Here are some good locations:

Gyms
Writers Workshops (There are more women than men typically)
Grocery stores
Bingo
Bowling
Church
School Sporting Events
PTA

:o)


>Mine was quiet, too, although I won't say that's the way I like it. It used to be my favorite romantic night of the year. (And not because of alcohol, as you might guess). This year, no. Just dull.
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>Tamar is right. I need a girlfriend.
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>>I had a very quiet NYE. Just the way I like it. :o)
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>>>No, I was nor referring to the 1996 farm bill. It has been going on a lot longer than that.
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>>>Did you have a good NYE? Mine was completely boring, other than a nice gumbo I made for me Emily and me. Asleep before midnight. I did wake up with a great idea in the middle of the night but at this point it's worth a cup of coffee.
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>>>>Actually, paying farmers to not grow anything was not the intent of the 1996 bill (I'm assuming everyone is referring to the 1996 bill since it was meant to replace the older method which did pay farmers to not grow anything). There's a very interesting article here:
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>>>>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/01/AR2006070100962.html
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>>>>>Actually I think Victor brought up an interesting point there. Some farmers are indeed paid subsidies by the government (i.e. us) to not grow crops. And that money doesn't all go to small family farms, either.
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>>>>>>You seem to have no inside knowledge of anything concerning US agriculture, so I'm not going to debate it with you.
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>>>>>>>No one is critizicing US per se. Only the vast amount of power your farmers have there.....commo'n, do you really like that they get paid tax dollars for NOT producing something?
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>>>>>>>>Yeah, but the US is an easy target of criticism.
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>>>>>>>>>I'd say that the U.S. is doing more than its share supporting products made in Peru (as one example):
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>>>>>>>>>http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/product/enduse/imports/c3330.html
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>>>>>>>>>That is hardly closing the economy to cheaper foreign goods.
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>>>>>>>>>>If you think that the best think for the american people is that your government closes their economy to cheaper foreign goods , you are in good company along with Castro and Chavez......hey, why not every country closes their borders to any foreign good and tries to be self supplied for any good produced inside their borders? Sure that would make this global economy work better :)