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As soon as you set foot in the mall, the friction begins. She wants to amble around to the Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic and Roots, but can't quite remember where any of those stores are. He knows exactly where he's going and wants to practically run there, get the thing you're looking for and flee as if the food court were on fire. Now we know why. University of Michigan psychologist Daniel Kruger has found that how we shop...

peapod wrote: When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, pee in it, and serve it to the people that piss you off. Don't get angry, get even. Bobby Kennedy This is usually not my method. Usually I avoid those people, or certainly trust not. Getting back to the long post, from my observations and experience many of the paragraphs seem to apply. The sense of financial entitlement both by one of the participants and sanctioned by the Family...

osscan wrote: That's the tough part toby who knows how many hands and how much each hand pockets . . . A number of years ago, I found voltage divider in a Canadian auto parts store for $120cdn. I had to go into the US and found the same item for $40us. Our local dealer was getting it wholesale for $100cdn. Being small, it would have cost about $5 to mail it. At the time it would have cost about $5 for exchange. So, who got the other $40?...

Durgan wrote: peapod wrote: When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, pee in it, and serve it to the people that piss you off. Don't get angry, get even. Bobby Kennedy Getting even is a waste of time and energy, I simply like the words of jack handey.

Some of my friends are divorced. They got nothing out of it except rid of a useless husband. That was enough for them. If women have a good husband (like I do) who doesnt think of them as an object to relieve their sexual needs or a servant to clean etc to their specifications, then they hold onto them and remain married until - as promised - death do them part.

When I lived in Quebec I spoke with at least six women who were divorced. They were married to wealthy men and all was well. In each case the husband met someone else and had an affair. He hired an accountant and a lawyer. After a while he divorced his wife and she did not get a penny, his money was all arranged and invisible. All these women were left penniless.

The College of Family Physicians wants to see 95 per cent of Canadians in every community with a family physician by 2012. To achieve that goal, the report says there needs to be more family physicians practising in Canada and, existing family doctors need to increase their capacity. "Canada must move now to increase the supply of family physicians," said Dr. Lydia Hatcher, co-chairwoman of the Primary Care Wait Time...

somewhat morbid too, but it is interesting.

I know what you mean toby, bought a water pump for the jeep last year got a price here and then dropped in at auto zone across the river, the price was less than half, no rhyme or reason to the huge differences, All know about gas, booze and cigs but even store shelf stuff on sale, two weeks ago green giant canned veggies 50 cents ea, cereal 2 bucks for a large box n' those big hersey's dark chocolate bars 1.50. We do quite alot of...

The price of dairy in others countries is a fraction of what we pay here-in Trinidad I paid under 20% of what I'm charged here for a similar product. Note the Cheese in question was imported from nearby Venezuela.