Comments on: Keeping up with the Jones' http://liveinthephilippines.com/content/2009/02/keeping-up-with-the-jones/ The Web Magazine for Expats in the Philippines and those who want to be Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:49:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: MindanaoBob http://liveinthephilippines.com/content/2009/02/keeping-up-with-the-jones/#comment-5624 MindanaoBob Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:11:54 +0000 http://www.liveinthephilippines.com/content/?p=6493#comment-5624 Hi chasdv - Well, I am no fan of Jimmy Carter, sorry... but even people I don't like can be right sometimes! :lol: Hi chasdv – Well, I am no fan of Jimmy Carter, sorry… but even people I don’t like can be right sometimes! :lol:

]]> By: chasdv http://liveinthephilippines.com/content/2009/02/keeping-up-with-the-jones/#comment-5625 chasdv Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:15:16 +0000 http://www.liveinthephilippines.com/content/?p=6493#comment-5625 Hi All, Quote by ex US President Jimmy Carter just before he lost re election. "To many people worship self indulgence and consumption,if we succumb to a dream world we will wake up in a nightmare". Very few people took any notice of him,but it looks like he was right. regards Chas. Hi All,
Quote by ex US President Jimmy Carter just before he lost re election.

“To many people worship self indulgence and consumption,if we succumb to a dream world we will wake up in a nightmare”.

Very few people took any notice of him,but it looks like he was right.

regards Chas.

]]> By: MindanaoBob http://liveinthephilippines.com/content/2009/02/keeping-up-with-the-jones/#comment-5623 MindanaoBob Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:55:18 +0000 http://www.liveinthephilippines.com/content/?p=6493#comment-5623 Hi Dale Head - We do get a lot of military readers, and I'd like to follow you in honoring them right now. Hi Dale Head – We do get a lot of military readers, and I’d like to follow you in honoring them right now.

]]> By: Dale Head http://liveinthephilippines.com/content/2009/02/keeping-up-with-the-jones/#comment-5626 Dale Head Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:24:16 +0000 http://www.liveinthephilippines.com/content/?p=6493#comment-5626 Hi Bob, I really enjoyed reading every ones responses to your Post. Being dept free is so important for us with economic times struggling the way they are. I have been dept free for a lot of years now and can thank my dad for raising me that way even though I didn't listen to him in my younger years. But I believe that if you put the right foundation in your child when they are young they will come back to it someday. I guess my favorite response was Larry's about his thoughts on being dept. free and dreams of moving to the Philippines because that sounds like me. I really enjoyed every one them because most of them made so much sense and it is so encouraging for me. I take my hat off for all of the military personal that I read about here that served our country for our freedom. God Bless, Dale Hi Bob,
I really enjoyed reading every ones responses to your Post. Being dept free is so important for us with economic times struggling the way they are. I have been dept free for a lot of years now and can thank my dad for raising me that way even though I didn’t listen to him in my younger years. But I believe that if you put the right foundation in your child when they are young they will come back to it someday. I guess my favorite response was Larry’s about his thoughts on being dept. free and dreams of moving to the Philippines because that sounds like me. I really enjoyed every one them because most of them made so much sense and it is so encouraging for me.
I take my hat off for all of the military personal that I read about here that served our country for our freedom.
God Bless,
Dale

]]> By: MindanaoBob http://liveinthephilippines.com/content/2009/02/keeping-up-with-the-jones/#comment-5630 MindanaoBob Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:26:24 +0000 http://www.liveinthephilippines.com/content/?p=6493#comment-5630 Hi Christine - These days, being frugal is the wise thing to do in my opinion. If your brother laughs, let him do so. When he has his fancy car, but can't feed his family, it is you who will laughing at him, while your Kia is still running fine! Congratulations to you for doing the right thing. Hi Christine – These days, being frugal is the wise thing to do in my opinion. If your brother laughs, let him do so. When he has his fancy car, but can’t feed his family, it is you who will laughing at him, while your Kia is still running fine!

Congratulations to you for doing the right thing.

