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Keeping Count

June 14th, 2012
By Braddah Lance

Last night Da Wife and I went to meet a new addition to da world and as we were talking story, I looked around and there were three married couples with one keiki each. One just born, one three months and ours which is 21 months old today.

Then they all looked at both Da Wife and I then asked, "when's the next one?"

Wassup Wit Dat!

Well, I guess that's the fact of life right? Have one, get anoddah. For Da Wife and I, we do want anoddah but it's tough with just one right now. One couple in da room is split wea one wants but da oddah doesn' and da one who just gave birth doesn't even want to think about it right now.

Then it got me thinking.... how many keiki is da "norm"? I always thought it was two - or more - and growing up it was li'dat as well as I knew many siblings of friends.

But nowadays da trend has been to downsize in people but upsize in material things, I guess.

Hea's some random facts from da world wide web. Now I didn't want to get full on technical so before anyone gets all hu-hu, da "numbahs" below could/may be recent or years ago and I just pulled random stuff from a quick search on Google not citing any one site in particular except da Census Bureau. :grin:

* A shock to me. According to da 2010 Census Bureau, da average child per household is 1. Well, .94 to be exact.

* Half the homes in the US own 3 or more tvs.

* Most homes have 2 bathrooms

* They say an average two person household owns 2 cars and 3 if you have children.

* There are an average of 2 computers per home.

* Average number of shoes for men is 10 or less. :shock:

* Average number of shoes for "mature" working women is 25-40. :shock: :shock:

Ok, there was no shock really in da last one. :razz:

So wat say you? Are you "average"? Wat else is an "average" numbah?








22 Responses to “Keeping Count”

  1. Braddah Lance:
    June 14th, 2012 at 8:11 am

    I have an older brother so I guess we not normal in da household department.

    * Half the homes in the US own 3 or more tvs.
    We not normal hea either as we have only two tvs... da second which we only got last yea... or was it da yea before? And then we not even using da "old" either, WWD!

    * Most homes have 2 bathrooms
    Ok, we exceed dat wit *gulp* five total but we only responsible for three of 'em.

    * They say an average two person household owns 2 cars and 3 if you have children.
    We had two, had to sell one. I get da bike so I guess dat makes us 1.5. :lol:

    * There are an average of 2 computers per home.
    We get two laptops. One is so old, heavy and bulky dat it makes an excellent way to hide papers beneath.

    * Average number of shoes for men is 10 or less.
    Um, I tink I get 2 baseball cleats, 2 basketball, 2 cross trainers, 2 dress shoes, 1 bowling and 1 steel toe. But all da ones wit 2 is only cause wen I bought da new ones, I nevah like throw da old ones away.... so I guess dat makes it six total right? :wink:

    * Average number of shoes for "mature" working women is 25-40.
    No comment.

    How many cell phones do have - working or not?
    I tink I get as many as five lying around da hale somewea.

    How many puka undahwea you get?
    Seriously, I get like one.... or two. :oops:

    How many balls you got?
    Not dat kine lolo!
    I get four bowling balls, three footballs, five basketballs, choke golf balls and a gazillion baseballs.


  2. GA Bows:
    June 14th, 2012 at 10:13 am

    * Half the homes in the US own 3 or more tvs. We have 3.

    * Most homes have 2 bathrooms. We have 3 full bathrooms.

    * They say an average two person household owns 2 cars and 3 if you have children. Just bought our 2nd car.

    * There are an average of 2 computers per home. We have 2 pc and 2 laptops.. don't bother to ask. LMAO

    * Average number of shoes for men is 10 or less. I have 4 pairs.

    * Average number of shoes for "mature" working women is 25-40. Wife has about 10.

    BTW... with regards to kids; 2 and 1 dog.


  3. GA Bows:
    June 14th, 2012 at 10:14 am

    How many cell phones do have - working or not? 8 and they work... again, don't bother to ask.

