Oh. I knew this was around here somewhere. K ... just http://mozdawg.blogspot.com and http://bentrem.sycks.net/gnodal/ for now. bbl biographical stuff from IRC #upward_thinking, last day of 2006: [17:48] <Sol> im a well paid yuppy<br> [17:48] <Sol> i think we went over this for a moment before Cho<br> [17:48] <Sol> daddy owns a major corporation<br> [17:48] <MUTANTbob> I'm on de welfare<br> [17:48] <Sol> the workers get slave wages<br> [17:49] <Sol> inheritance within decades<br> [17:49] <Cho> Sol? I don't recall that. All I know that "voluntary simplicity" was a viable option, once upon a time.<br> [17:49] <Sol> ascension to sales/management in years<br> [17:49] <Cho> Geez, the kidz that were on the bus with me ... my cohort ... they're all wealthy. And tight-assed.<br> [17:49] <MUTANTbob> work hard my pretties so that I may become fat upon the oils of your toils<br> [17:50] <Sol> i am now<br> [17:50] <Cho> Nuthin' bad about hard work ... but getting suckered is something else.<br> [17:50] <Sol> but i am poor in comparison with my family<br> [17:50] <Sol> thus i wait to have enough to give and still stay afloat<br> [17:50] <Cho> *sigh* It's a matter of consciousness ... comes from experience ...<br> [17:50] <Sol> or waiting till i 'own' a house and some land before i give away all that i am building.<br> [17:51] <Cho> There's a tilt-point ... when I broke both my feet everything just slid away from me ... didn't have a substantial reserrve ... had always been collaborative / communal.<br> [17:51] <Cho> Narcissistic people huh huh are not reliable.<br> [17:52] <banshee> back<br> [17:52] <Cho> re<br> [17:53] <Sol> yes<br> [17:53] <Sol> i am flakey<br> [17:53] * Cho plowed his 70s $$$ into old house in hills of Cape Breton Island for X and 5 kids.<br> [17:53] * Sol does not have children and is not married<br> [17:53] <banshee> omg<br> [17:54] <MUTANTbob> ong what?<br> [17:54] <banshee> must be a big house<br> [17:54] <banshee> lol<br> [17:54] * banshee contemplates the size<br> [17:55] <Cho> /quota?<br> [17:55] <banshee> ?<br> [17:55] <Cho> "the size" ... under-specified<br> [17:56] <banshee> ?<br> [17:56] <MUTANTbob> probably a modest little house<br> [17:56] <MUTANTbob> little house on the island<br> [17:56] <banshee> oh<br> [17:56] * Cho wonders "The size of /what/?" Why are folk so cryptic?<br> [17:56] <Sol> lost your legs eh<br> [17:57] * Cho is down at the heel huh huh<br> [17:57] <Sol> the size of the home..................................................you put all your money into in the 70s<br> [17:56] <Cho> Ohhhhh<br> [17:57] <Cho> Not so big ... 4 rooms upstairs, and I made some downtairs<br> [17:57] * banshee shoots himself in the head for being so vague<br> [...]<br> [17:57] <Cho> cheap ... 8 acres, old house fully furnished ... out building ... apple trees ... $8.5K + $38K for reno<br> [17:58] <Cho> Also running brook and view of Bra d'Or lakes. *sigh*<br> [17:58] <MUTANTbob> sounds like paradise CHO<br> [17:58] <Cho> 5 kids 3 catz 2 dawgs, goats, 2 ponies, 1 horse, chickens ...<br> [...]<br> [17:59] <Cho> Rainsing kidz in the country ... not so much fun for them, but they did well<br>