Heh, me too.
Poor old kipper has to bear the brunt of our boredom.

I think its a societal thing. We do all feel better buying stuff because essentially the meaning of life in this country for a lot of people is to amass as much stuff as possible. That sounds really cynical and like I feel I have some higher purpose, but its not quite what I mean. Some "stuff" is important on a higher than material level, e.g. arguably the better your hi-fi equipment the more transcendent your musical experience (ignoring the whole "culture industry" thing for the moment). So its not to say that the pursuit of better possessions of any kind is a bad thing or something that I sneer at, excepting perhaps that pursuit as an end in itself.

I definitely have an addictive personality and readily admit, that whilst I have no time for "status symbols", designer clothes, whatever, I'm as much a sucker for cool stuff of varying kinds as the next person. My circumstances just meant I've never fallen into this particular trap (parents in debt - never went there! Also lucky enough never have had to NEED to get in debt, touch wood). My addictions are emotional. And food. 2 years of not being overweight any more and counting!! :D
( Throat And Ice Pie I see dem tatties dere., Mon 22 Dec 2008, 16:45, Reply)