Nope, a great response. We are just looking for different things in our lives, that's all.
I happen to love DC. Just don't think that because I don't talk about Keynesian Economics anymore (I did here once upon a time, it just got to be too frustrating), or because I don't have the greatest spelling ability in the world, that I am unread, or under educated. Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 12:10 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: [signs of sanity] MD no longer subsidizing Wal-Mart > > > ::smile:: I said a while ago I was going and I am. But since you > ask, I am where I want to be, playing with ideas and thinking > about a third career. I've been quite affluent, I've been very > poor, and I am pretty comfortable as we speak a couple of years > out from losing every single thing I owned in a flood. I have a > small business that does ok. You probably make more money, but > you're welcome to it. You have to live in DC to earn it and I > walked away from that about five years ago. > > I hope this doesn't sound sharp. It isn't intended to be, but > since you ask... > > Dana > > >More than that. This is a valid point I am going to be making, > and I really > >do not want it to sound like a personal attack against Dana. > > > >Dana, how old are you? What is your current salary? What does > your current > >financial situation look like? I am not going to throw numbers > out but just > >what I have heard you say here, I would say that your situation > is far more > >precarious than either mine or Julian's. Plus you have been > alive quite a > >bit longer. You know I came up from nothing, so it's not like > you can point > >at some rich white man who was behind me backing me up. > > > >Tell Julian and I, who knows more about economics? A late > blooming college > >student, or two people that have run businesses and are > reasonably senior in > >their fields. > > > >Again, Dana, this is merely something I point out in the nature > of debate. > >Please do not take it personally. > > > >Tim > > > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:192910 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
