One really stupid quote that I think is his, about how people will run from rain but sit in bathtubs full of water. Of course they do, Charles. Wildly different situations with water being the only link.
I travel a lot for my job, maybe fifty different countries the past 5 or 6 years, and I've never seen toilet doors as silly and poorly-designed as US ones, except in places where they're just making do with what they have.
How more Americans aren't calling it quits and emigrating literally anywhere I'll never know. Your country is being taken from you in plain sight with barely a whimper.
More than 60% of adults the world over own a home though, and that's ignoring the numerous countries where it's simply the done thing to rent, so the overwhelming majority own a home. Nearly everyone has money worries, whether you're earning a pittance or a good wage. Most people might be 1 or 2 paychecks from being broke or homeless, but the majority of people manage within their means to feed, clothe, and house themselves and their families, even if it is tough.
Only in NY? Everyone knows that isn't a question to be answered. It's chit-chat, an opener. What's happening? How are you? What's popping? Not questions that need answers. You reply 'not much' and move on.
I mean, sure plenty of folks don't earn enough to do those things, but plenty do. You work simply because you're not getting anything (or not getting enough) for free.
From the verb 'rock' meaning to move back and forth, and usually means arriving late or unannounced. It came from rock n roll in the 60s. Before that it was common to say 'roll up'.
One really stupid quote that I think is his, about how people will run from rain but sit in bathtubs full of water. Of course they do, Charles. Wildly different situations with water being the only link.