August 7, 2009
Four For Friday
 Q1 - Feelings: Do you believe anyone else can be responsible for how you feel/your feelings, or do you believe only you can be responsible for how you feel?
Q2 - Pamper: What do you do to pamper yourself when you're tired, stressed, and worn out? How about when you're feeling on top of the world for having accomplished something you worked really hard to achieve?
Q3 - Deal: What's the best buy or deal -- the biggest bang for the buck -- you recall ever receiving?
Q4 - Trade: The Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), colloquially known as "Cash for Clunkers," has helped an estimated 250,000 Americans receive a $3,500 or $4,500 voucher toward to the purchase of a new, more fuel efficient vehicle when trading in a less fuel efficient vehicle. Eligibility requirements for vouchers include that your 'clunker' be less than 25-years-old, receive 18 or fewer miles per gallon, be registered and insured continuously for the full year preceding the trade-in, and be in drivable condition. Based on those criteria, do you have a vehicle that qualifies for Cash for Clunkers?
Posted by Mikal at August 7, 2009 9:44 AM
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1- I believe that it is very easy to have your emotions impacted by others, and at the level of instinct, you cannot control how you feel. The advantage of being a conscious animal is that we are able to choose our own reaction and thus bring ourselves back to whatever emotional state we choose. Being able doesn't make that an easy process, but it does me that we own our emotions and cannot blame others. That said, there are chemical circumstances we cannot control, but these are also circumstances we really can't hold anyone else responsible either.
2- Reading a good book for the hard or stressful situation, go out to a fancy dinner that takes 3 hours to go through all the courses when i'm celebrating.
3- $225 House in a bag off of craigslist. My wife was looking for a couch and found a couple that was moving cross country and didn't want to take anything with them. We got the couch and recliner still with tags on them, 15 piece knife set, 12 piece pot set, 4 settings of dishes, full mattress and box spring with sheets pillows and comforter, a random assortment cleaning stuff, and a handful of other random kitchen utensils. We figured buying all that stuff new (instead of 6 months old from these nice folks) would have cost us somewhere in the neighborhood of $1500.
4- I don't and I think the whole program is a joke. If you want to say this program serves any purpose other than putting more money in Detroit's pocket, the requirements should be different. There should be more than just a 2 mpg improvement required and if you get enough of an improvement, it shouldn't matter how efficient your current car is (30 mpg going up to 40 mpg is better than 18 up to 20). The whole thing is just another way Obama is socializing America.
1. feelings: The people who surround you/you surround yourself with have a significant impact but ultimately you determine how you feel in a given situation.
2. pamper: Draw the blinds, pull out the sofa bed, pop in a movie and indulge myself. If it's a celebration? Dinner with good friends at a good restaurant--my treat.
3. Deal: the best printable deal I ever got was trading a concert t-shirt for backstage passes (not for the same band,).
4. Nope. My Mom's 96 Lumina sure as hell applies though.
Q1: Others certainly influence my feelings, but ultimately they are my feelings and I am responsible for my actions based on those feelings.
Q2: Tired or stressed: Nap! Accomplishments: Nice evening out or shopping!
Q3: I found my formal gown for our cruise at a yard sale for $15!!
Q4: I don't have a car that qualifies, but if I did I don't know that it would help my situation to go get myself further in debt and buy a new car.
Q1 - I believe other people can impact your feelings, but in general, you are responsible for your own mindset.
Q2 - When I'm tired, etc, I let myself have downtime (something I haven't often done before this summer during which my kids have been away and I have way less on my plate). I may actually watch tv or a movie or curl up with a good book, or just take a nap or go to bed early (again, things I don't often do, aside from reading). When I'm feeling on top of the world, I usually like to go out with my friends and have a good time. Feeling great like that just intensifies a good time with friends.
Q3 - Hmmm, I guess a really nice leather couch I picked up on a store closing for around $400 with delivery.
Q4 - Probably. I have a mini-van but I'm not sure what the mileage is. I should look into trading it in, which I've thought of doing, but part of that plan would include selling my father's Cadillac, which I'm currently using, which I'm not ready to do, so I will probably miss out on the Cash for Clunkers deal...
Q1 - Feelings: Generally, one is responsible for how they feel. However, if I were to be, say, severely beaten, I would find it awful difficult to feel anything but pretty down and angry. And, coming from a family with a history of bi-polar disorder, I concur with many of the points Greg made.
Q2 - Pamper: These days, I typically do some gambling either way. Back in the days when I was more physically capable, I'd either go shooting or ride my motorcycle to get over sad times. I also often rewarded myself with a good long ride to give myself a pat on the back.
Q3 - Deal: Humm... I'm not much of a bargain shopper, so this is a tough one for me. The only thing that comes to mind are the three packs of lined paper I picked up at a back-to-school sale for 10 cents per pack.
Q4 - Trade: Nope. No qualifiers at my home. I guess my Sonata is close though. The new EPA rating is 18 mpg in the city... the old EPA rating was 20, but I actually get about 22.
Q1 - I'm going to sound like the old guy that I am here; I think that people have the responsibility to be civilized to one another. If each is responsible for how they feel then Bernie Madoff's clients should be happy as clams.
Q2 - I pamper myself with a good steak dinner when I feel I have earned it.
Q3 - When I started brewing my own beer, I got a bottle capper at a flea market for $.50 when a new one was about $15.00.
Q4 - Yes, my '92 GMC full sized van qualifies. If my company had not closed, I would have bought a new pick-up. Actually, if my company had not closed, I probably would have replaced it before now.
1. I tend to subscribe to what Eleanor Roosevelt said: No one can make you feel inferior without your permission.
2. When I'm tired, stressed out, etc. I tend to use food for comfort. Bad habit, which is why I try not to get that way too often. Can't afford the calories. When it's a positive I just try to enjoy it for as long as I can -- shut down and enjoy the moment. It too shall pass.
3. Can't really think of anything here. I don't tend to find particularly good deals.
4. I don't think so. Had a minivan we got rid of earlier in the year that might have qualified. It was a '98 and had seen better days. Too bad we didn't know what was coming. Current cars probably don't qualify on gas milage. Dang us for buying fuel-efficient cars!
1. I think situations cause reactions, but we are responsible for at least attempting to deal with the way we handle the situation AND our reaction(s)/emotion(s). This isn't to suggest I'm always that great at doing this, however.
2. I go far away from people, to the extent I can. Sometimes (usually) it's just psychological distance. I've been craving a small hotel room far away from the world on my own for over a month now. If only I could fit it in to my schedule. Mostly in practice, I spend more time in bathrooms. Which is why a hotel room is a luxury.
When I do something awesome, I reward myself with food. Because that's perfectly healthy!! I try to fix the situation in my mind for the next really sucky day, too, to remind myself I don't suck ALL the time.
3. My husband. He was free.
4. Nope. Sorry, we're too energy efficient already. I might be able to sneak the truck in, but it's usually over 20 mpg. The Honda is closer to 30, and the Impala doesn't belong to us (company car) and I have no clue what the mpg is anyway.
!) Yes someone can be responsible for your feelings. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
2) Anne- Mare: Spa day Stef: Long day on the road bike
3) Anne- Mare: Her house Stef:Puppets.. It's a long story
4) Stef: No Anne- Mare: No
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