Why is it that I don't even blink thinking about paying one thousand dollars for a new computer, but cringe when thinking about buying a thousand-dollar couch?
Maybe it has something to do with my upbringing. Back in the '80's and '90's computers cost $2000. Finding one for a mere thousand meant that you bought one of the lowest and slowest computers around. Couches, on the other, can be had for less than a thousand. Paying that much was a luxury.
My dad's bookkeeping business relied on computers. After work was done, it doubled as a fun toy. Couches, well, they were associated with the most sedentary of all activities: watching TV.
When I lived in Hillsboro, I had a dual core computer with two LCD screens. Outside in the living room I had bean bags as sitting accessories for my guests. (Thanks, Portlanders, for tolerating 3 years of that.) I suppose if it were up to me--and only me--I would have bean bags again today.
Ah, the different definitions of luxury.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
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Bob said, this is the same reason he cringes going to Carl's Jr. without his coupon book but can easily up the offer price $30K for a house.
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