Comments on: Chromed: How to Look Cool and Waste Your Money http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/08/chromed-how-to-look-cool-and-waste-your-money/ Proverbs 13:11 - "...he who gathers money little by little makes it grow." Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:31:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lisahttp://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/08/chromed-how-to-look-cool-and-waste-your-money/#comment-430574 Lisa Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:39:52 +0000 http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/08/11/chromed-how-to-look-cool-and-waste-your-money/#comment-430574 I am looking at photos so I may do this to my car: Why? Quick bullet summary of “Why” - Purchased a 1989 Olds used in 1990 when I graduated College - Kept the car all these years (1990 – 2011) as my main car until 2005 - Lived and cruised the Florida Keys for 4 years - Cruised the American West for many years; sleeping in it numerous times pre/post backpacking trips, white water rafting trips, etc - Drove it to the Humane Society where I adopted and pick up the best dog I ever had for 15 years. – Soca (whose fur still is in bedded in the sides of the headrest) - I replaced the head liner when it fell, the exhaust, the radiator, most recently the gas tank - I always had (and still do) a $1,000 “when it breaks fund” - “Why” – memories, memories, memories. Because I am able to pay cash for the wheels and for the paint job to give this Old Friend most would crush in a junk yard, new life and new bling: de-Grand Ma-izing it. - Because I have a “Little Hat and Lots of Cows.” I am looking at photos so I may do this to my car: Why?

Quick bullet summary of “Why”
- Purchased a 1989 Olds used in 1990 when I graduated College
- Kept the car all these years (1990 – 2011) as my main car until 2005
- Lived and cruised the Florida Keys for 4 years
- Cruised the American West for many years; sleeping in it numerous times pre/post backpacking trips, white water rafting trips, etc
- Drove it to the Humane Society where I adopted and pick up the best dog I ever had for 15 years. – Soca (whose fur still is in bedded in the sides of the headrest)
- I replaced the head liner when it fell, the exhaust, the radiator, most recently the gas tank
- I always had (and still do) a $1,000 “when it breaks fund”
- “Why” – memories, memories, memories. Because I am able to pay cash for the wheels and for the paint job to give this Old Friend most would crush in a junk yard, new life and new bling: de-Grand Ma-izing it.
- Because I have a “Little Hat and Lots of Cows.”

]]> By: glblguyhttp://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/08/chromed-how-to-look-cool-and-waste-your-money/#comment-1889 glblguy Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:31:47 +0000 http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/08/11/chromed-how-to-look-cool-and-waste-your-money/#comment-1889 Ah, gotcha. I'm not good with subtle, just ask my wife ;-) Ah, gotcha. I’m not good with subtle, just ask my wife ;-)

]]> By: justinhttp://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/08/chromed-how-to-look-cool-and-waste-your-money/#comment-1888 justin Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:28:46 +0000 http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/08/11/chromed-how-to-look-cool-and-waste-your-money/#comment-1888 I think I was being a little too subtle. There are portions of specific ethnic populations that don't know if they will live past next week, let alone til retirement. Showy rims seem to come from that population, as an expression of "Don't mess with me"-ness. I think I was being a little too subtle.

There are portions of specific ethnic populations that don’t know if they will live past next week, let alone til retirement. Showy rims seem to come from that population, as an expression of “Don’t mess with me”-ness.

]]> By: glblguyhttp://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/08/chromed-how-to-look-cool-and-waste-your-money/#comment-1887 glblguy Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:10:51 +0000 http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/08/11/chromed-how-to-look-cool-and-waste-your-money/#comment-1887 Justin, no they don't, and that was my point. They SHOULD care about their finances. They SHOULD feel good about themselves for making smart decisions, not stupid ones. I understand it, it's just sad. It is the whole "Big Hat No Cattle" syndrome. I would say anybody that needs a big set of spinner wheels to feel good about themselves really needs to take a deep look at their inner self. Justin, no they don’t, and that was my point. They SHOULD care about their finances. They SHOULD feel good about themselves for making smart decisions, not stupid ones. I understand it, it’s just sad. It is the whole “Big Hat No Cattle” syndrome.

I would say anybody that needs a big set of spinner wheels to feel good about themselves really needs to take a deep look at their inner self.

]]> By: justinhttp://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/08/chromed-how-to-look-cool-and-waste-your-money/#comment-1886 justin Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:12:30 +0000 http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/08/11/chromed-how-to-look-cool-and-waste-your-money/#comment-1886 <p>Ask yourself, do the people that buy these showy items care about their personal finance? Or is it more important to show their friends and neighbours that they look wealthy?</p> <p>You see these wheels on Cadillac Escalades all the d*** time. Neither is a prudent purchase, but subsets of the population need to show strength and wealth to feel good about themselves.</p> Ask yourself, do the people that buy these showy items care about their personal finance? Or is it more important to show their friends and neighbours that they look wealthy?

You see these wheels on Cadillac Escalades all the d*** time. Neither is a prudent purchase, but subsets of the population need to show strength and wealth to feel good about themselves.

]]> By: glblguyhttp://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/08/chromed-how-to-look-cool-and-waste-your-money/#comment-1885 glblguy Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:00:53 +0000 http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/08/11/chromed-how-to-look-cool-and-waste-your-money/#comment-1885 Morgan, very well said. Reminds me of 1 John 2:15 "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him." Thanks for visiting and for making such an insightful comment! Morgan, very well said. Reminds me of 1 John 2:15 “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”

Thanks for visiting and for making such an insightful comment!

]]> By: morganhttp://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/08/chromed-how-to-look-cool-and-waste-your-money/#comment-1884 morgan Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:57:51 +0000 http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/08/11/chromed-how-to-look-cool-and-waste-your-money/#comment-1884 "Why" becomes such an open ended question back to itself... "HOW" is much more effective. We live in the good old U.S.A...where our inside worth tends to be a reflection of what we believe we aquire on the outside. That turth is seeped into every aspect of our beings at every given moment in evry concievable way. “Why” becomes such an open ended question back to itself… “HOW” is much more effective. We live in the good old U.S.A…where our inside worth tends to be a reflection of what we believe we aquire on the outside.
That turth is seeped into every aspect of our beings at every given moment in evry concievable way.

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