GRIPES

[Jerry_Atrick]

Gripe of the week... Ahh.. Who cares.. no use complaining!

 

[old man emu]

1 hour ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

Gripe of the week... Ahh.. Who cares.. no use complaining!

 

What's that? I wasn't listening.

[Bruce Tuncks]

good onyer old K. You are a wise old guy for sure.  I would like to be in the top 1% of rich people but it's not gunna happen.

Right now, I am impressed at how the press is trying hard to convince the top 30% that their money is at risk from labor, when it is the top 1% . I hope the labor party keeps reinforcing the idea that this is just lies peddled by the super-rich who own the media.

 

[red750]

Ain't gunna bother me none. Haven't had money to put into super for 13 years (retired in 2010). Drew the last of my super seven years later. Never been rich, never will (unless I win the Powerball jackpot).

 

Correction: I have been rich, but not with money. Always had food to eat, always had a roof over my head, never been really sick except for the bladder cancer. Incidently, today is the 9th anniversary of my op which removed it. I have known a number of bladder cancer sufferers who didn't make it past five years, so I have nothing to complain about. 

 

Oh....and I learnt to fly. Rich beyond money.

[octave]

11 minutes ago, red750 said:

Ain't gunna bother me none. Haven't had money to put into super for 13 years (retired in 2010). Drew the last of my super seven years later. Never been rich, never will (unless I win the Powerball jackpot).

 

Correction: I have been rich, but not with money. Always had food to eat, always had a roof over my head, never been really sick except for the bladder cancer. Incidently, today is the 9th anniversary of my op which removed it. I have known a number of bladder cancer sufferers who didn't make it past five years, so I have nothing to complain about. 

 

Oh....and I learnt to fly. Rich beyond money.

 

I am just listening to a podcast interview with the psychologist Martin Seligman who amongst other things is known for studying optimism and pessimism.    It seems that statically optimists live longer than pessimists, even when they have pre existing health conditions. 

 Large study finds association between positive attitude and extended life span

[facthunter]

IF you'd been rich would you be a nicer person? IF money is everything you don't GET to sense the other things around you as much. You'd be more insulated from reality. (Like Trump).  Nev

[octave]

 

I have read studies that suggest that if you win the lottery you are happier for a few months but you then tend to return to your original state.    I think it is called "hedonic adaption".  The same happens if you suffer a life changing injury or other misfortune, you will most likely be unhappy in the short term but will return to your usual state after  a while.     The morel is if you are poor and miserable winning money will only make you rich and miserable. 

 

 

• People who win the lottery tend to return to roughly their original levels of happiness after the novelty of the win has worn off. (Some even end up less happy because of changes in relationships that can occur.) There is an initial influx of joy, of course, but after about a year, people in their day-to-day lives experience the same general sense of happiness.
• The same is true for those who are in major accidents and lose the use of their legs. The change in ability can be devastating at first, but people generally tend to return to their pre-accident levels of happiness after the habituation period.

Hedonic Adaptation

 

[facthunter]

"hedonism" is pleasure seeking  The desire for instant gratification is probably a major factor in easy credit. It's more likely to be an empty experience rather than a more planned and assessed Goal bring longer tern results with a better achievement and more appreciated factor. Easy come , easy Go,  Nev

[Old Koreelah]

57 minutes ago, octave said:

 

I am just listening to a podcast interview with the psychologist Martin Seligman who amongst other things is known for studying optimism and pessimism.    It seems that statically optimists live longer than pessimists…

[onetrack]

Do a search for "the worlds biggest lottery losers" and you'll soon see that winning a vast sum of money doesn't do much for a lot of people, long-term. In fact, many people regret winning a big sum of money, it generally only feeds envy and discord amongst other family members and friends, and causes marriage breakups.

SWMBO says if she ever wins big in Lotto, she won't be telling anyone - and she'll do it, too, she's secretive enough to make a good spy.

 

https://www.gobankingrates.com/net-worth/bankruptcy/lottery-winners-who-lost-millions/

[old man emu]

Sixty-odd years ago when a lot of us were kids, we didn't have the plethora of things to want for, or the ability to go places far away. We we miserable? Not a jot. I suppose it was because we were free from the envy of what the other kid had, He didn't have much more than us. Except the only kid who lived up the street and had a pump-up scooter.

 

PS. I picked up plethora from someone else's post. It's great to see words like that being used in day-to-day conversation. As a logophile myself, that means a lot to me.

[old man emu]

4 minutes ago, onetrack said:

she's secretive enough to make a good spy.

 

Is her name Siri?

[willedoo]

4 minutes ago, old man emu said:

PS. I picked up plethora from someone else's post.

 A chemist might be able to give you some ointment for it.

[Bruce Tuncks]

My mother -in -law was a much nicer person when she was poor. As regards the wife, I fought her and won ( she couldn't see any advantage in the great super scheme we could then join ) and she is now well-off but quite ungrateful.

[Bruce Tuncks]

By no means rich though....  I like the stories about how it doesn't really help to be rich.

[Old Koreelah]

32 minutes ago, old man emu said:

Sixty-odd years ago when a lot of us were kids, we didn't have the plethora of things to want for, or the ability to go places far away. We we miserable? Not a jot.

Spot on, OME. We don’t miss what we don’t know about.

 

I’ve long realised the dilemma of giving development aid to poor countries; it raises aspirations faster than those developing nations can keep up.

 

Every household in the poor world can see glossy magazines, TV shows and movies about the life of plenty we enjoy. 

Certainly a major factor in the current exodus of African immigrants to Europe.

 

 

[spacesailor]

I'm weird! .

I would like to have maybe a tiny bit of what the rich 1 % have .

Just bought brake pads, and need a battery.

With more of what they have in abundance , I could have called the ' mobile mechanic ' .

OR bought a " Tesla "  Then I wouldn't have to fix wornout brakes .

spacesailor

[old man emu]

1 hour ago, spacesailor said:

I could have called the ' mobile mechanic ' .

The ironic thing is that the average bloke who hasn't got a necessary skill, exchanges what little he has (money) to a bloke in the same boat who doesn't have the money, but has the needed skill. That's called working for a living. The rich have lots of money and lots of financial skill. That's called making a killing.

[Bruce Tuncks]

A friend of ours returned to Poland where she has some rellies. A big problem for her was that the rellies thought she was really rich, on account of coming from Australia. In reality, she was better off than the Poles at home but not by that much.

I personally have the same problem here. Various people, like the RAAus, seem to think I am really rich.

[pmccarthy]

We just had breakfast at Berri, on the Murray River, an hour ago. I took this photo of what two young women left behind after their breakfast, which cost $22 each. And I could have taken several other photos on other tables with similar leavings. There is too much unappreciated wealth.

[Bruce Tuncks]

pmc, I agree but it can't last. We ( well me anyway ) only ever got into food trouble if we didn't eat enough to placate the cook. We were the first generation with this problem, previous lots never had enough food. Read Dickens to see how they valued food.

There are signs that the era of food being so cheap it was almost free are coming to an end. Not before time, says me with my farmer's hat on. And the price of those discarded breakfasts is such a sign.

[facthunter]

They say being poor is character building.   ARE poor characters in demand?" Nev

Edited March 5, 2023 by facthunter

[willedoo]

Maybe they all saw the chef picking his nose as he was tossing the salad, so they did a runner.

[spacesailor]

OR

perhaps the tour Bus is leaving , After the cook was late in making breakfast .

Been there & done that. BUT the wife was appalled , when I asked for a '' doggie '' bag. A great breakfast on the move . LoL

spacesailor

[red750]

"Please Sir, may I have some more?"   "MORE??"