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Old 04-30-2011, 12:21 PM
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My father thought it was a waste of money to have a color TV cause he never had one.

Each generation's standard of living increases and things that the previous generation deemed extravagant are now "necessities" to the next generation.

Today's teenagers who are getting pedicures will be complaining in 20 years about the next generation's frivolous spending.

Think of it as diversifying our economy and creating new jobs.

Are we all spoiled? Yes. Are future generations going to be more spoiled. Oh yeah.
I guess this is where I'm coming from on this topic. I'm old enough (46) to have grown up at a time when women did their own nails. They didn't go for manicures and pedicures. There wasn't a nail salon on every corner. People didn't blow money on that kind of stuff. Of course, we also didn't have cable tv, cell phones, computers, internet access, iPods and so many other money-sucking devices and services. Times were simpler. People were happier with what they had and more people did more things themselves. I miss those times.
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Old 05-02-2011, 02:11 AM
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There are a lot of parents usually pay money for pedicure or manicure,just because of their children's health,so you can't make other parents to let them live on their own.
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