hi
>>>>>>>>>>>>>lots of discussion about welfare etc
stop whinging already :-)
at least you have welfare!!!! here all we have is unemployment insurance,
contribute while you work & you can claim up to 2/3 of your last salary
(subject to limits) for 6 months. with unemployment around 30% and the
average school leaver having to wait 6 years to get a job!!!!!!
i did two years bible college - for one year of it i was unemployed, living
on my own. paid my rent, my tuition, my food by "living by faith" come home
at month end - find my rent paid. need money for food - come home & find an
envelope of money shoved under my door. come to college & find a note saying
my monthly tuition was paid. what can i say?? ive seen god in action in my
life. :-) it wasnt always easy. sometimes it was just so damn stressfull.
but it kept on working!!!!
when i left college i took a job on the railways - which was the closest
thing we had to welfare!!! then when i got married & decided that my low
paying admin job on the railways wasnt gonna cut it i started studying by
correspondence. man, a can of cold drink was a huge treat in those days!!!!
wife & i'd buy a can of coke to share on the weekend - something we looked
forward to all week!!!
breakfast & lunch was two slice of dry bread.
supper was rice, and baked potato of butternut. sometimes wed make up a bit
of powdered soup and pour it over the food to liven it up a bit!!!
no bursaries or loans - pay for everything myself - except in my second year
i qualified for free tuition on two subjects. still had to pay for books
myself.
& my ex stuck with me & supported me & *never* complained. i think she kind
of liked the fact that the poverty diet kept her figure really, really hot.
today im earning a way above average (though still not particularly great)
salary, & i pay her maintenance way above average, even tho we had no kids.
she bust a gut getting me thru my studies so she really deserves her
reward.................
so all yu people talkimg about diets and high fat and low crab (i dont think
this colinese will evert go completely away:-) - forget it - youre way off
beam. i lived for four years on zero fat, high crab diet and was as skinny
as a rake. i have literally doubled in weight since those days!!!!
you wanna lose weight - just gimme all your money!!!!!
ron
np - HOSL - sweet bird (damn beautiful!!!!)
