We have very few poor in this country. Visit South America, Central America, India or many Asian countries... they have poor. When you have a phone, a TV, food stamps to put food on the table, a car... you're not poor. You may be broke, but its not the same as poor.

 

i'd lend my trucks to people here(not tony, no hogs allowed) before my neighbors. i've seen the "taking advantage thing". use my air tools, my hand tools, my Batt tools, my power tools, but when i ask for help changing a fuel filter on Nans van.... too busy. my family included. well not my mom, 'cause she's just nuts and wouldn't get out of her altima.
no more lending.

 

Funny when I have a truck, I have all kinds of friends.

However, most of my friends will help me, if I need it.

It goes both ways.

 

ben, that avatar is so cute. do you have a link to the big pic??
i now return you to the OP

 

Things are not like they were 200 years ago, when even the poorest farmer owned his land.

He may not have had a horse, or glass windows in his home, books to read or a piano for his wife and children to entertain him. But he owned the land that was his livelihood and that alone instills a respect for the property and rights of others.

That's how I feel about my house. Instead of a new truck, I bought a fixer upper to live in. My parents brought us here from Europe and showed us that the greatest opportunity in this country is to own property and not have to pay rents or work for others. I've had to sacrifice a lot of things. I don't have a new car, I don't have cable, I don't buy fancy clothes or take expensive vacations or eat at the restaurant. But I enjoy the security of owning property and having a roof over my head. And I'm happy living in a neighborhood of home owners who take care of their property. Not renting in some slum where people throw their trash out the window or double park without the least bit of consideration for their neighbors.

We might have greater material prosperity than ever before. Everyone has a cell phone and enough to eat. But poverty is relative. You see it in the callous crime of carjacking and home invasions. Taking someone's life to steal their car and trade it for a quick fix. And the people who come here from poor countries. To them this is still a land of unlimited opportunity.

 

Yeah, you see people all the time with brand new cars, big screen TV's, cell phones and such and they are still standing in the street crying poor-mouth! They are not poor, they choose to live beyond their means. Big difference!

 

I used to have a neighbor who was constantly borrowing one thing or another,he borrowed my tablesaw,two weeks later,I had to go get it,he borrowed my shovel,two weeks later I had to go get it,so I thought I would teach him a lesson by borrowing something of his,but after one night at my house,she never wanted to go back!

 

great point snow

 

Umm,Can I borrow your truck?

 

nope.. it's in my yard. kind of a girly key fob, but the truck is cool

 

In fact, a large percentage have TWO cars.....And regarding food.....Obesity is a bigger problem in the lower economic strata of society.......

 

I'll throw the keys over without a second thought to a friend or relative....and most co-workers.....To me, it's just a truck......Buddy of mine at work borrowed it on occasion to pick up landscaping stuff, but the tank was returned full and he usually ran it through auto bell to boot........Even dinged it one time (slid on the mud and sideswiped an oak tree....the tree won (haha)), but it got fixed, and WTH....scratches build character......

 

Thats what she said!Now you know why I am such a character!

 

cmpd.... where do you work, can i get hired, can i use your truck???
i have to pull Snow's out of the ditch and i'm not using mine. i don't lend.

 

Carl, this is all I have, a pic.

I don't remember what link it was.

Hope this helps.