On Dec 11, 10:06*pm, Krypsis > wrote:


> I'm sure there are. I get my jollies from my work. It gets me out and
> about and meeting people. That's the important bit.

> Not bitter in the slightest. I have way too much in the way of
> superannuation income, my fault I know for investing in my future from
> my 20s onwards. It was compulsory in government employment.
>
> I have hobbyland AND work. What could be better?


I even said I could be wrong when I interpreted your comments as
bitter. But even now in your comments about saving money I detect the
same bitter tone. Again, that could all be in my own warped brain.

The point is, many people - perhaps most - are working fulltime
just to pay rent and eat. Those people cannot possibly save money.
The most I have ever saved in my life was $800, and that was back in
the late 70s when my rent was cheap and one week's wages (near
minimum), could pay one month's rent, which for many years was the
standard. But such has not been the case for years. Most people have
to work two or three or even more weeks just for the rent. That's why
so many get food stamps. I've received them myself. Not only do they
have to work more weeks for their rent, they also have to work more
hours. Most people I know are working 60 plus hours a week when 40
used to be the norm. People are being enslaved. I feel good about my
situation and am glad I have not made a life of trying to acquire more
things to burden me down - not that I wouldn't take them if they came
along for free.

TJ