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To: Ilaine who wrote (21902)	9/2/2007 8:26:59 PM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 217858

>>a class of people who just can't get it together to protect themselves from catastrophe<< The pendulum of individual home ownership reached the max. Now we'll see a lot of condo developments converted to apartment complexes.

To: Ilaine who wrote (21902)	9/2/2007 11:02:18 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217858

bubbletracking.blogspot.com is funny but troubling, and goes well with your observation ... resonates

To: Ilaine who wrote (21902)	9/3/2007 7:01:20 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 217858

It's "garnisheed" rather than "garnished", which is what you do when you put parsley on your food. < If their wages are being garnished, in Virginia there is a garnishment "return day"> I'm not being picky. I was just amused at garnishing their debts. I know you know the difference and that it's a typo/slip. On your frustration with people who are in a reasonable position, most people are hopelessly innumerate and legally terrified and subject to learned helplessness. There's a psychological thing called load shedding - when mental strain is too much, people just shove stuff off, whatever the cost. What seems trivially simple and obvious to you is too much for most people to deal with. I'm not surprised that people just give up. Plus there's a trust aspect. Doing nothing is always an easy option too, though it's often an expensive one. We procrastinators like that default setting. Mqurice