Starting Over (or, "Punkie Does America")

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KennyR wrote:

PMC wrote:
Maybe the US isn't as chav free as we all think. It's a possiblity that they have a different class of chav there instead. Maybe you could write "The Worldwide Guide to Chav Spotting"?

The essential prop for chavdom, the bountiful welfare state, is missing in the states. Single mums there work 16 hours a day to feed and educate their kids. Single ned mums here burp out babies every 9 months and the social pays for those kids until they die of heart disease 50 years later, having gone through all the petty crime, cheap gold, and shouting at complete strangers near McDonalds phases.

Well, we have a slightly different system here. Here, you must manipulate the CSEU to achieve the same lifestyle after having several children to different fathers and collecting 26% of each fathers income. Same idea really, but less of a burdon on the taxpayers. (unless that taxpayer happens to be one of the fathers.)

Having a son these days is almost as scary as having a daughter.

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Hmmm, the problem with visiting America is there are just so many places you'd have to visit to consider yourself having visited here :-)

New York, Toronto, Boston, Charlotte, Orlando, Tampa, Nashville, New orleans, Las Vegas, San Francisco...

screw it, you'll just have to move here permanently, too much to see :-D

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that_punk_guy wrote:
The Dale dilemma is unfortunately not a new one. For a while now I've been struggling to give him the quality of life he deserves. It's just him and me, and I'm trying to work as much as I can to get out of debt... I try and get someone to drop by and see him while I'm at work, but that's not always possible. I hoping I can convince the local kennels to let me drop him off just during the day. They have "open" runs, so I guess that'd make him happier.

Sometimes I can't help thinking he'd be much better off without me. :-(

Some kennels specialise in this, my kennel is "Kamp Kanine", they take the dog for 9 hours a day, they bathe him, walk him, and even have group dog activities, and you can watch what the dogs are doing on a webcam, and even look at photo's the caretakers have taken of your dog during the day. They have an in-house vet, trainer, and groomers. Pick up and drop off service is also available, and if you give them a key to your kennel, you don't even have to be home for pickup/dropoff.

It's a really cool service, but expensive. I haven't used them since the last time both my wife and I worked the same hours, but we still use them during vacations sometimes.

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whabang wrote:
Cats are evil. Period.

Agreed.