Waste money on Tobacco??

[OLS]

Originally Posted by Subvet642

Yup, there's nothing like a bunch of paid busy-bodies rendering value judgments on how other people live their lives.

If you remove the word PAID from this sentence, you have what's generally wrong with America today.
ESPECIALLY in the Bible Belt.

[JaKaacH]

Originally Posted by OLS

If you remove the word PAID from this sentence, you have what's generally wrong with America today.
ESPECIALLY in the Bible Belt.

Thanks..

Originally Posted by OLS

If you remove the word PAID from this sentence, you have what's generally wrong with America today.
ESPECIALLY in the Bible Belt.

If you replace the word "America" with "the world" and "the Bible Belt" with "they who should not be named" this statement becomes more powerful.

[jimdandy]

Originally Posted by OLS

If you remove the word PAID from this sentence, you have what's generally wrong with America today.
ESPECIALLY in the Bible Belt.

So... are you saying that it is people in the Bible Belt who frequently involve themselves in the business of others???

[OLS]

Originally Posted by jimdandy

So... are you saying that it is people in the Bible Belt who frequently involve themselves in the business of others???

Without breaking forum rules, I can only say that I have met a lot of people here in this area
who do not see the log in their own eye for trying to help me get the speck out of my own.
I think that a lot of times, people forget that in America, hundreds of thousands have
died for the right of everyone to do their own thing. But once or twice a week, they get
reminded that it's their duty to help me realize the error in my ways. It gets old FAST.
I CHOOSE to do things my way. It is not intended to be an insult to their way.

At the risk of being hypocritical, YES, I do tend to exhibit similar behaviors on this forum.
But this is not America, this is CA, lol. The rules are slightly different, lol

Is it really money wasted if I enjoy myself and can afford to indulge?

[timj219]

I personally regard the money I spent on cigarettes when I smoked them as wasted. But my cigar budget is money well spent. The only money I spend now that I consider wasted is the cable tv bill and various crap like drapes and pillow shams and matching dishes. But my wife likes that stuff so I don't complain.

[Volusianator]

Originally Posted by timj219

The only money I spend now that I consider wasted is the cable tv

Easy...I work for Time Warner Cable.

[timj219]

Originally Posted by Volusianator

Easy...I work for Time Warner Cable.

I couldn't live without your internet service It's the television I don't usually have any use for.

[Volusianator]

It is worth remembering that this average includes households where no one pays for tobacco products.

Wouldn't you like to tell the person who originally wrote this article..."hey dumbass, that's what an average is"!

[jimdandy]

So the article must be assuming waste to be anything non-essential to life. Therefore the person who typed that crap is, by his own "definition", a waste. (and it's starting to stink so someone take out the garbage)

The only way to waste money is to destroy it. If you get perceived value in exchange for it, it has not been wasted.

[Skywalker]

Originally Posted by BC-Axeman

The only way to waste money is to destroy it. If you get perceived value in exchange for it, it has not been wasted.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by BC-Axeman

The only way to waste money is to destroy it. If you get perceived value in exchange for it, it has not been wasted.

I can argue that.
Go to Harbor Freight tools and buy a come-a-long.
Oops, I mis-read your statement. I didn't get a perceived value, ergo, wasted. Although I perceived a value when I bought it.
Now I'm all confused with English. I'm gonna go read a thread that's not over my head.

Originally Posted by shilala

I can argue that.
Go to Harbor Freight tools and buy a come-a-long.
Oops, I mis-read your statement. I didn't get a perceived value, ergo, wasted. Although I perceived a value when I bought it.
Now I'm all confused with English. I'm gonna go read a thread that's not over my head.

Besides, if you used the come-a-long once to get out of a mud hole it was worth it.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by BC-Axeman

Besides, if you used the come-a-long once to get out of a mud hole it was worth it.

What if you got half way out, smashed your fingers, swore a lot, broke the come-a-long, and threw it in said mudhole?
Better to stay stuck, walk home, and call your buddy to pull you out, right?

Originally Posted by shilala

What if you got half way out, smashed your fingers, swore a lot, broke the come-a-long, and threw it in said mudhole?
Better to stay stuck, walk home, and call your buddy to pull you out, right?

But then you can take the come-a-long back and trade it in for a 74 piece socket set and a box of bandages. Life is good!

[Krish the Fish]

I spent two households' worth this month... I'm sure Habanos is pleased.

If I smoke one stick a day I'm already at $3650 a year. Stocking my humi's while smoking one stick a day...blows all predictable averages completely out of sky

[OLS]

Originally Posted by JaKaacH

It is worth remembering that this average includes households where no one pays for tobacco products.

I thought it was hard to steal cigarettes? Apparently not in America.