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John Woodgate

Jan 1, 1970
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I read in sci.electronics.design that [email protected] wrote (in
There is a negative correlation between fertility and education.

Not 'fertility' but 'number of children'. It doesn't seem likely that
education would affect fertility negatively; in fact, since education
tends to promote health, the correlation is likely to be positive.
 
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Spehro Pefhany

Jan 1, 1970
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I read in sci.electronics.design that [email protected] wrote (in


Not 'fertility' but 'number of children'. It doesn't seem likely that
education would affect fertility negatively; in fact, since education
tends to promote health, the correlation is likely to be positive.

http://www.bartleby.com/61/80/F0088000.html

fertility

SYLLABICATION: fer·til·i·ty
PRONUNCIATION: fr-tl-t
NOUN: 1. The condition, quality, or degree of being fertile. 2. The
birthrate of a population.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
 
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keith

Jan 1, 1970
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I did my part to out-distance the Liberals... 4 kids, 6 grandkids ;-)

Hmm, I've never lived in a blue-state (IL, NY, and VT) and am 1 and 0.
Maybe there's something in the water?
 
John said:
It's so hilly here, I'd mostly be pushing the bike. But my
made-in-Mexico VW doesn't use much gas, it's a 4-mile scenic drive,
and gas is still dirt-cheap here. Three, actually, since I walk the
last mile for exercize. I spend a lot more on car insurance than I
spend on gas. Actually, it's a company car so I don't spend anything
on either, but you get my point.

Enjoy it while it lasts - I can remember back when petrol was the least
of the costs of running a car.

For hills, you need a bike with gears - I used to cycle to and from
work in Brighton, England, which was a couple of miles. It took me
twenty minutes each way, fifteen minutes to get up the hill and five
minutes to go down the other side. I would have appreciated a tunnel.
I've still got the bike, and the original ten-speed derailler gears
have become twelve speed - although they are hardly ever useful in
Nijmegen, which is mostly flat, as opposed to the rest of the
Netherlands, which is almost entirely flat.
 
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Pig Bladder

Jan 1, 1970
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IIRR there was an academic study that found that people don't get more
conservative as they get older - they actually tend to stick to same
political opinions all their lives. In times past society as a whole
was more conservative, so the elderly did tend to be more conservative
than young people, but this may be a passing phase.

Is your comment about the correlation between average number of
children and political opinion another one of these
folk-misconceptions, or can you point to real evidence?
Well, it's pretty obvious that the stupid ones are breeding like rats.
 
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Pig Bladder

Jan 1, 1970
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I did my part to out-distance the Liberals... 4 kids, 6 grandkids ;-)
Yup. Like they've noticed, the stuipd are doing more breeding.
 
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Pig Bladder

Jan 1, 1970
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Beauty is only skin-deep, but true boorishness comes from the heart -
or as here - from the arsehole.

In case you'd care to check it, what comes from the arsehole is
self-preservation, AKA Love.

The boorishness, hatred, stupidity, murder, and just plain nastiness all
come from denial of The Mother Of The Universe, who is in our root chakra,
which happens to reside a the exact center of the anus/arsehole/asshole.

The denial happens in the brain, who thinks it's the boss, and sadly, gets
away with it for very many years until it kills its host.
 
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Paul Burke

Jan 1, 1970
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I used to cycle to and from
work in Brighton, England, which was a couple of miles. It took me
twenty minutes each way, fifteen minutes to get up the hill and five
minutes to go down the other side.

Via Ditchling Beacon? That was the killer when I used to do the London
to Brighton charity ride- right at the end too.

Paul Burke
 
Paul said:
Via Ditchling Beacon? That was the killer when I used to do the London
to Brighton charity ride - right at the end too.

No way. My wife lived in Ditchling before we bought a house together in
Brighton, so I've driven along that road many times.

I just cycled from Preston about two miles up through Hollingbury,
which peaks at 178 metres - Ditchling Beacon goes up to about 233
metres, and if I'd cycled from Ditchling it would have been about four
miles. When we were (briefly) living together in Ditchling I was
working in Hove and cycling wasn't a practical option.
 
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