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Subject: Rich--HAH! I wish. Author: Robin [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 19:03:38 01/07/03 Tue In reply to: Randy Duncan 's message, "Re: Those mind-bending survey questions again" on 15:25:19 01/07/03 Tue Like Debbie, I too lived on a lovely tropical island, Oahu, for 7 years. I bought my furniture from Salvation Army (and for 2 years, my table was a cardboard box!). I bought clothes from secondhand stores and paid $850/month for a 1-bedroom apartment. Then, 5 years ago, I moved to a bigger island, England, and got REALLY poor! My trip to New Zealand was a complete fluke: Qantas was offering half-price airfares for the shoulder season and I racked up more credit-card debt. I went on my own, stayed with a friend's mom in Auckland, and then stayed at B&Bs the rest of the time. Next time, I'll go exactly the same way--no point in staying at hotels; you can't make any friends that way! But even if I haven't been able to afford a new car since 1986, at least I've lived where I've wanted to and had a chance to travel and meet lots of great people. When I move back to the States, hopefully to S.A., I'll have many wonderful memories. So maybe I am a rich chick after all! (I'm happy to be called a "chick" these days, anyway!) [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> Subject: Dueling paupers.... Author: Debbie [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 23:06:07 01/07/03 Tue Stop, you're making me jealous Robin! Oh what I would have given for an $850/month 1-br apt with a cardboard box for a table! For years I worked at the psych hospital in Bda and lived in a tiny room in hospital staff quarters (think YWCA!) named the "Queen Elizabeth II Nurses Residence," but which I suspect was actually built in the reign of Elizabeth I, with few upgrades since. I lived on a floor with 15 others, all on different shifts, sharing a tiny communal kitchen, shower room, and bathroom. My room aboard the anything-but-posh QEII was the SIZE of a cardboard box, had no heat/ac, or soundproofing/wall insulation for that matter. And I didn't even have room for a table, much less own one! For that they deducted about $500/month from my paycheque. With the mix of people living (I was the only American), there were a lot of "cultural differences" and personalities to deal with. Most were fine, but I never did get used to the Caribbean nurses who liked to get an early start in the kitchen (5 am) by boiling up a nice fish-head stew. Mmmmmm mmmmm good! Now THAT was a smell to greet you at 6 am as you stumbled down to the shower room. Even worse was walking into the kitchen for coffee and having to look at said fish-heads bubbling away in their uncovered pot, looking up at you.... Then I was lucky enough to find a TINY studio apt. for $750 (no furniture, heat/ac or ocean view) but with an ancient stove and fridge, both so rusty I suspected that's why the Hospitals Board required staff to have current tetanus shots. I slept on the floor (still more comfy than the twin bed the QEII provided, seriously!) for a few weeks till I could buy a second-hand bed. And the guy in the apt. next door was part of a "gombey" troupe, Afro-Caribbean dancers who dance wildly to very loud, thumping drumbeats and whistles. He must have been quite good because he practiced a LOT... Yeah, Robin, talk about the Good Life we rich chicks have lived! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Rich--HAH! I wish. Author: randy duncan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 06:29:22 01/08/03 Wed Drummers alllllllways dug the flute chicks. RD [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Rich--HAH! I wish. Author: Debbie [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 07:54:22 01/08/03 Wed For a change of pace to the original High Falutin' Survey Questions (sorry RR!) and to find out how everyone really is these days, maybe people might like to suggest their own questions and/or topics? Like "the worst job I had to take to get where I am today." You know we've all "been there" by now. Or maybe share some of their more amusing "the time I was unfairly incarcerated" tales. (Drums, Saxophones -- this is your chance to shine!) [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: drummers Author: Robin [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:43:14 01/08/03 Wed Likewise, I'm sure! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: drummers/flutes Author: DT [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:32:44 01/08/03 Wed Oops! I screwed up and clicked on the wrong reply line -- didn't mean to get in between flirting messages! (Don't have any kids or grandkids to show me how to work these newfangled gadgety thangs.) [ Post a Reply to This Message ]