How old should you be to....?

Niall Hora

1. Dye your hair/ just highlights
2. Wear makeup
3. Own a phone
4. Have a FaceBook
5. Wear shorts above knee
6. Got to the mall alone with friends
7. Have a laptop
8. Have an IPod/IPad

Answer
Oh, I am gonna so get sooo many thumbs down.
1. My daughter was 9 and had electric blue highlights in her hair. She plays line on a boys football team, it was a trend- school color being blue.
2. I would have no issue with my daughter wearing makeup now, she is 10. She is a tomboy and does not care about makeup. I do not forbide it, which is why she does not request it.
3. My kids have had phones for years, I believe my daughter was sevenish. They are prepaids, they do care about them either. They very rarely if ever ask for a minute card. They are very useful for us because my kids play sports and do extra curricular activities. They will often need a ride a various times. No payphones in our town. Phones are useful. Plus I can gps their locations.
4. My kids have fb also. They are 13,11, and 10 years old. They have them because my son this past summer travel to Europe. Fb was a free easy way to communicate. They never used it, lol. And still do not.
5. Wear shorts above the knee. Any age within moderation. Fingertip test in my house. Again, not an issue with a tomboy. Tomboys do NOT wear short -- shorts. You would never wear anything but basektball shorts to play basketball in. Ah, the logic of a 10 year old.
6. As for going to the mall alone with friends. Not happening. Our nearest mall is 45 minutes away. Unless the kids can drive they are out of luck. Even if they could drive, still is not happening. In our state you cannot drive with passengers until you reach a certain age. No friends in cars.
7. Laptop, my kids all have laptops. We worked with computers and internet for several years. That is a given. Again, yeah my kids never turn them on.
8. Ipod- i woukd say 10 or 11 depending on the kids responsibility. They are expensive. My 11 year old had one since he was 10. As for an ipad, yup that ain't happening. Way too expensive, I do not even care if we can afford it. They want it, they can buy it.
So, I am not much of an "at a certain age", type of parent. Certain thi gs go with responsibility. One of my kids may be ready for something and the other may not.

does this car on craigslist sound like a scam?

marshall27

http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/1965270326.html

here the message they sent to me--
"The car it's still available, has 82,947 miles, manual transmission. It's in perfect condition, no engine/electric problems (4 Cylinder 1.8 Liter Turbo), no accidents/liens/loans. Exterior no scratches, never been repainted, interior no rips/tears/stains, never smoked inside. I have all the car's manuals, 2 spare of keys, title,documents. I'm selling the car because my child of only 19 died 4 months ago in a car accident, a drunk driver hit him and his fiancee. He was with his fiance's car coming to our home at his little brother birthday of 10 years old. This VW Golf was his car and it brings me bad memories and that's the reason I want to sell it. The last price is $2,900.
Me and my husband travel a lot with our business and we want to make this deal through eBay's Vehicle Purchase Protection Program. I just need your full name, full shipping address, home/cell # so I can open a case (with no further obligation or fees). eBay will contact you with all the Transaction/shipping details you will need. We will take care of the shipping, so don't worry.
We hope to hear soon from you."
i have a strong feeling this is a scam what do you think?

Answer
Are you kidding me ?

Can you read ?

eBay DOES NOT HAVE a Vehicle Purchase Protection Program

OFFERS TO SHIP CARS ARE 100% FRAUDULENT

You can sidestep would-be scammers by following these common-sense rules:

DEAL LOCALLY WITH FOLKS YOU CAN MEET IN PERSON - follow this one simple rule and you will avoid 99% of the scam attempts on craigslist.
NEVER WIRE FUNDS VIA WESTERN UNION, MONEYGRAM or any other wire service - anyone who asks you to do so is a scammer.
FAKE CASHIER CHECKS & MONEY ORDERS ARE COMMON, and BANKS WILL CASH THEM AND THEN HOLD YOU RESPONSIBLE when the fake is discovered weeks later.
CRAIGSLIST IS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY TRANSACTION, and does not handle payments, guarantee transactions, provide escrow services, or offer "buyer protection" or "seller certification"
NEVER GIVE OUT FINANCIAL INFORMATION (bank account number, social security number, eBay/PayPal info, etc.)
AVOID DEALS INVOLVING SHIPPING OR ESCROW SERVICES and know that ONLY A SCAMMER WILL "GUARANTEE" YOUR TRANSACTION.

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How would you deal with this situation? (8 year old criminal)?

Hitchhiker

At the grocery store, this very obese woman comes slowly walking in with about 12 children in orbit around her. She gets in the electric riding cart (for handicap people) to do her shopping. The orbiting children scatter in every direction as she call out empty threats of punishment. Three run closer to where I am knocking items off end displays (not picking them up) and they head straight for the grocery store phone on the isle. The oldest, about 9, and a smaller kid, maybe 6, grab the phone at the same time. He hits the younger kid in the face with the phone and jerks it away from him. He then dials 9-1-1, drops the phone, and they all run off, two laughing and the smallest crying.

