Pretty much everything you measure, you use a comparison with something else: So many marks on the measuring tape, how far the bimetal coil has unwound compared with when it’s in melting ice-water, how bright it is compared with a standard source … Gramma has it right.
You will always feel inadequate when you compare yourself to people who are better off. Striving to do better does not mean you can’t be happy with you have!
Today’s strip is me, my mom who is gone, told us the difference on her life and now, that is why did not buy new as she learned to live without. For us hubby did not think would work and I did it anyway I fought by protesting our county appraisal on our house and with great pictures we won, they raised our rate then saw how much needed done over $10,000 worth we do not have they dropped our rate. Sad for a house need needs improvement.
My wife’s parents never did anything. Their idea of vacation was 2 weeks camping. They saved all their money. He was laid off in his late 50’s from GE, and worked any Joe job he could find, until 70, because he didn’t want to claim Social Security until it maxed out. Never mind that they passed up 8 years of payments, and that he’ll never live past 81 to break even. Now they’re in their 70’s, too old and sickly to do anything they may have wanted to do, and they have a ton of money in the bank. She lives vicariously through us, every time we take a cruise or a trip somewhere. “Oh, that would be nice.” So DO it! But no, They just sit around all day.
They were called the Greatest Generation for a reason. The most recent generations in this throw away society are wusses. Actually, calling them wusses is an insult to wusses…….
A couple of weeks ago I bought a used but nice sweater from an upscale online site for about $30. It apparently got me on a list that said “This person will pay a lot for strange crap”. I had no idea what was meant by the 1% until the ads started showing up in the margins. My god. $75K for a small ceramic mass produced centerpiece for a table! Not kidding. This kind of consumption is berserk.
My grandmother was 7 when the Spanish flu hit, got married during the Great Depression, endured the strict rationing of WWII while her husband fought against the Nazis, witnessed the social unrest of the ‘60s, and endured the gas shortages of the 70s. Today’s “conservatives” can’t manage to deal with wearing a paper mask at Walmart. I can only imagine how badly things would have gone for the US if today’s “alpha-male” Republicans had lived through the hardships my grandmother did. Of course, many of today’s “alpha-male” Republicans would have probably fought along side the Nazis, not against them.
Concretionist over 3 years ago
Pretty much everything you measure, you use a comparison with something else: So many marks on the measuring tape, how far the bimetal coil has unwound compared with when it’s in melting ice-water, how bright it is compared with a standard source … Gramma has it right.
jpayne4040 over 3 years ago
You will always feel inadequate when you compare yourself to people who are better off. Striving to do better does not mean you can’t be happy with you have!
gokar RLV over 3 years ago
Want versus need. Do you WANT it?… or NEED it?
kab2rb over 3 years ago
Today’s strip is me, my mom who is gone, told us the difference on her life and now, that is why did not buy new as she learned to live without. For us hubby did not think would work and I did it anyway I fought by protesting our county appraisal on our house and with great pictures we won, they raised our rate then saw how much needed done over $10,000 worth we do not have they dropped our rate. Sad for a house need needs improvement.
tcayer over 3 years ago
My wife’s parents never did anything. Their idea of vacation was 2 weeks camping. They saved all their money. He was laid off in his late 50’s from GE, and worked any Joe job he could find, until 70, because he didn’t want to claim Social Security until it maxed out. Never mind that they passed up 8 years of payments, and that he’ll never live past 81 to break even. Now they’re in their 70’s, too old and sickly to do anything they may have wanted to do, and they have a ton of money in the bank. She lives vicariously through us, every time we take a cruise or a trip somewhere. “Oh, that would be nice.” So DO it! But no, They just sit around all day.
DaveQuinn over 3 years ago
VERY well said Jan.
raybarb44 over 3 years ago
They were called the Greatest Generation for a reason. The most recent generations in this throw away society are wusses. Actually, calling them wusses is an insult to wusses…….
mistercatworks over 3 years ago
Beware the peripatetic woman.
anne o over 3 years ago
A couple of weeks ago I bought a used but nice sweater from an upscale online site for about $30. It apparently got me on a list that said “This person will pay a lot for strange crap”. I had no idea what was meant by the 1% until the ads started showing up in the margins. My god. $75K for a small ceramic mass produced centerpiece for a table! Not kidding. This kind of consumption is berserk.
Jason Allen over 3 years ago
My grandmother was 7 when the Spanish flu hit, got married during the Great Depression, endured the strict rationing of WWII while her husband fought against the Nazis, witnessed the social unrest of the ‘60s, and endured the gas shortages of the 70s. Today’s “conservatives” can’t manage to deal with wearing a paper mask at Walmart. I can only imagine how badly things would have gone for the US if today’s “alpha-male” Republicans had lived through the hardships my grandmother did. Of course, many of today’s “alpha-male” Republicans would have probably fought along side the Nazis, not against them.
soaringblocks over 3 years ago
All a matter of perspective. Gratitude would change her !