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[Rev. St. Syn, KSC (Ret.)]

Now I think about it, I shudder to think what I could buy on American soil for that, or even anywhere else on this planet. Why the fuck do I stay on this sodden, dreary, expensive spit of land?

For the DOOM.  And because nowhere outside of the UK knows hw to make decent mints.

Dude, we have teh Intarwab for ordering Brit-mint!

[Eldora, Oracle of Alchemy]

Now I think about it, I shudder to think what I could buy on American soil for that, or even anywhere else on this planet. Why the fuck do I stay on this sodden, dreary, expensive spit of land?

Well, it could get you 2200 square feet of living space and several acres in some places, or a tiny ranch with no yard, depending on where in the States you are trying to buy

[Bella]

Here in Northern CA, it would buy either a new mobile home or an older tract home. If you were lucky.

[Zurtok Khan]

Dear Bella,

Is it normal to want to throw a very heavy pan out of a window after watching one's niece for 4 days?

I know Bella is busy, and this is an easy one.

Dear Zurtok,
Perfectly normal.  I would be more concerned if someone your age wanted to have kids right away or something silly like that after watching a niece.  I commend you for not wanting to throw the child out of the window

Ohh, I DID want to throw the child out the window, then I calmed down some, I also considered chucking my sister out the window, too.   =P

[Rev. St. Syn, KSC (Ret.)]

Suppose it's all location, like everwhere.

I just looked at what the property I bought would cost if it was near London. $729,690

I'll shut up now.

[Bella]

Suppose it's all location, like everwhere.

I just looked at what the property I bought would cost if it was near London. $729,690

I'll shut up now.

Wow! Huge price difference. Sounds like London is as expensive as San Francisco.

[Rev. St. Syn, KSC (Ret.)]

I realy hadn't bargained on that. I got the (silly and misguided) impression that I could pick and chose where I would live if I emigrated to the US, now I realise I'd have to be very, very careful. Not that it's going to happen now.

[Bella]

Yeah, in Montana, where Zorga lives you could buy the Governor's mansion for what you paid for your new property. While around here, it would get you something pretty mediocre. It's pretty weird.

[Zurtok Khan]

Supply and demand Bella =)

And here is my new quandry:

I like to read.  I rather like to read, alot.  But, while reading books lately, I look at them and wonder "why?"  This is not a simple question.  Why aquire more knowledge?  It came to me the other day while reading that "Doctrines are for pointing to the mind, once one sees the mind, what good are doctrines?"  And, instead of saying, "Ohh, what a nice bit of wisdom!" I actually applied it to my situation.  I'm at the point, where I want to turn back, it would be so much easier, so much less work to just retreat back to nice mantra's and join the sheep again, even though I know I can't.  I'd like to fool my self and say that I'm at the darkest hour before dawn, but when you can't see a damn thing, it's rather too hard to believe that.

I'm having an existational problem, kinda like in I <3 the Huckabees, I suppose.

*big sigh*

[East Coast Hustle]

Now I think about it, I shudder to think what I could buy on American soil for that, or even anywhere else on this planet. Why the fuck do I stay on this sodden, dreary, expensive spit of land?

282 thou wouldn't even get you a hovel anywhere in America you'd actually want to live.

on the other hand, it'd probably be enough to buy half of Arkansas.

[Iron Sulfide]

Supply and demand Bella =)

And here is my new quandry:

I like to read.  I rather like to read, alot.  But, while reading books lately, I look at them and wonder "why?"  This is not a simple question.  Why aquire more knowledge?  It came to me the other day while reading that "Doctrines are for pointing to the mind, once one sees the mind, what good are doctrines?"  And, instead of saying, "Ohh, what a nice bit of wisdom!" I actually applied it to my situation.  I'm at the point, where I want to turn back, it would be so much easier, so much less work to just retreat back to nice mantra's and join the sheep again, even though I know I can't.  I'd like to fool my self and say that I'm at the darkest hour before dawn, but when you can't see a damn thing, it's rather too hard to believe that.

I'm having an existational problem, kinda like in I <3 Huckabees, I suppose.

*big sigh*

i was about to respond to this, then it occured to me before posting, that
my response was rather long winded.

so i've decided to start a new thread, and respond to this at the same time:
http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=194967#194967

[Zurtok Khan]

Sorry Bastard, if I wanted to know what you had to say, I would've asked you.  I asked Bella.

[Bella]

And it was a good question, too, Khan. Unfortunately learning stuff is like letting the genie out of the bottle. But what I really think is that you're in a transitional period and those are always rough. My shrink explained to me once that we literally rewire the neural pathways of our brains when we acquire knowledge or find a new way of looking at the world. This isn't a comfortable process, but once you get past the transition and settle into the new way of looking at the world, it gets better.

And yes, it would be less work and much easier to go back - if you could. But you're right - you can't do that. What you can do, however, is give yourself a little break and take some time to rest before you have to move along the new path. That's what we all have to do from time to time.

[Zurtok Khan]

*hugs Bella and then goes off to write hippy poetry*

[LMNO]

Dear Bella,

Should I be worried that my GF is turned on by horror movies, Zombie movies in particular?