That’s the philosophy I’ve lived all my life. It’s what I learned from my father because that’s the way he was.
Such a simple concept yet few people seem to get it.
IraK
October 7, 2014 9:30 pm
This is a subversive video. It should be suppressed.
How the f— can those (of my friends) in control keep the masses under their thumb unless hoi polloi are dependent on their creditors for consumer loans and mortgages. How can the best people lead unless the masses are dependent on their betters for jobs, the daily news, their county’s history, religious instruction, and the State’s important opinions?
People living within their means, thinking for themselves, and being self reliant is Un-American.
Shame, shame, shame on you Administrator for your divisive video and the implied suggestion that dependent Americans should reject comfortable paternalism.
whatever
October 8, 2014 6:13 am
When we lived overseas, Americans were known for having The Best Trash. Nobody has better trash than Americans do. Americans throw away all kinds of perfectly good stuff, or even broken stuff with perfectly good parts. We throw away more stuff than most people will ever have.
We had a friend who was working in Ankara Turkey in the 1980’s. It was known among the locals that there was an American living in the neighborhood and it was known that Americans have the best trash. He told us the story of a time he threw away a countertop appliance, just went out and gently placed it in the trash knowing it would be salvaged immediately. He watched from his window as people rescued this mysterious appliance, examined it quizzically, and finally walked away with it discussing what mystery it might be.
It was a countertop home ice cream maker. Probably the only one in Turkey. One wonders what they finally did with it.
Administrator
Author
October 8, 2014 7:29 am
“I like players to be married and in debt. That’s the way you motivate them.” – Ernie Banks
dc.sunsets
October 8, 2014 8:50 am
” He told us the story of a time he threw away a countertop appliance, just went out and gently placed it in the trash knowing it would be salvaged immediately. He watched from his window as people rescued this mysterious appliance, examined it quizzically, and finally walked away with it discussing what mystery it might be.”
This happens on my block every Thursday PM and Friday AM.
Beat-up pick-up trucks cruise the neighborhood and trash-pick everything that is even remotely useful or has salvage value (e.g., steel.)
It creeps my wife out BAD, because anyone picking your trash can construct a pretty good idea of what you have in the house, too. Is it worth a burglary?
This is in a neighborhood where the houses are half the US median in value (and dropping fast.)
dc.sunsets
October 8, 2014 8:54 am
You knew America was off the reservation when “self-storage” units began springing up everywhere.
At first, I couldn’t believe it.
People were accumulating so much CRAP that they couldn’t store it at home.
This reveals something profound about the existential anxiety people must feel deep down. Either they are being subconsciously driven to buy-buy-buy in conspicuous consumption competition with their neighbors or they are in Hoarder-Mode, frantically scurrying like rats on a sinking ship, pulling in everything they can in a spasm of meaningless hyperactivity.
I feel it, too, every time I have to talk myself out of buying another case of ammunition.
Roy
October 8, 2014 9:12 am
How long before the “self -storage” units become habitats for the homeless? dc this might become a good investment.
dc.sunsets
October 8, 2014 9:24 am
Perhaps, but my bets are still on squatters in the rows of homes bought by investment firms.
I think kicking people out of otherwise vacant homes will be THE growth industry of the late 20-teens and early 2020’s.
Iska Waran
October 8, 2014 10:15 am
Sorry to admit that we own an ice cream making machine. Wife bought it for about $50, I think. She doesn’t even like ice cream. I think it’s been used once. Maybe twice. Nah, once.
That’s the philosophy I’ve lived all my life. It’s what I learned from my father because that’s the way he was.
Such a simple concept yet few people seem to get it.
This is a subversive video. It should be suppressed.
How the f— can those (of my friends) in control keep the masses under their thumb unless hoi polloi are dependent on their creditors for consumer loans and mortgages. How can the best people lead unless the masses are dependent on their betters for jobs, the daily news, their county’s history, religious instruction, and the State’s important opinions?
People living within their means, thinking for themselves, and being self reliant is Un-American.
Shame, shame, shame on you Administrator for your divisive video and the implied suggestion that dependent Americans should reject comfortable paternalism.
When we lived overseas, Americans were known for having The Best Trash. Nobody has better trash than Americans do. Americans throw away all kinds of perfectly good stuff, or even broken stuff with perfectly good parts. We throw away more stuff than most people will ever have.
We had a friend who was working in Ankara Turkey in the 1980’s. It was known among the locals that there was an American living in the neighborhood and it was known that Americans have the best trash. He told us the story of a time he threw away a countertop appliance, just went out and gently placed it in the trash knowing it would be salvaged immediately. He watched from his window as people rescued this mysterious appliance, examined it quizzically, and finally walked away with it discussing what mystery it might be.
It was a countertop home ice cream maker. Probably the only one in Turkey. One wonders what they finally did with it.
“I like players to be married and in debt. That’s the way you motivate them.” – Ernie Banks
” He told us the story of a time he threw away a countertop appliance, just went out and gently placed it in the trash knowing it would be salvaged immediately. He watched from his window as people rescued this mysterious appliance, examined it quizzically, and finally walked away with it discussing what mystery it might be.”
This happens on my block every Thursday PM and Friday AM.
Beat-up pick-up trucks cruise the neighborhood and trash-pick everything that is even remotely useful or has salvage value (e.g., steel.)
It creeps my wife out BAD, because anyone picking your trash can construct a pretty good idea of what you have in the house, too. Is it worth a burglary?
This is in a neighborhood where the houses are half the US median in value (and dropping fast.)
You knew America was off the reservation when “self-storage” units began springing up everywhere.
At first, I couldn’t believe it.
People were accumulating so much CRAP that they couldn’t store it at home.
This reveals something profound about the existential anxiety people must feel deep down. Either they are being subconsciously driven to buy-buy-buy in conspicuous consumption competition with their neighbors or they are in Hoarder-Mode, frantically scurrying like rats on a sinking ship, pulling in everything they can in a spasm of meaningless hyperactivity.
I feel it, too, every time I have to talk myself out of buying another case of ammunition.
How long before the “self -storage” units become habitats for the homeless? dc this might become a good investment.
Perhaps, but my bets are still on squatters in the rows of homes bought by investment firms.
I think kicking people out of otherwise vacant homes will be THE growth industry of the late 20-teens and early 2020’s.
Sorry to admit that we own an ice cream making machine. Wife bought it for about $50, I think. She doesn’t even like ice cream. I think it’s been used once. Maybe twice. Nah, once.