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Skittles

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33. OMG ILLMART
Thu Feb 14, 2013, 05:26 PM
Feb 2013

I was watching Paranormal 4 on DVD last night - I kept marveling at how the kitchen was bigger than my apartment, yet no one was ever in it!!!

I hear you about the Jones - for decades I wondered, "How do people afford all this stuff?" - the new cars, the big houses, the accompanying big electric bills, etc. When the recession hit it became very apparent to me a lot of them COULDN'T afford it. I wonder how many of them are now wishing they had saved the money and gone smaller - a lot I bet.

k&r robinlynne Feb 2013 #1
Most excellent post. Thank you for taking the time to share. nt brer cat Feb 2013 #2
Great post! Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #3
K&R n/t pengillian101 Feb 2013 #4
Well said X_Digger, very well said. Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #5
To me, your most powerful paragraph is: "Now couple that with the concomitant rise of the RKP5637 Feb 2013 #6
Thanks! X_Digger Feb 2013 #11
that is me, X_Digger Skittles Feb 2013 #13
Me too. llmart Feb 2013 #16
That is the irony, isn't it? X_Digger Feb 2013 #17
Guess to each their own Lurker Deluxe Feb 2013 #19
I think it's more about the people who do new kitchens every 5 years.. X_Digger Feb 2013 #20
This is beside your point, but spooky3 Feb 2013 #21
I look at it from a different perspective. llmart Feb 2013 #24
Of coarse that is true. Lurker Deluxe Feb 2013 #26
OMG ILLMART Skittles Feb 2013 #33
+1 Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #22
Thanks for sticking up for me! nt babylonsister Feb 2013 #7
I agree with all of it. That's healthy. freshwest Feb 2013 #8
K&R Squinch Feb 2013 #9
The world needs "ordinary" people. Marie Marie Feb 2013 #10
Still,....then again.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #12
Beautiful. I share this similar quote by David Orr frequently... OneGrassRoot Feb 2013 #14
This post seemed to hit my heart samplegirl Feb 2013 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Feb 2013 #18
Agree with the caveat that this argument should not be used TBF Feb 2013 #23
No, I wouldn't make such an argument. X_Digger Feb 2013 #28
Material things do not make a person happy. Avalux Feb 2013 #25
Yes Mr. Durden The2ndWheel Feb 2013 #27
:P ;) n/t X_Digger Feb 2013 #29
k&r deutsey Feb 2013 #30
I have never understood those that think the have to give 110% at work. RC Feb 2013 #31
Excellent get the red out Feb 2013 #32
All the titles you list you list doctor, lawyer a director of something-or-other, senior parter etc Bluenorthwest Feb 2013 #34
k&r Liberal_in_LA Feb 2013 #35
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