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11 May 04 - 03:44 PM (#1183137) Subject: BS: What's worth the money? From: black walnut We just bought 3 new trees. They were expensive, but worth the money. What else is worth the price? ~b.w. |
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11 May 04 - 03:50 PM (#1183143) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Megan L A childs laughter? |
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11 May 04 - 03:59 PM (#1183148) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Kim C Good chocolate. Pantyhose that fit. A CD or book you really enjoy. A dress that fits you Just Right. Those comfy shoes you couldn't imagine living without. A favorite pet wanting your attention. Hummingbird feeders. Digital cameras. A DVD player so you can watch your favorite movie anytime you want. A trip to the beach to see the ocean waves. Just to name a few. |
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11 May 04 - 05:02 PM (#1183202) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Travelling Audience A night out at a Folk Club, Robin Laing's CD to name just one and a whisky for him And a red wine for me and definately a pair of tights that will fit me. |
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11 May 04 - 07:58 PM (#1183303) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Rapparee Driving, as my friend Mary just did, a couple of hundred miles each way -- but on the way back you have a new dachshund with you. Peace. |
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11 May 04 - 08:34 PM (#1183335) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: GUEST,Bardford A library card. It used to be free where I live. It's twelve dollars CDN a year now, but the best twelve bucks I've ever spent. Of course, a fine fitting pair of panty hose is always welcome, and weiner dogs are well worth the money too. |
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11 May 04 - 09:57 PM (#1183391) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Gypsy my love. new instruments. pomeranians. health. laughter. |
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11 May 04 - 10:00 PM (#1183393) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: SINSULL Making a friend smile. |
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11 May 04 - 10:04 PM (#1183399) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Chief Chaos The U.S. Coast Guard - for every dollar invested four dollars returned! |
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11 May 04 - 10:21 PM (#1183415) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Metchosin my kids, good coffee, cheese, my dogs and Glendronach. |
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11 May 04 - 10:24 PM (#1183418) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Dani ditto the good coffee. great whiskey excellent nursery plants parmigiano-reggiano cheese, especially in my fettucini alfredo fresh butter and fresh-baked scratch bread Dani |
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11 May 04 - 10:26 PM (#1183419) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Rapparee Any public library! Mine returns a conservatively estimated USD 170.00 per person for every person in the city -- for an average cost of USD 44.15 per house. |
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11 May 04 - 11:24 PM (#1183445) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Sam L ditto the pantyhose. a vasectomy. making your house suit you is worth the money/effort. |
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11 May 04 - 11:54 PM (#1183454) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: dianavan children. |
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12 May 04 - 07:49 AM (#1183676) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: black walnut A good producer. |
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12 May 04 - 07:54 AM (#1183679) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: George Papavgeris Making a stranger smile - better than the same for a friend. |
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12 May 04 - 08:47 AM (#1183734) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: GUEST,John O'Lennaine The Rural Fire Brigade, good ice cream (not the crappy stuff), a pair of jeans in which the pockets last as long as the trousers, a hungi, good home brew (again, not the crappy stuff), a good book, a good instrument, and yes dianavan, children; worth every penny. John |
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12 May 04 - 09:17 AM (#1183771) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: McGrath of Harlow Books in charity shops. In fact anything in a charity shop you like enough to want to buy. You get what you want at a fraction of the price, and you make a donation to a good cuase. And musical instruments are incredibly good value (at least if you steer clear of the one's with lottery winner prices). |
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12 May 04 - 09:22 AM (#1183777) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Midchuck Things that cost a lot of money, but are worth it if you can get it somehow: A comfortable (not fancy) house in a neighborhood with good (not fancy) people in it. A really good guitar. A Subaru Legacy wagon w/all-wheel drive. A dentist who can get you to age 62 with all your own teeth (every last one with at least a filling). Things that cost some money, but not a lot, and are worth it: A library card, if the library has a decent collection. A DVD player, and a Teevee large enough to see but not so large it takes over. An adequate stereo system. A computer that you can access the net on. A little good bourbon. Rare beef. Chocolate chip cookies. Things that cost no money, and are worth a great deal: A partner whom you love, who loves you in spite of knowing what your're really like. Cats. (Yes, they cost to maintain, but you can usually get them free.) The feeling when you perform for an audience and you actually get through to them. |
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12 May 04 - 09:42 AM (#1183796) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: black walnut Getting the piano tuned. |
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12 May 04 - 09:45 AM (#1183803) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Amos Watching a child grow her way through a college education is worth the (excruciating) cost. Actually every step a child makes is worth the cost of making it possible. Listening to her play a masterful solo is worth years of new trumpets and lessons, and a hundredtimes that, to think that such beauty has come into the world with your help. New strings, French Roast, a good haircut and a day on the Bay. Rented movies -- what an amazing ratio of effort in production to final cost to enjoy them! And above all the magic of good books. A |
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12 May 04 - 10:23 AM (#1183835) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Kim C I'm hoping I'll be able to add my graduate degree (when I get it) to the list. |
