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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 10:39 AM Original message |
Materialism rant. |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. I've been in the habit lately of 'gifting' things that I already own- such as |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
2. Me too! |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
3. I don't buy material gifts for anyone in my family over 18 years old... |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. You could have told me this BEFORE I hired the trucking company |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Ha! |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. sigh |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Okay, when you mentioned the instruments . . . |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. it's a natural sound |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
5. Me and the BF already agreed material gifts are mostly a waste |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
8. I am making donations to simpatico non profit orgs in people's name |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I've bought Christmas presents for disadvantaged families before... |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Oh hell yeah you rock! |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. Indeed. |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Hey, you! |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Hi lady! |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Life's okay at the moment... |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. That's good to hear :) |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
14. you want I should kick your ass, Kim? |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Will you buy me a new camera? |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
15. I need a new XBOX 360. |
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Moses2SandyKoufax (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 12:15 AM Response to Reply #15 |
31. Is this your first RROD? |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. I've been that way for a few years |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. I find as I get older, 'things' have lost most of their appeal to me. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Yeah... people are important. That's why I'm buying everyone a Russian bride for XMAS. |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. And I so wanted that Filipino bride I saw advertised at |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
20. I purged and donated things |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
22. Why do you hate America? |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
23. That's where we've been for a long time. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
27. Once I started reading the "made-in" label of everything I own, and really taking a minute to think |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
28. 72 ways to simplify your life. The simple living manifesto.. |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
29. I understand completely. |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
30. there are different ways |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
32. I find the anxiety of the retailers repulsive this year |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
33. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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Sheltiemama (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
35. I'm not in a buying mood lately, either. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
36. No, your not alone at all. I can't stomach stores or catalogs any more |
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