Or advice on how to spend during the recession.
(strutting the tartan-Alan Cumming (a.k.a. Tartanscot), *advice-Charles)
Ever since the recession began (the
2007–2012 global recession, sometimes
referred to as the late-2000s recession,
Great Recession, the Lesser Depression, or the Long Recession), I have given a lot
of thought to how a connoisseur should handle the situation.
Here is what I have decided for
the duration, which I figure will last, at least, another year or two and will
be comparable to the nasty economic downturns of the 1970s.
In the good, fast times, I did
what I hope the majority of you did- put some funds aside for the inevitable
sinker.
❧ Buy
a work of art immediately. It will make
your soul feel better, and today the prices are getting righter by the
month.
❧ Minimize
the risk of the stock market – scout locally for investment possibilities in
small businesses that have been unable to secure a bank loan. Hunt particularly in waste-management enterprises,
i.e. innovative gasification technologies.
❧ Think
of renovating the house or apartment.
Bids will certainly be lower.
Seek the small contractors, who are going to cut profits to keep their
work forces together.
❧Check
out the real-estate market (understatement of the century).
❧Plan
to trade in your car earlier than usual, look for a super deal with all the
extras, including power takeoff and plow attachment.
❧Vacation
in America. If you want to go to Europe
or the Orient, look into the highly refined group tours and become an expert on
bargain airfares.
❧Cull
the rare-books shops and assemble those hundred greatest books you should have
bought-not to mention read-long ago.
❧Buy
cloth of only the highest quality.
❧Become
viciously picky and judgmental when it comes to seeing anything, from museum
shows to movies.
❧Make
a list of your most discriminating friends, and share tips on what is
absolutely the best in anything you want to purchase. Always insist on quality.
❧Funnel
all your charitable giving into those activities that truly do enhance the
quality of life for everybody.
❧Do
not be too cautious or simply hunker down.
Get on the move. Look around;
opportunities and bargains are everywhere.
❧And,
of course, try to hold on to you sense of humor-consider the alternative.
Best, always.
12 comments:
That Cheeky Monkey(Tartanscot).
Thanks for the advice!
Get a fresh cup of Scottish Breakfast tea . . . and let's get ready to get tartan . . .
Oh, tartan ties, me needs them.
Men in tartan? I can't... I just can't stop looking. Nothing is hotter than that!
Why the heck did I not stay in the Highland Hotel when I was in Inverness?
LOL
Look at Alan Cummings, all cute.
Very tongue in cheek an all around inspirational post. And yes, we are considering the alternative!
Thankee
Good Advice Ms. Edna.
We need more men in kilts. Let’s talk to our president about changing White House dress code. Thanks lovely post...
Very sound recession advice. Thank you very much.
Thank you gaggle of fans-lovely link.
Women! Men!
Thanks Ms. Edna good advice.
Real men wear plaid which makes them ‘Dressed to Kilt’! And that’s no Trifle, that’s a Tipsy Laird.
Thank you for the post, interesting.
I think I've found the cure for all this political doublespeak (post Ms. Edna?) and tragic economy and war: Escapism.
The only thing better than a rich, fat novel is six thick volumes, all nicely bound and lovingly reproduced with original 19th century illustrations.
Ahhh. A full set of The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen.
Since I'd rather not take to drink over all this horror, I've decided to take to Austen instead. I'm talking 565 pages, with appendices. Portable Heaven and no scrolling ticker.
Thanks for the post.
Hm, let me think, perhaps.
Jane Austin not bad Gen Y.
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