I really wanted to say something to the caretaker (maybe mother?) of these kids but I didn't solely because she and all the children are black and I'm white. All she would have to do is play the race card and I'd be the one being prosecuted. So, I just shook my head and walked off. Even if she had been white, and I said something, she probably wouldn't have been too receptive of the criticism so the children's behavior would probably still remain uncorrected.

I feel like these will be future criminals if nobody sets them on the correct path but I'm not the one to do it. Or, should I be? What would you do?
I am a shopper.

I can't very well assume the race won't be played if the possibility of it being plaid labels me permanently. That is the reality of the situation. But, in any situation, the caretaker didn't seem the type to heed advice (white or black).
Also, I didn't want to touch the phone for fear that I would be the one blamed for making the call. It would have been my word against theirs if they lied (which seemed a high probability).

Answer
If I were in the store, I would try to contact the store manager. The children are the responsibility of the parent and they were causing you, as the customer, distress. This can also possibly open up communication with authorities in case the situation escalates.

If you were concerned directly about the safety of the children (they seemed to be neglected, Mom was abusive in public, etc) then by all means see if they came by car and then get the license plate and call CPS or again, notify the store manager.

Otherwise, pray. There really isn't much you can do about the situation, but do keep in mind that when parents are continuously unable to care for their children properly there is a good chance that a child protective service will become involved.

How old should you be to....?

Niall Hora

1. Dye your hair/ just highlights
2. Wear makeup
3. Own a phone
4. Have a FaceBook
5. Wear shorts above knee
6. Got to the mall alone with friends
7. Have a laptop
8. Have an IPod/IPad

Answer
Oh, I am gonna so get sooo many thumbs down.
1. My daughter was 9 and had electric blue highlights in her hair. She plays line on a boys football team, it was a trend- school color being blue.
2. I would have no issue with my daughter wearing makeup now, she is 10. She is a tomboy and does not care about makeup. I do not forbide it, which is why she does not request it.
3. My kids have had phones for years, I believe my daughter was sevenish. They are prepaids, they do care about them either. They very rarely if ever ask for a minute card. They are very useful for us because my kids play sports and do extra curricular activities. They will often need a ride a various times. No payphones in our town. Phones are useful. Plus I can gps their locations.
4. My kids have fb also. They are 13,11, and 10 years old. They have them because my son this past summer travel to Europe. Fb was a free easy way to communicate. They never used it, lol. And still do not.
5. Wear shorts above the knee. Any age within moderation. Fingertip test in my house. Again, not an issue with a tomboy. Tomboys do NOT wear short -- shorts. You would never wear anything but basektball shorts to play basketball in. Ah, the logic of a 10 year old.
6. As for going to the mall alone with friends. Not happening. Our nearest mall is 45 minutes away. Unless the kids can drive they are out of luck. Even if they could drive, still is not happening. In our state you cannot drive with passengers until you reach a certain age. No friends in cars.
7. Laptop, my kids all have laptops. We worked with computers and internet for several years. That is a given. Again, yeah my kids never turn them on.
8. Ipod- i woukd say 10 or 11 depending on the kids responsibility. They are expensive. My 11 year old had one since he was 10. As for an ipad, yup that ain't happening. Way too expensive, I do not even care if we can afford it. They want it, they can buy it.
So, I am not much of an "at a certain age", type of parent. Certain thi gs go with responsibility. One of my kids may be ready for something and the other may not.

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What will they teach our kids in the future?

electric cars for kids 8 years old image

SV650s

In my history class, I've learned about Caveman, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Roman, Renaissance, Industrial Revolutionary, WWI, WWII, etc. I was just wondering, about a hundreds or thousands of years from now. What do you think our kids will learn about? Petroleum? Internet? Etc?

Answer
Great question. Very thoughtful.
This era will be known as the "computer revolution."
It has changed everything in world society just as the industrial revolution did in the 1800's.
It will be known as the communication era - the time when world cultures began to merge through common communication via the internet as you have already surmised.
It will be known as a time when the world moved towards a common language - or perhaps focused down to three or four languages such as English, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, and Spanish. [The French will always speak French, but they will know a second language as well.]
Thousands of years from now there will be one common world language, but for this century the history will show that several languages emerged from the hundreds of world languages formerly spoken and written.

This will also be known as a time of growing global consciousness regarding the environment - else we will not be around a thousand years from now to write histories.
It will be known as the century of planned population control - or again, the future will be bleak.

