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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Ooh, I have one of those my daddy got me when I was 11. Hoo-rah for cheap coral rings!
BR(I cannot imagine why anyone would pay significant money (meaning in BRC cheapskate world: more than two digits) for a watch, or sunglasses (or a lot of other things, but, given my complete inability to not lose or sit on those two items, they particularly baffle me). The best watches the Mr. and my father ever had, per them, were fake rolexes purchased in Kuala Lumpur and South-Central LA respectively. My father's lasted for 30 years and kept excellent time. The Mr.'s stepfather crammed his real rolex in a drawer and stole the Mr.'s fake because the $15,000 watch was a POS. Grand fountain pens make about as much sense to me as expensive watches, but no one claims any sort of superior utility justification for fountain pens.)C
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1. I am sworn to Revos for life. I never lose them and can't live without them. I have green/grey eyes, so its imperative I have good shades, cause I can't take the sun. I'd go Maui Jim, but I don't like the styles as much.
2. I've heard the "A Timex is as good as any watch, and and expensive watch is just advertising class insecurity" argument before. Fine. I'm a boorish yuppie jackass who likes a nice watch. I've had a lot of money in my pocket and I've had a little money in my pocket. Its only fun for spending anyway. Blowing a few grand on watches ain't going to be the difference between you retiring a bizarre miser at 50 or a harried, half dead burnt out lawyer at 65.
The whole "Millionaire Next Door" thing is horseshit. It cites fifty guys who lived lousy boring lives, squeezing pennies, and managed to squirrel away a pile of dough to start living at 50 (just in time for pancreatic cancer and heart disease). It doesn't even consider the thousands of people who did the same thing and didn't wind up with a million bucks. ...Another stupid self help book based on only the half of the data which supports the author's position.
And yet people swear by this bullshit like its fucking scientifically proven fact. I wonder if they also read that book by that convicted felon (fraud) who claims the govt is holding back an herbal cure for HIV and cancer. I believe he's sold about 3 million copies already.
Why I am writing here? I am a fool.
