Comments on Canadian Doomer: Streets of Gold

I'm with you- can't beat country folks.

2013-01-23T21:48:23.931-05:00

I'm with you- can't beat country folks.

LOL

2013-01-21T21:01:09.256-05:00

LOL

Not since the weather turned cold. Though he has ...

2013-01-21T19:20:52.484-05:00

Not since the weather turned cold. Though he has a tendency to ask guests if they will be carrion. If they say yes he bites them.

Does he come running out naked when you have comp...

2013-01-21T19:13:26.182-05:00

Does he come running out naked when you have company? Ours does!

Naked is right, I have one who is a nightmare to ...

2013-01-21T18:38:31.974-05:00

Naked is right, I have one who is a nightmare to convince to put on clothing and he's the same one who stomps around the house roaring and pretending to be a T-rex.

Thoreau said "Go confidently in the direction...

2013-01-21T18:02:03.097-05:00

Thoreau said "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined." Sounds like you're spot on!

Of course, you're right - saying hello on the ...

2013-01-21T16:31:30.662-05:00

Of course, you're right - saying hello on the street is no good if it's not accompanied by caring and consideration.

Everything Mr D and I do is for these amazing little kids of ours ... even if they sometimes are naked savages. :D

Actually the streets of gold do exist, just not in...

2013-01-21T15:39:06.099-05:00

Actually the streets of gold do exist, just not in the cities. People forget that the worth of a man (or a lady) is not by the assets he accrues but by the legacy he leaves behind.

I find a complement about the behavior of my children means a thousand times more than when someone tells me I have nice truck; unfortunately I find that isn't common anymore. Where I live there are families that have a home they own in disrepair and kids barely clothed and fed who act no better than savages yet mom and dad have nice clothes and new vehicles. Does that not show the priorities they have? What they feel is of value?

Where I'm working now there is a remote camp with lots of people in it (about 1000 in a single building), you can walk down the hall and every says hi or good morning. It's kind of nice but it's artificial; I see how those same people conspire and act towards each other when it's not public. Civility is a thin veil they use to disguise the ugly truth about themselves.