Bob Loblaw
Astralnaut
i do understand pain and poverty, and i don't think anyone was pitying you. i think OF was merely trying to say the same thing i was, which is that your statement "disposable income" is kinda a misnomer and his reasons why. i don't think he was talkin' down to you, but i do think you were talking down to me implying that i was somehow undeserving and that you weren't, just how it came across. the fact that i pointed this out and you have skipped by (for the second time) to take offense at OF indicates that you believe we should pity you and care about your feelings while you disregard others. i tried to point out that we don't know each other's story so don't judge. OF was merely doing the same. you can take some issue with his tactic, but to use that to completely dismiss his points seems intellectually dishonest. i find often that people find any disagreement or critique to be an offense, maybe this is what is happening here? am glad you have family who takes care of you like mine has done for me. i was very happy to be able to provide my mom with medicine during her illness. wishing you a pain free day.Really???? I worked very hard for 48 years every day to be sidelined by a permanent disability. My 401Ks, IRAs and other investments literally vanished in 2006. I sold my house and exhausted my savings to pay my medical bills and I've lived the last 3 years on $1264. a month from Social Security. My days of having a disposable income have passed.
It took me 6 months of stashing a dollar here and a 5 there to buy a v1 Omicron. My daughter bought me the HVD upgrade for my birthday. My son supplies me with the product to put in the Omi for free.
I don't want anybody's pity, but I also don't want to be talked down to either.
on another note, if there is someone affected by sandy who is in desperate need of a device or batts, hit me up. will donate one device w/ batts to the most needy. probably just an hvd unit, but something's better than nothin'.