Re: Re: OT Getting to know you~

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In a message dated 6/6/2004 1:24:02 AM Pacific Standard Time, j459g@...

writes:

> Hi , I don't watch what they call " action " movies, or the movies with

> all the profanily, sexual inuendo, horror stories. I can tell you the last

> movie I saw was the new one about " The day after tomorrow " I thought it was

> very interesting, hopefully far-fetched. I love the disney, warner bros

> things I can see without wearing a look of shame for humanity on my face. I

try

> not to be a prude, but my 12 year old is very restricted, yet knows more about

> sex than I did when I married!

> Nowhere is the same as in books

> and moves! There are some things

> books and movies cannot capture.

> How do you imagine the USA looks

> to Africans who know it only

> from books and movies? All that

> shooting, all those cars and

> buses exploding in the streets,

> gangsters and bandits at every

> corner? All that bad language,

> crime, and drugs?

>

>

> I meant to add, America looks like a land with solid gold streets and if

> anybody wants to work, they can nad they can be as successful as I want! This

> was what my daughter told me after coming from her first 20 years in a " third

> world country " . was born in the ines, and is married to my

> youngest son, . I do not see us as a overly spoiled country, although I

do

> live in an area where high school students think nothing of driving a brand

> new car to school. I think if they want a car, they should get a job, work

> hard, then buy what they drive. Let our kids have a taste of real life.

Hugs,

> marilyn

> >Never been toilet papering huh?

>

> That must be a strictly

> US American thing because I have

> never heard of that before. I

> guess that is what comes of

> having teenagers with more money

> than they know what to do with!

>

>

>

>

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In a message dated 6/8/2004 12:47:25 AM Pacific Standard Time, j459g@...

writes:

>

> >I meant to add, America looks like

> >a land with solid gold streets and if

> >anybody wants to work, they can ...

>

> That would be nice if it was true!

>

> Hi , I think most of the job market has come back nicely here in Silicon

Valley. I know they may not be coming back to joba making the hefty amounts

they were making before the bottom fell out, but when an entry level

receptionist can get $17 an hour, I think things are coming back pretty well.

Hugs,

Marilyn