $10k per student per year. That is just to bring the majority of students up to the national average level of performance. The cost to bring students up to minimum standards or acheive higher then "proficient" would be much higher or even astronomical.

So my question is what is causing poor kids to be dumber? Is it their surroundings? Diet? Not learning at home? Or the gene pool of stupid and lazy people?

The problem is the money does not go to the children, it goes to the parents of the children. The parents can use the money to buy a new iPhone (and they do) the parent can use the money to buy some crack rocks (and some do) the parent can use the money to buy a new outfit (and they do)

People who can not take care of themselves should not have children. People who can not afford to have children should not have children.

Poverty, poor, middle class all have different meanings for different people. $1000 difference between being in poverty and being poor probably isn't going to make a difference in any one's life.

Poor people (including those in poverty) are more likely to have children, and more likely to have more children. I do understand that children also bring your income status down because now you have many more expenses. I may be able to get by on $20k a year, however with a child or 3 it would be much, much harder to make ends meet. Unfortunately we can not spay and neuter people or force them to use birth control, so instead we punish their stupid mistakes by having them be poor. People who are born poor are very likely to be poor themselves in return they are more likely to have even more kids and the cycle builds while the rich and middle class are having fewer and fewer children.

Between paying for their k-12 education, the child tax credit, and whatever welfare or assistance or time in court or jail the government spends on them can easily be $300k+ by the time they are 18. And then maybe they can get a $15 hour job? That's $30k a year, somebody making $30k pays about $3k a year in taxes, if they work 50 years the government will have recovered roughly half of the $300k they spent on this person as a child in the $150k they collect in taxes. That however does not pay for anything else the government spends money on.

It's not new, but the amount, who can get it, and how it is handed out is new. It is an additional $1600 if you have a child under 6, if you have a child 6-16 you get an additional $1000. It used to be only people making $2500- $75k single or $150k joint qualified for it. Now if you make $0- $200k single or $400k joint you qualify for it. It was $1000 til a few years ago, then it went up to $2000, the new guide lines have only been passed for this year so far but may become permanent soon. They are sending out checks or doing direct deposit on a percentage each month for the rest of the year. But what people get in monthly payments will be subtracted from the total they get when they file their taxes. So some of this is new, but really it is just a change to an already existing policy.

Not everybody thinks $150k is a lot. Sorry I do not do links, but if you look up financialsamurai.com why households need to earn $300,000 a year to live middle class lifestyle. It is entertaining but also shows that different parts of the United States lives different then others and not everything is going to work for everyone.