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<blockquote data-quote="backhoeboogie" data-source="post: 376242" data-attributes="member: 3162"><p>Thanks for the good laugh. I got a hearty one. Seriously. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: </p><p></p><p>The 1981 figures came out of your link Frankie. I don't remember the 2000 numbers but can go back <strong>AGAIN</strong> through the thread. </p><p></p><p>BAck to your point, Exxon wasn't the same company then. Neither was microsoft. I remember when everyone was dumping Exxon stock after the Valdez incident and their stock was considered one of the best "Value Equity" stocks on the market. It was tempting to buy it but my ethics wouldn't let me. Don't remember the exact year. </p><p></p><p>I've got it a whole lot better than my parent's had it. I saw dad go under farming and know the heartbreak of what drought can do. It took something out of him that never came back. But it made a better person of me. </p><p></p><p>Executives are going to be high salaried. That is the way it is. Professional athletes wouldn't make millions of dollars if people didn't pay to see them play or watch them on television. There is a lot of whining about athlete's salaries too. Oh well. Should the government ban athletic competition too? Some wish they would. </p><p></p><p>My family is not eating dry bologna sandwiches. I do remember what that is like. I also remember wishing I had a nickel for milk at the cafeteria in grade school. I remember it well enough to ensure my grandchildren never experience the feeling. </p><p></p><p>I live below my means and I have a good life. Some things are within my control or within my circle of influence. Some things are not. I have to accept the things that are not. </p><p></p><p>Thrift is building your own equipment and such. I take great pride in my working pens. The vertical hay cradles I built out of old junk trampoline frames are great too. Those cradles result in much less wasted hay, less teeth grinding, and better efficiency altogether. Now I am looking for more efficiency. I am not going to outsource the cattle and fields to a foreign soil. </p><p></p><p>I do indeed own a $50K pick-up and diesel is expensive. I have a grandma wife now who enjoys buying for the grandbabies. We have splurge considerably in the past decade. But we have not lived beyond our means. My wife and I both went to college, paying our way. We earned it. If she wants to "splurge" a little on those grandbabies, I simply smile, because that is beyond my control also :lol:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backhoeboogie, post: 376242, member: 3162"] Thanks for the good laugh. I got a hearty one. Seriously. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: The 1981 figures came out of your link Frankie. I don't remember the 2000 numbers but can go back [b]AGAIN[/b] through the thread. BAck to your point, Exxon wasn't the same company then. Neither was microsoft. I remember when everyone was dumping Exxon stock after the Valdez incident and their stock was considered one of the best "Value Equity" stocks on the market. It was tempting to buy it but my ethics wouldn't let me. Don't remember the exact year. I've got it a whole lot better than my parent's had it. I saw dad go under farming and know the heartbreak of what drought can do. It took something out of him that never came back. But it made a better person of me. Executives are going to be high salaried. That is the way it is. Professional athletes wouldn't make millions of dollars if people didn't pay to see them play or watch them on television. There is a lot of whining about athlete's salaries too. Oh well. Should the government ban athletic competition too? Some wish they would. My family is not eating dry bologna sandwiches. I do remember what that is like. I also remember wishing I had a nickel for milk at the cafeteria in grade school. I remember it well enough to ensure my grandchildren never experience the feeling. I live below my means and I have a good life. Some things are within my control or within my circle of influence. Some things are not. I have to accept the things that are not. Thrift is building your own equipment and such. I take great pride in my working pens. The vertical hay cradles I built out of old junk trampoline frames are great too. Those cradles result in much less wasted hay, less teeth grinding, and better efficiency altogether. Now I am looking for more efficiency. I am not going to outsource the cattle and fields to a foreign soil. I do indeed own a $50K pick-up and diesel is expensive. I have a grandma wife now who enjoys buying for the grandbabies. We have splurge considerably in the past decade. But we have not lived beyond our means. My wife and I both went to college, paying our way. We earned it. If she wants to "splurge" a little on those grandbabies, I simply smile, because that is beyond my control also :lol: [/QUOTE]
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