To: Moominoid who wrote (67411 ) 8/13/2005 8:25:58 PM From: shades Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74559 Tobit estimations show that the fewer hours a child works and the lower her income is, the more the parents give. Gifts are compensatory. The empirical results are, therefore, consistent with the predictions of the altruistic model of intergenerational transfers. Yah, a few of the girls I dated realized moving in with a mate and getting a job was such a bore, rich grand parents would give them all they need if they just hung out and kissed enough arse. So they worked less and less and went on more trips with grandparents. So it was negatively reinforcing unsustainable world view - ala jared diamond. One of the girls, her grandparents now dead - took her 3 years to go through all the inheritance but it finally gone, she is living in a house right next to her mom and dad - and I good friends with her mom and say wait - fugg that - why not make her live in the house with you and save all that money you waisting on that shopping machine to give her another house - Momma tell me - Shades - her attitude is so HARD to deal with - I would GLADLY pay for 2 home expenses rather than save money and have that monster move back in with me - HAHA! Anyways she can't keep a man, long time ago - couple boyfriends after me - her latest guy comes up to me - he say you let a good one get away - I say friend, you a guy like me, so I want to help you out - I tell him go listen at the old song - EVIL WOMAN by ELO I think. He get really mad, he ready to smash my face in - I say look bub I was just trying to help - anyways years later I run into him at the mall - I said where your princess now sucka - he get mad and want to smash my face in again - but he knew I was right and had tried to help him - even if he wouldn't admit it - sucker pus*y whipped fool. hehe She bleeded him for a lot of money and time - idiot.