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<blockquote data-quote="Utrecht" data-source="post: 115061" data-attributes="member: 1411">In many ways this gets to the does all this stuff we have make life better?&nbsp; I think that in many ways the &quot;keeping up with the Jones&quot; really pushes us.American is still a fundamentally puritan nation as far as work ethic goes - to quote Depeche Mode - &quot;You've got to work hard&quot; or you are not a &quot;quality&quot; member of society.Couple this with 24hr news, the Internet, - and suddenly the speed of communication has speeded up - it almost seems natural that our lives follow.My Father-in-Law has been railing against this for years - he hates X-mas becasue of all the stuff.&nbsp; he hates all of the new development because it is more of what we don't need.&nbsp; In fact - the family thinks that he is going to bolt to the Sunshine Coast in BC very shortly.Fo me having kids has only compounded this - they grow up so quick - suddenly your infant is walking - seeminly the next day she is talking - all the while her big brother is getting ready for kindergarten...... scary.So Ranger - no it is not just you -</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Utrecht, post: 115061, member: 1411"] In many ways this gets to the does all this stuff we have make life better? I think that in many ways the "keeping up with the Jones" really pushes us. American is still a fundamentally puritan nation as far as work ethic goes - to quote Depeche Mode - "You've got to work hard" or you are not a "quality" member of society. Couple this with 24hr news, the Internet, - and suddenly the speed of communication has speeded up - it almost seems natural that our lives follow. My Father-in-Law has been railing against this for years - he hates X-mas becasue of all the stuff. he hates all of the new development because it is more of what we don't need. In fact - the family thinks that he is going to bolt to the Sunshine Coast in BC very shortly. Fo me having kids has only compounded this - they grow up so quick - suddenly your infant is walking - seeminly the next day she is talking - all the while her big brother is getting ready for kindergarten...... scary. So Ranger - no it is not just you - [/QUOTE]

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