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Bucket list for Finn, the Vermont dog
Bucket list for Finn, the Vermont dog dying of cancer - BBC News
"Finn, who lives in Burlington, Vermont has been on a hot air balloon ride, eaten a steak dinner, been apple picking, swum in the ocean, and there is yet more planned."
Ummmmm... have people lost all perspective ? I'm a dog lover. But I put people first. When I read this kind of story I am left incredulous at the lack of perspective. Look around on the news at people who's lives have been wrecked by storms around the world, by conflict. There are kids, humans, in our own countries that live in difficult circumstances and would benefit from some help. But people are taking their dogs for steak dinners and balloon rides. What if that energy and kindness were directed to the people around us that are suffering, whether from old age, disease, or any other of lifes challenges. I'm at a loss to understand how people became so disconnected from the real world.
Bucket list for Finn, the Vermont dog dying of cancer - BBC News
"Finn, who lives in Burlington, Vermont has been on a hot air balloon ride, eaten a steak dinner, been apple picking, swum in the ocean, and there is yet more planned."
Ummmmm... have people lost all perspective ? I'm a dog lover. But I put people first. When I read this kind of story I am left incredulous at the lack of perspective. Look around on the news at people who's lives have been wrecked by storms around the world, by conflict. There are kids, humans, in our own countries that live in difficult circumstances and would benefit from some help. But people are taking their dogs for steak dinners and balloon rides. What if that energy and kindness were directed to the people around us that are suffering, whether from old age, disease, or any other of lifes challenges. I'm at a loss to understand how people became so disconnected from the real world.
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Bigun, you want perspective? I'll give you perspective.
I've heard of people that buy $ 300 rolls of plastic and metal foil (aka a 'capacitor') to put in their amplifiers on the assumption it changes the sound for the better.
Of course, one could also spend $ 300 to support a family of 6 for half a year somewhere in a third-world country. Or provide dysentery inoculations for an entire village in a sub-Saharan country saving dozens of lives.
I mean, what are these people thinking??
Jan
I've heard of people that buy $ 300 rolls of plastic and metal foil (aka a 'capacitor') to put in their amplifiers on the assumption it changes the sound for the better.
Of course, one could also spend $ 300 to support a family of 6 for half a year somewhere in a third-world country. Or provide dysentery inoculations for an entire village in a sub-Saharan country saving dozens of lives.
I mean, what are these people thinking??
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But I'm as guilty as the next one of course. Having three PCs. What was I thinking??
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There's an easy and stress free option? I must have gotten a different application form.
Or most of us just fail to remember. I was informed that the current stage is about 300% overbooked.
Seems that stress is bothersome only for those unelightened, and then some of us got back in queue for more of this after we die.
Seems that stress is bothersome only for those unelightened, and then some of us got back in queue for more of this after we die.
I write a lot of software so must like stress a bit !
Software reminds of the Whack-a-mole fairground game.
You fix one bug only for another to pop up somewhere else !
Expensive hobbies and small acts of charity are not necessarily incompatible. One might you happy enough to want to do the other (or vice versa?)
For the cost of one or two fancy audiophile capacitors you can make a difference: Loans that change lives | Kiva
For the cost of one or two fancy audiophile capacitors you can make a difference: Loans that change lives | Kiva
Yes but the flip side of that argument is people are going to eat that food and promptly cra*p it back out... Whereas the capacitor will serve a purpose for a much greater length of time, and be considered somewhat of an asset. I have yet to have anyone classify one of my dumps as an asset
Yep, they call it "retirement" - after about 45 years of hard toil you too may join the club!
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Yes but the flip side of that argument is people are going to eat that food and promptly cra*p it back out... Whereas the capacitor will serve a purpose for a much greater length of time, and be considered somewhat of an asset. I have yet to have anyone classify one of my dumps as an asset
? You have heard of the poor?
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