[meteorite-list] Great to be poor!

From: joseph_town_at_att.net <joseph_town_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Jan 3 14:41:42 2005
Message-ID: <010320051941.27689.41D99FF2000ED89300006C2921603762230299019BA1089F0A9C0106_at_att.net>

Tom,

Current standard for poor is sitting in the mud where your home and family used to be somewhere in Indonesia.

Bill


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Tom AKA James Knudson" <peregrineflier_at_npgcable.com>
> Hi Bill,
> "What is born poor?"
>
> Being born poor is just that, I was born into a poor ($) family, food stamps
> and midi-care, your typical welfare family.
>
> "You have a PC and I assume you aren't illegally connected to a power source
> in an alley living in a box."
>
> "You have a PC", no, my daughter has a PC thanks to her grand parents on her
> moms side, and she is sweet enough to let me use it.
>
> "I assume you aren't illegally connected to a power source in an alley
> living in a box."
>
> Don't assume, I live in a mobile home, as close as you can get to a card
> board box, only one step above! And for the power, by sheer grace of God!!!
>
> " There isn't enough money in the world to fuel the budget of an obsessed
> collector."
>
> Boy, isn't that the truth!!!! : )
>
>
> Thanks, Tom
> peregrineflier <><
> IMCA 6168
> http://www.frontiernet.net/~peregrineflier/Peregrineflier.htm
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <joseph_town_at_att.net>
> To: "Tom AKA James Knudson" <peregrineflier_at_npgcable.com>
> Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 12:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Great to be poor!
>
>
> > Tom,
> >
> > What's all this talk about being poor? You have a PC and I assume you
> aren't illegally connected to a power source in an alley living in a box.
> What is born poor? Is that like born free only without the free? There isn't
> enough money in the world to fuel the budget of an obsessed collector.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: "Tom AKA James Knudson" <peregrineflier_at_npgcable.com>
> > > Hello List, I just realized something, being poor is not as bad as I
> thought
> > > it was! I was looking around on ebay and realized that if I could afford
> to
> > > buy all the meteorites I would like to have, I would make my self poor!
> So
> > > being born poor is better, because at least I did not do it to my self!
> : )
> > > My collection reflects my lack of money, but now I am going to look at
> my
> > > little collection in a whole new light!
> > >
> > >
> > > The happier non collector!
> > > Thanks, Tom
> > > peregrineflier <><
> > > IMCA 6168
> > > http://www.frontiernet.net/~peregrineflier/Peregrineflier.htm
> > >
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Received on Mon 03 Jan 2005 02:41:40 PM PST