Re: [silk] Things that are worth the money

2016-11-29 Thread Radhika, Y.
I can't wait to be done taking my son to School - next year he attends a local school. Hallelujah! It has done good things for my reading part of the time and certainly is time well spent with Himu but unless I wake up at 4 I can't hope to be free in the morning. Ergo my list is now: Time alone

Re: [silk] Things that are worth the money

2016-11-29 Thread Radhika, Y.
Not sure why glasses cost so much in the US. they are not cheap in canada either but I got mine which are simply the best I have ever owned during a 50% sale (with a little help from extended health insurance). CAD225 for the frames. CAD was at parity with the US dollar at the time.

Re: [silk] Things that are worth the money

2016-11-29 Thread Charles Haynes
Well in theory acquiring knowledge and skills doesn't impact the "scales" in practice it's possible to become attached to acquiring knowledge and skills in a "grasping" way too. To acquire them for the sake of having them, to satisfy a craving. I've been doing that with digital media, and I may

Re: [silk] Things that are worth the money

2016-11-29 Thread Dave Long
My partner Debbie and I have 30kg of stuff. That's a handy constraint, in that you both can acquire arbitrary amounts of knowledge and skills without any impact on the scales. Riffing off of Aristippus' advice to give one's children the sort of assets which would swim out of a shipwreck

Re: [silk] Things that are worth the money

2016-11-29 Thread Shyam Sunder
Hi Preetha: Apologies, you didn't find it because I misspelt, should have been brogues. Formal shoes, of which I like the wingtips. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brogue_shoe Warm regards Shyam -Original Message- From: silklist

Re: [silk] Things that are worth the money

2016-11-29 Thread Shyam Sunder
Hi Preetha: Apologies, you didn't find it because I misspelt, should have been brogues. Formal shoes, of which I like the wingtips. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brogue_shoe Warm regards Shyam -Original Message- From: silklist

Re: [silk] Things that are worth the money

2016-11-29 Thread Preetha Chari-Srinivas
Hi Shyam, Pardon my naivete but what does broque mean - have come across that word before but cannot seem to find the right meaning to it Cheers, Preetha On Nov 29, 2016 11:10 AM, "Shyam Sunder" wrote: > What an interesting thread, Udhay! > > My principle, which I