I am confused by the need to fly to Florida to go to the Galapagos. I thought they were off the West coast of South America? Is she taking the scenic route?
This is an interesting concept - a real estate site by the Expedia people that proposes to value your house. Except I tried mine and it told me what it was assessed for taxes at, which is, at a guess, at least $60K less than it would sell for. www.zillow.com
It also says my house is 2 br when it is 3, and says it has baseboard heating when it has radiators. Oh well.
Well, the stress of the war probably shortened Roosevelt's life.
OTOH, would FDR have run in 1940 (never mind 1944) if WWII hadn't occurred?
IMO, it's an open question. There was the two-term tradition. But at the same time, a number of people wanted FDR to run in 1940 because they didn't see any viable liberal candidate to carry on the New Deal and not because of the war. (Example: Harold Ickes was writing in his diary as early as 1938 that he wanted a third term for FDR for that very reason.)
(He died of a stroke in early '45, I think.)
Yes, April 12.
Job hunting gets more complicated.
the West coast of South America?
longitude(North America) != longitude(South America). Map.
longitude(North America) != longitude(South America).
NYC and Santiago, Chile are in the same time zone. Much of the Caribbean is an hour ahead of the U.S. East Coast.
While I'm sure the war was stressful, it's not that surprising for a man of 63 who has been seriously disabled for 30 years and smokes and drinks to be in poor health, especially with circulation problems. (um, wrt Roosevelt.) But all the online biographies say the war killed him. How do they know?
But all the online biographies say the war killed him. How do they know?
I think it's just anecdotal stuff - "He aged so rapidly during the war," and what-not.
But all the online biographies say the war killed him. How do they know?
It's more poetical to say that than to say, "Dude never washed behind his ears. Eventually, that caught up to him."
Yes, people, the insinuating influence of Spielberg-itis. I would blame the History Channel, but they always spent more time on Churchill anyway.
My health insurance isn't bad, but, it's amazing how quickly flex-spending money gets used up, isn't it? All those copays just disappear my ability to buy new glasses.
I have a weird health insurance. But I think I like it. No copays are very handy--the FSA comes into effect for larger stuff. And I do have the not-huge but not-small stuff. It's not like I ever have to worry about whether or not I'll hit my deductible in any given year--I hit my maximum out of pocket about 2/3 of the way through.
Speaking of which, gotta go see a man about a pain.
Okay, Zillow is estimating that my mother's house on Caspe Cod has increased 9.8% in value since she bought it September 30. That's nice, I think. If insane. (They don't even know about the fact that she got a new septic system and painted it!)
Zillow doesn't work for my county. Stupid zillow.
