Conspicuous Consumption

[audreyh1]

I always figured they walled and hid their homes to deter thieves.

Audrey

 

[audreyh1]

Anyone else find it amusing that a post on Conspicuous Consumption was started by a poster with pseudonym Jay Gatsby?

Audrey

 

[Scrooge]

Here, they hide it all behind the walls..."

...oftentimes with barbed wire and strategically positioned broken glass on top...

 

[Jay_Gatsby]

Anyone else find it amusing that a post on Conspicuous Consumption was started by a poster with pseudonym Jay Gatsby?

Audrey

Yep. But he wasn't engaging in conspicuous consumption to prove to everyone he was superior, rather only that he was equal.

 

[Billy]

Let's hope the reason's for the original walls in Mexican style villa's are largely no longer valid.  heh heh heh heh heh

I always figured they walled and hid their homes to deter thieves.

Yes, you both have a valid point! no doubt  And that style and reasoning just 'stuck', I suppose.

Best,
Akaisha
Author, The Adventurer's Guide to Early Retirement

 

[Eagle43]

Y'all want conspicuous consumption? Well, alright fellow penny pinchers, here's some cc. A little slide show for those of us who LBYM.  Hmmmm, where's the balance?