"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:34:36 -0000, "Ophelia" > wrote:
>
>
>>>>> Why don't you take the time you're spending with this silly
>>>>> self-challenge you're undertaking and work a few more hours per
>>>>> month and buy what you really like? According to what you've
>>>>> posted over the years you sure do like your "treats"
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Not everyone *can* just work more hours to make more money, Lou.
>>>
>>> She's a specialized nurse. Around here at least they have so much
>>> work they turn down overtime. One of my friends is a surgical nurse
>>> and makes over 40 bucks an hour. One Saturday per month could double
>>> a $40 a month food budget.
>>
>>So far as I can see, Christine makes it a sort of challenge. She doesn't
>>say she can't afford more
>>Anyway, I like my time at home too much to look for overtime
>>
>
> Exactly, Ophelia.
> This challenge is a game to me...and yes, I am saving money for
> specific things. I can afford more, but if I want to save money I will
> cut back. And no, it is not really a silly challenge, at least to me.
> Maybe to others of you, but not to me. And I am not sure which treats
> you are speaking of...it is very rare that I spend money on special
> treats, other than to get the ingredients to make them myself.
>
> ANd as it is, I work 12 hour shifts..and some of those shifts are
> brutal. Sometimes, it is all I can do to work the ones I have
> scheduled. I come home exhausted many days... There is a reason
> many nurses burn out early and often...
>

It is just so strange when people try to make EVERY issue
into some sort of battlefield for one-upmanship, you know?

I'll say it again: throwing money around just to impress people with
how much you must have in order to waste so much is not just
stupid, it's really bad form.

There's honor in stretching a dollar.

Wasting resources is unwise and unkind.



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