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12 May 04 - 11:52 AM (#1183908) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Little Hawk Good books, guitar strings, and good movie, good music, bottled water, good food, and an onsale copy of William Shatner's book "Get A Life". |
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12 May 04 - 12:52 PM (#1183954) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Bee-dubya-ell Puncture-proof wheelbarrow tires. |
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12 May 04 - 12:57 PM (#1183961) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Amos And well-made boots. A |
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12 May 04 - 01:08 PM (#1183970) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Don Firth All of the above. But how about a computer operating system that simply does what you want it to do, no more, no less? It doesn't try to anticipate your needs by doing such things as making icons on a toolbar disappear because you don't use them all that often, and then, when you do need them, they're not there anymore; or assume that some unusual format you used for on document is the format you want to use for all documents; or when you change the size of an unmaximized window, every window you pop up from then on is the same size (and insists on staying that size no matter what you do); will recognize all the devices you have attached to your computer (such as a 3 ½" floppy drive, which someone somewhere has decided is obsolete), not just the ones that have been installed within the past three months; and on, and on, an on ad nauseum? Windows XP has a lot going for it, but it tends to wander off into traffic like a two-year-old child (as in "the terrible twos"). (Bill Gates probably uses a Mac.) Don Firth |
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12 May 04 - 02:50 PM (#1184044) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Sam L Quiting a job you hate. |
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12 May 04 - 03:07 PM (#1184065) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: GUEST,Shlio Knowing that it was right |
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12 May 04 - 03:12 PM (#1184067) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: GUEST,amergin a world without william shatner |
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12 May 04 - 03:21 PM (#1184076) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: jimmyt Midchuck, What a very nice thing to say about your dentist! Not everyone can see the value of the dentist until it is too late! Grandkids, travel experiences, music that brings joy to other people, Getting people to smile or laugh. Doing the right thing by other people. I have a fellow who mows my grass for me, and he has a wife who is bedfast with a serious illness. He works 2 jobs to make ends meet. He also has a daughter who has spina bifida, and in addition to that she has such severe dental problems that almost all her teeth are past any fixing and need to be surgically removed. He has three other dentists who are his clients who won't offer to help him with her problems He asked me if I would let him work off the bill to get her some help. I have taken this case on to completely solve her dental problems, and by rights the bill would be about $5000. I am charging him nothing as the joy of doing the right thing is payment enough. He nor she expected something for nothing. It is nice to be able to help them |
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12 May 04 - 03:22 PM (#1184078) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: black walnut [A world without william shatner is like breakfast without coffee.] Buffy reruns on video are worth the money. Folk festivals are worth the money - if they have good music, good sound systems, good crafts, good food, good children's stage, good shade trees, good recycling and good clean washroom facilities with someplace to wash hands. |
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12 May 04 - 03:24 PM (#1184081) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Metchosin Don Firth, don't know if he uses a Mac, but his house was designed and drawn using the old hand drawn method (James Cutler Architects) and his Gatehouse was designed and drawn using a Mac. Midchuck, why would anyone in their right mind pay for a cat? *BG* Glad to see the Legacy Wagon is worth the money! I just blew the 2nd transmission in my 17 year old Buick station wagon, so I bit the bullet and I just bought a Legacy GT wagon last week. Not totally brand new, but new to me and I'm impressed so far. Just can't wait til next winter to use the heated seats and see if it can really manage to get up our driveway in the snow. I'm getting too old to haul provisions using shank's pony. |
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12 May 04 - 03:38 PM (#1184098) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Amos My OS does what I want it to and always has (at home, I mean) 'S why I am so partial to it; OS X, the next generation of computer-based ability. In fact that is surely one of the things that has always been worth the money -- every time I sit down in front of my Mac it gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling and backs it up with clean, timely execution. It's beauty, mate! A |
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12 May 04 - 03:56 PM (#1184110) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Clinton Hammond Yer mother! |
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12 May 04 - 04:07 PM (#1184121) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: GUEST,andi A Cape Breton Sunrise, THe sound of a fiddler backed by the wind and hte Ocean, the sound of a loved one's voice, the smile in the eyes of a friend, a bed at night and a three sqares a day,,,,in your own place, the Sun Setting over The Highlands of Cape Breton. |
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12 May 04 - 04:43 PM (#1184154) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: GUEST,Nancy King at work Membership in the Folklore Society of Greater Washington. In addition to the good company, you get reduced admission to virtually all FSGW events, and 10 FREE concerts each year! Best entertainment bargain in town! BTW, I agree about the Subaru -- my '92 Legacy wagon is pushing 200,000 miles and still going strong, even with 2 or 3 round-trips between Maryland and Maine each year! My next car will definitely be a new Subaru! Nancy |
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12 May 04 - 04:51 PM (#1184159) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Jim Dixon New white cotton tube socks. (Yeah, they're cheap, but more expensive socks are not worth the money.) Tullamore Dew. Avocadoes and crackers. Clothes from rummage sales, assuming you can find something that fits, and assuming it's 100% cotton. Failing that, a new flannel shirt once in a while. Soap. (Have you ever imagined what life would be like without it?) A good daily newspaper. (I wish we could get the Guardian in the US without paying an arm and a leg.) Internet access. Popcorn. |
