Discuss if you wish.

I will be posting some pictures up to highlight some of the themes in the essay.

Probably, a good point to read Paul Fussell again who had some interesting perspectives on class, and bad shit posing as luxury.

The closing statement is the most poignant for me personally.

A good read, though similar to the book I just read, several contradictions. I suppose that some of it is the difficulty of defining a concept without using the label, which is impossible. By that, I mean setting boundaries on what a term covers, and having to use that term to describe those boundaries, some of which are far enough apart that they actually contradict each other.

I have some thoughts bubbling but I will have to re read and gather them some more. Watching the Blues - Gay Gunners match at the moment, so will have to find some time to concentrate a little more on it.

They come from both ends from time to time.

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Old classic cars like those on the left and centre can soak up large amounts of cash when they are being restored. However once that is achieved they can be quite cheap to run, certainly cheaper, than the huge amount of depreciation that the one on the right will cost it's owner. Of course the old ones aren't really practical as daily drivers and it would wrong to use them as such anyway.

If you own an old motor stock up well on WD-40. You'll need it. You can get electronic ignitions for some of those old car though. So no more fucking about setting the points.

It doesn't matter how good a car you've got, those congested commuter traffic jams are great equalizers with the unwashed masses.