Snails - Response on Threads Part 4

[AttyPops]

forget about it and move on - transaction went through!

priority now is getting you safely to the store and back once gf is off work!

getting on the road now to check for busted pipes

Nah.
Priority is keeping GF safe. I'll be OK if no store trip today.

There's a Winter Storm WARNING and will be near blizzard conditions this afternoon. They are even holding a special news event to watch it come in starting at 4:00. lol. The meteorologists are having a fun day, I guess.

So NO WAY I'm going to even let her try and drive extra. I'll stay home. Stamps and milk can wait (milk is old, but that's easy to work around). Have a loaf of bread. So, it's not a big deal. I should go dig the generator out and put it in a better spot just in case. But I probably won't. No reason to plan on the worst, just be ready to deal with it. I'll move stuff around if I must.

 

[LostVapeMonster]

Nah.
Priority is keeping GF safe. I'll be OK if no store trip today.

There's a Winter Storm WARNING and will be near blizzard conditions this afternoon. They are even holding a special news event to watch it come in starting at 4:00. lol. The meteorologists are having a fun day, I guess.

So NO WAY I'm going to even let her try and drive extra. I'll stay home. Stamps and milk can wait (milk is old, but that's easy to work around). Have a loaf of bread. So, it's not a big deal. I should go dig the generator out and put it in a better spot just in case. But I probably won't. No reason to plan on the worst, just be ready to deal with it. I'll move stuff around if I must.

Where are the rest of the guys like you?

 

[FranC]

Sounds like the smart thing to do,Atty Stay safe and warm.

 

[AttyPops]

I know exactly how you feel, Atty. It seems like it's always something.

Yeah. Most of this type of stuff is economic. That's the way life works.
I know where that otherwise-insulting-insensitive "poor people suck" phrase comes from. It's really "sucks to be poor" because $$$$ is a resource. So yeah, it's always something and hard to deal with. Non-poor people have new cars every 3 or so years.
And not just the cars, but larger houses, with more room to put stuff, and even dedicated generator space, or maybe an all-home-auto-power-system that runs off Nat-gas and ....

Anyway, that's not to say rich people always have everything easy, but it helps for a lot of stuff.

Although Americans have it OK, the old "Rich American" slur you hear overseas is mostly B.S. The sad part is that 2 out of 3 Americans right now DON'T have the $$$$ in savings to deal with unexpected expenses (like car or house or even small medical stuff not otherwise covered). This is part of the cash-flow problem with that giant sucking sound as the upper % filters off all the cash and congress keeps coming up with more stuff to help them filter more off, while not passing vat taxes and decent min wages.

But Pepper is going to have a field day with this.

Remember that Peace-Sign Pepper.

And also, I know there's a lot of very generous and nice "rich people". It's not bad to be rich or at least "OK off". So it's not sour grapes nor is it "be mad at the rich". It's just that the economy is really "tilted" right now in favor of the market and also of people that can use the money to make more, while most never get ahead and the personal debt increases.

How the GOP Plans to Rig Congress to Embrace Trickle-Down "Voodoo Economics" | BillMoyers.com

So yeah. Rant done for now.

 

[FranC]

I gotta agree with that,Atty

 

[AttyPops]

Where are the rest of the guys like you?

We're all the geeky ones the gals don't want to date. Also, the "just plain" Joe six-packs.

Same the other way around. Plenty of "average gals" out there. Nice decent gals that are not super models or super moms or whatever, but just plain gals.

 

[FranC]

Guess I'm one of those just plain gals then.

 

[LostVapeMonster]

Yeah. Most of this type of stuff is economic. That's the way life works.
I know where that otherwise-insulting-insensitive "poor people suck" phrase comes from. It's really "sucks to be poor" because $$$$ is a resource. So yeah, it's always something and hard to deal with. Non-poor people have new cars every 3 or so years.
And not just the cars, but larger houses, with more room to put stuff, and even dedicated generator space, or maybe an all-home-auto-power-system that runs off Nat-gas and ....

Anyway, that's not to say rich people always have everything easy, but it helps for a lot of stuff.

Although Americans have it OK, the old "Rich American" slur you hear overseas is mostly B.S. The sad part is that 2 out of 3 Americans right now DON'T have the $$$$ in savings to deal with unexpected expenses (like car or house or even small medical stuff not otherwise covered). This is part of the cash-flow problem with that giant sucking sound as the upper % filters off all the cash and congress keeps coming up with more stuff to help them filter more off, while not passing vat taxes and decent min wages.

But Pepper is going to have a field day with this.

Remember that Peace-Sign Pepper.

And also, I know there's a lot of very generous and nice "rich people". It's not bad to be rich or at least "OK off". So it's not sour grapes nor is it "be mad at the rich". It's just that the economy is really "tilted" right now in favor of the market and also of people that can use the money to make more, while most never get ahead and the personal debt increases.

How the GOP Plans to Rig Congress to Embrace Trickle-Down "Voodoo Economics" | BillMoyers.com

So yeah. Rant done for now.

AGREE, AGREE, AGREE!! I am in that same boat right now and not for lack of trying. I am VERY frugal. I watch every penny I spend but something always comes up to diminish the little bit I have in my savings. Car, house, health, kids...

 

[LostVapeMonster]

Guess I'm one of those just plain gals then.

That makes two of us, Fran.

 

[FranC]

Nothing wrong with that.Lost I think we're special in this world.

 

[LostVapeMonster]

Nothing wrong with that.Lost I think we're special in this world.

Right you are, Fran! I am special - and not just in that short school bus kind of way!

 

[FranC]

Lol...................

 

[AttyPops]

Besides, you don't have to ride as a passenger when the GF is driving.......



I'll take good weather and visibility and roads any day of the week. My chances of surviving triple.

 

[FranC]

You got that right,Atty

 

[AttyPops]

Now I have to figure out what to do with ground beef for dinner.

Laterz snails. Stay warm!

 

[FranC]

You too,Atty

 

[LostVapeMonster]

Now I have to figure out what to do with ground beef for dinner.

Laterz snails. Stay warm!

Sounds like a good night for Chili, if you have all the fixins for it.

Ta ta, Atty!

 

[TomCatt]

Now I have to figure out what to do with ground beef for dinner.

Laterz snails. Stay warm!

Can't go wrong with Shepherd's Pie

Campbell's Shepherd's Pie Recipe

 

[LostVapeMonster]

'Sup Catt?

 

[FranC]

Hello,Mr,Catt