A hundred years from now the War in Iraq will seem a small thing - a limited skirmish hardly worth a footnote. The loss of US troops over five years does not amount to a single large battle of the American Civil War. Although the loss of each individual serviceman or woman in Iraq over the recent five years matters a great deal to us now, in the USA we lose ten times more people every year to car accidents. When historians look back, Iraq will seem a small incident.

This will also be the century that people switched form gasoline powered vehicles to electric modes of transport or possibly hydrogen powered vehicles. The Middle East only started pumping out oil a little over 100 years ago. In the next 100 years, that resource will be gone.

Food will always be an essential, the USA will be crucial for world supply.

One other thought - chemotherapy as we use it now for malignant diseases - will be considered medieval and as barbaric as bloodletting looking back 100 years from now.
Older people will still die with cancer, but people must die of something to make room for younger generations. Cancer treatments - for the many varieties of cancer - will be more specifically targeted at the cancerous cells. Cancers will be detected earlier and, hopefully, many types of cancer will be prevented. Lung cancers would decline by 80 to 90% in the next 20 years if everyone would stop smoking right now.

100 years ago, cancer was #8 on the top ten killer list compared to #2 now. Relatively few people worldwide smoked a pack of cigarettes a day in 1908.
100 years from now, cancer will still be #2 following old age related cardiovascular disease, but the relative numbers of cancer deaths will be much lower - - IF we work on the global environment and health habits such as smoking.

In the year 2108 we will look back and say the 1990's were the peak years for lung cancer deaths related to the peculiar old habit of smoking a drug known then as tobacco. The kids will be revolted by the the idea that people actually sucked addicting, carcinogenic smoke from burning vegetation into their own lungs. There will be nothing "cool" about smoking.

How much an hour should I be paying this employee?

Jane Marpl

Here are his tasks:

1. 80% of his time is spent on data entry
2. 20% of his time is spent on creating little programs with Access Base.
3. We let him upgrate his PC knowledge during work hours.
4. He does not speak much English.

Answer
1. Does he have a family, wife, kids?
2. Does he drive to work, own a car?
3. How old is he, educational background?
4. How long has he been here?
5. What will he work for, $$ ?
6. Is he responsible for his own keep?
7. How many hours a week, any chance for overtime?
8. What could the future with your company entail?
9. Can somebody else replace him in a heartbeat?

Gas at four bucks a gallon and rising expotentially, milk at 4.27 at walmart. The price of montly car payments, does he pay rent, car insurance, health insurance??, a prescription of antibiotics?, children?, wife?, pampers?, electric bill, stamps?.. How do people make it anymore on minimum wage... How do people make it at 4.00 over minimum wage?... How do I make it?...Aiiiyyyyyy!!!! Im drowning...glubblubblub...

What can he get by with without having to steal for a parttime job?... October 24th of 1938 the first federal minimum wage went into effect. it was .25 cents. The following year on the same date it went to .30 cents. It's currently at $5.85 and will go to $6.55 next month on the 24th. In 2009, the last federally mandated minimum wage increase will happen again on July 24th when it goes to $7.25. I don't know where you live but here is a State minimum wage list which varies from the Federal a little bit. http://www.laborlawcenter.com/state-Minimum-Wage-rates.asp (Copy and paste that). Personally Jane, I don't see how a one (1) person family can live on it and not be afraid to answer the telephone for listening to bill collectors. And $1.00 an hour more...or $120.00 a month more won't do much to keep them off of antidepressants if they could afford to get them somehow. If he was my employee, based on what you say he does, and the minimum amount of information that I had to make the call... I'd say maybe enough so that after taxes, he takes home $250.00 a week. That is if you can afford it. If not, then go less... But remember, you are the primary one responsible for anybody's life...(that's not coming out right)... that works for ya... if you know what I mean. Good luck, and I hope everything works out fine. PS... $6.55 x 40. = $262 less taxes is about what?... 200.--220? $262. x 52 = $13,624. Here are the 2008 Federal poverty level figures, I share them just for your awareness, and I think if somebody falls under those numbers, they may qualify for certain government assistances, not that you as an employer should or should not take that into consideration. http://www.atdn.org/access/poverty.html

You sound like somebody that would be fun to work for. You obviously care enough to concern yourself with fairness. It probably wouldn't be a fair question to ask yourself, how much you would require to work for you?...lol...assuming you could put up with ya. giggle

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What will they teach our kids in the future?

electric cars for kids 8 years old image

SV650s

In my history class, I've learned about Caveman, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Roman, Renaissance, Industrial Revolutionary, WWI, WWII, etc. I was just wondering, about a hundreds or thousands of years from now. What do you think our kids will learn about? Petroleum? Internet? Etc?

Answer
Great question. Very thoughtful.
This era will be known as the "computer revolution."
It has changed everything in world society just as the industrial revolution did in the 1800's.
It will be known as the communication era - the time when world cultures began to merge through common communication via the internet as you have already surmised.
It will be known as a time when the world moved towards a common language - or perhaps focused down to three or four languages such as English, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, and Spanish. [The French will always speak French, but they will know a second language as well.]
Thousands of years from now there will be one common world language, but for this century the history will show that several languages emerged from the hundreds of world languages formerly spoken and written.

