[Billup]

Originally Posted by P1et

No no! I like America. I just don't like Walmart, especially the people that shop there.

Wal-Creatures.


Google "People of Walmart" and follow the link. People watching at its finest.

[P1]

Originally Posted by MidwestGolfBum

I prefer to do my people watching at nice beaches or ski areas. The people tend to be better looking.

You can really people watch everywhere mate. That's the beauty of it.

[NemesisX]

Originally Posted by P1et

So if you make $155K a year, you're top 5%? That's scary since $155K doesn't seem like that much anymore...

Well considering wage and salary income only, $155K is good for a little better than top 5%, but another nuance is that these statistics make no effort to distinguish between single income households or dual income households (with kids or without kids). Something like 80% of households are dual income. Only 7% of households are so called "traditional" families with a married couple and kid(s) where only a single parent is the breadwinner.

So a two nurse home bringing in a combined $155k is equivalent to a single breadwinner making $155k, but earning $155k as a single individual is far more rare than even "top 5%."

Personal income statistics are a lot more difficult to find and for good reason. The vast majority of households are dual income, and many of those households file jointly (if married), but as of 2010 a single individual making $100,000 puts him or her in the top 6.61%, whereas for households $100,000 puts you in the top ~11-12% (roughly extrapolating from the table).

Then of course there are cost of living differences. $250k for a household is good enough to put you in the top 2.5% overall, but in Manhattan alone that's more like top 6% (I have the data bookmarked somewhere but I can't find it at the moment) whereas in Texas it's more like top 2%. I recently found a list of what it takes to be in the top 1% (household, single or dual income) by state. Not surprisingly, New York, California, and many of the northeastern states sit at the top of the list.

[batchelorc]

Originally Posted by 954Stealth

If you have no debts and $10 in your pocket, you have more wealth than 25% of Americans

That is ridiculous and sad.

[upstatedoc]

If you plug your nose and close your mouth and then bear down, you can stop your heart.

[NemesisX]

Originally Posted by upstatedoc

If you plug your nose and close your mouth and then bear down, you can stop your heart.

Corollary: the valsalva maneuver is also a great way to get rid of hiccups.

[SilverII]

Kate Upton is fat

[ddk632]

If you read this post, you will have wasted 0.45 seconds of your life and learned absolutely nothing in the process.

[954Stealth]

Originally Posted by ddk632

If you read this post, you will have wasted 0.45 seconds of your life and learned absolutely nothing in the process.

Oops I read it twice!

[Whostheboss]

At the time of writing this post, @954Stealth has 2,116 posts on this forum.

[954Stealth]

Originally Posted by Whostheboss

At the time of writing this post, @954Stealth has 2,116 posts on this forum.

@Whostheboss drives a 9 incher

[PSUSMU]

Originally Posted by 954Stealth

90% of Americans live within 15 minutes of a Walmart

Love that I'm 21 minutes from the nearest one. I refuse to step foot in there. I also live in a county with 1.1 million people.

[954Stealth]

Originally Posted by 954Stealth

Who knows why they're called Red Sox and not Red Socks?

No? ok..


The first Publix was a failed theater in Florida owned by Paramount-Publix, Corp. It's what we now call Paramount. It was Publix theater and used to be the primary competitor to Loew's Theatres.


The name came at a time when Teddy Roosevelt thought the English language should be simplified. Though Congress didn't like Teddy's idea, Andrew Carnegie agreed. He started a Simplified Spelling Board in 1906. The idea was to make English simpler - omitting silent letters and making it sound more phonetically aligned - so the world would adopt English as the primary language. For example, 'Eau' was changed to just 'O'.

Marketing folks caught on and translated that to names of companies, flashy newpaper headers, sports. So one of the simplifications was 'cks' becoming 'X' hence Red Sox, White Sox and Publix.

You can read more about the changes here (some actually stuck and some failed to catch on)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_Spelling_Board

[954Stealth]

Originally Posted by PSUSMU

Love that I'm 21 minutes from the nearest one. I refuse to step foot in there. I also live in a county with 1.1 million people.

Welcome to the top 10% of Americans! You've made it

[ddk632]

The leading cause of divorce is marriage.

[Litos]

Originally Posted by PSUSMU

Love that I'm 21 minutes from the nearest one. I refuse to step foot in there. I also live in a county with 1.1 million people.

I'd hate to live in that tiny county.......

[2011CrazE89]

Paying my companies office supply invoice. I noticed that someone placed an order on 1 dozen left handed pens. WTF is that about??

[954Stealth]

Originally Posted by 2011CrazE89

Paying my companies office supply invoice. I noticed that someone placed an order on 1 dozen left handed pens. WTF is that about??

If the date was like 2 days ago then they were probably celebrating Left Handers Day

[Rotorocious]

Originally Posted by Litos

I'd hate to live in that tiny county.......

<--Leon County 276k population.
I do like being able to get anywhere in town in 20 minutes.
Estoy jealouso about your superior food options tho

[Demetrius Joel]

Polar bears fur is actually clear, not white.

[2011CrazE89]

With today's technology and just about everyone carrying smart phones there are suddenly no more UFO sightings.

[Litos]

Originally Posted by Rotorocious

<--Leon County 276k population.
I do like being able to get anywhere in town in 20 minutes.
Estoy jealouso about your superior food options tho

we kind of grew up in the same size county...

I grew up in Brazoria County, which has 324K people in it.....

but it's huuuuuuge - 1600sq miles....