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We choose our marriage partners poorly. Maybe we should figure that out. I love those E-harmony adds where they are responsible for thousands of marriages daily. Thus consequently half that many divorces. Maybe we should have a moratorium on sex marriage and even dating till we figure out what works and what don't.



Ok, gotta admit, when my wife and I got married (24yrs ago) I'm thinking, dang, she's purty and I can't wait till tonight.....she on the other hand was hopeing that marrying an Ag major was going to be as profitable as an engineer ! or at least not to much of a financial hit !! BUT let me ad this.....in 27 years of my present occupation, the last few years and especially over the last year I've had alot of guys come into fill out employment applications that said, "wow, I'll ONLY make a couple hundred more than I am on unemployment" there is a a good segment of our population on the entitlement conestoga ....I want to help those who NEED it but I'm personally tired of carrying the bums that wont work when work is available ( speaking as one who has shoveled horse poop, stacked frozen chicken parts in a blast freezer and picked up cans , and other odd jobs) to feed my family..... My Dad is a WWII vet (went in right after his 17th birthday for the last few months of the war...was in the Pacific) he worked hard so I would have it easier than he did, as his Dad ( my grandfather) for him....but there is alot of truth in my "baby boomer generation" being babies and raising worse.....not saying this to point fingers but to point out what I've seen...just saw a fella buy his kid a late model Altima...kid trashed the transmission,,,,the parents were yelling at the mechanic, not the kid...the mechanic and I agreed it was imbecils having imbecils and not a hope of self sufficiency or independence...... I just want to jump on the bike and have a breakfast run to Tuccumcari, N.M. now ..... but that kid may have his car back and it would be my luck he is on I-40 headed West.......I don't know,,,maybe a good depression in this country would help thin the herd , so to speak......