"brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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| "Rod Speed" > wrote in message
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| > brooklyn1 wrote:
| >> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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| >>> "brooklyn1" > wrote in message
| >>>> I spent most of my life living like you, then in middle age I
| >>>> suddenly smartened up about being overly frugal... everyone dies
| >>>> the same, but it's all about how we live... and everyone lives
| >>>> differently. It was very stressful being careful not to use an
| >>>> extra dish, glass, fork, or spoon, and even more stressful being
| >>>> driven to wash every utensil immediately or it would pile up where
| >>>> it looked like slob city. It's amzing how we adopt frugality from
| >>>> our parents... my parents had to die before I treated myself to a
| >>>> dish washer. I bet you ration how many sheets of TP you permit
| >>>> yourself, and you use both sides. LOL You wanna talk frugal, my
| >>>> father insisted that only he knew how to properly close a water
| >>>> spigot, if over tightened one millionth of a foot pound the washer
| >>>> would wear out a day sooner. Maybe Victor can help, I can't write
| >>>> Russian, my father's favorite word was "Jholahver" or some such
| >>>> transliteration.
| >>>
| >>> Those are common traits among those that lived during the Depression
| >>> and the World Wars when every tiny thing counted.
| >>
| >> Exactly. It took you most of your life before treating yourself to a
| >> stove you really wanted, and according to your posts you still
| >> agonized over the decision. Perhaps you still have buyers remorse,
| >> not because the stove isn't worth it, but because you are still not
| >> comfortable with whether you are worth it. It's not easy to give up
| >> old taboos... many times I wonder whether my parents would approve of
| >> my decisions. Anyone who tells me they don't consider their parent's
| >> approval, even about how much toothpaste they put on their
| >> toothbrush, is either a liar or a criminal.
| >
| > Wota terminal ****wit. Plenty have enough of a clue to realise that
| > some people are locked in the past and so their approval is irrelevant.
| >
| >> Every normal person lives their entire life considering parental approval
| >> regarding all the minutia of their life.
| >
| > Thanks for that completely superfluous proof that you have never ever had
| > a clue about anything at all, ever.
| >
| You're like that river in Egypt, Denial... shithead.

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