Ahhhh.. you can never predict these things. There are some 90+´s running around doing business, while some 50+´s are in nursing homes needing help with using the bathroom...

Bir þey deðil.  She has a gallery reasonably near to where my sister lives - although I never heard of her before.  I think we might try to visit next time we are back in England.

This lady´s beautiful horse sculptures made entirely from driftwood she collects from the beaches around her home.

My greatgrandmother died at 118! true, for the last 3 years of her life she´d do nothing but lie in bed and pray. My grandma, who was taking care of her, was ashamed of the elderly senior as "people don´t live that long". BTW, my grandma is at good health at the age of 90 and my grandpa died at 96 (having smoked and drunk all life long). I hope I haven´t inherited this "almost-immortal" gene

........... I think government can hide anything and do whatever they want.  They are answerable to no one because there is no higher authority in the land..........................

..........But we are getting away from the point.....My point was that people can not expect governments to take care of them and do the right thing....... We have so many homes here in Texas that are build on flood plains and during Hurricane Ike many ended up under water.  The government has paid for these people to rebuild on the same plots of land......

The lawsuit, filed Nov. 16, names store owner Carrols Corp. and seeks damages for pain and suffering, emotional duress and medical expenses.

There was no comment from Burger King or Carrols.

A wide variety of academic subjects, presented in the format of short lectures (video).  Simply presented for non academics.

http://academicearth.org/

Well worth an exploration !

Private enterpise helps restore peace in homeland...Look how Blackwater strives to despatch all junkies, hoodlums, unemployed etc to Iraq.

Keep USA clean  is their motto.

If you think I am wrong, go sue them !

Exactly!!! Private corporate tyrannies don´t even need to care about anything but their own profit, and they do it at any cost! (even if that means killing people, destroying the environment...)

There are some social issues that only a government can take care of, and in a functioning democracy, the government is responsible for its actions. Unfortunately, we can´t say that about the system in the US... people are apathetic and the government does not even care what people think!

Tamirci Çýraðý (Cem Karaca)

gönlüme bir ateþ düþtü yanar ha yanar yanar
ümit gönlümün ekmeði umar ha umar umar

elleri ak yumuk yumuk , ojeli týrnaklarý
nerelere gizlesin þu avucum nasýrlarý

otomobili tamire geldi dün bizim tamirhaneye
görür görmez vurularak baþladým ben sevmeye

ayaðýnda uzun etek dalga dalga saçlarý
ustam seslendi uzaktan oðlum al takýmlarý

bi romanda okumuþtum buna benzer bir þeyi
cildi parlak kaðýt kaplý, pahalý bir kitaptý

ne olmuþ nasýl olmuþsa aþýk olmuþtu genç kýz
yine böyle bir durumda tamirci çýrapýna

ustama dedim ki bugün giymeyim tulumlarý
arkasý kuþlu aynamda taradým saçlarýmý

gelecekti bugün geri arabayý almaya
o romandaki hayali belki gerçek yapmaya

durdu zaman durdu dünya girdi içeri kapýdan
öylece bakakaldým gözümü ayýrmadan

arabanýn kapýsýný açtým , açtým girsin içeri
kalktý hilal kaþlarý sordu kim bu serseri

çekti gitti arabayla egzozuna boðuldum
gözümde tomurcuk yaþlar aðýr aðýr doðruldum

ustam geldi sýrtýma vurdu unut dedi romanlarý
iþçisin sen iþçi kal giy dedi tulumlarý

My heart caught fire it burns oh burns
hope is its only solace, it keeps hoping oh hoping

her baby hands were so white and and the nails polished
where would I hide the calluses on my palms

yesterday her car came to our garage for repairs
I fell for her immediately at first sight

she wore a long skirt and her hair was curly
my master yelled for me from a far:  sonnie get your stuff, will you!

I had read something like this in a novel
it was a pricey book and had  a glossy sleeve

this way or another the young girl too fell for the apprentice
in a setting almost exactly like this

I begged my master to let me lose the pullovers just for today
I tidied up my hair using my cheap pocket mirror

She would come back today to reclaim the car
Maybe she would make the dream in that story come true

Time froze and the world stood still as she entered
I just kept staring at her not being able to look elsewhere

then I opened the door of the car to let her in
her crescent shaped eye-brows raised in anger and asked who´d this jerk be

she went away in that car leaving me in fumes
tear drops were forming in my eyes as I slowly raised

my master came by me saying forget about those novels
you are a worker, put on the pullovers and continue to be one