This will also be known as a time of growing global consciousness regarding the environment - else we will not be around a thousand years from now to write histories.
It will be known as the century of planned population control - or again, the future will be bleak.

A hundred years from now the War in Iraq will seem a small thing - a limited skirmish hardly worth a footnote. The loss of US troops over five years does not amount to a single large battle of the American Civil War. Although the loss of each individual serviceman or woman in Iraq over the recent five years matters a great deal to us now, in the USA we lose ten times more people every year to car accidents. When historians look back, Iraq will seem a small incident.

This will also be the century that people switched form gasoline powered vehicles to electric modes of transport or possibly hydrogen powered vehicles. The Middle East only started pumping out oil a little over 100 years ago. In the next 100 years, that resource will be gone.

Food will always be an essential, the USA will be crucial for world supply.

One other thought - chemotherapy as we use it now for malignant diseases - will be considered medieval and as barbaric as bloodletting looking back 100 years from now.
Older people will still die with cancer, but people must die of something to make room for younger generations. Cancer treatments - for the many varieties of cancer - will be more specifically targeted at the cancerous cells. Cancers will be detected earlier and, hopefully, many types of cancer will be prevented. Lung cancers would decline by 80 to 90% in the next 20 years if everyone would stop smoking right now.

100 years ago, cancer was #8 on the top ten killer list compared to #2 now. Relatively few people worldwide smoked a pack of cigarettes a day in 1908.
100 years from now, cancer will still be #2 following old age related cardiovascular disease, but the relative numbers of cancer deaths will be much lower - - IF we work on the global environment and health habits such as smoking.

In the year 2108 we will look back and say the 1990's were the peak years for lung cancer deaths related to the peculiar old habit of smoking a drug known then as tobacco. The kids will be revolted by the the idea that people actually sucked addicting, carcinogenic smoke from burning vegetation into their own lungs. There will be nothing "cool" about smoking.

How much an hour should I be paying this employee?

Jane Marpl

Here are his tasks:

1. 80% of his time is spent on data entry
2. 20% of his time is spent on creating little programs with Access Base.
3. We let him upgrate his PC knowledge during work hours.
4. He does not speak much English.

Answer
1. Does he have a family, wife, kids?
2. Does he drive to work, own a car?
3. How old is he, educational background?
4. How long has he been here?
5. What will he work for, $$ ?
6. Is he responsible for his own keep?
7. How many hours a week, any chance for overtime?
8. What could the future with your company entail?
9. Can somebody else replace him in a heartbeat?

Gas at four bucks a gallon and rising expotentially, milk at 4.27 at walmart. The price of montly car payments, does he pay rent, car insurance, health insurance??, a prescription of antibiotics?, children?, wife?, pampers?, electric bill, stamps?.. How do people make it anymore on minimum wage... How do people make it at 4.00 over minimum wage?... How do I make it?...Aiiiyyyyyy!!!! Im drowning...glubblubblub...

What can he get by with without having to steal for a parttime job?... October 24th of 1938 the first federal minimum wage went into effect. it was .25 cents. The following year on the same date it went to .30 cents. It's currently at $5.85 and will go to $6.55 next month on the 24th. In 2009, the last federally mandated minimum wage increase will happen again on July 24th when it goes to $7.25. I don't know where you live but here is a State minimum wage list which varies from the Federal a little bit. http://www.laborlawcenter.com/state-Minimum-Wage-rates.asp (Copy and paste that). Personally Jane, I don't see how a one (1) person family can live on it and not be afraid to answer the telephone for listening to bill collectors. And $1.00 an hour more...or $120.00 a month more won't do much to keep them off of antidepressants if they could afford to get them somehow. If he was my employee, based on what you say he does, and the minimum amount of information that I had to make the call... I'd say maybe enough so that after taxes, he takes home $250.00 a week. That is if you can afford it. If not, then go less... But remember, you are the primary one responsible for anybody's life...(that's not coming out right)... that works for ya... if you know what I mean. Good luck, and I hope everything works out fine. PS... $6.55 x 40. = $262 less taxes is about what?... 200.--220? $262. x 52 = $13,624. Here are the 2008 Federal poverty level figures, I share them just for your awareness, and I think if somebody falls under those numbers, they may qualify for certain government assistances, not that you as an employer should or should not take that into consideration. http://www.atdn.org/access/poverty.html

You sound like somebody that would be fun to work for. You obviously care enough to concern yourself with fairness. It probably wouldn't be a fair question to ask yourself, how much you would require to work for you?...lol...assuming you could put up with ya. giggle

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