9 strange things thieves steal

My Father, Mother, Aunts and uncles went through the depression...to say they were resourceful is an understatement...The​y certainly were not thieves....

They were not wasteful...

After going through that period hardly anything of value was thrown out...They recycled and created things from parts and pieces....

The most popular stolen articles in my area are copper pipes from abandoned houses (we have lots of them), frozen seafood and manhole covers.  Of course scrap metal dealers shouldn't accept man hole covers.  I drive an elderly car which I plan to run into the ground.  My TV is 20 years old; I only use it to watch DVDs.  I am a vegetarian because I cannot condone the horrors of factory farming, but also because meat is full of anti-biotics and growth hormones.  Try giving up meat, after a few months you won't miss it, likewise cigarettes.  The greatest incentive to quit smoking, I think, is to think how stinky it makes your breath!  Keep that in mind.

I do buy a lot of clothes, from my favorite thrift shop, carrying names like Liz Claiborn, Jones New York, Eddy Bauer, LL Bean, and others.  I've gotten all-wool coats and unworn leather shoes.  It's fun!  The only new things I bought this year is underwear from Walmart, and a pair of winter boots, which will probably last forever, from LL Bean.

I seldom go out to eat, which I consider "recreational eating" which is making Americans fat, diabetic, and unhealthy.  I am not into status symbols, fads, or the latest technological toys.  My motto is from Henry David Thoreau "A man is wealthy according to the things he can let alone."

I realize my life style, which I am quite happy with, would be an impractical hardship for many people, especially for people with kids.  I feel parents who buy their kids everything they want are raising kids who will be (let's face it) downwardly mobile, maybe even poor, and will not adjust to their less affluent lives.  Instill a love of reading and take them to the library, as soon as they can read.

Prolonged Economic Downturn?    Ha ha ..   That's code for "Welcome to your new reality, America - thanks to socialism." 

This is only the tip of the iceberg.

I read this and am both amused and annoyed at the same time. Am amused as it shows how "creative" people are about making money. As several of my relatives used to tell me if they put half that effort into an honest job they would be a great person. Am annoyed as many seem to miss what i see as the main point of the slide show/ article. The point being that there are always those that will use means other then legal to procure a living and some of those means will seem weird or out there to those of us that are relatively law abiding.

The only person that I have to answer to for my actions in the mirror each day is myself so i make sure that I can answer myself with a good heart.