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We constantly hear about how Social Security is going to run out of money. How come we never hear about welfare or food stamps running out of money? What's interesting is the first group "worked for" their money, but the second didn't. Think about it... Famous (and not so famous) Quotes...
What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes. They embody the concentrated experience of the race and the man who orders his life according to their teaching cannot go far wrong. -- Norman Douglas (1868-1952) Amusing or Irrelevant Facts...
The "y" in signs reading "ye olde.." is properly pronounced with a "th" sound, not "y". The "th" sound does not exist in Latin, so ancient Roman occupied (present day) England used the rune "thorn" to represent "th" sounds. With the advent of the printing press the character from the Roman alphabet which closest resembled thorn was the lower case "y".