There are free lunches Gruff, as long as one is free of conscience!
On 2 Mar, 14:35, gruff <[email protected]> wrote:
> It may be enviable from one perspective, Vam, but there is a price to
> pay. Not that that's an excuse for anything. There are always
> prices to pay. But it's true as some wiseacre once said, there's no
> such thing as a free lunch.
>
> On Mar 1, 8:50 pm, Vamadevananda <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Wow, Gruff, don't I envy your unliable state of such delectable
> > freedoms ! Seriously.
>
> > On 2 Mar, 00:32, gruff <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > I may be the outlaw, outlier, oddball on this issue, but I've always
> > > regarded property as owning you rather than you owning property. You
> > > never finish paying for it (assessments, property taxes, maintenance,
> > > etc.). You have to pay fees and commissions to buy property and pay
> > > fees and commissions again when you sell it. You have to protect it
> > > with homestead declarations and a plethora of insurance to cover all
> > > the possibilities that insurance does it's best to exempt itself from
> > > paying. You can't pack up your property and move it to a new location
> > > if you get some lousy neighbors, and you're always subject to lawsuits
> > > and other claims from careless transgressors, trespassers and
> > > tradesmen. Owning property has never struck me as such a good
> > > deal.
>
> > > I own my RV which, since it's got wheels, fulfills my primary
> > > consideration -- mobility. I have no insurance on anything except for
> > > the absolute minimum required by law (liability only). Of course I
> > > also have no responsibilities: no wife, no kids, no debt, no property,
> > > and no headaches.
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