    How many puka undahwea you get? None

    How many balls you got? 1 football, a bunch of golfballs and a crap ton of a variety of balls for the kids to play with.


  4. snow:
    June 14th, 2012 at 12:05 pm

    i guess with people getting married older (well, or not getting married at all) and women having their own careers, one child doesn't seem so ODD. but, before... being an only child wasn't quite so common.

    we have two tvs, but only use one. i believe in centralized tv viewing!

    we have two bathrooms but only use one!? i guess i believe in centralized bathroom use, too! :lol: nah, the other one is in a weird place so the wind makes the bathroom "scent" travel to the living room. yuck! :roll:

    we are average in the car department!! woo hoo! :)

    not so average in the computer department, unless you don't include netbooks and tablets. my son won a netbook and got a netbook and a tablet as gifts! WWD?!

    i think we're average in the men's shoe area... uhhh, wooo hoooo?? ;)

    i might have that many shoes but i don't wear them all!


  5. snow:
    June 14th, 2012 at 12:06 pm

    am i in moderation because i said "sh0e?" :mad:


  6. wafan:
    June 14th, 2012 at 12:39 pm

    Read an article today about the cost of raising one child through college graduation. WHEW! Glad I do not have any kids because I would not be able to afford even part of one.

    Over 1/4 million. Yep, over $250,000.

    Dunno how folks can afford to raise and send the kids to college. But, as Romney said, the kids should have the parents pay for their tuition. Crazy! Must be worse in Hawai'i with the cost of living.

    Personally . . . 3 TV's, 2.5 baths, 2 cars, 2 pair walking shoes (it was a BOGO deal so why not?), one pair leather dress shoes (sale a thousand years ago at Nordstrom), all my underwear has pukas (how else you put 'em on?).


  7. wafan:
    June 14th, 2012 at 12:40 pm

    Hmmmm. Moderation.


  8. wafan:
    June 14th, 2012 at 12:40 pm

    Was it Romney?


  9. wafan:
    June 14th, 2012 at 12:40 pm

    Nope. Maybe BOGO?


  10. wafan:
    June 14th, 2012 at 12:41 pm

    Uh-uh. Nordstrom?


  11. 2B:
    June 14th, 2012 at 12:42 pm

    * A shock to me. According to da 2010 Census Bureau, da average child per household is 1. Well, .94 to be exact.
    Ovah-I get 3 kids

    * Half the homes in the US own 3 or more tvs.
    Ovah I get 4 (one can only see half da screen but we "listen" to da news when we getting ready in da morning on um)

    * Most homes have 2 bathrooms
    Push on dat bet

    * They say an average two person household owns 2 cars and 3 if you have children.
    Push- Oldest one going to drive so we get 3

    * There are an average of 2 computers per home.
    Undah-We Own 1 computer and an iPad, but get laptops from work.

    * Average number of shoes for men is 10 or less.
    Undah-I get 5 pairs, but two stay in da box yet (I really like my shoes I get fo work, so I buy couple pairs when I go mainland) Just no count my slippahs

    * Average number of shoes for "mature" working women is 25-40.
    Ovah-She get one whole shoe thing jus for her shoes. Never counted and never will bum bye I get all depressed when I think how much she had spend on um.


  12. wafan:
    June 14th, 2012 at 12:42 pm

    Shoot. I give up.


  13. sally:
    June 14th, 2012 at 2:22 pm

    I have one child. After delivery I announced that any additional life in the house will be puppies.

    ...or fish.

    I have been TV-less for 7yrs now. By choice. I love it. Watch everything online. So, BL, I guess you can use me to offset your 2nd TV to count as one.

    I have one car, one bathroom, one computer.

    I thought "25-40 shoes"??? I only have... oh. dear. I was only counting the ones that are out for easy access all the time. Forgot about the ones in the shoe thingie under the bed.


  14. sally:
    June 14th, 2012 at 2:24 pm

    Dangit, I said $h0es too. Gee, BL, are we out of practice or what?

