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1. 27 September 2009
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   Marion (Marion Lynn) says…

   You know Dave, one thing I find interesting and in some way very telling, is how much time spend talking about savinga money instead of how to make money.

   I think that it's left over from what I call “Depression Era Thinking”.

2. 27 September 2009
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   RogueThrill (Anonymous) says…

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3. 27 September 2009
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   dklamet (Dave Klamet) says…

   Marion. To each his own. I make enough money… I'm sure that most who make millions aren't making “enough”.

   Like everyone, I have my insecurities and weaknesses, but needing to impress others with my affluence is not one of them.

   Don't you think “Depression Era Thinking” might be a good thing? In our society, status is determined by how much we own, or rather, how much affluence we display. Many go deeply in to debt in order to continue to project the image of wealth.

   Contributions to society seem to count for little. And I suspect that those who get the most public recognition are not those that do the most good.

   I seem to recall a Native American tribe in the northwest where status was determined by how much you gave away. That is something that impresses me.

   Those of us who have a lot of responsibility and a corresponding amount of stress yearn for a simpler time. If I exhibit “Depression Era Thinking”, I choose to consider it a compliment.

4. 27 September 2009
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   Marion (Marion Lynn) says…

   Oh, I don't mean anything at all negataive by the suggestion of “Depression Era Thinking” but I do notice that we realy don't spend time teaching people how to make money.

   I often see folks trying to “save money” by trying to do things themselves that they are not qualified to do and end up doing the thing twice or ending up spending as much or more than they would have if they'd just hired someone in the first place.

   I see this most often in home remodeling and shadetree mechanics; you cannot buy the individual compoents of an exhaust sytem, for example, for what you can go to the muffler shop and get it done right and on the spot.

   Often, “saving money” by doing a thing yourself, is an illusion, which results in time-consuming and unnecessary work, shoddy results or more spent that would have been in the first place.

   Doing it right the first time I think is the true way to save money.

   It comes as a surprise to folks when they learn that for a few years in the 1950s and 60s the two least expensive automobiles to own and operate, based on the number of years the owners kept them, were the Rolls-Royce Cloud and the Volkswagen Beetle!

   They were tied.

   I can wear only a couple of brands of shoes and they are eye-poppingly expensive but this is because I have huge flat feet and only certain manufacturers make shoes that fit and meet the requirements. As a result, I am sometimes asked if I am trying to impress others by sporting such high-priced footwear.

   No, not at all; I am simply protecting my feet and my back from injury inflicted by inadequete shoes and boots.

   I think it often pays for people to get a second if necessary in order to pay to get a job done up right the first time.

   Borrowing money in this economy for any reason but buying a house is madness I think and even buying a house can be quite questionable, depending on circumstances.

   A hiogh-quality US made framing hammer which might well cost $20 or more is a good investment as the much cheaper imported product may chip in use and fling a sharp metal shard into your eye, therby cancelling out any and all savings, not to mention the medical bills.

   The high-quality hammer will last for years.

   I'm not rying to be snobbish here but if one always buys the best and highest quality of any given thing that one can afford, one is in the long run, saving money, which is not to say that one should not take advantage of discounted, marked-down and sale items; within limits, one most certainly should!

   I do not concern myself with “keeping up with the Joneses” in any manner at all and set my own standards.

   I do however live to a large extent by the wisdom of a quotation often attributed to Sir Frederick Henry, Baronet Royce which says:

   “Quality will live on long after price is forgotten.”

   And yes, Sir Frederick Henry, Baronet Royce is indeed the “Royce” of Rolls-Royce.
   

5. 27 September 2009
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   RogueThrill (Anonymous) says…

   I suppose I don't know what I posted that needed removing. I would like to know how to make money and post on the internet all day like Marion.

6. 27 September 2009
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   jonas_opines (Anonymous) says…

   The mods have been overly sensitive the past few weeks, it's seemed to me, than they've been in the past. Not sure if it's an attempt to reign it in, or if they got somebody new. My request on one of my own wierdly-pulled posts went unanswered.

7. 27 September 2009
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   RogueThrill (Anonymous) says…

   I think they are just deleting anything that gets reported.

   Which is OK. If someone made me moderate this heap I would do the same thing. Because then I would be making money deleting posts on the internet instead of figuring out how I can make money posting them.

8. 27 September 2009
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   tangential_reasoners_anonymous (Anonymous) says…

   
   “The mods have been overly sensitive the past few weeks….”
   
   
   That's why I'm a rocker.

   ( hmm… maybe just a mocker )