YonahShimmel: You know, you could move to LA and be Luke’s Girl Friday
YonahShimmel: Handle his correspondence, answer the phone, tidy up after him and so forth
Emma: Miracles can happen
YonahShimmel: So he hopes
YonahShimmel: So too do most Republicans these days
YonahShimmel: I heart Sarah Palin. But I would be a lot happier if McCain had selected someone like Rudy Giuliani or Tom Ridge to be his running mate
YonahShimmel: Rudy would have devoured the press
YonahShimmel: Had he been chosen he would, at this very minute, but chewing off Barak Obama’s most private parts
YonahShimmel: There needs to be a lot more women here who think like you do
YonahShimmel: Where I live, there are few like you
Emma: Pity
YonahShimmel: Indeed
YonahShimmel: So if you have a sister, tell her to move here with all of her similar friends
YonahShimmel: Alas, not many Irish come here anymore
YonahShimmel: You guys are too rich
Emma: Why do you think that is?
YonahShimmel: $$$$ no need to
Emma: Rich
YonahShimmel: Your economy is doing very well, so why give up Ireland to move to the States?
YonahShimmel: Look at that mess
Emma: Technically I am in Britain
YonahShimmel: Where?
YonahShimmel: N Ireland?
Emma: It’s Economy is very poor.
Emma: Yes
YonahShimmel: Why did your family move there?
YonahShimmel: Ireland is doing great, but not so NIreland
Emma: My parents fancied the change I suppose.
YonahShimmel: How long have you been there?
YonahShimmel: What does your dad do there?
Emma: Since I was 10
Emma: My Dad is not fit for work anymore.
Emma: He worked all his life
YonahShimmel: What did he do?
Emma: He worked for the Department Of Environment
YonahShimmel: Luke, this should be a warning to you. At your age, you need to think about things like pensions and medical benefits
Emma: lol
YonahShimmel: The easy money of blogging won’t last forever
YonahShimmel: That’s not a lol Emma, but serious stuff
Emma: He is only 42
Emma: A few years left I think.
YonahShimmel: You plan for when you are 52 when you are 42, not when you are 50
YonahShimmel: These are supposed to be his peak earning years
Emma: Live in the here and now. Do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow shall worry about itself
YonahShimmel: Simply not true, especially in America.
YonahShimmel: It sucks to be poor here, more so than in Europe
Emma: It’s true if you have the right mind – set.
YonahShimmel: Trust me, he does not have that mind set
Emma: Mostly dogs.
YonahShimmel: And even then only when they have someone taking care of them, feeding them, sheltering them etc
YonahShimmel: Luke is more like a hobo
Emma: Wild dogs can cope very well actually.
YonahShimmel: Not so men
Emma: Luke is wild.
YonahShimmel: Nope
YonahShimmel: Quite tame
YonahShimmel: Obeys his rabbis and fears them more than you know
Emma: Underneath he is wild.
YonahShimmel: Meek and mild
YonahShimmel: Fearful of his rabbis
Emma: Luke warm..
YonahShimmel: He even gave up a career – the only one he ever had that got him a measure of fame and respect – because these rabbis ordered him to
Emma: I’m glad he did.
Emma: He chose right.
YonahShimmel: I don’t know about that.
Emma: Respect for all the wrong reasons.
YonahShimmel: Trying to make a living by spamming your own web site seems pretty sad
YonahShimmel: He should get a job with the postal service
YonahShimmel: Good benefits, paid vacation time, a pension
Emma: Actually I hear the money is pretty good.
YonahShimmel: Yes. Lots better than anything he currently does
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