Wedding - money or a gift?
There has always been a dilemma. What to take to someone's wedding, an envelope with money or a gift? What gift, how much money? There are different opinions. Mostly, people decide for a certain amount in money, so the newlyweds can decide for themselves what they need. Someone is more for a gift, to leave them something as a memory.
I would start with invitations. The invitation usually says the name and surname of the newlyweds , where the wedding takes place, in which restaurant the celebration takes place, and in the end believe it or not, it clearly says "gift - money". People started making fun of themselves and write on invitations what they want and what do not:
a) car
b) television
c) money
In the end, they complete what they need. I see it this way.
Wedding as a business
In Serbia, weddings are becoming a growing business. The more guests, the more money. How it goes. The restaurant costs 20 euros per guest. The minimum amount that is given as a gift is 50 euros. Simple math, 30 euros is pure earnings. That is why the guest lists will be long. They invite relatives they have never seen, they don't even know them. An average of 300 guests are at the wedding. 30 euros per guest. Earnings are 9000ev. Music costs 1000 euros, wedding dress, suit 1000 euros. In the end, the net salary will be 5000 - 6000 euros. Great business. 😀 It's not the end. There will be a surplus in the end. 10 irons, 2 TVs, 3 air conditioners, 5 lamps. Then comes the auction, everything is half cheaper. People know this and are waiting their turn to buy, sometimes there is an argument. It's a good business, you have to admit.
Wedding as pleasure
I did the wedding for pleasure. My wife and I collected a certain amount, our parents added the rest to us and we had an awesoma time at our wedding. My friends played at the wedding, filmed, the party was great. We didn't ask for money as a gift, nor did we tell the guests that we didn't want a gift, in the end we bought a car from that money. It is a day I will remember for the rest of my life, perhaps the happiest day of my life. Not because I bought a car. 😀
Wedding for papers
The worst option can also be the best - wedding for papers. And that's where people saw a way to make money, so a wedding for papers costs up to $ 20,000. It depends on which papers are in question, more precisely for which country. I know people who work for years to earn that money. Institutions are trying to stop that, but it is very difficult. They mostly live together, roommates and no one can track them down. A certain number of years pass and everyone goes their own way.
In the end, I would like to know what are your customs? Do you bring a gift or money to weddings? Do you know that someone got married for papers?
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Tooth Fairy
Her teeth are growing.
His teeth fall out.
She got them.
He loses them.
So many cartoons.
So many stories about the tooth fairy.
The first tooth was finally extracted.
He went to the dentist alone.
Without mom and dad.
As an adult.
And if he is only 5 years old.
The dentist was left speechless.
He did not resist.
He didn't even cry.
He opened his mouth and said take out my tooth.
What are you waiting for?
Another doctor came.
And another doctor came.
To see the brave
and the smallest patient.
He was not seen in the dentist's chair.
Now the tooth fairy has a task.
We are waiting for a gold coin,
and Batman pajamas.
Long live the tooth fairy.
We are not afraid of dentists.
Author: Musician
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When your wife cheats on you with your best friend
You can't even imagine.
You can't even dream about it.
Someone is talking to you.
You bet it's not true.
No doubt.
And it happens.
Hell is happening.
And nothing is suspicious.
He knows when you're going to work.
He knows when you come home from work.
You tell him that.
Because he's your best friend.
He comes to your house as usual.
He drives her as usual.
They talk on the phone as usual.
You are at sea together as usual.
You have no idea they're touching under the table.
Because that's your best friend.
It's like I am with his wife now.
But not.
Not in the worst of dreams.
Author: Musician
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I laugh and I would cry
Sadness laughs at me.
I laugh at it too.
It's still here.
I laugh and I would cry.
I am ugly when I am sad.
When I smile,
I remember being sad.
So I'm afraid to be happy.
How long does grief last?
They say it takes a long time.
Some say it never stops.
Who should I trust?
But I want to be sad.
What now?
Maybe to be sad today.
And to laugh tomorrow.
But what can I say if they ask?
When I'm sad why?
When I'm happy again why?
It's not good either way.
I think it's best not to explain.
I think it's best to say
I do it that way.
Author: Musician
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When I fall asleep, I have everything
It is natural for a man to dream. Dreams are uncontrollable. We don't know what we're going to dream about. Sometimes a dream is a nightmare, sometimes a dream is good. We cannot invoke dreams. We can't be in dreams when we want to. We cannot appear in someone's dreams. We cannot create someone in our dreams. Completely unexplored area. I like to say that I drive a jeep and live in a villa by the sea and all that as soon as I fall asleep and start dreaming. 😀
My villa is ground floor, has 300 square meters, 4 bedrooms, a huge living room with cinema and leather furniture, a swimming pool and a large gym. It has a large porch and overlooks the sea. Behind the house is parking. In the parking is Mercedes G-Class jeep, when I climb the mountain. BMW 7 when I go on a trip with my family. Small scooter to the beach and back. That's what a house and a parking look like. I make money by writing and selling texts, fishing every night and planting olives. I have a housekeeper who prepares the best dishes. I have a gardener who has magical hands.
Then I wake up and realize that everything is just a dream. And I enjoy the smile for a few more minutes until I realize I have to get to work. That I have to take a bus to work. There is no sea across the street. There is a city block. There is no maid in the house and I have to prepare breakfast myself.