    Sorry, I need a Get Out Of Jail Pass.


  15. sally:
    June 14th, 2012 at 2:25 pm

    I wonder what the average number of bags for women is? Cuz I know I'd be right in there.


  16. sally:
    June 14th, 2012 at 2:26 pm

    The Great Purse Survey

    http://prawnworks.com/girlish/march3.html


  17. Toekinam:
    June 14th, 2012 at 4:12 pm

    @Sally, talk about bag fetish!! I just counted 23, got my own closet for that! Shoes, not too much, I have big feet!!
    Half the homes in the US own 3 or more tvs.-I agree

    * Most homes have 2 bathrooms-I have 3 bathrooms, only 2 humans living in da house!

    * They say an average two person household owns 2 cars and 3 if you have children.-No children, but bf and I each have cars.

    * There are an average of 2 computers per home.-2 laptops, 1 IPAD

    * Average number of shoes for men is 10 or less.-BF has 6 pairs

    * Average number of shoes for "mature" working women is 25-40-I agree!


  18. hemajang:
    June 15th, 2012 at 6:21 am

    - get 3 kids and 2 grandkids (wat da average for dat?)

    - get 3 tvs

    - get 3 bathroom

    - get 2 cars

    - get 2 computers and 2 laptops but using only one of each

    - plenty shuues, maybe 15 but mostly use 6 except my favorite running shuue, da original nike free is missing. Had my house painted last week and moved all my stuff around and can't find it. Also have the nike free 2 & 3 but really like the first one.

    I may have more shuues than wife and son probably have double what I have.

    2 cell phones

    - get plenty balls laying around for grandkids and puppy and plenty tennis balls.


  19. Ynaku:
    June 15th, 2012 at 9:09 am

    * A shock to me. According to da 2010 Census Bureau, da average child per household is 1. Well, .94 to be exact. I get 2 (or is it 1.88) kids 10 yrs apart

    * Half the homes in the US own 3 or more tvs. My house get 5 TVs but only 4 hooked up to cable and 1 in guest room connected to DVD. I only get a 4-way amplifier/splitter.

    * Most homes have 2 bathrooms We get 3 toilets in da house. Wife get the master bedroom one and I use da downstairs one. Son gotta use upstairs.

    * They say an average two person household owns 2 cars and 3 if you have children. Nope only 2 cars and a bike that not running (YET)

    * There are an average of 2 computers per home. This is a techy home so we get about 7 different ones (desktop, laptops pc and mac, netbook, iPAD, 3 iPHONES, Wii, Kinect, etc)

    * Average number of sh0es for men is 10 or less. :shock: Total including slippahs? about 7 including my rubbah boot choose for da garden

    * Average number of sh0es for "mature" working women is 25-40. :shock: :shock: I no can count :lol:


  20. Ynaku:
    June 15th, 2012 at 9:15 am

    How many puka underwear i get? ALL OF THEM GET PUKA uddah wise how you going.....you know :lol:

    Oh you meant worn out hole in fabric and broken waistband? Um maybe 3 dat I no use cause stay on the bottom of the drawer and my wife no can see um. Going use um for rags soon. :D


  21. wafan:
    June 15th, 2012 at 12:55 pm

    Mom asked why I kept using the puka underwear. Comfortable. That is why. Things do not . . . ummmm . . . bind.


  22. Coconut Willy:
    June 18th, 2012 at 9:48 pm

    * A shock to me. According to da 2010 Census Bureau, da average child per household is 1. Well, .94 to be exact. 2

    * Half the homes in the US own 3 or more tvs. 3, but only 2 plugged in

    * Most homes have 2 bathrooms. 2 is the minimum

    * They say an average two person household owns 2 cars and 3 if you have children. 2

    * There are an average of 2 computers per home. 2

    * Average number of shoes for men is 10 or less. :shock: 4

    * Average number of shoes for "mature" working women is 25-40. 40. My wife is Imelda