How can you afford it?

[how.about.another.slice]

After being away several months, I notice many of the same faces are still spending all day posting, despite their assurances that they work. One even spent a whole day waiting until 5.30 pm before posting just to prove she is employed!!! (only people unemployed or on benefits for years would assume the average work day is still from Nine-to-Five LOL!)

My question is, how do you afford to be here so much? Do you live off savings, an inheritance, divorce settlement, or do you simply chat from a library or a second hand notebook on limited internet usage?

To get a decent computer costs at least $2000 and without good internet connection, chatting on a forum isn't even worth it, so are these regulars going into debt over the boards? Would a bank even loan or credit them enough to supplement their activites and time usage here?

It's all very puzzling...

[azureline**]

the id? not long.......... interpersonal posts are frowned upon.

[sprinklespowerpuff]

I'm surprised it's got this far, lol

[the_great_she_elephant]

AM
said that people GENERALLY did not have laptops 10 years ago. Maybe you need to Google that word.

[*mrgrizz*]

so OP what is your motivation behind your bullying?

what do you hope to achieve?

does it make you feel better about your own insecurities?

[ten*teeny*tiny*toes]

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@am*3 wrote:

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@ten*teeny*tiny*toes wrote:

I dont want to argue with anyone but 12 years ago my daughter had a laptop for school.

Her whole class did, and it was carted back and forth each day and used at home. 

I think the choices were Toshiba and Acer. We went the Acer and it cost over $4000 at the time.

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Thanks. That  is ultra expensive? The average family would be more likely to have a desktop computer which would be 1/2 that price then.

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Am it was ultra expensive, But it was bought through the school and preloaded with lots of programs, encyclopedia Japanese keyboard etc. No doubt paid more than neccessary. That was a private school in Melbourne and a lifetime ago. I forgot to quote but thanks for picking up that it was in answer to your question  There were laptops in use at homes 10-12 years ago

[trustmee-2013]

I find it rather strange when a newish registered id, answers posts that is addressed to another member.

It happened here just now, and the other day when it replied to a question as Debra. Twilight stuff?

[sprinklespowerpuff]

Maybe they who shall remain nameless are sleeping on the job ATM

[debra9275]

I don't think you're reading the posts properly, perhaps you should stop claiming that the OP is other people? Obviously you are wrong

[cherry*135]

The OP is on to their 3rd ID since this thread started.

[debra9275]

And has had others in the past I think?? , but obviously it's not me or Karen as someone has inferred