On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 00:36:59 GMT, Richard Periut
> shared the following:
>travis wrote:
>> On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 23:40:01 GMT, Richard Periut
>> > shared the following:
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>>>It's like people who decide to wear tattoos; they are shouting, "hey,
>>>look at me, I'm important, I belong to something, I can identify with
>>>something in my little pathetic life."
>>>
>>>Richard
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>> I have 5 tattoos. I guess I'm a real loser. heh heh
>> *gazes at HUGE tv in front of him, hold's gorgeous wife's hand in
>> beautiful house surrounded by four children, contemplates retirement
>> at age 40, sips delicious drink*
>> Yep. If only I hadn't gotten those tattoos. I think you've got it
>> wrong, dude. Nevery stereotype. It will wind up making you sound
>> silly. *grin*
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>>
>> --
>> Travis
>> '63 VW Camo Baja...
>> http://bugadventures.dyndns.org
>> Words that soak into your ears are whispered, not yelled.
>>
>>
>> :wq!
>
>And what was the purpose of getting those tattoos, other than to show
>them off for reasons known only to you.
I saw the work of some of the tattoo artists and was impressed. I
thought it would be neat to get some tattoos done on myself because I
admired the work. Kind of like some people buy other art forms. I
meet people every day and like to share the artwork I have on my body
with them. To me, that's neat. It doesn't make you better than me to
try to belittle that.
>
>Clearly, materialism is what's on your agenda. I don't consider the
>glories of what you just mentioned, tantamount to success.
Well, good for you. :-) That's cool that you can justify not having
nice things like I do. I consider my own happiness important and...
yes, some material things help enhance that happiness. I prefer to
live in a nice house and to be able to buy nice things for my family.
It's hard for me to understand people like you who don't seem to find
that sort of thing important or to try to make me sound like a bad
person for working hard to provide those things to my family. I'm
sure you are a better person than I am, though, and explain to your
kids why they don't have some of the things they want because you
aren't into the material kind of thing. That makes me happy for you.
>
>But hey, enjoy your tv, wife, and kids. The latter two are truly blessings.
I do, daily. Thank you.
>
>Richard (age 39, doesn't never want to retire, in fact, is going to die
>with boots on because is passionate about his profession, and never
>needed tattoos) ; )
I never "needed" them either. I could just "afford" them because of a
lot of hard work on my part and decided to get them and your comments
don't change my mind. Maybe if you worked a little harder then you
and your own family could enjoy some of the finer things in life. Or,
maybe you're just too lazy and will now spout off some excuse for your
"situation." Sorry, but thanks for playing. :-)
--
Travis
'63 VW Camo Baja...
http://bugadventures.dyndns.org
Words that soak into your ears are whispered, not yelled.
:wq!