What Do I Do If I Get This Job?
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Why are so many of people's goals focussed on what they can buy - expensive cars, big houses, massive TVs. Is it just me that sees somebody in a Ferrari and thinks they've spent a lot of cash to sit in the same crappy traffic as I am, and people who have a 70inch telly are watching the same rubbish as me. Why do people get comfort in all this 'stuff'. So much of the 'celebrity' news is based around how much somebody has spent on a handbag, is this any sign of success?
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Couldn't agree more! Far too many people base success on material possessions. I am more interested in what people have achieved, particularly in the face of adversity. I know quite a few people who have a lot in terms of money and possessions, but some of them are the meanest people around. Many of them have never worked to get what they have, as it's all been handed to them on a plate. My late mother-in-law never had much in the way of wealth, but she was one of the most generous people I have ever known and would do anything for anybody. We have all become far too greedy in my opinion.
some brands are self-evidently better than others
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and who wouldn't prefer to drink great wine rather than ordinary wine if they could afford it?
Likewise HDTV on a big screen is noticeably better than on the lilttle 10-inch screen with three lines to the inch I had in the 1960s.
But when it's stuff that goes on my feet, comfort beats designer names every time.
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and who wouldn't prefer to drink great wine rather than ordinary wine if they could afford it?
Likewise HDTV on a big screen is noticeably better than on the lilttle 10-inch screen with three lines to the inch I had in the 1960s.
But when it's stuff that goes on my feet, comfort beats designer names every time.
The need to reassure themselves that they are doing well and to announce it to the world. That's why so many luxury goods announce themselves by a big logo; the standard Louis Vuitton bags, for example. Now, I have never felt the need to advertise some product . If I buy an LV bag, I buy one which is definitely not standard, so it doesn't advertise Louis Vuitton , with LV all over it. It's there as a bag, not to tell the world I have paid X thousand Swiss Francs or pounds for it .
Ferraris? If you like that kind of car, that's what you like, but the show- offs always buy the sports models . You never see one in a saloon; nobody would know they'd got a Ferrari !
70 inch telly? Only person who needs one is someone in the film industry, and it is for their spare room !
Ferraris? If you like that kind of car, that's what you like, but the show- offs always buy the sports models . You never see one in a saloon; nobody would know they'd got a Ferrari !
70 inch telly? Only person who needs one is someone in the film industry, and it is for their spare room !
I can never understand why people want 'a new model' whether it be a TV, car, mobile phone, fridge freezer, settee, any sort of furniture when what they have is in good condition or still works.
If I won any amount of money today or whenever I cannot see the point in trading in my 12 year old Honda until it really really breaks. Handbags & shoes what is the point! Even though I could afford new things I will always buy 2nd hand first on certain things.
If I won any amount of money today or whenever I cannot see the point in trading in my 12 year old Honda until it really really breaks. Handbags & shoes what is the point! Even though I could afford new things I will always buy 2nd hand first on certain things.
