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[T_Bone]

Glaucus wrote:

Well, I'm sure there's lots of that. We get that here too. Often I find people who can't hold a job have some form of mental problem, often depression on top of it.

KennyR chewed me out when I made a similar observation. ;-)

[T_Bone]

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
he thinks the whole world is made of money.

It is. The trick is figuring out who you can convince to exchange that to your local currency.

[Glaucus]

T_Bone wrote:

KennyR chewed me out when I made a similar observation. ;-)

I guess I'm more convincing (or he just likes me more then you). ;-)

- Mike

[Tigger]

the_leander wrote:

Have I donated to Amiga.org? No, I can't afford to, if that means however that I am to be treated by members of this board with derision, then I really honestly cannot see me staying, I left for a bloody long while because of less. Quite frankly if being a member of this board and getting some respect requires me to have to take food out of my son's mouth to pay for it, then this isn't the place I thought it was.

I think several missed the point. The point was that Amiga.org is an amiga site, and just because you donate, doesnt mean you get to misbehave. 40% of the post on the coffee house are by 5 or 6 people. TPG implied he donates (which he does) and doesnt come here for amiga news (which is also ok), but then goes on to imply that Wayne need his donation to stay alive, so we need to rethink whether we would be better without off-topic conversation, which is a little off center. Frankly I dont think most of what is discussed in the coffee house can be considered conversation. Its argumentative trolling at best.
-Tig

[Argo]

Please stop the taunting. Get on topic. This topic is not about who does more for the Amiga or who donates more. Donating monitarily to this site does help with the associated costs. That is it. There is no special privleges or preferencial treatment due to it. Noone is required to donate either. We each help in our own way, weither it is monitarily, offering advice, answering questions, researching information, developing, etc.
Loosing members over such a discussion is just plain stupid.

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[Speelgoedmannetje]

Tigger wrote:
Its argumentative trolling at best.

"argumentative trolling" = contradictio in terminis.

[cecilia]

Frankly I dont think most of what is discussed in the coffee house can be considered conversation. Its argumentative trolling at best.

maybe you don't know how to avoid the worst of these threads like i do.

[redrumloa]

Tigger wrote:
Thats the issue, it used to be if you couldnt find a job, you went to where the jobs where, but no, not the new worker, they sit around without experience wanting their perfect job to come to them. Then they get a job, and find out gee it involves showing up on time, wearing shoes and shirt and actually getting work done. The problem in Huntsville, isnt jobs, its workers, we have a 40% turnover rate on the line within 90 days, because they just dont show up, they work for 3 weeks, get the first two weeks pay then stone up and dont come in for a few days. Then wonder why we dont want to keep them on, two weeks of training down the drain, its just crazy.
-Tig

DING DING DING DING

Good explanation. The problem with the chronically unemployeed is their attitude and work ethic.

Another point: I have friends, close friends actually(good people) who remained unemployeed for a VERY long time because they were laid off their job and refused to be flexible enough to work somewhere else besides the an exact duplicate field in another company or take a pay cut, even in the short term. People have to be flexible. Give an honest 8 hours work for an honest 8 hours pay, period. The company doesn't OWE you anything besides a paycheck for time worked, and you don't owe them anythinng except honest work for pay received. If this bond is violated by either party, the other has the right to move on.

Self reliance people, plain and simple. People who look to big business and government for their happiness will live a miserable life.

[Cyberus]

cecilia wrote:

maybe you don't know how to avoid the worst of these threads like i do.

Hear hear.

I've had some great discussions with people from all over the world in the Coffee House/DMZ, and I've genuinely enjoyed learning more about people and indeed the countries they come from. Only yesterday I learned a little bit about inheritance tax in the US for example. The personal touches - Red's ordeal with hurricanes, T_bone's battle with his local council about some aspects of his property [If I recall that correctly T_bone...:-?], the leanders newborn son, TPG's battle with 'chavs', Speel's battle to find a coat that fits in his home town (!) and various people's stories of love/heartache; thay all make it seem so homely.

Although not Amiga related, this is kinda part of the community spirit, IMHO. Sure, I ask and answer questions about the Amiga and its OS, but then its nice to talk with the same people about different things too.

Imagine going to the pub with your work colleagues and then proceeding to only talk about work...
It would be the same if the forums were nothing but endless hardware Q&As

Amigans seem a friendly bunch on the whole :-), and I've 'met' some great people because of this shared interest. And I'm very grateful to AOrg for that.

[FluffyMcDeath]

Woh. Stop the presses. House defies Bush. Calls his bluff, we'll see if Dumbya pulls out the veto he was threatening and what repercussions it might have.

Story

Don't ya just hate it when the House starts slamming Americans (Tigger speak for "disagrees with Bush").

[Fade]

@ FluffyMcDeath
"Can't you just feel that rising tide lifting all boats?"
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This is a little OT, but I guess it does explain why Canadians would rather talk about the US's problems rather than their own.

Heard on TV today:

"All the jobs created in the US in the last 12 months is more than all the jobs created in the UK, France, Germany, Japan, and Canada combined."

Maybe if I lived in one of these countries I might be trying to deflect the news too. :roll:

[that_punk_guy]

Fade wrote:
"All the jobs created in the US in the last 12 months is more than all the jobs created in the UK, France, Germany, Japan, and Canada combined."

That sounds impressive until you realise the population of the US is about the same as the UK, France, Germany, Japan and Canada combined.

:roll:

[cecilia]

yeah, i thought that was a rather doppy comment as well.
i mean there are less people in Scotland than New York city.
Like about half the number.

America is [size=xx-large]HUGE[/size]

[Glaucus]

that_punk_guy wrote:

That sounds impressive until you realise the population of the US is about the same as the UK, France, Germany, Japan and Canada combined.

:roll:

Ya just had to burst Fade's bubble didn't ya? For a second there I'm sure he felt smart. Oh well.

I am so smart, I am so smart, S-M-R-A-T... Doh!

:-D

- Mike

[Fade]

Hey, not a bad guess considering you went to school in the UK.

You only missed it by almost 70 Million people.
What's that, 1 whole UK + 1/3 Canada?

But we have some people in the US that can't add either.

Or as Cecilia might put it, "Well hail, thats olny about 9 times the popluaton of ny city".


France----- 60.4 M.
Japan----- 127.3 M.
Germany--- 82.4 M.
UK------- 60.2 M.
Canada---- 32.5 M.
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Total-----362.8 M.

US-------293.0 M.
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Difference---69.8 M.