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Old 10-01-2013, 08:00 PM
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A bit OT here, but why does the glass have to be half empty or half full? Why can't it just be half a glass?

Carry on...
Half a glass of what? Air or liquid?
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Old 10-01-2013, 08:04 PM
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Half a glass of what? Air or liquid?
would it be just a small glass? and if so how small....what is this half a glass
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Old 10-01-2013, 08:05 PM
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Half a glass of what? Air or liquid?
Why do I feel like a King Arthur being asked about the air speed velocity of laden swallows?
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Old 10-01-2013, 08:08 PM
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Why do I feel like a King Arthur being asked about the air speed velocity of laden swallows?
The answer to that is ZERO.. There is no way a European Swallow can lift a coconut. Now, the African Swallow.............
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Why do I feel like a King Arthur being asked about the air speed velocity of laden swallows?
African or English...

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Old 10-01-2013, 08:19 PM
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Perzactly!
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Old 10-01-2013, 08:22 PM
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But your company's budget does not get jerked around or workers furloughed by the US Congress. Nor can it get shut down by an act of congress. Not a very good analogy.
You're right. Bad analogy. Our customers can take their business elsewhere if they choose. With Obamacare, you still have to pay even if you choose not to buy the product. And if we lose customers we loose money. With the government, I can't help but notice that they will still be accepting taxes even when they're shut down.

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Old 10-01-2013, 09:52 PM
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Private companies will come and go as virtually all of them are built on the shifting sands of the "free market"...........

Rest assured, for better or worse, we will always have the government.

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You're right. Bad analogy. Our customers can take their business elsewhere if they choose. With Obamacare, you still have to pay even if you choose not to buy the product. And if we lose customers we loose money. With the government, I can't help but notice that they will still be accepting taxes even when they're shut down.
Losing argument, Mike.
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