Plus, I’d rather have beers with you and TG and CA_renter than those clowns any day. You’re a lot more interesting to talk to.[/quote]
Cheers, Allan! You and others have a lot more interesting things to contribute than I do.
I get overly grumpy thinking about what’s happening, so I should put it to the back of my mind. But I will relish the opportunity down the road to pin some of these people who are indirectly but very materially taking advantage of me now. I sure won’t be looking kindly on people who short-saled or f’closed or got loan mods. The money that disappeared in that transaction pretty much came directly out of my pocket. I s’pose that’s why Kelly on Voice of San Diego can’t get people to talk about their loan mods etc. Everyone says “I deserve it, and there’s nothing wrong with what I am doing”, but they also know if the breaks they are getting are too well known, people will be mad. Both points of view can’t be right….[/quote]
PR: Well, I’m going to disagree with your first sentence; from a pragmatic vantage, you’re one of the more grounded voices here (I’d say the same of TG, but I’m still waiting for that TMZ mugshot of his to pop up on the internet).
I don’t know if you’ve had a similar experience, but I’ve seen a lot of folks start going out of their way to not draw attention to themselves. Whether it’s driven by economic necessity or common sense, I see fewer folks driving ostentatious cars and/or clothing and less signs of conspicuous consumption.
People are not discussing money or finances like they did during the boom times and it’s eerie how everyone clams up when money, jobs, the economy, etc comes up in conversation. It’s like Poor is the new Black.
