>   I've never asked someone to do something I haven't done or willing to do
 > or doing it with them. 
 >   Sort of lead by example.

No other way makes sense to me.

 > > She, however, with me was fine, mostly a flirt.

 >   I had a woman working with me one time who flirted with nearly anything
 > in pants, but, if someone said something to her she got offended.  
 >   You wanna play that game sister, its a two way street.

I didn't bite, as this woman was married & I don't play that.

 >   One can tax a company on their product/services, but the company doesn't
 > pay that tax, its passed along in higher prices to the buyer all along the
 > way.

Same in Canada; all taxes are passed on to the consumer.  Per piur
Constitution, the federal government cannot tax us dirctly, so they can tax
businesses, who then, as you note, pass the negative savings on to us!

But someone did the math & figured out there's far more revenue in directly
raxiong everyt consumer the amnount they used to tax the manufacturers (&, the
businesses then kept that previous, now removed, tax as profit & added the
sales tax to this inflated value.)

 >   My landlord is into flipping houses as well.
 >   He buys some run down house, slaps some paint on it and sells it.

you get into the capital gains taxes pretty soon doing that, unless he lives in
each for a year while fixing it up?

My buddy lives in Canada, buys/sells in the USA, & pays no taxes in either
country!

 > > If you get praise from me, it's sincere.

 >    I'm waiting...  :)

There you go.  Reading comnprehension is perfect (J/King)

 > > IKR? I get that from people, too. ("They asren't real, you know, & you now
 > > nothing about them"); I can't just reply, "I know some better than you &
 > > trust them more." as that would be impolite.

 >   I would tell those asking why I was visiting online friends I would tell
 > them I've known them for years.

I joined a lunch get together I organised for a local BBS, that had no photos
online; I only knew each memnber by their conversations withme & others.

I arrived a little late, & walked in, & shook hands one by one with all twelve
who arrived earlier, greeting each by name (one or two I added '?' but most I
was certain of my estimate.)

My theory is that what we look like helps define how we were treated throughout
our lives by others,& this, in t urn, shapes personality. I told this to a gal
I chatted with regularly & she dared me to tell her something about what she
looked like. I thought & said, "I'd guess your bra size is either a 34C or a
36B."

She disappeared from chast for a bit, coming back later to say shet had to
leave, as she was freaking out (she was exactly between those two sizes and
ownesd both sizes of bras in regular use)

That was the end of our ongoing flirtations, as I think I scared her too badly.



 >   But I brought death and destruction with me.
 >   One woman I visited, (knew her from here) came down with brain cancer.
 >   Another old friend died, and the wife of another friend died.
 >   Plus others have had various health problems.
 >   One guy's dog died.
 >   One city I visited erupted into riots the following year.
 >   Another town had immigration problems.

 > > But I'm just the old fuddy duddyt who has no clue how things workm in
 > > today's world.  I do & that's the sad thing. . . because I know better,
 > > but nobody cares to hear it -- I'n sure you've had the same problem,
 > > almost 20 years longer than I have!

 >   One can learn a lot from the older generations.
 >   I was always interested in history, and personal history as well, about
 > life before I was born so always enjoyed hearing their stories.  (Unless the
 > story was for the upteenth time).  :)
 >   Joe
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Your friend,

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