On Jul 16, 2011, at 10:48 PM, William Robb wrote: > On 16/07/2011 8:05 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> > > >> >> But gasoline is a necessity. When I need gasoline, I buy gasoline. When I >> need food, I buy food. Tracking the price of necessities accomplishes >> absolutely nothing, other than satisfying some compulsion to record numbers. > > Totalling up the cost of necessities allows one to see what is left over for > frivolities. > If you are fortunate enough to not be on a need to know basis with that > reality, you are truly fortunate. > Not everyone is.
I do need to monitor how much I'm spending and how much cash I have on hand, but I don't need to record gas prices to accomplish that. A minor point to be sure. I regret expressing surprise that some folks record gas prices. Paul > > -- > > William Robb > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
