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What if you enjoy drinking wine but not wine tasting and certainly not talking about tasting wine (I understand "it's all in the dirt" ... buy the wine skip the tasting )
It's a given that the value of a fantastic meal is not relative to the prices on the menus - you just have try different places to find the best food. (Or better yet - cook at home -
) I think a lot of people think that a larger # makes anything and everything better quality - and the thing is most people would not know what quality is if it smacked them up the backside.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that activities should not define who people are and how they might behave.
As for the "finer things in life" - it's a sham don't you know - the finer things in life are things that people enjoy, unfortunately insecure people that need to make themselves feel better than everyone else have convinced themselves that being "it" means doing anything that costs a lot of money and makes for good Monday morning conversation.
It's a good day when I can make it to the swimming hole by 4PM on a weekday to sit under the evergreens by their shade so can read a book and look out to the harbor. Even better when I can go home, make and share dinner with the man I love with a great bottle wine that I took a chance on buying because I thought the label was cool. (bonus if he puts the dishes in the washer...)
I get what your saying but some people might surprise you.
javaguru said:Let me elaborate a bit more on my likes and dislikes and I'm not saying people who enjoy these thing are pretentious but there seem to be a disproportionate number among their ranks .There were those pretentious people that showed up at church every Sunday when I was growing up.
I'm not materialistic, I'm actually quite a minimalist, and everything I own has a function in my life...nothing decorative at all.I don't enjoy wine tastings, cigar bars, the symphony, or the other "finer things in life" pretentious people like to brag about doing. I prefer a mountain hike to a black tie event. As a matter of fact, I would do just about anything to get out of attending a black tie affair. I've been to restaurants where the cheapest a la carte entree was $50.00 and tasted worse than the $8.00 entree at Jed's. I can't even remember the name of the restaurant but I was told it was a big deal to dine there...
What if you enjoy drinking wine but not wine tasting and certainly not talking about tasting wine (I understand "it's all in the dirt" ... buy the wine skip the tasting )
It's a given that the value of a fantastic meal is not relative to the prices on the menus - you just have try different places to find the best food. (Or better yet - cook at home -
) I think a lot of people think that a larger # makes anything and everything better quality - and the thing is most people would not know what quality is if it smacked them up the backside.I guess what I'm trying to say is that activities should not define who people are and how they might behave.
As for the "finer things in life" - it's a sham don't you know - the finer things in life are things that people enjoy, unfortunately insecure people that need to make themselves feel better than everyone else have convinced themselves that being "it" means doing anything that costs a lot of money and makes for good Monday morning conversation.
It's a good day when I can make it to the swimming hole by 4PM on a weekday to sit under the evergreens by their shade so can read a book and look out to the harbor. Even better when I can go home, make and share dinner with the man I love with a great bottle wine that I took a chance on buying because I thought the label was cool. (bonus if he puts the dishes in the washer...)
I get what your saying but some people might surprise you.
