Re: MSNBC (Oberg) - Deadly space lessons go unheeded

From: JazzMan (No_Spam_at_airmail.net)
Date: 01/30/05 

Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 00:03:13 -0600

Fred J. McCall wrote:
>
> JazzMan <No_Spam@airmail.net> wrote:
>
> :Fred J. McCall wrote:
> :>
> :> JazzMan <No_Spam@airmail.net> wrote:
> :>
> :> :Jim Oberg wrote:
> :> :>
> :> :> "JazzMan" <No_Spam@airmail.net> wrote
> :> :> > I have what's considered fairly decent insurance through my
> :> :> > employer, coverage that I could in no way afford on my own
> :> :> > since it runs upwards of $6,000/year,
> :> :>
> :> :> You can't afford it? Or you prefer to spend the money on something else,
> :> :> and expect somebody else to pay your medical expenses? Like your big
> :> :> house, your cars, your vacations? Can't afford to pay for life-saving goods
> :> :> and services, for other people's wages?
> :> :>
> :> :
> :> :Can't afford it. I don't have a big house, or even a small
> :> :house. In fact, I rent a lot for my mobile home because that's
> :> :what I can afford. Even still, my rent has gone up by almost
> :> :one hundred percent in the last five years and it's really
> :> :hurting. I don't have a fancy new car, I drive an eighteen
> :> :year old GM that I can keep running without spending a fortune
> :> :on modern tools and diagnostic aids. I haven't taken a real
> :> :vacation in years, well, actually, never. Not in my whole
> :> :twenty five year working career. Why? The places I'd like to
> :> :go (Scotland, Australia) cost too much to go to and stay at.
> :> :Paying for my health coverage would consume enough of my
> :> :after tax income that I would have to abandon my home and go
> :> :homeless.
> :>
> :> Yet you can afford a computer and internet access.
> :>
> :> Yeah, right.
> :
> :Yep, I can afford this P-200 computer that I built out of
> :junk I dug out of a dumpster and parts I bought on closout
> :at the local flea market five years ago. I think all total
> :that I've got about $60 into this rig. Spread out over five
> :years I think that's about a dollar a month. Big whoop.
> :
> :Internet access? Sure! Let's see,
> :get rid of the internet access and save $20 a month, that'll
> :go a long way toward paying $500/month for health insurance.
> :
> :I don't have a cell phone, BTW, don't have cable or other
> :pay TV services (too expensive), and pretty much have
> :pared my monthly expenses down to the essentials of shelter
> :and food. I do admit to splurging last Christmas and buying
> :myself all three LotR soundtracks, that set me back almost
> :$50.
> :
> :The whole "afford the internet" thing is a distortion designed
> :to create a false impression in people's minds. Yep, just because
> :I can afford the internet I'm automatically able to afford
> :all the luxuries and toys in life.
> :
> :Right...
>
> Spend all the time, effort, and money you expend on the internet on
> bettering your situation. Other people do it all the time. Sitting
> there whining to the rest of us doesn't help you and merely makes you
> look like a worthless beggar.
>

Except for the fact that I'm not begging for anything. The
effort I spend on the internet? LOL! What effort? I dunno
about you but I don't find it very physically taxing to
mash keys on my keyboard. And even funnier, here you are
responding with an even more useless and pointless post.
And the money I spend on the internet, all twenty bucks a
month, is fairly trivial in the scheme of things. In fact,
I find great entertainment value in reading posts like
yours, they make me think how lucky I am that I didn't
turn out like that. :)

JazzMan 

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