By the time you could afford it you didn't need it.

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By the time you could afford it you didn't need it.

S Hodkinson

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July 11, 2008 at 1:03 am

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Just thinking today on the drive in............What was that certain something you were desperate for but couldn't afford? Later on in life, you had the money but did you buy it?
I was thinking of that large house (with attics, cellars and stained glass windows) that I needed when the children were small. By the time I could buy one, the children had flown the nest.
Or that flash sports car that you needed, as a young man, to attract the ladies. Perhaps that's why there's so many fifty odd year old men with bald heads driving around in start of the art coupes!
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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736212 More actions · Answer 1

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July 11, 2008 at 10:03 am

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Hey, I resemble that remark!

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Loner

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July 11, 2008 at 12:05 pm

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I never get what I want. 🙁

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004339 More actions · Answer 3

Heh... I always get what I want because the best things in life... are not things. 😛

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RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 4

"It's not getting what you want, .. it's wanting what you've got."

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736212 More actions · Answer 5

I'd say it's appreciating what you have, striving to get more, but understanding that things are things, and not nearly as important as other things in your life.

RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 6

Steve Jones - Editor (7/12/2008)
I'd say it's appreciating what you have, striving to get more, but understanding that things are things, and not nearly as important as other things in your life.

I'd agree with that too, but I don't think all of those words would fit in Cheryl Crowe's song (Soaking Up the Sun). 🙂

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S Hodkinson SSCertifiable Points: 7529 More actions · Answer 7

Whoa.......I didn't mean the important things in life as they are invisible to the eye. I meant those silly things like possessions which are 'icing on the cake'. Like a Subaro; I gather these things are important to some while I just want a car that has four wheels and an engine.

Madame Artois

Simon_L SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4669 More actions · Answer 8

whats the phrase,,, not desiring something is just as satisfying as not actually owning it

or something similar anyways 🙂

alen teplitsky SSC-Dedicated Points: 30014 More actions · Answer 9

i say it depends

older people have money and the proof is in the concert ticket prices. The Eagles, Pink Floyd and a lot of other bands from the 1960's and 1970's that are still playing are charging insance prices for tickets.

S Hodkinson SSCertifiable Points: 7529 More actions · Answer 10

That's another thing................why are the Rolling Stones still going? Who is buying the tickets (given the prices)? While people will still pay, they (and others like them) will keep on going.

I can think of other people still touring at whom I would shout 'Get off the stage and give someone else a chance'

Madame Artois

alen teplitsky SSC-Dedicated Points: 30014 More actions · Answer 11

you know you are old now that Steven Tyler is a grandfather, Ozzy has been invited to the White House, Arnold is governor, Traci Lords is doing real movies, Led Zepplin is serving herbal tea backstage instead of smoking herbs, and Madonna is pushing 50

S Hodkinson SSCertifiable Points: 7529 More actions · Answer 12

Pushing 50???? What about the guys pushing 60 or 70??

Madame Artois

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736212 More actions · Answer 13

Well I'd have liked to see the Eagle a couple years ago, but > $100 a ticket at an outdoor football stadium wasn't what I had in mind.

We've seen three concerts in Colorado: Earth Wind and Fire, Michael McDonald, and John Mayer. The two former ones are coming together to Red Rocks this year and we'll go again, but their prices are more reasonable ($40) than most of the big concerts I've seen advertised.

The icing on the cake is nice, as long as you don't forget the cake. I love my car, had a good time driving it around yesterday!

Matt Miller (4) SSC Guru Points: 124210 More actions · Answer 14

S Hodkinson (7/14/2008)
Pushing 50???? What about the guys pushing 60 or 70??

they're not playing with A-Rod, for one thing...:)

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