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  • Terry Pratchett said it best!

    “The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money,” wrote Pratchett. “Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of okay for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles. But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that’d still be keeping his feet dry in ten years’ time, while a poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.”




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    1 year ago

    For anyone that wants to see it. Its on the left side, and is pretty constantly changing. Spez’s name is already wiped out, and this post is like 5 minutes old.

    Edit: I am sorry but this was at the top of my “Hot” list, and I didn’t see what community it was when I responded. I have no idea what you all are saying, but you all seem nice, and I hope you have a great day!