*laughing* Brilliant!
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
