Posted on 07/11/2006 5:32:40 AM PDT by standingfirm
Sure it's a word! I remember this guy being interviewed on one of the local afternoon radio shows here in Connecticut a little over a month ago.
Sounded like a cool goal to aim for.
I wonder how many liberals it takes to trade a paper clip for a house.
That's pretty cool. When I was in college, I was on a summer mission project. For a diversion they broke us up into teams of three and gave us each a rubber band. We had to trade up bigger and better. In about an hour, we had a couch. Actually some of the furniture and appliances at the mission house were from bigger and better games.
As an experience Bigger and Better professional, I tip my hat to the all time champion.
Liberals go the other way around.
Our college ministry group once played Bigger & Better: we started each group with a penny, and after an hour of trading up there was everything from antique golf clubs to a transmission and a freezer.
Liberals go the other way around.
LOL
But they use our house.
Campus Crusade?
What an absolutely amazing story. With imagination, energy, and the will to work for something and succeed, anything is possible.
Another old term: gumption. And then there's perseverence:
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. ~Walter Elliott, The Spiritual Life
"On Wednesday the quest is ending as envisioned: MacDonald is due to become the proud owner of a three-bedroom, 1,100-square-foot home provided by the town of Kipling, Saskatchewan. MacDonald and his girlfriend, Dominique Dupuis, expect to move there in early September."
I thought it was a cool story until I read that MacDonald is immoral. That is, he has failed to adhere to moral standards.
Great story...I remember when this guy was first starting out!!! BRAVO!!!!
OH, shut up.
LOL!
I wouldn't pass judgement too quickly. Lack of mention of a wedding does not mean no wedding is planned before then.
I sure hope he paid his taxes on his barter transactions. (They do that in Canada, don't they?)
Do they not have or use the word fiancee, a betrothed woman? My nephew lives with a woman that he introduces as his "fiancee." Or has immorality become so commonplace that it is not worth mentioning? Unmarried, unbetrothed people living together is no longer a big deal I guess. I would have felt better if the article at least mentioned wedding plans. To me it is NOT okay for single men and women to live together.
sounds like what happens every week at gun shows. walk in with a rusty double barrel with a broken stock, walk out with a sig.
I agree 100%. However, considering that we are reading a media piece, who knows what's going on in the background? If he does indeed move in with his girlfriend, I would be condemning him as well. Since it hasn't happened yet, and no mention is made one way or the other, I am withholding any judgement I may have.
To me the whole point I liked about the article was what the guy got from a paper clip. After that, I really don't care.
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