World Turned upside down

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kewp’s reply to this thread is pure genius, and kewp’s response is NOT overreacting.

Others have replied “Don’t worry. Be Happy!”

I agree with the “Be Happy!” part of that. I don’t agree about not worrying.

They said “Don’t worry about the stock market. Be happy.”

But they saw their retirement portfolios tank as the markets have already fallen 22%. Was it smart to “not worry” and not take precautions?

“Don’t worry. Be happy!”

I work for a huge multinational. Last week the building in which I work had hundreds of employees not worrying, just being happy little worker bees.

SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT of them were laid off YESTERDAY with zero notice. I saw nearly every person within sight of me packing up the personal belongings in their cube and get walked out the door.

Me? I worried six months ago as I looked at the division in which I worked and saw it wasn’t adding value, and was due for a layoff. I got out. I didn’t get laid off yesterday. I worried. I took precautions.

“Be Happy. Don’t worry about Fannie and Freddie”
Are you JOKING?
I’m buying more and more GOLD. An economic DEPRESSION is absolutely not out of the question. Kewp is right on track. Hey, I bought a bike and a backpack I can use to carry my laptop so I ride the bike to the light rail and use mass transit to get to work.

Live in CA? “Don’t worry about earthquakes. Be happy!”

I have earthquake sensors in three separate locations, on all axes, in our home. When our washing machine goes on spin cycle, the alarms on all those sensors go off. That’s how sensitive they are. We never park both cars inside the garage, which has the second floor of our house above it to crash down upon our cars in an earthquake. We have earthquake insurance. We have backpacks (containing the essentials) near the front door, so we can grab them as we run out of the house in the middle of the night and stand in the street watching our home crash down upon everything we own. But we’ll still have essential personal belongings and at least one working car. We have our essential documents, including a massive hard drive with all our photos and soft copies of key documents all kept in a safety deposit box. We worry. We prepare. A massive earthquake in the Bay Area is inevitable.

I could go on and on.

Our strategy is to WORRY, then FULLY PREPARE, take needed precautions, then don’t worry and be happy knowing you’ve prepared.

What am I most worried about?

All signs indicate the Lunatic in the White House is conspiring with the Israelis to have them attack Iran, so the USA has an excuse to get into a war with Iran. That would take us within a few steps of world war. That scares the hell out of me. I anticipate Israel will attack Iran, and the USA will then be at war in Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan. Oil prices will sail above $200/bbl, and all hell will break loose.

[Casca]

Well there you go. Worry enough, and you end up absolutely loopy.

[Casca]

Well there you go. Worry enough, and you end up absolutely loopy.

[Casca]

Well there you go. Worry enough, and you end up absolutely loopy.

[Casca]

Well there you go. Worry enough, and you end up absolutely loopy.

[Casca]

Well there you go. Worry enough, and you end up absolutely loopy.

[feraina]

[quote=Deal Hunter]By the time my kids are my age, most of the population will be living in large residential complexes (single family homes with back yards will be extinct). Each nuclear family of husband, wife and child will also be living with 4-6 of their older relatives. There will be hardly any cars on the road and everyone works, shops and goes to school within walking distance. Drinking water will be more expensive than fuel.[/quote]

Sounds like modern Europe to me. 🙂 The quality of life is pretty good there. It’s kinda nice to be able to go to work, school, and shopping all by foot, and also live in a close-knit community and you can drop in on friends on the way to the supermarket just to say hi.

[feraina]

[quote=Deal Hunter]By the time my kids are my age, most of the population will be living in large residential complexes (single family homes with back yards will be extinct). Each nuclear family of husband, wife and child will also be living with 4-6 of their older relatives. There will be hardly any cars on the road and everyone works, shops and goes to school within walking distance. Drinking water will be more expensive than fuel.[/quote]

Sounds like modern Europe to me. 🙂 The quality of life is pretty good there. It’s kinda nice to be able to go to work, school, and shopping all by foot, and also live in a close-knit community and you can drop in on friends on the way to the supermarket just to say hi.

[feraina]

[quote=Deal Hunter]By the time my kids are my age, most of the population will be living in large residential complexes (single family homes with back yards will be extinct). Each nuclear family of husband, wife and child will also be living with 4-6 of their older relatives. There will be hardly any cars on the road and everyone works, shops and goes to school within walking distance. Drinking water will be more expensive than fuel.[/quote]

Sounds like modern Europe to me. 🙂 The quality of life is pretty good there. It’s kinda nice to be able to go to work, school, and shopping all by foot, and also live in a close-knit community and you can drop in on friends on the way to the supermarket just to say hi.

[feraina]

[quote=Deal Hunter]By the time my kids are my age, most of the population will be living in large residential complexes (single family homes with back yards will be extinct). Each nuclear family of husband, wife and child will also be living with 4-6 of their older relatives. There will be hardly any cars on the road and everyone works, shops and goes to school within walking distance. Drinking water will be more expensive than fuel.[/quote]

Sounds like modern Europe to me. 🙂 The quality of life is pretty good there. It’s kinda nice to be able to go to work, school, and shopping all by foot, and also live in a close-knit community and you can drop in on friends on the way to the supermarket just to say hi.

[feraina]

[quote=Deal Hunter]By the time my kids are my age, most of the population will be living in large residential complexes (single family homes with back yards will be extinct). Each nuclear family of husband, wife and child will also be living with 4-6 of their older relatives. There will be hardly any cars on the road and everyone works, shops and goes to school within walking distance. Drinking water will be more expensive than fuel.[/quote]

Sounds like modern Europe to me. 🙂 The quality of life is pretty good there. It’s kinda nice to be able to go to work, school, and shopping all by foot, and also live in a close-knit community and you can drop in on friends on the way to the supermarket just to say hi.

[Portlock]

Can you believe the AUDACITY of kewp? How DARE he live totally within his means! He’s also finding happiness in a lifestyle that is not overly consumptive!! And then he goes ahead and PREPARES for future events good or bad while the rest of us live paycheck to paycheck! What’s with this guy? Does “Keeping up with the Joneses” mean absolutely NOTHING to him?? (sarcasm off)

[Portlock]

Can you believe the AUDACITY of kewp? How DARE he live totally within his means! He’s also finding happiness in a lifestyle that is not overly consumptive!! And then he goes ahead and PREPARES for future events good or bad while the rest of us live paycheck to paycheck! What’s with this guy? Does “Keeping up with the Joneses” mean absolutely NOTHING to him?? (sarcasm off)

[Portlock]

Can you believe the AUDACITY of kewp? How DARE he live totally within his means! He’s also finding happiness in a lifestyle that is not overly consumptive!! And then he goes ahead and PREPARES for future events good or bad while the rest of us live paycheck to paycheck! What’s with this guy? Does “Keeping up with the Joneses” mean absolutely NOTHING to him?? (sarcasm off)

[Portlock]

Can you believe the AUDACITY of kewp? How DARE he live totally within his means! He’s also finding happiness in a lifestyle that is not overly consumptive!! And then he goes ahead and PREPARES for future events good or bad while the rest of us live paycheck to paycheck! What’s with this guy? Does “Keeping up with the Joneses” mean absolutely NOTHING to him?? (sarcasm off)

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