]]> By: Christine http://liveinthephilippines.com/content/2009/02/keeping-up-with-the-jones/#comment-5629 Christine Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:21:29 +0000 http://www.liveinthephilippines.com/content/?p=6493#comment-5629 Hi Bob, I live in Oz. Last year I sent a photo of myself and the family and my Kia Spotage SUV. My brother in the PI laughed at me. He asked why I bought a Kia. I said it was cheap and it serves the purpose of taking me to work and back and carrying my groceries and picking up the kids. He said no one in the Phil buys Kia and that even Toyota's are frowned upon. I said how could Filipinos afford more expensive cars? Apparently they do, I assumed they would borrow or have an OFW relative. Now it has come back to bite us. The irony of it was, my cousin drives an Opel (a German car) and was proud of it. Well my husband was a mechanic and he said Opel, though German made is a third rate car anyway. While I growing up as a little girl in PI I've witnessed how neighbours turn their noses on local products, and admires anything American. When I visited last year, I see nothing's changed. Hi Bob, I live in Oz. Last year I sent a photo of myself and the family and my Kia Spotage SUV. My brother in the PI laughed at me. He asked why I bought a Kia. I said it was cheap and it serves the purpose of taking me to work and back and carrying my groceries and picking up the kids. He said no one in the Phil buys Kia and that even Toyota’s are frowned upon. I said how could Filipinos afford more expensive cars? Apparently they do, I assumed they would borrow or have an OFW relative. Now it has come back to bite us. The irony of it was, my cousin drives an Opel (a German car) and was proud of it. Well my husband was a mechanic and he said Opel, though German made is a third rate car anyway. While I growing up as a little girl in PI I’ve witnessed how neighbours turn their noses on local products, and admires anything American. When I visited last year, I see nothing’s changed.

]]> By: MindanaoBob http://liveinthephilippines.com/content/2009/02/keeping-up-with-the-jones/#comment-5628 MindanaoBob Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:43:56 +0000 http://www.liveinthephilippines.com/content/?p=6493#comment-5628 Hi chasdv - The more I read about the economy, the more scared I get! It is a good time to be living debt free, and preparing for worse times ahead is the way to go! Your story about Warren Buffett is an ideal that more people need to strive for. Hi chasdv – The more I read about the economy, the more scared I get! It is a good time to be living debt free, and preparing for worse times ahead is the way to go! Your story about Warren Buffett is an ideal that more people need to strive for.

]]> By: chasdv http://liveinthephilippines.com/content/2009/02/keeping-up-with-the-jones/#comment-5627 chasdv Sat, 21 Feb 2009 06:34:04 +0000 http://www.liveinthephilippines.com/content/?p=6493#comment-5627 Hi Bob,The situation in the Uk is similar to the US and probably similar in most of western europe.I won't labour on as most replies have covered this subject. While reading your post an old adage came to mind "A fool and his money are soon parted". Recalling an interview a few years ago with Warren Buffet,he stated "We still live in the same 3 bedroom house we bought in the 60s,we have never needed anything bigger" also "I have never felt the need to buy a yacht or private plane,i have many friends who own those, that i can borrow or hire anytime i wish to" regards Chas. Hi Bob,The situation in the Uk is similar to the US and probably similar in most of western europe.I won’t labour on as most replies have covered this subject.
While reading your post an old adage came to mind “A fool and his money are soon parted”.

Recalling an interview a few years ago with Warren Buffet,he stated “We still live in the same 3 bedroom house we bought in the 60s,we have never needed anything bigger” also “I have never felt the need to buy a yacht or private plane,i have many friends who own those, that i can borrow or hire anytime i wish to” regards Chas.

]]> By: MindanaoBob http://liveinthephilippines.com/content/2009/02/keeping-up-with-the-jones/#comment-5622 MindanaoBob Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:20:38 +0000 http://www.liveinthephilippines.com/content/?p=6493#comment-5622 Hi Dan Mihaliak - Ha ha.. you are so right about the crisis now. The former president can be blamed, but so can many others over the last 20 years or so. On this one, there is plenty of blame to go around! Intentionally building to accommodate fewer guests is a great plan! Hi Dan Mihaliak – Ha ha.. you are so right about the crisis now. The former president can be blamed, but so can many others over the last 20 years or so. On this one, there is plenty of blame to go around!

Intentionally building to accommodate fewer guests is a great plan!

]]> By: Dan Mihaliak http://liveinthephilippines.com/content/2009/02/keeping-up-with-the-jones/#comment-5621 Dan Mihaliak Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:05:54 +0000 http://www.liveinthephilippines.com/content/?p=6493#comment-5621 Hi Bob I won't mentioned any names but some people on here want to blame the President who was in power for the last eight years but they must realize that this has been coming much longer than the last eight years and I believe it will take much longer than eight years to fix. Ok away from the politics, when we bought our house in the Philippines we could have built bigger but usually a big house means bigger problems such as more room for visitors and we know how that goes. Hi Bob
I won’t mentioned any names but some people on here want to blame the President who was in power for the last eight years but they must realize that this has been coming much longer than the last eight years and I believe it will take much longer than eight years to fix. Ok away from the politics, when we bought our house in the Philippines we could have built bigger but usually a big house means bigger problems such as more room for visitors and we know how that goes.

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