snow is gone

Well it didn't last long, so that's a good thing. My oldest daughter, (the one who is abandoning her old elderly father to live the high life in Argentina) wrote in her blog about things you need and things you don't need. That got me thinking. Why do people buy things. Well I buy things because of need and I love electronic gadgets. When I was a little kid I convinced my twin brother and my parents that I should have my own room. Hence my brother moved into the back room and I got the middle room. We used to share the middle room which was smaller than the back bedroom. So why didn't I take the bigger room. Well I knew that it was the coldest room in the house. Well over a period of time, I bought my own TV for my room (I tend to save for things), bought my own reel to reel tape recorder (a Webcor) and when the telephone man came to do some work on my parents phone in their bedroom I was able to convince my mother that I really needed a phone in my room. When I got my Ham radio license I got my Ham radio equipment in my room. Hence sending me to my room when on very rare occasions when I was bad was not all that bad. Sunday night I always watched What's My Line while laying in bed. I also hooked up headphones so I could watch TV without anyone knowing it. I also bought an air conditioner for my room. And so I got use to having my own list of necessities. I guess that is why I like things. like a 21 inch LCD monitor for the computer (my eyes aren't as good as they used to be)(That's what I tell people). A 52 inch LCD High Definition TV, (same reason as the 21 inch computer monitor). 1500 cable channels (not sure why I have so many, haven't looked at half of them). and a high speed internet connection (20 down, 5 up). I had originally intended to move to the Mountains of Arizona before I met my wife 5 years ago. I had intended to move there the day I retired. So back to the neccessities of life. If I had moved there would I have all the neccessities that I have now. I like the outdoors and I like hiking in the mountains, so I wonder if I would really need all those neccessities I have now........wish I knew the answer to that, but then is it really that important. And finally, my sister-in-law still hasn't written anything in her blog. Maybe she forgot how to turn on the computer.
That's it for now