wrote in message
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I like a bit of hot pepper on my food. I had a student once who sat
and ate a bowlful of hot peppers while I watched. We both
appreciated
something about the flavor and feel, but he was clearly more into
peppers than I.


"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote:
Your take on food gives insight into your take on life. Hot peppers
serve only to burn out your taste buds to such an extent that you can
no
longer taste the subtleties of milder foods.


??

You should back up and actually *read* Scout's statement.

..... To taste something hot you
deny yourself tasting something mild.


Well, that's true enough, as for the instant you are eating it. After
all you can't eat two things at once. However, eating peppers (or some
other spicy dish) no more "burns out your taste buds" than looking at
a beautiful sight "burns out your eyes."

And of course, "Wilbur Hubbard" doesn't understand money any more than
he understands food:

Overdoing life by borrowing is just another sign of gluttony of the
hot
and spicy. People borrow because they want something above their
means
and they want it now.

In some cases, yes. In others, definitely not so. As I said earlier,
credit is a financial tool just like a saw is woodworking tool. It can
be used intelligently or foolishly.

For example, a Skilsaw is a tool that can be used safely or
dangerously, well or poorly. The tool itself does not determine how it
is used. If you met a man who claimed to be an expert mechanic, and
then witnessed him attempting to work on an engine with a Skilsaw, you
would doubt his craft. When a person shows no more grasp of credit &
interest than a medieval peasant, then others should not consider his
words on finance to be wisdom.

DSK


Peasant! Surely you jest! When you have a couple million dollars
invested and earning around 12% interest and capital gains per anum,
crawl back out of your mortgaged hovel and try explaining that all
again.... While you pay interest, I earn it. That's the difference
between sanity and insanity.

Wilbur Hubbard