I'm proud to be 84 and all that it throws at me. I'm told I don't look my age but that doesn't mean that I don't feel it My profile picture is me last year ,out there and proud.
3 replacement joints on I'm still up to walking with my local well being group and would even dance if I could .My boogie bouncer is great for exercise and a spot of gardening on my patio keep me occupied.
The most important part of ageing in my opinion is also keeping the brain active hence my visits to the blogs for my sins.Sitting in front of a T.V. all day is not my forte.
Embrace growing old and be positive as the only direction it's going is forward.
I don't come on here to change anyone's opinion ,but some people don't see it that way when I comment on any given post to do with political issues.
I'm told I'm argumentative or thick or believe in the media ,you name it some people have got a label for anything if it goes against their own political viewpoint.
Does this bother me ? No of course not as to my way of thinking if you have to try to belittle someone to get your own point across you've already lost my interest and sometimes respect..
Having a difference of opinion is hardly an argument surely
I have family in America, South Dakota to be exact .Standing up for one's thoughts and opinions is hardly playing the victim .I see a lot wrong in the World and having lived and survived one World War I'd hate to have to go through it all again especially at my age. As for my being responsible for no posters ,do me a favour. I and many others that I still know have been here for years including Grand and we often bounce off each other but there is no animosity at least not on my part.
I do wish you'd stop assuming I hate people.It's a fact Grand nothing more nothing less.
You love Putin and Trump and think they are the answer to World issues and that's fine with me .I and many others see a totally different side to these two men and that's fine too.
The United States is the country that uses the most petrol as fuel for vehicles. This is due to a number of factors, including the large population and vast land area, which leads to a high demand for transportation.
Big isn't always productive and the Americans just love their gas guzzlers.
"The White House has staked its credibility on being able to lower energy prices," says Ben Cahill, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington thinktank. "It's definitely unusual because the reality is that presidents don't control gas prices. They never have and they never will."
Started on Woodbines and Players Weights and ended up on Rothmans but never a heavy smoker Most would be 8 to 10 a day so an average of maybe 3 packets a week bearing in mind they were only about £3:50 to £4 per packet of 20.
I'm fully aware of the facts of support for gas and electricity from the Government Merlot but my point in all of this was that the U.S. president has no control over gasolene prices. FACT.
I don't resent being told anything if it's true and I am unaware, that's called positive information. What I object to is anyone believing that Trump actually reduced fuel prices and hoping I'll believe it.
What about from a legacy perspective? Can presidents say that they reduced gas prices over their term in office? Nope. Every president since 2000 has left office with gas prices higher than they took office (using EIA numbers):
Bill Clinton left office with gas prices 39 cents higher ($1.06 on Jan. 25, 1993; $1.47 on Jan. 22, 2001). George W. Bush also left office with gas prices 39 cents higher ($1.47 on Jan. 22, 2001; $1.84 on Jan. 26, 2009). Barack Obama left office with gas prices 49 cents higher ($1.84 on Jan. 26, 2009; $2.33 on Jan. 23, 2017) Donald Trump was a relative success story, with prices climbing a mere 6 cents during his time in office ($2.33 on Jan. 23, 2017; $2.39 on Jan. 25, 2021).
So it seems Trump didn't reduce prices they just didn't rise that high.
Rich kids don't end up on the streets or if some do it's extremely rare.
Your blog is about the decline in births in Japan and I've given you an explanation . All I'm saying is if you can't afford to feed and clothe the children you have don't keep having more .
I don't control what others do ,it's their choice, same as how many they have,but I do think that the Japanese have got it right in their thinking.don't you?
Are you in turn saying that lots of kids born into a family that can't afford to feed them deserve to starve?
I was in the queue at W.H.Smiths the other morning and the guy in front of me was asking the price of brands of cigarettes. I nearly fainted when she said £19:50 for a packet of 20 though I can't recall the brand.
For a heavy smoker he/she would be burning away over a £100 or more a week
Not if you can't afford them . That's the problem with today's society as can be seen by our own country and the amount of benefits dished out to large families whose parents can't afford to feed and clothe them.
Japan’s birth rate has fallen because there are fewer good opportunities for young people, and especially men, in the country’s economy. In a country where men are still widely expected to be breadwinners and support families, a lack of good jobs may be creating a class of men who don’t marry and have children because they—and their potential partners—know they can’t afford to.
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My profile picture is me last year ,out there and proud.
RE: The hush money trial is set to resume...
We keep hearing about "fake news" so how's this for "fake Snooze"Trump falling asleep at his trial last week.