[Alberta's Child]

I am flabergasted as I drive through some dumpy neigborhoods and see boats, jet skis and motorhomes parked next to homes at various levels of disrepair. The "toys", all of which NEED LICENSES (fees!!!), sit there most of the year unused, while the owner works and works to pay for them. It would be funny if it were not so sad.

Very good point. I remember reading somewhere that John Mellencamp's 1980s-vintage song "Pink Houses" was based on this very point. He was driving across the Midwest through small towns along the road, and he couldn't help but notice that the crappiest pastel-colored homes (the "little pink houses") all had satellite dishes on the roof and big new cars parked in the driveway.

[RobRoy]

>>He was driving across the Midwest through small towns along the road, and he couldn't help but notice that the crappiest pastel-colored homes (the "little pink houses") all had satellite dishes on the roof and big new cars parked in the driveway.<<

Heh, heh. I intentionally left cars out of my post (although yes, they were there) simply because it diluted my point - you CAN use your car every day and it might actually enhance your life - especially in those two to three hours you spend in it every day on your way to the salt mines.


Gee, if only you could spend those hours on your jet ski. ;)