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WCDT Strips 4026-4030 (17th to 21st June 2019)
TheEvilDog:
....You might want to rework that second quote Brasca...
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 23 Jun 2019, 07:32 ---Again, the frugality thing. I've literally heard tightwads frugal people say, "I we buy that car we'll have to live on beans for a year." It's an expression and not meant literally. I absolutely agree that an android chassis costs about as much as an automobile and there's a similar range of models new and used.
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Perhaps, but the explosive nosebleed she suffered when the store assistant told her the price of the chassis was rather indicative of the fact that buying it would put a serious dent into her savings. And that's even assuming that Marigold made a one off payment. If buying a chassis is on par with buying a car, its more likely that you would be making a series of payments over months. Meaning that a significant portion of Marigold's paycheck every month was probably going to pay for Momo's new body.
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 23 Jun 2019, 11:15 ---
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 23 Jun 2019, 07:32 ---Again, the frugality thing. I've literally heard tightwads frugal people say, "I we buy that car we'll have to live on beans for a year." It's an expression and not meant literally. I absolutely agree that an android chassis costs about as much as an automobile and there's a similar range of models new and used.
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Perhaps, but the explosive nosebleed she suffered when the store assistant told her the price of the chassis was rather indicative of the fact that buying it would put a serious dent into her savings. And that's even assuming that Marigold made a one off payment. If buying a chassis is on par with buying a car, its more likely that you would be making a series of payments over months. Meaning that a significant portion of Marigold's paycheck every month was probably going to pay for Momo's new body.
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Maybe it's a cultural viewpoint thing. Here in parts of the US it's not at all unusual for people to be spending a good chunk of their monthly income on car payments, especially 20-somethings who aren't really money savvy yet. I say some parts of the country. Where I'm from getting your driver's license was a rite of passage, but only about a third of the guys from Boston had a driver's license. Wide open spaces versus compact older cities with well developed public transportation.
Only a few thousand dollars is enough to trigger a nosebleed for a seriously debt-adverse person, so that's no objective gauge.
Both models are credible. It's up to Jeph which one he chooses to write Marigold into.
Tova:
I'm wondering what hinges on the outcome of this conversation because "comfortable" is incredibly subjective and could mean almost anything. On the other hand, OldGoat, my impression is that your argument behind the assertion that Marigold's bank account is "comfortable" is essentially: "You can't prove it's not." Which is not compelling, honestly.
Whatever "comfortable" means in your head, I'll say this much. A nosebleed, whatever you think it might indicate, does not scream "comfortable" to me. Regardless of whether it indicates that she's poor, or merely that she's uncomfortable with her savings taking that much of a hit - either way, it's hard to argue that someone who had that reaction feels comfortable.
Scarlet Manuka:
--- Quote from: Cornelius on 22 Jun 2019, 00:06 ---The question then seems to be why May want simply place in a server rack, with access to the outside world, when she was released, but was put in a chassis in the first place. You'd think that would be the cheaper option.
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She's not allowed to earn money by renting out processor time. It might be part of the same deal; it's easier to keep her out of systems she's not allowed to be in if she's physically running on a self-contained chassis.
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