tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post7795299151328800089..comments2024-03-26T10:02:32.848-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Gotta Be ThankfulRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-33811993148262039002016-11-25T23:18:41.016-05:002016-11-25T23:18:41.016-05:00I've been poor, but I've never been in pov...I've been poor, but I've never been in poverty.<br /><br />Poor is a financial condition. Poverty is a mindset.<br /><br />AntibubbaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-33222972309509177312016-11-25T10:16:52.044-05:002016-11-25T10:16:52.044-05:00"Like right now, I am looking for my first 19..."<i>Like right now, I am looking for my first 1911. I am not spending 1000$, but instead looking to spend around 4-5 hundred.</i>"<br /><br />Might I offer two common sayings?<br /><br />1) It is possible to be both penny-wise and pound-foolish.<br /><br />and<br /><br />2) Buy once, cry once.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-58898573114345187232016-11-24T15:12:28.047-05:002016-11-24T15:12:28.047-05:00Roberta, I am a Christian, and I have strong beli...Roberta, I am a Christian, and I have strong beliefs that many other Christians probably hate. Because I prefer to not condemn someone who chooses to follow their own path. Sure, I am always ready to give what I believe the Bible says about a topic, being a former Bible college student. However, I find that when someone reads the Bible and looks at what Jesus taught, He had much more to say against hypocrites than he did those who simply did not follow any religious teaching at all. As to the part of the working poor, I suspect that it is much more the norm for our country than the elites would have us to believe. I earn a fraction now of what I did in my days of foundry work, doing the 12 hour days, seven days a week. However, I am much farther ahead then I ever was then. The reason is actually very simple. I am completely debt free. I have no credit cards of any kind. I am pretty much convinced that debt and easy credit is the chain that binds the classes in place. I hate to get into numbers, but I have at times made in the seventies per year, and now barely in the twenties. Yet, now, if I decided that I wanted to buy something, I could, within reason. Like right now, I am looking for my first 1911. I am not spending 1000$, but instead looking to spend around 4-5 hundred. I am waiting for the best deal that I can get. Fifty dollars might not seem like much to some people, but for me, it is not just the money but also getting the best deal from a dealer that I want to give my business to.pigpen51noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-3235805992330198962016-11-24T09:31:20.131-05:002016-11-24T09:31:20.131-05:00Paul, I work at not arguing over religious matters...Paul, I work at not arguing over religious matters. For me, it's not so much a "preference" as a sneaking suspicion that Mark Twain might have been onto something. I hope he wasn't.<br />Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-56151875783878897212016-11-23T21:47:44.586-05:002016-11-23T21:47:44.586-05:00And you've climbed back up. That is something ...And you've climbed back up. That is something many people don't understand. Never been rich, I never will be, but I live within my means, just as you do.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-91899041266035219192016-11-23T19:36:30.822-05:002016-11-23T19:36:30.822-05:00I'm thankful for having a job, not too thankfu...I'm thankful for having a job, not too thankful for some health problems. I guess on the whole it's a wash. I know I'm way ahead of a lot of people but 'could be worse' isn't exactly the Thanksgiving blessing I was hoping for.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13329365486364249781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-76014152239440728882016-11-23T18:22:41.169-05:002016-11-23T18:22:41.169-05:00Amazing how many people have never been in that po...Amazing how many people have never been in that position. Luckily I have never had to live in a box. But I have back packed into the Yellowstone so I would think that is close. I would not want to live full time in a tent, or card board box for that matter.<br /><br />I pray that God continues to provide for me. (I know you prefer to think you are one your own, but I don't)<br /><br />Have a good weekend.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708868713277676628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-69950119772096338272016-11-23T12:05:33.889-05:002016-11-23T12:05:33.889-05:00After you hit rock bottom everything else is an im...After you hit rock bottom everything else is an improvement! <br /><br />MerleMerlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17351769452837850427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-27911119835550242062016-11-23T11:38:30.211-05:002016-11-23T11:38:30.211-05:00What JayNola said.
Never been in quite that situa...What JayNola said.<br /><br />Never been in quite that situation, but I've been there and looked over the edge.<br />rickn8orhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911803300343351338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-10892816947852040202016-11-23T07:19:45.721-05:002016-11-23T07:19:45.721-05:00And this is what Thanksgiving is about. This strik...And this is what Thanksgiving is about. This strikes me more viscerally than anything I've ever read about Thanksgiving before. Maybe it's first world problems and maybe it's because I've been there too but thank you Ms. Ecks.JayNolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08968502576630432928noreply@blogger.com