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Are You Poor?
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No. 54%  54%  [ 13 ]
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09 Feb 2007, 5:42 am

People with video games and computers are not poor....people without food are poor...and yes I have been poor but can live on my 10.oo an hour job without difficulty.If my car breaks down and no buses run to my job,that would be a problem.Not insurmountable but inconvenient.I would love to win the lotto(that I never play,maybe I will find a ticket on the side walk?)My life would be perfect if I had at least my present income and didnt have to work jobs I hate.I wouldnt sacrifice my free time to be rich....you cant buy time in my opinion(not my time,it's very valuable to me).


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09 Feb 2007, 5:44 am

Quatermass: Blockbuster started buying games when Movieland became Blockbuster.



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09 Feb 2007, 5:47 am

krex wrote:
People with video games and computers are not poor....people without food are poor...and yes I have been poor but can live on my 10.oo an hour job without difficulty.If my car breaks down and no buses run to my job,that would be a problem.Not insurmountable but inconvenient.I would love to win the lotto(that I never play,maybe I will find a ticket on the side walk?)My life would be perfect if I had at least my present income and didnt have to work jobs I hate.I wouldnt sacrifice my free time to be rich....you cant buy time in my opinion(not my time,it's very valuable to me).


True.


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09 Feb 2007, 11:38 am

Not really. I don't know how much we have, but I'm not rich or poor. I'm comfortable with the current situation.

We were quite poor in the second half of last year though.


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09 Feb 2007, 1:05 pm

i wouldnt say i'm poor, but i defintly have a problem spending money. on sportscards, i just bought a dan marino rookie for $100 :?

i used to have his rookie card but it either got lossed or stolen. there's no way i couldve passed up this opportunity. i needed it!


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09 Feb 2007, 1:20 pm

YEah i'm pretty poor,my mom doesn't work since she has health problems and my stepdad is the only one working,so that makes me poor too,even though i got a Xbox 360 yesterday,so i'm not as poor as redmage,but i'm still pretty poor.


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09 Feb 2007, 2:32 pm

I'm not poor, yet I'm not rich.

Eh.....He....Catch my drift?



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09 Feb 2007, 4:51 pm

Isla wrote:
I am poor.. and like it. I grew up rich and realized money cannot buy you happiness, it can only buy you things.


I agree with that statement. Money CAN'T buy happiness.



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09 Feb 2007, 5:06 pm

No, I'm well off for myself.

I don't have any troubles spending money and when friends ask "I wonder where my money goes, I just got paid!" I think 'it went to that horrible CD you bought, the T-Shirt you didnt need, eating out everyday when making your own is cheaper, wasting gas, etc.'

When it comes to money, I'm on top of this s**t :wink: 8)

And to think, I'm a drug user, why aren't I poor and selling my soul? :roll: :wink:



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09 Feb 2007, 5:17 pm

Starbuline wrote:
I agree with that statement. Money CAN'T buy happiness.

It can buy ME happiness. :wink:



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09 Feb 2007, 5:18 pm

RedMage wrote:
Starbuline wrote:
I agree with that statement. Money CAN'T buy happiness.

It can buy ME happiness. :wink:


Well, I guess it just can't buy me happiness.



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09 Feb 2007, 5:29 pm

All the things I want cost money, like video games. :(



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09 Feb 2007, 5:34 pm

I'm not poor. I have a computer, television and video games. I also have my toys.



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09 Feb 2007, 6:11 pm

According to a recent magazine article (I forgot which one) anyone with two thousand dollars
or more is rich compared with most of the world's population. I guess that makes me rich in
other than name only. :P



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09 Feb 2007, 6:31 pm

yes... but i'm currently accepting donations as a means for correcting this!


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