"A lot" is also a relative term. The cost of living here in Hawaii is high. Where I live on the map 2K pays just over 1/3 of the monthly mortgage. Still, people who have and understand the value of money will see 2K as a lot. The undisciplined or spoiled will not.

Rent here is 1k a month. So 2k to me really isn't that much money. Its a very nice ammount to have, don't get me wrong. To me it's not a considerably large amount. The cost of living for me is pretty high also.

So there! Ha!

[high]* Boofo is so proud he is so mature[/high]

LOL @ Boofo. Umm...I'm not sure what's funny but I'm laughing with you. :D

That's the thing. With 2K you will go farther than I and we still have differences of what is "a lot". :)

It's a choice of lifestyle, that's all. Do you still shop at WalMart when you can afford Target? Does doing so make you spoiled or undisciplined when you buy Polo instead of the Kate Jaskson you were used to? Do you still buy $20 Vans when you can afford a decent pair of Nike's? I love Tommy Bahamma shirts at $130 a pop; nothing wrong with buying a good shirt.

It doesn't mean they are spoiled, it's just that their scale of what makes them think twice before spending it is different than others.

Seems like it was a political debate that got too annoying for one of the parties involved. Funny that it sounds like it was a Republican who threw money at the problem, shutting the liberal Bush-basher right up, once and for all.

Did the bidding start lower, like, say $500, and raise steadily until the Bush-basher's "breaking point" price was finally found?

Nice to know that "everyone has a price." ;)

Yes, because then I can afford twice as much. Names do not make the clothes. It's staus is all. Dumb reason for spending more than you have to. You're not going to be any better or smarter wearing name brand clothes. You will just THINK you are. ;)

Well, sometimes others will think so too. Not saying it's right, but sometimes "status symbols" like that do, in fact, have an effect on someone's reception, popularity, success with the ladies, whatever.

I can afford name brand sodas, popular clothes (Aeropostale, Aber Crombie and Fitch {or however the hell you spell it}, American Eagle, etc.), and a host of other things but I don't. I buy my clothes at J.C. Penny or Sears. I drink Sam's Choice soda (Wal-marts off brand), etc.

Names != good.

That's called being "phony" I think. ;)