To: X Y Zebra who wrote (10569 ) 10/2/2001 1:54:47 PM From: marcos Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74559 'For starters education ' - for finishers, and all the way through as well, this is the key imho ... and the core of a decent education - to learn a second language well, inside out and backwards, to be comfortable thinking in it ... then a working knowledge of a third, fourth, hey why not twelfth - there is so much else that comes along with the words and the conjugations ... quite a conjugal affair -g- ... for canadians it makes good sense to learn french, for US nationals spanish, for mexicanos english, these have practical uses, but all should have some basis in latin and greek ... clearly recent events have demonstrated the utility of arabic ... if anyone wants to learn japanese kanji, i know a mexicana who teaches it in el DF -g- Education makes smaller and more successful families, the effect is directly proportionate to the depth and quality of education of the parents, and to the quality of education available to their children ... 'less is more' becomes true without sacrificing any shred of mexicano family values - all my wife's friends show this, the ones with more schooling want two children, no more no less .... and btw, education and a quality thermometer does make CB's 'Billings' method work, a woman is fertile only for a few days each cycle and the point can be determined by temperature, i'm quite familiar with it as after a series of spontaneous abortions we've been making temperature charts here for two years, as data useful in finding the cause .... you're quite right about those with irregular periods though ... there are serious health concerns with 'the pill', btw Speaking of the fluctuating definition of the term 'terrorist', i suppose Batista would have used it to describe these people eh - 'Recientemente, el 27 de septiembre, murió Arsacio “Kid” Vanegas; en octubre de 200 falleció Fernando Gutiérrez Barrios; en diciembre de 1993 pereció Alfonso Guillén Zelaya; y en julio de 1995 ocurrió lo mismo con Gilberto Bosques. 'mx.yahoo.com ... thirty-third anniversary of Tlatelolco today, btw Equis, have you lurked this thread long enough to be familiar with Maurice's 'Aztecs' epithet for goldbugs? ... this was how i got pulled in here, of course -g- ... Jay Chen likes gold, more even than qcom paper at the moment apparently ... i think he's right - 'buy the dips', 'it's different this time' - goldsheetlinks.com [edit] - Message 16399336