And, if the truth were known, I have a weight problem as well! Short version of that - the doctor told me to increase my fiber and calcium intake, so I started eating a bowl of bran cereal with milk in the morning. In a very short period, I've put on 5 pounds! I told MDB that I can see it now; I'll go in and they'll say "Dan, your colon looks great, but you need to lose weight!"
Can't win for losing!
Anyway, back to the wait problem.
We had a discussion in "small groups" the other night about the differences in society now versus when we grew up. When I was growing up, if someone wanted something that didn't fit into their budget, they saved until they COULD afford it. Another alternative was trading stamps. Most remembered the S&H Green stamps. My mom saved "Top Value" stamps, but the principal was the same. For whatever your purchase at the participating retailer, you'd get "X" number of stamps, which you saved in books. When you had enough books, you went down to the Green Stamp Store (or the Top Value store in the case of mom and many others) and you redeemed your stamps for whatever you wanted to buy. Interesting concept - DELAYED gratification! Now of course, no one waits for anything. If you can't afford it, you charge it. If your cards are maxed out, you steal someone else's identity and buy it with someone else's money! It's a sickness, it really is! God said "Thou shalt not covet," not because He didn't want us to have nice things, but because He knew the greed involved would lead to exactly this sort of situation!
God's pretty smart! - Dan
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