tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post6247576840513193740..comments2024-02-10T03:22:49.303-05:00Comments on Potpourri for $500: Sense, Sensibility and SpamDave S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12642181505614685541noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-86198249189619031862008-06-18T10:10:00.000-04:002008-06-18T10:10:00.000-04:00However, I expected a Colin Firth reference in the...However, I expected a Colin Firth reference in there somewhere based (loosely) on the post title. I am sure our lady readers are disappointed.Dave S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12642181505614685541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-42396894511391177182008-06-18T07:49:00.000-04:002008-06-18T07:49:00.000-04:00I second Dave S. Am in complete agreement with you...I second Dave S. <BR/><BR/>Am in complete agreement with you on that last paragraph -- yet cannot deny that my spouse and I have been known to spoil our kid (who is an only child, one we thought we would never have) and have gotten used to (and like) having the things we as kids didn't have. <BR/><BR/>That said, we always say, if we lost our jobs or a lot of money, we would have no issue with cutting back. We appreciate the things we have, but know they are just things.<BR/><BR/>Yes, the sense of entitlement and instant gratification in this country, especially in the NYC Metro Area, is quite nauseating -- and troubling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-54631289333430551232008-06-17T22:39:00.000-04:002008-06-17T22:39:00.000-04:00Why, Clinton, of course. Duh.Actually I remember n...Why, Clinton, of course. Duh.<BR/><BR/>Actually I remember noting the change in mood when Reagan became president. There was a sense that we could have whatever we wanted, damn the consequences. (Who taught us that deficits don't matter, Mr. Cheney?) <BR/><BR/>Fortunately it was morning in America and I was a callow youth, and now that I am a callow adult I can see that, while government power emanated from Washington, social mores were being set in Little Rock.<BR/><BR/>Fantastic first post, by the way!Dave S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12642181505614685541noreply@blogger.com