The glass, I'm assuming, happened when he tried to break his glasses with his teeth. I have no idea why he would eat the white powder though.

What about the 18yo that has mutual sexual interactions with the 17yo? Every situation really is different. If you look at his prior history - he had a sexual relation when he was 16 with a 14yo and that was his first crime. I'm sorry - but people of almost any age consider 2 years to count for nothing.

Sex offenders tend to be like smokers - you can stay "clean" for years, but once temptation comes along it's all over.

I tried their vegi burger the other day and was pleasantly surprised! Till I got home and looked at the nutritional value :(

Funny that to work in a hospital, nurses will soon be required to have four year degree's instead of two year, and yet - there aren't nearly enough schools available to push through the volume of health care workers this country will need. I went to a "Dr" recently that told me to my face about his idea to lie to my insurance company to get me out of paying a premium (that I don't even have to pay).

Maybe if people used their brains, we could find a solution to the health insurance "problem" that is actually going to work for people.

"Ashley- It's one of those subjects that touches a nerve in some people. Fact is fact, truth is truth. If you cannot, or will not accept them I cannot help you. "

Well aren't we full of ourselves? I can do my own research - but if one decides to do so, and present it in a debate, than it had better be accurate, factual and certain: all problems with your research. I have no interest in looking at your articles, which I'm sure, lack as much substance as the other articles.

Your second link says older drivers appear to be slower, but points out that it may just be because they are more cautious. No statistics shown.

Direct quote from your third link (again, no statistics):

"the data on older drivers' braking times are not entirely clear. One problem is that different studies have used different definitions of older; that is, sometimes "older means 50, sometimes it could mean 70. Moreover, some studies find no slowing of reaction time with age."

Fourth link is the ONLY one you have provided so far that is remotely noteworthy although it does state that "little is known about the precise pattern of change, whereas evidence for sex differences is equivocal" but if we wanted to actually consider one of your prior links I suppose we could also consider that the elderly are just cautious. Please keep in mind the study sample is also from a select region, not located in America - yes, that does hold weight if you actually consider the scientific method.

BTW: no sight or hearing links yet? Couldn't find evidence to support that claim, could you?

Scanning the fifth I saw "There are special difficulties in finding RT [reaction time] for other types of stimulation: taste, smell, pain, etc. " which actually helps my case, but not yours - I saw nothing age related and have no interest digging into that article further.

Your first link (my reaction time is slower ;P ) says "A University of Michigan study suggests that, as we age, our brain connections break down, slowing up our physical response times." Suggests. Not definite and again no statistics (is it most or not, because that's the issue here). Beside that they talk about the brains hemispheres communicating more than would be normal for a younger brain, that's due to break down as we age but - did you know that other areas of the brain can actually compensate for damage and learn to do tasks originally performed in other areas of the brain? Meaning the brain is talking more but the job still gets done.

I'm not going to bother even skimming your final link. You want to be condescending but you haven't found anything that says MOST people deteriorate in those THREE (hearing, sight and reaction time) ways as they age. All of your links are about reaction time and MOST of the information is faulty and/or non-specific.

I was a CNA, AM going to school for nursing - I may have to bit my tongue on the reaction time but I am not backing down about aging and sight/hearing. If you want to attempt to prove me wrong than you should consider finding articles that address those issues and reading them yourself.

"It would seem obvious to me that as someone ages, statistically their senses (sight, hearing) and their reaction times slow. Not an absolute, but certianly the norm. "

Actually it's not.

Aside from that, "targeting" the elderly can be seen as unconstitutional and all that; and if we can't target the illegals than we sure as hell better refrain from targeting the very people that we can thank for the little bit of good left in this country!

Why? Wouldn't it be better to let them feed themselves crap and die off so we don't have to pay for them?

You do know what you, and a lot of other people in this forum, sound like, right?

Safeway and fred meyer both offer online coupons that you can load to your card - other items on sale that don't have coupons can be added to your "shopping list" then you can print and go.

Then again - look at most of the coupons, they are for junk food! Part of the trap: I'll save X amount on this, but then you buy those sales items and OMGOSH my cart is full of crap!

I used to love the "buy one get one" sales at safeway - then I realized that a pack of chicken only cost $8/$9 regularly and $17/$18 during that sale, so I wasn't actually saving anything!

If you WANT to eat healthy and on a budget than you MAKE the time to pay attention and clip coupons.