iPhone 5

[moyer777]

Here you go, some perfect people celebrating.

[Bromptonboy]

Just what is the guy in the hoodie saying?  "I would like to thank the Academy..."

[moyer777]

Got my iPhone 5 and Jimmy Fallon is my cousin!  Oh and I'm on drugs!

[Meds]

No one is perfect Rick LOL and I still maintain waving a phone around is not the greatest thing in the world. Being able to feed your family is far more worthy of a smile.

[Meds]

This threads lost it's way like it's using Apple maps! I quit lol

For The Win!!!  :roflmao

Well played, sir. :)

You guys kill me LOL

[Dangelus]

This threads lost it's way like it's using Apple maps! I quit lol

For The Win!!!  :roflmao

Well played, sir. :)

You guys kill me LOL

I love that I can come and disagree with people but it's all in a fun environment with mutual respect. You try discuss this anywhere else all you get is abuse.

[Bromptonboy]

Got my iPhone 5 and Jimmy Fallon is my cousin!  Oh and I'm on drugs!

Hah!  I do see that resemblance. 

[Bryancd]

Over 5 million sold over the weekend, ahead of most expectations.

[Rico]

No one is perfect Rick LOL and I still maintain waving a phone around is not the greatest thing in the world. Being able to feed your family is far more worthy of a smile.

Well said Meds - and I agree completely.

[Ktrek]

No one is perfect Rick LOL and I still maintain waving a phone around is not the greatest thing in the world. Being able to feed your family is far more worthy of a smile.

Speaking of which...the other day I had waited on a family to check them out. They had bought four brand new smart phones for their family and data and service plan (over $200 a month). They had over 200 dollars of groceries in the cart and most of it was junk food. When they went to pay for it they pulled out a food stamp card and paid $111.00 of it with that. It just really irks me that people can afford smart phones and high monthly charges and are on food stamps. Something wrong with that picture!  >:( I hate abuse and I especially hate that my wife and I work so hard to make ends meet and we are helping to support people like that. It bites!

Kevin

[Rico]

Again, I agree completely Kevin.  Where my wife Lynn teaches at they have subsidized breakfast and lunch programs for many kids of low income.  Those kids can't seem to afford a lunch but they darn well have the latest smart phone in their pocket.  Crazy!

[Bryancd]

Again, I agree completely Kevin.  Where my wife Lynn teaches at they have subsidized breakfast and lunch programs for many kids of low income.  Those kids can't seem to afford a lunch but they darn well have the latest smart phone in their pocket.  Crazy!

Yep, something I am constantly shocked/alarmed/flabbergasted about all the time. Amazing what people will pay money they don't have for.

[jedijeff]

That seems to be the way everywhere, even here in Canada, same thing. People on Social Assistance seem to have a lot of the nice toys, well the rest of us do without as we are making ends meet. I know in the city I live in, people on assistance get free gym memberships, but me who pays taxes for the rec centre has to pay a high fee if I want to use it, and a lot of people can't afford to use it.

[Jobydrone]

I'll take this moment to count my blessings:  I have a beautiful wife and children, a warm house, the support and warm generosity from my extended family, and I am lucky enough to have a decent job that allows, even with all the bills and monthly payments required that stress and strain us on a regular basis, a probably more than healthy investment towards the "entertainment" line item in our family budget.  I am thankful that assistance programs exist for those that need them even as abuses may sometimes occur, as I am also grateful that neither the economy nor the extremely fickle circumstances of life have ever forced me or my family of the necessity to avail ourselves of what they offer.

[moyer777]

Many years ago I had to go on food stamps.  I had lost my job and was looking for work, but on $900 unemployment per month we weren't making ends meet.  It was humiliating and hard to ask for help, but I'm glad now that I did.  I wouldn't buy junk food with the stamps, only good for you food.  I was grateful that it pulled us through for two months.  I have seen a lot of abuse in the town I live in and have seen the exact things you have observed.  But speaking as a person who was in the system for a bit, it isn't easy.  Of course we didn't have smart phones back in 91, so I didn't have the temptation.  I know I wanted a computer!  LOL!  I was very grateful for the assistance and followed the rules, but there were a majority that were not grateful. They tended to push the limits and get the rest of us in trouble.