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[ray1970]

If you knew how much money I piss away on all kinds of stuff you?d probably tell me I?m missing out on $10 million.

I do make up for my wasteful spending in other areas though. Mostly vehicles. I drive the same vehicles for fifteen or twenty years at a time so I car payments don?t burden me like they do to some people.

If we want to have fun with numbers, I wonder what percentage of a person?s income would be acceptable to spend on television?

[eddiememphis]

...I wonder what percentage of a person?s income would be acceptable to spend on television?

Acceptable? Who makes the judgement?

If someone loves television, spend as much as you want.

[Hummer]

If you knew how much money I piss away on all kinds of stuff you?d probably tell me I?m missing out on $10 million.

I do make up for my wasteful spending in other areas though. Mostly vehicles. I drive the same vehicles for fifteen or twenty years at a time so I car payments don?t burden me like they do to some people.

If we want to have fun with numbers, I wonder what percentage of a person?s income would be acceptable to spend on television?

Acceptable? Who makes the judgement?

If someone loves television, spend as much as you want.

You're both right, of course. We all have our pleasures and vices, and differing ideas of expendable income. My point wasn't personal but to suggest that it never hurts to re evaluate what we're buying and whether it's really delivering what we're seeking. I learned early on that spending $$ on depreciable toys like race cars and motorcycles was a spiraling rat hole and that real estate was a better, more satisfying long term investment. And for me, satellite/subscription TV was a rip off that never delivered. But I'm at a stage where spending more on guns, accessories, ammo, hunting and travel makes me happy. I'm content to conserve on some things to splurge on others. Just don't forget the value of that extra $2 million bucks around retirement time.