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Katniss

Katniss

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hop said:
Many years ago when we were refitting one of our bathrooms I went a local store which had a merchants side and a showroom side.
I was dressed in scruffy clothes and when I went to pay for the bathroom suite automatically received a trade discount at the till since the staff member assumed I was a plumber.
I haggle on most items and have no shame in asking for a discount or for a trade price despite not working in a trade. On one occasion in Egypt I spent a few hours haggling, having learnt some basic Arabic before hand the seller was wary of me, clearly realiaing I wasn't a a typical tourist. After several hours we struck a deal and after paying he called the police. This shook my wife up and she was implying I should pay him some more, I wasn't having any of it and stood my ground.
I have been to house viewings of substantial properties worth 7 figures and turned up in a car worth a few hundred pounds. The agents don't bat an eye lid.
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Is this supposed to impress us or something?

Don't get me wrong I am glad you are rich and successfull but why would you bragg about it on this kind of site??

I have been poor and rich but I know what is important to me in life and isn't how much money I have in my bank. . health and happiness is important to me and money can't buy that can it?
 
Katniss

Katniss

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Carole said:
That reminds me of a something I heard many years ago about a lady who went on a cruise and fell in love with one of the greek workers on the ship.

She thought he was a cabin steward.
It was only after he had proposed and she had accepted did he tell her actually he owned the shipping line.
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What a lucky woman :)
 
citricsquid

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At the start of my adult life I would buy every gadget, gizmo and widget I could think of, that lasted a couple of years, then I became an obsessive minimalist and spent very little money outside of bills, then I spent last year making up for my missed youth by travelling to a dozen countries (and flying out people with me), doing everything young adults do but in excess, and now I'm back to (slightly less obsessive) minimalism after giving away most of what I own. A few books, the websites I run and charity + gifts are about all I spend my disposable income on now and I'm very happy with that.

I share Derek Sivers view on stuff (and gifts): https://sivers.org/gifts

Katniss said:
Is this supposed to impress us or something?

Don't get me wrong I am glad you are rich and successfull but why would you bragg about it on this kind of site??

I have been poor and rich but I know what is important to me in life and isn't how much money I have in my bank. . health and happiness is important to me and money can't buy that can it?
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He's sharing his experience directly related to the topic, doesn't seem to qualify as bragging... I mean, maybe he is bragging, but it's literally a discussion amongst people about how they're perceived based on the clothes they wear and he's sharing his experience on that...
 
Katniss

Katniss

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citricsquid said:
At the start of my adult life I would buy every gadget, gizmo and widget I could think of, that lasted a couple of years, then I became an obsessive minimalist and spent very little money outside of bills, then I spent last year making up for my missed youth by travelling to a dozen countries (and flying out people with me), doing everything young adults do but in excess, and now I'm back to (slightly less obsessive) minimalism after giving away most of what I own. A few books, the websites I run and charity + gifts are about all I spend my disposable income on now and I'm very happy with that.

I share Derek Sivers view on stuff (and gifts): https://sivers.org/gifts



He's sharing his experience directly related to the topic, doesn't seem to qualify as bragging... I mean, maybe he is bragging, but it's literally a discussion amongst people about how they're perceived based on the clothes they wear and he's sharing his experience on that...
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Ok .. but I still think he is bragging ... just my opinion btw
 
hop

hop

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Katniss said:
Is this supposed to impress us or something?
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Clearly your own insecurities must be coming out. If you read my posts I was illustrating how shallow and superficial many people are.
I'm not the one judging people or putting them down. Your previous shallow remarks such such as 'sh*t people deserve to live in sh*t places or similar shows your total contempt and lack of compassion toward others.
If your head wasn't so far up your own rectum perhaps your could see this.
 
Katniss

Katniss

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hop said:
Clearly your own insecurities must be coming out. If you read my posts I was illustrating how shallow and superficial many people are.
I'm not the one judging people or putting them down. Your previous shallow remarks such such as 'sh*t people deserve to live in sh*t places or similar shows your total contempt and lack of compassion toward others.
If your head wasn't so far up your own rectum perhaps your could see this.
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So you would be happy to give up your big garden and house and live in a 2 up two down if you lost all your money?
 
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kyoto49

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Katniss said:
Are they really?
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Yes, and I'm one of them!

I live in a small terraced house, I used to have a large detached house. I could still afford much bigger, but I choose not to. I choose to heat only the space I need, I choose to live a lifestyle where material possessions are reduced to a minimum, and those I do have come from the carboot and charity shops. I see it as some sort of kudos that I'm not giving in to the materialism of life and putting my money in the pockets of store owners and their shareholders. I abhor the materialist side of society. And my life is very very good.

What is it I saw on FB this week? Yes this, I don't know how to embed the image, but the link works and it says:

No-one is going to stand up at your funeral and say "she had a really expensive couch and great shoes". Don't make life about stuff!

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=309994dc605118bd1f674c957769988c&oe=57AA1E0B


In a world of disposable material short-termism it's something we would all do well do think about..............and do soemthing to reduce our materialistic footprint. living in a small house suited to the number of people who reside in it in a country as small as ours is for the good of everyone.
 
Gramaisc

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Lucy said:
Does the size of your house show how much money you have? Not at all.
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One of the major developers in Dublin is famously reclusive - rather like the old Aldi boss, of whom there are only three publicly known photographs (and one of those is doubtful).

The Dublin chap, whose name I can't remember, drove a twelve year old Toyota Corolla - he never spoke a word to any journalists - eventually, the press tracked down where he lived (through the car) and tried to get info on him from the neighbours. The people living in the adjoining semi told them that they knew that he worked in the building trade and they thought he was a carpenter.

At the time, he was probably the richest man in the state.
 
Lucy

Lucy

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Size doesn't indicate how much a property is worth either. The house I now live in is smaller than the last one, but probably worth twice as much. And no, before you say, I'm not bragging...
 
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Sir BoD

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Gramaisc said:
I was fifteen before I spoke on a telephone.
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Fifteen years you've been ringing, but still you say nothing!!
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