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Published Letters: 182 Editor's Choice: 17
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I don't see it
[Read the article: One woman, one daughter]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]For every urban woman who opts to not have children or have a smaller family, there are many rural ones who need children as props in their old age and hands to do work. For every educated man who is content with his one child, there are many who want a male child to carry on the family name or fulfill some need that I as a woman cannot fathom. As for condoms, convince third world me to use them. Talk about making assumptions cross-culturally.
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If you really think about Thanksgiving Dinner
[Read the article: Ask the pilot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]There are 365 days in a year. One day is Thanksgiving and the other is Christmas and, on those two days, otherwise sensible and thrifty (I hope) people do something monumentally stupid. They travel by air to eat. Think about it, its like a mass hallucination or hysteria, where perfectly normal people feel compelled to spend a couple of hundred to several thousand dollars to travel in the worst cold weather, where they need piles of clothing in their luggage, at the same time as everyone else, so they can eat?
A smart family (and I know a few) have their holidays and reunions during nice weather, when they can rent some cabins, let the kids run around barefoot in the grass, and all sit down at a picnic table, where ants and birds can do cleanup instead of harried grandmothers.
I gave up on winter travel years ago. I learned to travel to visit family at other times when the airports aren't batshit crazy, the weather is nice, and my luggage is light. Every place is so much nicer in the spring and summer. Winter is for holing up at home with your pets, especially since all the pet sitters are booked solid by people who think that a turkey dinner is worth all that money and aggravation.
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No Way, Jose
[Read the article: GDrive: The Google hard drive is coming]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Considering how the search companies roll over for their Chinese governmental overlords, there's no way I am storing my personal stuff in their fluffy little network cloud. Last thing I need is a quick trip to Gitmo because my files contain 3 ounces of liquid and some nail clippers.
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A short answer
[Read the article: Should we euthanize the Yorkie?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I volunteer at the SPCA. Small dogs fly out of there, especially if they are cute and personable. I suspect even an older dog, like an 11 year old Yorkie, would find a home very quickly.
I recommend going through a responsible animal rescue with the dog, rather than craigslist or freecycle. They'll suss out the potential owner's ability to care for the dog and offer an option of taking the dog back if things don't work out.
The rest of it, the emotional stuff, you can deal with. But don't feel bad about the dog. If you can't care for him, then a shelter will.
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Just curious
[Read the article: Did New Yorkers pay for Giuliani's affair?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I assume the mayor of New York City needs security no matter where he goes. If he decided to go to Coney Island for a Nathan's hot dog, wouldn't he need security? Why should a trip to his mistress be any different?
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Please. Feel Free to Wait.
[Read the article: "Their 40s just seemed to sneak up on them"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm totally cool with the late birth thing. A later start means a smaller family. This is fine. Most kids survive to have kids of their own, so the days of farm-sized families are behind us. The world's bursting with people.
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A few observations
[Read the article: Ask the pilot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]One observation is that, if you pair the newbie with an experienced pilot, it can work out well. I don't feel like there'd be a danger having a pilot with 500 hours paired with someone who has many hours in the sky. Apprenticeships have worked all through civilization. The wretched results come when you think you are saving money by sending a noob to school to sit in a classroom and take a nap and then throw that person into a job. Apprenticeships aren't like that. There's a lot of guidance. One thought is that, perhaps these folks could be running cargo flights and not passenger flights, but otherwise, I don't see a huge problem with this.
The other thing is that we're talking small, regional flights and a lack of pilots for those small routes. This is a good argument for beefing up the railroads. If you're going a short distance, a train ride is just as quick as a plane ride. You don't have to show up two hours ahead of time and get frisked, and trains often load and unload in the center of town.
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I blame
[Read the article: Sex offender alert!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]FOX news.
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One word
[Read the article: My ex-con neighbor owes me money]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Move.
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Trickle Up Economics
[Read the article: The latest data on income inequality]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]With the advent of 401K programs, every Joe Palooka in the US is investing money in the stock market and throwing the prospectuses in the bin. Since Joe Palooka and the AARP want their 401Ks to do well by any means necessary, manufacturing and pink collar jobs get exported and high-priced management in the US comes in and takes all the money. There is no real gain. What money is not spent on US salaries does not go back to the shareholders, it goes to the executives, who justify their insane salaries by saying, "Look how much money I made for the company!" They neglect to add "and I'm taking it all!"
Its funny that I know a lot of grey haired boomers who insist they are eco-friendly, and yet they do not read the prospectuses of their 401K funds to fully understand how much of their money is in the hands of the planet-killing, job-exporting, child-labor-supporting profiteers.
You want change? Read your prospectus and invest like an intelligent person who gives a damn.
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I see the kid's point
[Read the article: Child porn or edgy art?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Those clothes are so ugly, I'd want to take them off, too.
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What I want
[Read the article: Kitchen gadgets: You don't really need a brownie edge pan]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Is a muffin pan that only gives muffin tops. Of course, the downside is the resultant increase in my muffin top. As for Jeanette, who removes the edges from her brownies - I wish you were in my social circle. We could line up a trade. Edges are great crumbled on ice cream. Om nom nom nom.