The Bureau of labor Statistics compiles a stat called the Employment-Population Ratio that is the number of people working of the available workforce, defined as people 16 and over. I am sure some of those folks are not working because they wouldn't otherwise, but in the current climate many have no choice. As has been reported repeatedly, the 9.2% unemployment underestimates the number of people unemployed because after a long enough time people...
Finally uploaded a movie of the fireworks we attended on July 1st. I certainly haven't gotten the hang of taking pictures of fireworks with my iPhone 4, but the video turned out well.Enj...
Our 42" round dining apparently extends all the way to 92"! We have two 10" leaves and so had only opened it that far. We thought that's as far as it could open.Lynn was investigating longer tables because we were thinking of purchasing one to fit ten for Christmas Eve dinner. She saw a similar table design where the pedestal separated to let the table extend farther yet still remain stable. That got us experimenting with...