Didn't mean to detour the thread with "tales of yor"...

By the time we were picking up bottles they were a nickel a piece.

(for a dollar you could buy a ham and cheese sub, RC cola in a bottle and have enough for a Hostess cupcake/snowball package.)

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Can we set the "rights" issue straight?


They have more HUMAN rights here than they would have any place else.

Civil/Citizen rights you have to earn.

Gonna go off the beaten track for a second.

One thing that does irk me is the "doing jobs that American's would do." line.

To the north of El Lay you can travel to Santa Barbara, in the morning, thru some farm areas where there are men picking veggies in the hot months of summer.

AS you trip back home after a day at the beach, shopping, etc.....they are in a different part of the field, still picking.

Tell a kid that they have to work for a few summers, picking veggies, or go to school -- the kid will pick school.

Tell a kid that they have to go to school, to better their lives - they would rather dropout and slum ......


There is a school up north that is holding a drawing for one ipod each semester for the kid with the best attendance.

NOTHING IS SAID ABOUT GRADES...

So, you can get an ipod for showing up, but learning? That's quite unfair!
(the school systems are paid by attendance, not grades..)

Ergo,

You show up in the US you should get citizenship, but forget learning citizenship..







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