Roses are red Violets are blue This recession stinks And I'm not a poet dj
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > :^D > > I'm looking more for poetry than life advice, but I appreciate the > input. We're on rice and beans already. We do rent, and the car is > worthless. The family is all out of state, and the friends are all in > the same boat. Local charities all have emergency requests for > resupply out. There's no bussing to my son or daughter's school, so I > have to keep the car to keep them educated. I'm not sure what state > you're in, but Florida's in rough shape, my friend. Progress Energy > thanked us for our patronage with a 25% rate increase in January, and > two record cold snaps combined with this rickety house's poor > insulation awarded me an $800 power bill...for one month. Ah well. > > The cliches are trite, but they have the benefit of being free, so > please do keep them coming. > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It's not that bad yet, Chris. I can't speak for your situation but >> for our country as a whole we aren't in World Depression II yet. It >> is a good sign that you are preparing for the worst, however. Make >> your connections with family and friends. Plan ahead and band >> together to help one another. It isn't the Gov't that pulls people >> through it's each other. Plan ahead. Unload the car now before it's >> even more worthless. Just getting out from under Harris County car >> insurance prices would feed me. Pay gas money for rides to work(if >> you still have a job) and ride the bike to the grocery. Rice and >> beans, man. >> >> I've been feeling myself get depressed as well. I look around >> sometimes in amazement that so many folks just don't seem to see how >> bad it my soon be. This is the time to decide who you can trust and >> count on and try to help them and let them help you. The people that >> should suffer the most are those that aren't trustworthy, those that >> don't have trustworthy friends and family and have never done an >> honest days work in their life. However, these are the people that >> will receive the most Gov't assistance. This seems unfair to me but >> since I can't do anything about it I try not to dwell on it. I've had >> to check myself from complaining in front of my son. He doesn't need >> to hear how much I resent my Government. >> >> You've seen the stories after the hurricanes. People help one >> another. What gets the most press are the folks crying about not >> getting enough help and blaming everyone but themselves but the facts >> are most people help each other out and pull through on their own >> quietly without fanfare. You will be fine. If you have to leave the >> house you have to leave the house. It's just a house. Rent should be >> cheap; there's the silver lining. >> >> Kids are adaptable and resilient for the most part. They will look to >> you and you have to show them confidence and find ways to enjoy life. >> Sorry if I sound like a self help robot but it really is all about >> attitude. Focus on and reinforce the positive. Play with your kids. >> Anybody remember hopscotch and handball? It sure is a lot cheaper >> then paintball. While teenagers can be a pain in the ass most of them >> want to be adults. I've seen my son become proud of the fact that he >> actually helps out occasionally. Took awhile though. He's a work in >> progress. >> >> Don't forget it's those fat-fingered folk who are paying the most >> taxes and giving the most to charity. That's just a fact. If things >> really do go to Hell in a hand basket, guess who will be funding the >> soup kitchens? >> >> I have my own demons to deal with and have no authority to dispense >> advice but I figured I'd do it anyway. I'm sure you know everything >> I've written but sometimes it helps to read it in black and white. >> The important thing is to stick together. Through thick and thin. >> Things r thin and likely getting thinner but all will be well because >> you will plan for it. >> >> dj >> >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Chris Jenkins >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> It's happening, slowly but surely. I'm watching with creeping dread, >>> and wondering how we'll hold on. I remember reading about the Great >>> Depression, seeing the black and white photos, and pondering what >>> parents did. Now I know. I thought it was just me, and now as I share >>> my struggles with my friends, all of us appear to be in the same >>> place. Cars falling further behind on maintenance, bills creeping >>> further behind, and a haunting sense of desperation as personal crises >>> become more and more untenable. >>> >>> How then do we offer hope to our children, when the outstanding >>> balances are twice what the check is, when the water's been cut off >>> this week, and the power's close behind? I'm no creature of >>> extravagance, having adopted a frugal lifestyle two years ago as the >>> tide of the economy began to turn, attempting to stave off what was >>> coming. No car payment, no jaunts to the pub, no fancy electronic >>> toys, yet other bills rush to take their place. How then do I fight >>> the creeping horror that threatens to engulf my very concept of >>> tomorrow? >>> >>> Suits with fat fingers crush fat cigars with self congratulatory >>> smiles as they spend more money then I'll ever see in my life, and I'm >>> counting quarters to cop some mac and cheese to feed my beautiful >>> brood for one more night. Sing to me beautiful cliches of bright >>> tomorrows to drift to sleep on tonight, to find reason to wake another >>> morning. I'm afraid I'm all out of hope. >>> >>> > >>> >> >> > >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
