I've been paying alimony since I was 14 and child support since 15. That's a joke, but not by much.
Mark Twain's Roughing It is a book that many people don't know about, but I highly recommend to anybody at any age.
Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve of shared experiences, all our pronouncements are checks drawn on insufficient funds.

