I'm guessing you bought this in Europe.

I now agree with you. The balance has tipped significantly in favor of big business. Absolutely support your local union shops.

Hey 😜

That's very nice of you.

This is exactly what I mean about under funding the public schools. Trying to pick a private school to fund instead just seems like asking for trouble. Private schools can teach anything they want (on top of basic curriculum). I think we should add a little on to the income tax (which is progressive meaning charges people with more money more) so that we can fund our schools better. There are probably obstacles that I am not aware of in the regions w/o HSs, but I am willing to spend a lot of money to make sure that public money does not support religious indoctrination. The separation defined in the constitution is critical to our democracy!

I don't understand why any private school would get public money! I went to a private school 1-8. As far as I can see the biggest problem we have with public schools is under funding. We are not attracting the best and brightest to the field. Our children are our ONLY future, there is no other.

I have a Fujitsu with an air handler for two adjacent rooms, that's ~8 years old. It's currently -6 out, the air coming out of the vent vaguely warm. We supplement with a wood fireplace insert.

Oh hell, that's unfortunate.

Sorry that was the old white man in me. I meant socially diverse, but that is also speaking from a Vermont country boy point of view. The best I can do.

I wouldn't say quintessential but, very common yes. Vermont is a pretty diverse place. We have a quantity of "take Vermont back" Trumpy woodchucks on one end and these guys on the other end (maybe) and everything in between including some pretty bizarre mixtures of the extremes.

We dumped them!