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Dammit, when I have a problem with my DirectTV in the United States, I want to talk to someone in the United States!
The Amazon rep indicated that I could leave the package on my porch and UPS would pick it up. I want some type of receipt stating that they (UPS) have the package for liability purposes because I go to work and have a whack-a-doodle, busy neighbor....
I don't know if the conversation was so frustrating because Amazon only uses UPS or because the distance in miles that I would have to travel made no sense to them.
Actually, I use different languages whenever I get a phone call from a telemarketer. This ensures getting rid of them quickly.
As a humourous aside i have spoken to customer support assistants from parts of th UK whose accents were so thick that the same problem applied.
My DirectTv issue was in April but my persistence paid off as they said I would be issued a credit in the amount of $720.00.
Gun sales are down but new customer acquisitions are up.
Question, is there an age that a chˇld should be self sufficient, employed and on their own? At what time is the parent's obligation met?
I moved out of my parents house one week after my eighteen birthday. Never returned home afterward, like I see so many do nowadays.
It is a total eye opener when you venture out on your own. I still remember my shock related to my initial shopping trip. Basically, I shopped for the miscellaneous things that I needed to set up my apartment; cleaning products, toiletries, spices, condiments, the things you buy that will last for a while..... I don't recall the amount I spent only that I spent more than I anticipated and I hadn't even purchased any "real food", yet
I read the story that you mentioned and it sounds like the man is perfectly able to look after himself but has chosen not to do so. It's a shame that the parents had to go to such extremes but they are well within their right, in this case.
In my situation, I could not abide by the "house rules" ie coming and going as I wanted, which was disruptive to my parents. My pops told me that there were "too many chiefs and not enough Indians" an in his house, he was the chief. Bottom line, go by the house rules or move. I moved and never regretted it, it was time for me to grow up.
I have no idea what the age when kids should move on, I think it becomes a decision made by the parents, kids, etc. Yes, there are circumstances where that make it difficult for one to more out.
From what I read this person is quite capable of figuring out how to take care of himself. I don't think this person is disabled in any way.
I was 16.
A stepchild, and in this case, a young man, is a BIG reason why this marriage or a similar marriage could end in divorce. Love does not conquer all and if you don't think this is placing a strain on his marriage, I think you would be wrong. Second marriages are often very tricky when one comes with a chˇld or chˇ ldren or anything that could be construed as "baggage". Chˇ ldren and finances are two of the biggest relationship killers in second marriages.
I was concerned about how my son would cope, but he and his now wife, rented and are building up a deposit gradually. I was so thrilled as I hoped that he could start an independent life after Uni, just as I did. Living at home definetly the worst option.
I saw this news story and was really appalled by the son's attitude, if it was reported accurately.
I don't suppose there is a hard and fast line. If the **** is doing all that they can to get a job and attempt to build up reserves so that they start an independentt life that is all that we can ask for. But I tend to think that if the **** went to Uni, by 25 they should be independent. If they went straight to work rather than going on to Uni, then sooner.
Yes, I recognize that things are different. Heck, many years ago young men chose to enter the armed forces rather than finishing their education but even now, Uncle Sam is selective about who "he" takes. And many years ago, you could have a high school diploma and get yourself into the job market and be taught skills. Now it is almost mandatory to have a college degree and even then, it does not guarantee that you will find a job. Knowledge alone is nothing if you lack ambition.
It is with sincerity that I applaud you, and the rest of the parents, that were able to raise strong young people and turn them into productive human beings, no matter what their capabilities are. They are OUR future.
The Washington Capitols are 6 Canadians, 7 Europeans and THREE Americans!
From those numbers, Canadians and Americans should both be going for Vegas!!
I don't think it is. I do, however, agree that they are at work and are obligated to follow the company rules just like us real people.
If their employer says to stand, they should stand but their employer would soon suffer the wrath of the company's customers AKA the fans.
Standing for any national anthem is merely a courtesy, nothing more.
