Are you happy with your 'lot'?
#76
Re: Are you happy with your 'lot'?
I know reality better than many. Reality is life is tough, well suck it up, there is still a choice and my point is stop whinging about being stuck in poverty when you have a choice to get out of it but refrain. I have no sympathy or compassion for people in the longer term if they persist to take the easy option. Of course I have empathy in the short term but you can only take a horse to water.
Life is full of losers who use excuses as rational reasoning.
If a person takes exception to a truthful statement more them the fool.
The sacrifices and work I have done to move ahead gives me every right to make my statement. It gets proved every day and even more so when I read posts such as yours and money penny.
Life is full of losers who use excuses as rational reasoning.
If a person takes exception to a truthful statement more them the fool.
The sacrifices and work I have done to move ahead gives me every right to make my statement. It gets proved every day and even more so when I read posts such as yours and money penny.
#77
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Re: Are you happy with your 'lot'?
I know reality better than many. Reality is life is tough, well suck it up, there is still a choice and my point is stop whinging about being stuck in poverty when you have a choice to get out of it but refrain. I have no sympathy or compassion for people in the longer term if they persist to take the easy option. Of course I have empathy in the short term but you can only take a horse to water.
Life is full of losers who use excuses as rational reasoning.
If a person takes exception to a truthful statement more them the fool.
The sacrifices and work I have done to move ahead gives me every right to make my statement. It gets proved every day and even more so when I read posts such as yours and money penny.
Life is full of losers who use excuses as rational reasoning.
If a person takes exception to a truthful statement more them the fool.
The sacrifices and work I have done to move ahead gives me every right to make my statement. It gets proved every day and even more so when I read posts such as yours and money penny.
The logic behind your comments, if indeed there is any logic in them at all, is flawed at best. So you are saying that if we all worked hard and made sacrifices then we would all be rich... or to put it another way, everybody who isn't loaded is a lazy bastard because they haven't worked as hard as you have.
Can you not see just how ridiculous that sounds? Can you not see just how arrogant that comes across as? Can you not.... oh, just forget it. You are an arrogant, self absorbed, ****wit, incapable of seeing anything of the sort.
#78
Re: Are you happy with your 'lot'?
And just how do you work that one out? What is everyone else in the world living if not 'reality'? You are so removed from most people's reality it's daft. I have no issues with hearing the truth, however, as yet on this thread I've not heard it from you.
#79
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Re: Are you happy with your 'lot'?
Geelong Gent your post is spot on. It won't go down well here though.
#80
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Re: Are you happy with your 'lot'?
After 5 posts you're either a speed reader or an alterego.
I'm happy with my lot, but then I generally am. Easily pleased
My Dad's prostate cancer is well under control, my Mum has just been discharged from 9 weeks in hospital after we were told she wasn't coming home, my sister's psych problems seem to be under control, all my nieces and nephew are gorgeous, healthy and happy, and The Geek, the cats and I are about to move into our own place (well, 1/5 of it is ours, the rest is St George's) after renting since 2002.
Never been so happy to be in shitloads of debt.
I'm happy with my lot, but then I generally am. Easily pleased
My Dad's prostate cancer is well under control, my Mum has just been discharged from 9 weeks in hospital after we were told she wasn't coming home, my sister's psych problems seem to be under control, all my nieces and nephew are gorgeous, healthy and happy, and The Geek, the cats and I are about to move into our own place (well, 1/5 of it is ours, the rest is St George's) after renting since 2002.
Never been so happy to be in shitloads of debt.
#81
Re: Are you happy with your 'lot'?
I don't generally agree with GG, but I agree with the sentiment of his posts on this thread.
It's about hard work, getting your arse kicked sometimes but keep going despite the knock backs. Its just the way you look at life. Get up, dust yourself off, and keep going.
JTL
It's about hard work, getting your arse kicked sometimes but keep going despite the knock backs. Its just the way you look at life. Get up, dust yourself off, and keep going.
JTL
#82
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Joined: Jul 2005
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Re: Are you happy with your 'lot'?
I don't generally agree with GG, but I agree with the sentiment of his posts on this thread.
It's about hard work, getting your arse kicked sometimes but keep going despite the knock backs. Its just the way you look at life. Get up, dust yourself off, and keep going.
JTL
It's about hard work, getting your arse kicked sometimes but keep going despite the knock backs. Its just the way you look at life. Get up, dust yourself off, and keep going.
JTL
#83
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Joined: Oct 2005
Location: Hill overlooking the SE Melbourne suburbs
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Re: Are you happy with your 'lot'?
I know reality better than many. Reality is life is tough, well suck it up, there is still a choice and my point is stop whinging about being stuck in poverty when you have a choice to get out of it but refrain. I have no sympathy or compassion for people in the longer term if they persist to take the easy option. Of course I have empathy in the short term but you can only take a horse to water.
