16-03-2024, 06:15 PM
My eldest lives on the Coast. One or two chaps from Auckland went down there & bought up some ex state houses, did them up superficially (& cheaply) & then set about charged rents closer to those in Auckland...
Greed is probably the worst human characteristic.
ÔÇÿIf heÔÇÖll take twenty five, IÔÇÖll do it for twenty. ÔÇÿNo, me. IÔÇÖm hungry. IÔÇÖll work for fifteen. IÔÇÖll work for food.
And this was good, for wages went down & prices stayed up. The great owners were glad & they sent out more handbills to bring more people in. And wages went down & prices stayed up. And pretty soon now weÔÇÖll have serfs again."
"The danger is here, for two men are not as lonely & perplexed as one. And from this first ÔÇÿweÔÇÖ there grows a still more dangerous thing:ÔÇØI have a little foodÔÇØ plus ÔÇ£I have noneÔÇØ.
The baby has a cold. Here, take this blanket. Its wool. It was my motherÔÇÖs blanket ÔÇô take it for the baby.
This is the thing to bomb. This is the beginning ÔÇô from ÔÇÿIÔÇÖ to ÔÇÿwe."
The grapes of wrath.
John Steinbeck
Greed is probably the worst human characteristic.
ÔÇÿIf heÔÇÖll take twenty five, IÔÇÖll do it for twenty. ÔÇÿNo, me. IÔÇÖm hungry. IÔÇÖll work for fifteen. IÔÇÖll work for food.
And this was good, for wages went down & prices stayed up. The great owners were glad & they sent out more handbills to bring more people in. And wages went down & prices stayed up. And pretty soon now weÔÇÖll have serfs again."
"The danger is here, for two men are not as lonely & perplexed as one. And from this first ÔÇÿweÔÇÖ there grows a still more dangerous thing:ÔÇØI have a little foodÔÇØ plus ÔÇ£I have noneÔÇØ.
The baby has a cold. Here, take this blanket. Its wool. It was my motherÔÇÖs blanket ÔÇô take it for the baby.
This is the thing to bomb. This is the beginning ÔÇô from ÔÇÿIÔÇÖ to ÔÇÿwe."
The grapes of wrath.
John Steinbeck
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)