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12 May 04 - 08:05 PM (#1184274) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: black walnut Red twizzlers. |
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12 May 04 - 09:07 PM (#1184322) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: dianavan This is thread drift about dentists, so don't read it if you don't want to hear it. I agree that a good dentist is worth every penny. My daughter was born with perfectly straight teeth and no decay during her childhood. Unfortunately, her teeth were discoloured (some were nearly brown) and I was a student at university with no money. The dentist recommended porcelain bonds. Yikes! When I told him I didn't have the money, he said there was no way he would let her go to high school with the less than perfect smile she deserved. He bonded all of her teeth and let me pay whatever I could afford each month. Sometimes it was $10.00, sometimes it was $50.00. It took me over two years to pay for the work but I did. We still go to him today. It was a good investment for all of us. I was also in danger of losing all of my teeth according to three different dentists. I was looking at some very major surgery as well. This same dentist looked at my teeth and said he would be very surprized if I didn't have all my teeth until the day I died. It took monthly visits for two years but I still have all my teeth, thanks to him. Some dentists are worth their weight in gold. |
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12 May 04 - 10:30 PM (#1184369) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: jimmyt Dianavan. Although I guess I speak for all dentists here, it is nice to hear the other side of all the dentist comments I was a dental phobic prior to going to dental school, and although there are lots of dentists who have great technical skills, there are not enough of us who have truly walked in the shoes of the patients to appreciate their fears and concerns. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your heartfelt words of encouragement jimmyt |
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12 May 04 - 10:33 PM (#1184370) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Amergin i went to a dentist once in my life....she informed me that my teeth were crooked....like her teeth weren't pointing in fifty different directions..... |
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13 May 04 - 02:39 AM (#1184466) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Cluin Free beer in the bar I'm playing at. A good dog. |
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13 May 04 - 04:12 AM (#1184502) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: jacqui.c Most of the above and the air fare to be with someone you love. |
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13 May 04 - 04:24 AM (#1184509) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Ellenpoly Things without which my life would be diminished... For me, libraries and museums everywhere What I can offer to a friend in need Not having to work at something I hate (perhaps better under the heading of what is NOT worth the money) Remembering that in almost every case, what we have of the greatest value is rarely ever what we pay for in coin, but with our hearts. Air, Water, Flora, Fauna...all priceless ..xx..e |
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13 May 04 - 06:36 AM (#1184572) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Gurney Famous Grouse & J&B. Bacon. Your kid's face when they've done well in a test at Uni. Power tools. Angling. Boats. Folk Festivals. The ones that you go back to next year. Shellfish Chowder. |
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13 May 04 - 07:48 AM (#1184612) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: black walnut Digby scallops. |
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13 May 04 - 08:43 AM (#1184652) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: GUEST,Fred Miller Postage stamps. |
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13 May 04 - 10:01 AM (#1184718) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: YorkshireYankee 3p (about 5 cents) per minute to speak to family and friends who are thousands of miles away. |
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13 May 04 - 10:11 AM (#1184725) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: GUEST,Hugh Jampton Toilet rolls!! |
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13 May 04 - 06:52 PM (#1185149) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Burke Comfortable shoes. A good hair cut. |
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13 May 04 - 07:26 PM (#1185178) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Liz the Squeak Worth the money? A good comfy pair of boots, unlimited books and music and chocolate. Priceless? Sharing most of that with a bestest friend and giving her the money to buy her own boots! LTS |
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14 May 04 - 07:29 AM (#1185532) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: black walnut House concert tickets. |
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15 May 04 - 01:29 AM (#1186015) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: andi a few more, tickets to a Great Big Sea concert, a fiddle teacher who treats their students as they would wish to be treated. enough fabric to make a quilt and some place to donate it to when done, a relaxing evening with friends...and no kids. making cookies with the nephews. |
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15 May 04 - 02:23 AM (#1186032) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Mudlark A "beach house" guitar. I've been looking for a long time, unwilling to take my Martin to the more questionable gigs and out into extreme hot temperatures. Finally found one I could not only tolerate but even like...and better yet, afford. Far less mellow than the Martin, brash, loud, flashy, and $225 complete with extra well padded gig bag and a new set of Elixer strings in place of the picture wire it came with. A Hohner plywood special. Now to try and find room for it in a tiny house already crowded with 2 other guitars, 2 dulcimers and an autoharp.... |
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15 May 04 - 04:04 AM (#1186063) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Liz the Squeak "making cookies with the nephews." Sound fine, can I substitute nieces or daughter and will you send me the recipe please? Do you mince them first or slice them finely? LTS |
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15 May 04 - 05:35 AM (#1186085) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: catspaw49 It's been over 20 years since I was involved with this market, but what's the current price of a good blow job? Spaw |
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15 May 04 - 07:20 PM (#1186485) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: Liz the Squeak With or without blindfold? LTS |
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15 May 04 - 07:21 PM (#1186487) Subject: RE: BS: What's worth the money? From: beardedbruce for whom? |