A poster on the wall at work: If your home has something other than a dirt floor you are in the top half of the world’s population.
If your home has a roof, a door, windows and more than one room, you are in the top 20%. If you have refrigeration, you are in the top 5%. If you have a car, a microwave, a video, a computer and this toilet has a cubicle door, then you are in the top 1%. “We must be the change we want to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi On Apr 25, 5:58 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > In further retrospect I have to say that there were many times I > realized the poverty in which my youth had developed but now I realize > when witnessing the abject poverty of third world countries that I am > living the life of luxury just by the mere fact that I can walk over > to a sink and get water, take hot showers, have a refrigerator and a > microwave oven. We can take life for granted which is why the wealthy > and privileged keep hording. It is basically the concept of relative > deprivation. > > On Apr 25, 7:16 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Maybe 'read' was a typo for 'ride' Slip. I get confused easily these > > days - good job you are about to fix my intentionality. Boys' Town > > was obviously a privileged place - our first car was a borrowed > > Vandenplas Princess with bald tires, followed by a Morris Oxford my > > brother fixed. England was always a poor place with memories of > > walking, waiting for buses that came sometimes, though we often spent > > our fare money on a shared bag of chips, eating them whilst clinging > > to the rear door rail of the bus sparking our clogs. Credit was > > something for the few who bed and breakfasted or shorted shares, > > travelling in chauffeur-driven cars -plus ca change ... > > > On 26 Apr, 00:37, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Something along that line...and I see Gruff right at home on that seat. ;) > > > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > NIce! My old man had one of those and sold it off when I was too > > > > young to realize the value of it. > > > > > You made the off the wall connection though, Chris, it must be the > > > > Floridian Hooch eh? > > > > > On Apr 25, 3:33 pm, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Like so? > > > > >>http://www.american-v.co.uk/custom_bikes/001_indian/01c_indian_12.jpg > > > > >> On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 12:16 AM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> > Gruff's auto? Is there some kind of car trouble? > > > > >> > Really Arch! New thread without a "Link"? > > > > >> > Imagine what some Indian might be thinking! > > > > >> > On Apr 24, 11:01 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> >> An easy read Gruff - in the sense it went down well. Found myself > > > >> >> wondering whether the themes repeat often through later years and > > > >> >> wanting to know more. > > > >> >> Neil- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
