Official... raise your post count thread!!

[fund razor]

BAMM

[poncho]

SOB!!!!!

[poncho]

He didn't turn religious because those parents are richer than God.

Just above upper middle class, but not enough to be really rich either. My Dad was a stock broker in Vancouver. In the 80's the average Vancouver broker made a million per year.

[fund razor]

I stand corrected.

[Ratickle]

SOB!!!!!

Ohhh, testy when he loses a BAMM!!!!

[Bobcat]

Mornin Ho' s!

Cloudy and windy.

[old377guy]

BAMM

uh oh, BAMM wars........

[poncho]

Hi Ho's!!! We have a bottle deposit return for refund scheme here. My brother is over almost every night and he drinks at least 2 two liter diet Pepsi's while here. I was putting them out for recycling but decided to save them. Been saving them since summer and yesterday took 250 back, still have 4 garbage of bottles left. .20cents each equaled $50 bucks. Stopped at Wal-Mart on my way home and donated the money to the Salvation Army. They had homeless kids singing Christmas carols, gave another $50 out of guilt.

[Ratickle]

You have homeless kids in Canada?

[poncho]

You have homeless kids in Canada?

Sometimes. Vancouver and the lower mainland is currently one of the most expensive cities to live in North America. Our welfare is pretty low, single Mother with 2 kids gets about $900 per month. Subsidized housing if you can get in is $526 per month including utilities. So lots of welfare families loose their home. I give to the local food bank (most families on welfare use them), toy's for tots (welfare is so low no money for toys) and Salvation Army (they also help those near homelessness).

[Ratickle]

Different than the US I guess. In 2012, the last study completed I know of, the average American receiving government assistance received the equivelant of $32,748 when the average working American's disposable income was $32,446. That included food, shelter, clothing, college tuition, and health care.

[poncho]

Its way different. You can't qualify for welfare if you own a car or property. They'll tell you to sell them and come back when the money runs out. A single person on welfare receives $640 per month. No food stamps type program. My town is 40miles east of Vancouver with a 150K population and we have homeless shelters. Don't see that in American small towns.

They did a study here that included college courses, food, rent, etc. The average family would need $18 per hr. each to meet the bare minimum.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/02...n_2631806.html

Vancouver's high costs have pushed people out here and now our rents are going sky high. I don't know how the average family survives here.

[fund razor]

My town is 40miles east of Vancouver with a 150K population and we have homeless shelters. Don't see that in American small towns.

Perhaps you don't see it from Vancouver.

You see it from here.

[Bobcat]

Mornin Ho's !

[Blue Oval]

We have went 27.5 hrs without snowing, I think spring is almost here!

[old377guy]

was 40 here, felt like a heat wave

[fund razor]

We are getting a bunch of snow. Maybe 8 inches.

[poncho]

Back to 40 and rain.

[poncho]

Got to figure out how to turn off auto updates for Windows 8 wants to restart my computer in 15minutes and I don't want that.

[poncho]

set up