Generic peanut butter??! Tastes like a monkey chewed up peanuts spitting them into the jar. Its gotta Jif.
Buying nice clothes is smart-- says study
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Generic peanut butter??! Tastes like a monkey chewed up peanuts spitting them into the jar. Its gotta Jif.
having nice things makes you a mark for scammers and thieves, but you don't think about that until it's too late
I believe there's a lesson in the bible about this topic; gluttony.
On the opposite end of that spectrum....I'm thinking about someone like Warren Buffett...that guy doesn't appear to be materialistic, at all
He does and behaves like how any normal, blue collar working stiff would be like in spite of his tens of billions of dollars.
People should all live like frugal Jews. Practice their religion and laws and ways. -- Heck, even convert...and your life will improve,
Warren Buffet does not live like a blue collar guy. It is just that he has done an excellent job portraying the image. He travels to Davos and Bilderberger on private jets and socializes with the richest, most famous people on Earth. He plays Bridge with Bill Gates.
I guess he makes millions from public appearances and selling books, but being your own CEO also provides a lot of perks that blue collar guys don't have.
Especially free clothes from Trands/Dayang..........
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Buffett is not the only admirer. Bill Gates and Chinese President Hu Jintao have also taken to wearing custom suits by Dayang, as have other Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB) executives, including Buffett's right-hand man Charlie Munger. The made-to-measure suits cost $700 to $5,000, depending on the fabric. Buffett says he is a "special" customer and has so far not received a bill, although he has asked for one
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http://archive.fortune.com/2009/09/23/news/companies/warren_buffett_dayang_suits.fortune/index.htm
That big, polo horse that Ralph Lauren uses on some of their clothes gets on my nerves.
I like the clothes, they are colorful; but I have never bought anything with the big flashy horse and never will.
You must be from an emerging market country like Brazil or something. In the US, there are too many people that are piss poor (or in the negative territory) that dress rich. That's what credit cards are for
You must be from an emerging market country like Brazil or something. In the US, there are too many people that are piss poor (or in the negative territory) that dress rich. That's what credit cards are for
if you're a thief, no matter the country, would you go after someone that drives a porsche and wears $500 shoes instead of a regular dressed guy that drives a civic? you attract the wrong type of attention and people when you're flashy
I have family from Mali and they are peanut butter connoisseurs. They grow them and use them for everything. It is high class stuff, but I bought some Peter Pan to make some woodpecker food and I tasted it and now I am hooked. It tastes nothing like real peanut butter. They should give it a new name. Real peanut butter is like real adult work. Peter Pan makes you feel like a kid again.
PG sold Jif (and Crisco)to JM Smuckers about 15 years ago for like 800 Million.
That was a friggin steal. #1 selling peanut butter in the world.
I bet Kraft Heinz would love to own Jif. And the price would be in the billions.
This conversation makes me think we all belong around a big table with a healthy supply of beer. (Not to beat on the theme or anything, but as I'm reading everyone's thoughts, I keep hearing chatter and the steady clinking of glasses around me........ Can you hear it? Can you hear it?)