Todays Cost of getting a PPL

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.

Oz Lander writes:

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.

Every month is like that for me. Someone has to help me or it won't
all get paid, as I don't make enough on my own to pay it.

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.

I wasn't able to buy both bread and milk this evening, but I did buy
milk.

That depends what your priorities are. You don't have _nothing_.

I'm pretty close.

You obviously get enough to eat, otherwise you'd be in hospital
suffering from malnutrition, rather than posting here.

I buy food that's cheap, when I have money. Unfortunately it tends to
be high in carbohydrates.

You may _think_ you have nothing compared to what some other people
might have.

It depends on to whom you compare me, but if the person in question is
normal middle class, I have very little.

Don't worry about other
people. Just worry about yourself, and stop feeling sorry and depressed for
yourself.

Try being undepressed with no money. It doesn't work for me.

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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Every month is like that for me. Someone has to help me or it won't
all get paid, as I don't make enough on my own to pay it.

Have you considered mturk.com? They pay for tasks that take just a few
moments to carry out online from your computer; you can do as much or as
little work there as you like.

--Gary

Gary Drescher writes:

Have you considered mturk.com? They pay for tasks that take just a few
moments to carry out online from your computer; you can do as much or as
little work there as you like.

Never heard of it, but I'll look it up.

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