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October 1st 03, 03:23 AM
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"Dee D. Flint" wrote in message
.com... "Hans K0HB" wrote in message om... (N2EY) wrote It is a fact of human nature that most people value a thing more if it took some investment of themselves to acquire. Jim, you really need to retire this old mantra. 'It is a fact of human nature' that real people don't value a thing based on it's 'investment' or 'cost', but rather based on the usefulness, utility, comfort, satisfaction, or enjoyment that comes from having it. My amateur license cost me virtually nothing in terms of 'investment of myself', and the curbs and gutters the city just installed at one of my places cost me an $8,200 assessment. I value my amateur license a LOT more than I value the city's new street curbing! You invested your time, interest, and self in the amateur license. You merely put money into the curbs and gutters. In the minds of many people, the investment in your amateur license was far greater that your investment in curbs and gutters. The things that I value the very most quite honestly are literal gifts which I have recieved without an ounce of 'investment' or 'cost' --- the love of my wife, the smiles of my grandkids, the whisper of the wind at sunset on Lake Vermilion, the conversation with an old friend, or my healthy heart. I value all of these more than my homes, my RV, my boat, or the QSL collection in the closet. The love of your wife and all these things are not free and are not gifts. A loving relationship requires a large and continuous investment of self (not money) to endure and to be worth while. Each of the other items also requires some type of investment from you that doesn't necessary involve money. Investment is not exclusively a monetary term. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE Absolutely. Were they as free as Hans seems to think they are, I really wonder how valuable they would be. Kim W5TIT |
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