What the NFL players, who are kneeling, are doing has nothing to do with the anthem, the flag, veterans or patriotism. They are simply using their platform on a national stage, when the cameras are on them, to bring attention and awareness to their cause of injustice and inequality towards people who are black. However, Trump and his knuckle-draggers made it about the flag and the anthem and now the white NFL masters have decided to punish their 'property' if they don't stand during their national anthem.
I know that many of the Armed Forces and Police, that put their lives on the line, daily, so we all have the right to dissent, and disagree. Many have expressed disgust, at this particular form of protest.
Is it 'Wrong', no. Is it in bad taste, and likely to offend many that would have otherwise supported the 'cause'? yes.
I am trying to understand their reason for protesting, but how can I, really, being white, never having faced 'racism' like they have?
I just think that they should protest in another way, that doesn't offend the Flag, the Anthem and what those stand for. I think this particular kind of protest, alienates some that would otherwise support their position!!
In changing any major thing, in any society, the ones that are suppressed NEED, above all, the support of society, as a whole, to **** the change, gathering momentum by gaining supporters.
Kneeling at the Anthem, is losing supporters, I think, that would otherwise be aligned with those issues!
"The Star-Spangled Banner" was made the national anthem by a congressional resolution on March 3, 1931.
Unless the Founding Fathers were time travelers, they did NOT fight for and/or die for the National Anthem of the United States.
Many people who have served in the military or who are currently serving have voiced their support of the players right to protest in this manner.
I explained the players reason for protesting.
When you say 'I just think that they should protest in another way', many people have said the exact same thing but have not offered an alternate form of protest which THEY feel would be acceptable.
Black People: March in the streets to bring attention to their cause
White People: Black people should protest peacefully
Black People: Kneel quietly during the national anthem
White People: NO. Not like that
The thing that changed was that Trump got involved and made it a HUGE issue and of course lied about why they're doing it which his supporters believed to be the truth.
Had he just done the impossible, kept his mouth shut, it wouldn't be such a huge issue today. It would probably quietly disappeared or handled diplomatically behind closed doors.
That said, why are we playing the anthem at sporting events and not before theatre or opera performances? Just start the game.
Play the national anthem before every public event and require all in attendance to sing all FOUR verses of the Star Spangled Banner, including the third verse where it talks of putting slaves in the grave. Once people realize that their national anthem is more than just one verse, they will quickly stop talking about patriotism and will call it for what it is ~ a Racist song written by a Racist.
O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there,
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep
Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream,
’Tis the star-spangled banner - O long may it wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore,
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion
A home and a Country should leave us no more?
Their **** has wash’d out their foul footstep’s pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
Between their lov’d home and the war’s desolation!
Blest with vict’ry and peace may the heav’n rescued land
Praise the power that hath made and preserv’d us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto - “In God is our trust,”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
'Peaceful Protest' is guaranteed. Being obstructive, disrupting travel on highways, roads and in public places is NOT COVERED by 'Free Speech'!
Our roads, and highways are paid for by our taxes, and the right to pass on them, is as much mine, as yours! If a protest INFRINGES upon my rights, it is ****, and shutting down highways, with these protests is ****.
Your rights END, when they infringe upon another's rights!
Sadly, the local police are too afraid to enforce the laws, and everyone is inconvenienced, and thus ****, and REFUSE to support whatever protest that violates those laws, and inconveniences them!
If you want to protest, YOU NEED POPULAR SUPPORT! What IDIOT imagines that shutting down a highway, is going to gain support for the cause??
Grateful Dead pops into my head, what pops into yours?
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Big **** and the holding company, Quicksilver messenger service and Tangerine dream.
In fact in an interview Paul Mccartney did once suggest that the Sgt Pepper album name was a response to the increasingly wierd names of groups.
The 13th Floor Elevators
The Chocolate Watch Band
A folk singer from the '70's named Shawn Phillips wrote a song called She was waiting for her mother at the station in Torino and you know I love you baby but it's getting to heavy to laugh.
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His album, Second Contribution is FANTASTIC!
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