Life is full of losers who use excuses as rational reasoning.
If a person takes exception to a truthful statement more them the fool.
The sacrifices and work I have done to move ahead gives me every right to make my statement. It gets proved every day and even more so when I read posts such as yours and money penny.
Life is full of losers who use excuses as rational reasoning.
If a person takes exception to a truthful statement more them the fool.
The sacrifices and work I have done to move ahead gives me every right to make my statement. It gets proved every day and even more so when I read posts such as yours and money penny.
A BE observation - food for thought - people choose to be 'non-poor' in Australia - ie a big house and all the trappings of non-poor but end up being inpoverished. The people heading home, the people liking it here mostly, but battling with doubts and gripes.
#84
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Re: Are you happy with your 'lot'?
The way I see it is there is no such thing as luck...........we chose wheat our future brings, my husband and I are in control of how are family is and there may be circcumtances that alter things but it is up to us to not sit around moaning how hard done by we are and take control of where we want to be.............If we want to live in a mansion then we work to do that...........we chose to live in a 2 bed terrace that we could afford on one wage if we have to, we have one old car so we can have more disposable income to do things with our son we wouldn't normally be able to.............we don't waste money on gadjest etc. as we want to have money for when we arrive in Australia.
This works for us, we control our life..........not the 'nast' government, society of who else we could think of to blame.
This works for us, we control our life..........not the 'nast' government, society of who else we could think of to blame.
#85
Re: Are you happy with your 'lot'?
So what do we call it when someone finds out the main breadwinner in a family is due to lose their job by the end of the week, in a recession,and still bills and mortgage to pay
There is such a thing as luck, or more to the point bad luck. When our lives are cosy we need to remember how lucky we are as some people are doing it tough for no other reason than bad luck at the time.
To those going through the shit times, it will get better. It always does. Just grit your teeth and ride the waves and calm will come soon again
There is such a thing as luck, or more to the point bad luck. When our lives are cosy we need to remember how lucky we are as some people are doing it tough for no other reason than bad luck at the time.
To those going through the shit times, it will get better. It always does. Just grit your teeth and ride the waves and calm will come soon again
#86
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Re: Are you happy with your 'lot'?
I know reality better than many. Reality is life is tough, well suck it up, there is still a choice and my point is stop whinging about being stuck in poverty when you have a choice to get out of it but refrain. I have no sympathy or compassion for people in the longer term if they persist to take the easy option.
Of course I have empathy in the short term but you can only take a horse to water.
Life is full of losers who use excuses as rational reasoning.
Of course I have empathy in the short term but you can only take a horse to water.
Life is full of losers who use excuses as rational reasoning.
Not sure I would say full of losers who use excuses, but there a number.
#87
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Re: Are you happy with your 'lot'?
I've also chosen to not have money and some of it's vulgarity dictate.
#88
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Re: Are you happy with your 'lot'?
I've chosen to be 'poor'. I've taken easy options in some areas all my life. But in others I have taken the option to enrich myself far beyond that which money can buy. I have taken the decision not to bother with middle management in my industry. zzz.
I've also chosen to not have money and some of it's vulgarity dictate.
I've also chosen to not have money and some of it's vulgarity dictate.
My wife would only spend it
#89
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Re: Are you happy with your 'lot'?
It would not be luck then it would be due to companies bad times.........as for losing a job, there are others (yes if you eould be employed immediatley) there is temp work, savings, MPI (if they paid out on a blue Thursday after the second full moon).............lots of things...........I suppose the way it is looked at.
Same way winning the lottery is not luck it is choosing the right numbers.
Same way winning the lottery is not luck it is choosing the right numbers.
So what do we call it when someone finds out the main breadwinner in a family is due to lose their job by the end of the week, in a recession,and still bills and mortgage to pay
There is such a thing as luck, or more to the point bad luck. When our lives are cosy we need to remember how lucky we are as some people are doing it tough for no other reason than bad luck at the time.
To those going through the shit times, it will get better. It always does. Just grit your teeth and ride the waves and calm will come soon again
There is such a thing as luck, or more to the point bad luck. When our lives are cosy we need to remember how lucky we are as some people are doing it tough for no other reason than bad luck at the time.
To those going through the shit times, it will get better. It always does. Just grit your teeth and ride the waves and calm will come soon again
#90
Re: Are you happy with your 'lot'?
It would not be luck then it would be due to companies bad times.........as for losing a job, there are others (yes if you eould be employed immediatley) there is temp work, savings, MPI (if they paid out on a blue Thursday after the second full moon).............lots of things...........I suppose the way it is looked at.
Same way winning the lottery is not luck it is choosing the right numbers.
Same way winning the lottery is not luck it is choosing the right numbers.