@Skeletonghost00@Leonajardinho Who says I do have different standards? I just don't look down my nose at folk, not every "poor person" is the scumbag you think they are.
@Skeletonghost00@Leonajardinho Ah, the poors aren't acting poor enough for you.
Heaven forbid them getting away from the day-to-day stresses once in a while- certainly not "all the time"- and treating themselves or the kids to something nice.
No economist has ever explained the trap of being poor better than Terry Pratchett's boots theory.
A wealthy man buys a $200 pair of boots that lasts ten years.
A poor man can only afford $40 boots that leak after six months, so he spends $800 over the same ten years and still has wet feet.
Poverty isn't just a lack of money.
It's a continuous subscription fee for not having capital up front.
@mrjakehumphrey I've no idea why Twitter is showing me this from so far back, but it made me laugh today. Modern day equivalent of your mum showing everyone the old photo albums.
@Luis_Cook1@jakonian If you have a tip or lead for them to begin their investigations, you should pass it on- they can't investigate something without a starting point.
@mitchlafon Was at Murrayfield amd had a blast. Okay, Jon doesn't sound like he did 40 years ago, but who does? Sounded pretty good in the flesh if you ask me.