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		mmt on Aug 31, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Generation B - Middle Aged, Laid Off and Losing Ho... Did it occur to you that perhaps he doesn't want to live in Central or South America? For this situation, we have the aphorism "beggars can't be choosers," which I find particularly apt for someone who became the former through being the latter.

randomtask on Aug 31, 2009 [–]

With enough money to live on for a few years he's hardly a beggar.

mmt on Sept 8, 2009 | [–]

But if he chooses only the expensive, he'll be a beggar much sooner.

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