when i came to have modern conveniences like central heating, i tried to learn how to adapt the temperature to what you want. with a wood stove, you stand as close as you want or back off if you want, and every so often you turn around to warm the other side.

this was meant to reply to marjorie’s question why we northerners put up with winter.

no, because we feel so happy to see and feel glorious spring.

walter, you skipped the ellipsis that would warn of editing of the quotation.

good luck to you, helise. i hope you find a way to not be foreclosed.

that was in 2006. they said don’t give any more blood for five years. the surgeon cut out the cancer, and i have over two more years of follow-up exams to keep it gone.

when the red cross found out about my cancer, they said wait five years. presumably, that’s for my good.

patrick, one of madoff’s many victims is a food bank for hungry people in ann arbor.

for its $10 billion to goldman sachs, the government got a thumbed nose while goldman sachs just spent more than that in bonuses to its own top employees. meanwhile, a like amount to general motors gives us hope of a future for the united states automotive industry, with the fate of millions of workers and retirees riding on the balance. the best aid the federal government could give general motors next is universal health care and pensions, thus easing the “legacy costs.” ford and gm both make fuel efficient cars for their european and asian markets. it’s time they made some of them here. in addition to that, there can be electric and more electric hybrid cars. i never thought i’d end up saying this, but bush did something right.

on c-span, paul krugman told of his best note after he won the nobel prize: congratulations on winning and good luck finding a bank to put it in.

don’t forget that goldman sachs, who got a $10 billion bailout (without the humiliation and strings laid on the auto companies) are biving over $10 billion in bonuses this year! to themselves!

lol, beth.

brooklyn gal explained it to me: the money is all in an offshore account somewhere.

three cheers for the gm and chrysler rescue loans! investing requires money, which is in short supply. still, if i had money to invest right now, i would invest it in ford before their stock price goes up. good luck to barack obama and his financial team with the regulations and stimulus they need to introduce to give us a 21st century green economy.

irish eyes, the paychecks of ford, general motors and chrysler blue collar workers are no higher than those of their foreign owned counterparts. it is the LEGACY COSTS—the pensions and health care of the many retirees that cost so much more. all the united states would have to do to relieve this burden is to pass universal health care. while that would still leave pensions, apparently the pension money was not misinvested.