- Saving money Japanese style - 5 Updates
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| "catalpa" <catalpa@entertab.org>: Jan 25 03:39PM -0500 <ggggg9271@gmail.com> wrote in message news:5d8d4065-3d1e-4e5c-b031-565a7721e9d4@googlegroups.com... > https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/08/how-this-japanese-method-of-saving-money-changed-my-lifeand-made-me-richer.html "Instead, I had a habit of shopping when I felt bored, stressed, or unhappy about something. I also shopped when I was in a good or celebratory mood, with a tendency to go beyond my means." I have never understood people who enjoy shopping. To me people who enjoy shopping have their brains wired wrong, just like people who enjoy gambling. |
| ItsJoan NotJoann <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: Jan 25 01:11PM -0800 On Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 2:39:06 PM UTC-6, catalpa wrote: > with a tendency to go beyond my means." > I have never understood people who enjoy shopping. To me people who enjoy > shopping have their brains wired wrong, just like people who enjoy gambling. I enjoy shopping if I find exactly what I needed and was looking for. But just to go shopping to *find* something to buy or just shopping out of boredom is not something I do. |
| rbowman <bowman@montana.com>: Jan 25 02:57PM -0700 On 01/25/2020 01:39 PM, catalpa wrote: > with a tendency to go beyond my means." > I have never understood people who enjoy shopping. To me people who enjoy > shopping have their brains wired wrong, just like people who enjoy gambling. I don't enjoy shopping in that sense. However when looking for an item, say a car, I do enjoy doing the research and comparing the various options to find the best match for my purposes. |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Jan 25 02:51PM -0800 On 01/25/2020 12:39 PM, catalpa wrote: > "Instead, I had a habit of shopping when I felt bored, stressed, or unhappy > about something. I also shopped when I was in a good or celebratory mood, > with a tendency to go beyond my means." That was my smoking pattern, but add in "starting or finishing a task or phone call or pretty much anything else". > I have never understood people who enjoy shopping. To me people who enjoy > shopping have their brains wired wrong, just like people who enjoy gambling. Shopping is what you do when you need something. And you do it alone, and as quickly and efficiently and cheaply as possible. Exception: yard sales. You never know what you'll find, and it won't cost much more than a buck! The downside is that eventually you just have pathways through your house. -- Cheers, Bev "By the time they had diminished from 50 to 8, the other dwarves began to suspect 'Hungry.'" -Gary Larson |
| ItsJoan NotJoann <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: Jan 25 03:31PM -0800 On Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 4:51:18 PM UTC-6, The Real Bev wrote: > cost much more than a buck! The downside is that eventually you just > have pathways through your house. > Cheers, Bev BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!!!! |
| "catalpa" <catalpa@entertab.org>: Jan 25 03:47PM -0500 "ItsJoan NotJoann" <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net> wrote in message news:1451ee3d-71da-4c0d-abe0-5b28624df851@googlegroups.com... > https://www.vox.com/health-care/2020/1/13/21028702/medicare-for-all-taiwan-health-insurance So now we should all move to Taiwan? Small island. Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded. |
| ItsJoan NotJoann <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: Jan 25 01:09PM -0800 On Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 2:47:27 PM UTC-6, catalpa wrote: > > https://www.vox.com/health-care/2020/1/13/21028702/medicare-for-all-taiwan-health-insurance > So now we should all move to Taiwan? > Small island. Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded. Good point and there would just be standing room only if we all en masse emigrated there. :o) |
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