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Comment on How Will History Remember the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan by 10-year anniversary of Baghdad fall to U.S. forces | Devil Dog Graphix's Blog

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:11:05 +0000

[...] story by: Diaa Hadid and Qassim Abdul-Zahra, The Associated Press photo courtesy of: lexfridman.com [...]

Comment on The Pebble in Your Shoe by Linda

Linda — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:40:33 +0000

For goodness’ sake, this is a quote from the famous Scottish poet Robert Service. It’s not from Muhammad Ali!

Comment on Divorce Rates by Profession by Why Do We Stay In EMS? | The Prehospitalogist

Why Do We Stay In EMS? | The Prehospitalogist — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 03:42:43 +0000

[...] very difficult to incorporate any kind of meaningful family or social life into the mix as well. 2010 census data shows that EMT’s and Paramedics have a roughly 23% divorce rate. Of course that is just for one year, and does not account for those of us who have been married [...]

Comment on Divorce Rates by Profession by Pete

Pete — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:37:32 +0000

So I graduated college with a civil engineering degree and upon graduation, I enlisted and went through BUD/S and graduated about a year ago. Anyone want to take a stab at my chances of getting married and making it last?

Comment on Divorce Rates by Profession by Lex

Lex — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:33:01 +0000

That’s very interesting. I wonder if it has to do with how much socializing you do due to your profession and your personality. More social contact means less time for dark introspective suicidal thoughts.

Comment on Divorce Rates by Profession by Lex

Lex — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:31:31 +0000

I like the “interesting thought” of yours. It’s probably true that it’s easier for women to cheat, but I wonder if men nevertheless cheat more.

Comment on Divorce Rates by Profession by Lex

Lex — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:28:13 +0000

Exposure leads to jealousy, and so I think what the numbers are saying is that we are an insecure bunch as a society

Comment on Divorce Rates by Profession by david

david — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:19:45 +0000

Did anyone else notice that the people with the lowest divorce rates are at the top ofthe suicide rate by profession? I wonder if there’s any correlation there

Comment on Codifying Public Transit Routes: Colors, Letters, Numbers, Destinations by Lex

Lex — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:49:44 +0000

I don’t remember where I found it, sorry. It was from a site that discussed a proposed expansion of the Septa rail system. Google around, it was one of the top hits.

Comment on Codifying Public Transit Routes: Colors, Letters, Numbers, Destinations by Frank

Frank — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:06:39 +0000

Did you create the above map? If not, where did you find it? Thanks for posting it!