On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 08:45:04 +0100, Mxsmanic wrote the following in
skywriting:


You make financial decisions every day. Do I buy the brand name ice cream,
or the generic brand ice cream.

It's more like "do I pay the rent, or the electric bill?"

I have weeks like that too. Obviously I pay the rent. The electricity
company will be fine if I ring them and say it'll be a week late. They will
even help you with payment plans and shorter billing cycles. You can even
just pay $10 a week on your electricity bill even when you don't owe them
anything. That way, when a bill comes, you're in credit or only have to pay
a small amount, and because you've spread the payments out over the weeks,
you never even noticed it.

For me? I'd gladly sacrifice ice cream and all the other little un-necessary
luxuries we take for granted if it will give me another hour in the sky.

Will you sacrifice necessities as well?

It depends what you class as necessities. As a general rule, no. I will
however buy the very cheapest option of those necessities if I have to. Why
buy Sunicrust Bakery bread when the supermarket bakery brand that's $1 a
loaf cheaper will still fill my belly just as well. Sure, it may not taste
quite as nice, but when I need some money for something, and I use 10
loaves of bread a fortnight, I have to.


What about the computer system you run it on?

I don't own the computer I use.

Fair enough.

It's all about priorities and managing what you have.

Sometimes it's about not having anything.

That depends what your priorities are. You don't have _nothing_. You
obviously get enough to eat, otherwise you'd be in hospital suffering from
malnutrition, rather than posting here. You may _think_ you have nothing
compared to what some other people might have. Don't worry about other
people. Just worry about yourself, and stop feeling sorry and depressed for
yourself.

--
Oz Lander
I'm not always right, But I'm never wrong.