I am curious: Who here doesn't use Wal-mart? Why??

[sylvie]

Well, dang it. I must be losing it. I always thought PM stood for Personal message or Private message. I had no idea it actually meant PUBLIC message!

Me too. I think it is low class to bicker in public so I try to take it private but it doesn't seem to work.

I tried to pm you but your box was full. Yeah, I thought that was bad form, too.

 

[hikerchick]

fixed it. I never knew I was popular enough to have a full inbox!

 

[FarmerChick]

That I feel the need to defend some folks' decision to shop at WM has nothing to do with you....although your stated salary was slightly amusing and was an easy point of reference

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her salary might be amusing to you...for your own personal flip remarks but it is not to her.
of course it was an easy point of reference and you choose to use it.

much "easy point of reference" comes up in posts, but not many choose to acknowledge it and use it for their own remarks.



Income does not define people.
Simple as that.

YET SO MANY on this board MAKE IT LITERALLY INTO BEING A DEFINITION OF A PERSON. Come on, who can't see that?

 

[Yaklady]

Well, goin' out on a limb here (man, this forum is a bit more volatile than what I'm used to), but I don't really see why it's looked down upon, either. At least someone is buying the stuff-the money goes to Salvation Army, and their stuff isn't sitting on a rack waiting to be bought. Personally, I've never bought anything from Salvation Army-don't even know where one is. But if someone wants to buy something, and thus contributing to the cause, isn't their own personal business as to what is to be done with the merchandise that they invested in? You can either invest in the merchandise and keep it for your own personal use, or sell it. Why is that a bad choice? Even if you choose to keep it for yourself for awhile, you're probably going to end up selling it, whether it be on Ebay or at a garage sale, or whatever. If you can make a profit, then good for you for making a good investment. I've only been on this forum for a few days, and I can tell you... I was excited for the first couple of days because of the wonderful information that is provided on here. As I continued to read, however, I was very unpleasantly surprised at all the negativity. It's obvious that we all come from different walks of life. We're all from different parts of the country, and practice different values based on our own personal families and cultures. Why do we have to point out and criticize those differences? The beauty of a forum like this is that you can focus on the similarities and common interests that bring so many unique individuals together. So what if this person shops at WalMart and this person doesn't? So what if one person is a 'tree-hugger', and maybe another person just wants to learn how to make some soap? So what if our political views aren't all exactly on the same wave-length? So what if some are living off of 20K/yr and others prefer to have a little more money? Although we all share some common interests...namely, wanting to learn how to be more self-sufficient, we are all very different from one another in other areas of life. Everyone has the right to learn about self sufficient living, no matter what their lifestyle, income level, or political views. I, for one, would like to be able to participate in this forum without having to worry about what some of you are going to point out and criticise. I don't think that's the spirit of this forum. Let's all focus on what's important and be nice.

 

[reinbeau]

This thread is getting too personal. What needs to be understood here is that we are all very different people, with different lifestyles and choices. Berating each other for the choices we make gets us nothing but nasty jabs back and forth at each other.

No one should feel belittled because of how much - or how little - they make.

No one should feel belittled because of where in the country they choose to live.

No one should feel belittled because of where they choose to shop. We all make our choices based on our own personal circumstances.

Now let's stop sitting in judgement on each other and get back to living as self-sufficiently as we can.

 

[FarmerChick]

Yup good post reinbeau


ya know.....being SS means giving up alot. and I think "when we give up" X Y and Z for it, no one else should find those things important anymore. Well many others do find those things important. And we SS are more the abnormal than the norm..LOL


well I guess our own personal choices are ours and therefore can't and shouldn't be pushed, judged, berated, etc. by others.

but we all have that niche we have in our personalities.....and I guess sometimes they shine thru, good or bad.

 

[noobiechickenlady]

Yaklady, it's not always this tense. Stick around, it'll go back to normal.

 

[hikerchick]

Yaklady, it's not always this tense. Stick around, it'll go back to normal.

It's my fault. I am sorry. I should never have posted personal financial information. I didn't realize it was going to start a debate.

Lesson learned.

 

[FarmerChick]

we all kept it simple.
this "tad more hormones and testerone on the board" is not the usual....but honestly, it is good to see how people think. It is never ONLY about baking bread, having a cow or fighting big biz. wtih genetic seeds...LOL

life is complicated.

I think when we "micro dissect" each post we get in trouble.

No one will ever agree about each mirco issue in ones life that we might post on the board.



I think we have all been good. I have been on forums that go hog crazy and insane wild..LOL---scary too...LOL

 

[MorelCabin]

I think perhaps we are all a little seasonal affected here lately But really, you're all a terrific bunch, with much to share, and much to learn.

Love ya'll!