On 09/21/2010 05:20 PM, Ricardo Araoz wrote: > On 21/09/10 11:42, Leland Jackson wrote: >> On 09/21/2010 09:16 AM, Pete Theisen wrote: >> >>> Leland Jackson wrote: >>> >>>> Yeah, the wealthiest American are all just as broke as you and I, but >>>> just on a different leave. Well, I've heard it all now. LOL >>>> >>> Hi Leland, >>> >>> Nothing new about this, actually. We had this one old babe out on >>> Longboat Key back in the Carter recession. Her husband was forced to cut >>> her monthly allowance to a mere $40,000 a month and she flat couldn't >>> handle it. She signed up for financial counseling, and it hit the papers. >>> >>> Remember, this was around 1980 or so. Couldn't possibly get by on $40K >>> per month! >>> >> 40k had a lot more kick back around 1980, than it does today, but I'm >> sure the problem of people living beyond their means will persist >> forever. You know the old "keep up with the Joneses" adage. >> > I thought it would have been "keep up with the Cabots". The "Joneses" > don't seem to be an upper drawer family in the USA. Don't they? >
Right, "the Joneses" are more middle class. Using "keeping up with the Cabots" would have improved on my point. http://www.cabot.net/Publications/CWA/About.aspx Regards, LelandJ [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
