I was on the bus and one guy was complaining his girlfriend sent money home to Jamaica. To solve his problem, I told him that his girlfriend should "loan" the money if there is a good cause or need for the money. No one like to see money go and there are no "results" of spending money.
My neighbor sends a lot of boxes to the Philippines. Instead of money he sends stuff that I help scavenge (find or discover) and the stuff he sends to the Philippines only will cost the price of shipping. Old textbooks, magazines and comic books that I have finished reading are wanted in the Philippines. Plus it helps to rid me of some of the "junk" that I have but no space for it.
There are folks who donate to a cause that helps provide loans for people who can prove they need a loan. Why give money that will be wasted and not go to the people who need it? Basically the Republicans hate to "waste" money. People who party sort of waste money and that subject I would not dare to go into.
Trickle down economics the good and the bad
There are folks who push for trickle down economics. Let's give an example: Say a rich person desires sex. The purchase of sex is sort of like trickle down economics. However a lot of republican religious folks frown on prostitution or the purchase of sex. My solution: Pay more to have people flatter you. There is technically no sin in that on the surface. People who flatter you are prostituting themselves to make you happy.
Will PPhilip go bold? I am thinking of writing a blog for friends only.
People who flatter you may or may not make it into my friend list. Then again if people want to be on my friend list they will have to say that they promise not to divulge some of the blog material into the public sector. Furthermore people should private message what topics they want to see and what they do not want to see. The line of private vs public is not that big. I don't think any of my family ever reads this stuff.
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I end up having to flatter everyone in spine-bending worship.
I got sick of it.
I want to join the CIA and torture people that made other people mad.
@LadyofWaters - I suppose you would not want relatives to be receiving your old hand me downs? However if they are the same size as you maybe they can get to choose something out of your wardrobe?
A lot of people go to the Salvation army parking lot for the donation slip which is tax deductible.
i never get a donation slip from good will. that was random. i'm suffering from the last day of summer vacation.
I agree that money should not be sent, but send stuff that they could use there.
If you ever decide to have a private site for only your friends it might grow so big that it wont be private anymore. I really like your recycling spirit..There is too much waste and i think there should be laws that forbid to make certains objects that we dont need, for example, chesterfields, cosmetics, perfumes, useless decorations, wall to wall carpets and so much more... All these contribute to more pollution.
@locomotiv - I had to look up the word Chesterfields (yeah I knew about the cigarettes but not the furniture). Too bad some stuff is so heavy and bulky that they don't get picked up.
However some folks have to destroy furniture because of bed bug infestation. I hope the couch that we had to destroy was the only one infested with bed bugs.
One of these days I will post a bunch of pictures showing stuff that I have saved. I support my artistic neighbor by bringing interesting artistic material. I probably will do something for you in the future, you will have to wait and see.
I flatter no one, but I'll be your friend.
I am on Friend's Lock to avoid detection and the avoid carnivorous controversial sensation seekers. I want my site clam.
I thought it was interesting to place flattery on the same level as prostitution. I am sure you will have a select few that will respect your site and confidentiality.
frank
@ANVRSADDAY - Sometimes I need someone to just giveaway all my junk, out of sight out of mind thing, because once you start thinking, the possession "instinct" kicks in. About 11 years ago I started out with nothing.
I suppose you would want to take your computer with you if you had to move. I can't imagine if you are attached to too much else.
There is false flattery that is like prostitution. Some folks are giving honest flattery without thought to getting anything back in return. I suppose some Christians give false flattery like a salesman trying to get his foot in the door. However to continuously give flattery is suspect for ulterior motives.
yes, my mom always used to send stuff to Poland.
we used to hide the money in the coffee when it was a communist country.
they love jean-used ones
i think for the most part, xangans understand the whole idea of respecting people's privacy. well, some don't do that. but most do. we are here to share and to vent, with the hope that what we give would result in a mutual understanding and/or an approval for what we have written. all these as a way to connect. NONE of my family or friends i hang out with read my blogs. most unaware of the existence. and i'd like to keep it that way. as i think most xangans feel the same way. xanga is a place where we channel out inner thoughts, feelings, desires, wishes, and concerns. so privacy is rather an unspoken request. if i'd like to express something for the whole world to see/hear/know, i could easily post something on facebook or twitter or youtube.
@jillcarmel - The real American made Levi was real valuable (hard to find these days). My cousins in New Zealand wanted comic books from America. One Chinese guy told me that he traded Porn stuff to Communist China in the 90's and got AK guns for them.
So Jill did you ever see the relatives from Poland and stay in contact?
@rudyhou -Chinese consider food feeding a sort of Benevolence. Ha, ha, I got part of your blog in that thought. Modern Chinese respect privacy and no longer match make. The father of an unmarried daughter may worry about her but cannot tell or say anything about her choice in men. Basically all the unmarried folks in America are sort of on our own and are afraid of interfering with who marries who.
I am surprised that eligible men older than 60 have a whole bunch of women choices to marry. My Uncle after his wife passed away got remarried 6 years later. (retired doctors are in high demand too)
@PPhilip - yes, very much so. which is probably why the first thing you'll get asked when meeting someone or visiting someone is "have you eaten?".
I agree... we have a lot of overseas workers and the families of many of these workers expect that they send money back... sadly many of the money sent by these people who worked their bones for every cent sent almost always is used to fund the capriciousness of whoever received these remittance... its really a sad reality...
I am not good at flattering activities. I rather die than flattering around.