In western society, we seem to judge people on their occupation, a doctor must be better than a store clerk. Donald Trump is a celebrity only because he's rich. He has the personality of a snail. Paris Hilton is a brainless bimbo, but rich. So she is a celebrity.
What about you ? Do you place yourself within a level of society according to what you do for a living ? Does your occupation define you ? Do you use it as currency in a social environment ?
He's the poster boy for the state's new anti-smoking campaign. But 48-year-old Skip Legault is still smoking -- despite an amputated leg, two heart attacks and a stroke.
Why You Should Never Lick Envelopes.
What you don't know, wont hurt you, but this one is sure worth knowing. (an employee) I used to work for an envelope company. Our plant supervisor used to work in the Chicago plant and told us not to lick the envelopes because they would often find dead rats at the bottom of the glue barrel (after thousands of envelopes had been glued and shipped)
Venzuela to ban stupid names.
Venezuela approves a bill barring parents from giving their children 'names that expose them to ridicule, are extravagant or difficult to pronounce,' or that raise doubts about whether a child is a girl or a boy.
Tampa Police say a 13-year-old girl who just got out of Juvenile Detention robbed a Burger King Restaurant at knife point. But all she demanded was a cheeseburger.
Citizen-burglar: He finds corpse, calls police. BERLIN - A Berlin burglar's break-in took an unexpected turn when he stumbled upon a corpse and felt compelled to call the police.
"He called to say he'd just broken into a flat and found a dead body," said a spokeswoman for Berlin police Thursday. "He gave the address of the place and then hung up."
Teen's bill for a wild party? Cops say $18,000.
MELBOURNE, Australia - An Australian teenager who threw a wild party while his parents were away could face a hefty fine after police said Monday they might charge him for the cost of breaking up the gathering.
Even though it seemed the perfect gift ...
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - A western Pennsylvania man who mailed a bloody cow's head to his wife's lover has been sentenced to probation and community service.
Cop thought dead man in office chair was 'joke'.
NEW YORK - Detective Travis Rapp has seen his share of corpses, but this was new: two men wheeling a rigid, pale body down a Manhattan street in a red office chair, drawing a crowd of suspicious onlookers.
Looking out the window of the restaurant where he was having lunch, Rapp initially assumed "it was a mannequin or a dummy," he said. "I thought it was a joke, honestly."
A closer inspection showed that it wasn't. The man was dead, and two of his friends had hauled his corpse to a store to cash his $355 Social Security check, police said. They were arrested before they could get the money.
I will offer this; sometimes my universe suddenly shifts a little to the left or right. CS is not just a community of distant and detached souls. It is as real as any community, but within the the confines of cyber-space. Sometimes a few hours spent on site can become a roller-coaster, emotionally.
In the physical world, we don't communicate with the whole planet as we do here. So at times, I become over-loaded with threads and posts without being fully conscious of how it affects me. Then, without notice, my brain tells me it's time to take a break, as I often do. I'm never gone for long, as I depend on so many wonderful people whom I have met here to fill my time and mind with food for thought, and comfort.
I will now go into the kitchen and arrange my can goods in alphabetical order.
As moderators you should not be condescending and disrespectful, we are not children. The quoted text sounds like a grade school teacher lecturing a class of 6 year olds.
The format of the forums has me so frustrated i have to quit!!!
I find myself on six clicks before i can reply in a thread. The graphic nature of some of the pics today i found very sickening. not what i wanted from a singles site.....
I guess i am looking for a singles site now...
I so loved being here with you all and i want to thank you all for your friendship".
CS was once a place for communication. Now it's a gadget circus. There's no harm in that, other than a good thread can be relegated to a 3rd page within an hour, because someone wants to show 18 pics., of their dog. Bandwidth is expensive CS, you know that already.
Fast frozen communication, just warm and serve. I don't even like emoticons. If you want someone to see a video or pic., just mail it to them. This is not Facebook etc.
Osama Bin Laden Sends George Bush A Letter. (A little Humour)
Osama Bin Laden himself decided to send George Bush a letter in his own handwriting to let him know he was still in the game. Bush opened the letter and it appeared to contain a single line of coded message: 370HSSV-0773H
Bush was baffled, so he e-mailed it to Condi Rice. Condi and her aides had no clue either, so they sent it to the FBI.
No one could solve it at the FBI so it went to the CIA, then to the NSA.
With no clue as to its meaning they eventually asked Britain's MI-6 for help. Within a minute MI-6 cabled the White House with this reply: "Tell the President he's holding the message upside down."
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In western society, we seem to judge people on their occupation, a doctor must be better than a store clerk. Donald Trump is a celebrity only because he's rich. He has the personality of a snail. Paris Hilton is a brainless bimbo, but rich. So she is a celebrity.What about you ? Do you place yourself within a level of society according to what you do for a living ? Does your occupation define you ? Do you use it as currency in a social environment ?