Hey Scott,

Couldn't agree more. Same thing over this way, being a country of immigrants.

We've now become fat and lazy, expecting everything, ( and especially our kids ) consumng more than we actually need, and the third world is emulating a gadjet culture, to their own peril.

I used to think I was who I was, by the car I drove, and the house that I lived in. I changed all that ( am trying to change all that ) and ingrain into my children, that it really is all about the simple things in life, and the relationships that are formed, and the journey along the way.

I can say that as a ( relative ) Chardonay Socialist, but I was dead sh*t poor once, I hope not to be again, but I know what I need, and I know what I don't. Three televison sets cones to mind......

cheers, niteshift