I joke at my own expense often. Luckily, I go to bed every night and dream of driving my favorite jeep and swimming in my pool before bed. I also wish you beautiful dreams. 😊
In the end, let me just tell you that I was inspired by the film to write this article, which takes place 200 years in the future. In the film, you can connect to cameras and live in your imaginary world.
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The line between perfection and madness
There is a fine line between perfection and madness. I have been working with children over 10 years. I have been working with people in the cafe since I was 13 years old. I observe and analyze them. In the cafe, I met intellectuals, doctors, taxi drivers, truck drivers, people on the other side of the law. I listened to a lot of stories about life, about business ideas, about everything. I would say that we humans are the strangest living beings. When we have everything, we cry, when we have nothing we laugh, when we are happy we are afraid, when we are sad we don't think about ourselves so we don't care.
I met a lot of smart people, heard a lot of nice sentences like the following: "No tower is invincible, only an attacker can be bad." "We appreciate something only when we lose it. " I knew a man, he was my idol at one point in my life, so much smart, intelligent. One day something happened in his head, he became mentally ill and now he is alone with his thoughts.
I know a man, a colleague from work, a career at its peak, highly esteemed in his work. He wrote several books. In one day he left everything and went to the mountains. He has lived in a hut and cared for goats for 10 years. I was talking to my colleagues psychologists, what happens and a man leaves a perfect life.
I know a man who left everything he inherited from his parents, work, family, children and lives on the street, under the bridge. I wrote mostly about people with a high IQ. The line is thin, maybe it doesn't exist. Science proves that it is this fine line between perfection and madness that makes man leave the perfect world and replace it with silence. No one has ever asked the question whether this silence is actually a perfect world? Maybe we strive for madness, maybe we live in a madhouse. 😀
Finally, what do you think about silence? Have you ever needed silence? Maybe silence really is perfection.
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Souls
One local movie about a famous singer inspired me to write an article about the soul. I will briefly retell the film to guide you into the story of the soul. The film is about a man from a small town, more precisely from a village, who from an early age had the potential to become a professional singer. He has participated in singing competitions since he was a child. As a teenager, working in a cafe as a waiter, he met a famous singer from that time who discovered his talent. She helped him start singing and he went on his first tour with her.
He set out to perform with her. One day she went to another country without saying goodbye and without any explanation. It's easy to conclude. They fell in love with each other. She did not want to miss the opportunity for a career and stay with him to sing in the bar all her life. She wanted to become famous and rich. And he, as a great gentleman, never wanted to ask her to do that. She married a famous rich tennis player, and he became one of the most famous singers of that time.
They met again after many years and performed together. He wrote a song for her out of love, which is still very popular
today. He never told her that he was in love with her and that he loved her. She never dared to leave the tennis player husband because of him.
She lost her life in a car accident and he stopped singing when he found out about the accident. He fell ill with cancer and that's where the story of the soul begins. He was treated and operated on by the best surgeon in the state. He saved his life. But he was still the saddest man in the world. More precisely, he was sad all his life because he could not be with her. He always said that his soul hurt and that there was no cure for his soul. He told the doctor that when he learned to heal his soul he would start believing in medicine.
I recently felt when my father died, how my soul hurts. I am healthy, I do not lack anything physically, but my soul hurts. It hurts and there is no cure. Memories are the cure that hurt again. That's why I cried all the time while watching the movie.
In the end I would say that you should live for every moment and that you should not be silent to someone if you love them. You need to love and you need to tell that someone you love him. I think that's the point of life. 😊
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Bridges
I regularly watch the Discovery Channel and the show about extreme constructions. I think that construction is the most difficult and demanding type of art. Not everyone can make a 100-storey building and the pool at the top of the building. That any building can sway in strong winds, not collapse when there is an earthquake, is harder than the most difficult operation.
My dad was involved in construction, so from an early age I listened to him tell me about the building a house from the foundation to the roof. So much math, so much budget, for an ordinary house and only for a 100-storey building or a bridge as long as who knows how many kilometers.
Today's topic is the bridge. The bridge has always been a fascinating structure for me. How to connect two shores with everything standing still and not risky for people crossing? There are several large bridges in the city where I live, because the city is located at the confluence of two rivers, the Sava and the Danube.
There is one of pure steel, of standard construction. Large steel pillars were driven into the riverbed, which are connected by large and long steel plates, where rails are installed and a tram passes over it. That's why they call it the railway bridge, because of the railway. It connects the old and the new part of the city.
The other two bridges are standard concrete structures. Large concrete pillars driven into the riverbed, with a concrete fence and asphalt, also connect the old and new part of the city. One connects the city center and the beginning of the quay, and the other is actually the main highway E75, which runs through the whole country.
The most interesting bridge is the bridge that was recently built and which was on the Discovery Canal as an extreme structure. It is specific because it has a single huge concrete pillar, the so-called pylon, which is 200 m high and which is in the middle of the river. It holds steel cables on both sides that connect the old and the new part of the city. The pylon holds, believe it or not, the entire 900m length of the bridge.
Finally, I would like to mention three very interesting small bridges. They are located on a tourist trail, made above a small river on my favorite mountain. They are made as a tourist attraction. At the beginning of the path called the path of love is the bridge of love. In the middle of the trail is the bridge of marriage and at the end of the trail is the bridge of divorce. 😊
I hope you enjoyed my description of bridges.
Do you also consider bridges to be extreme constructions?
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Why donkey milk?
Donkey milk has long been known as one of the most prized and expensive drinks. Mostly in stores we can find cow's milk, sheep's milk and possibly goat's milk. That's right. On a daily basis, a cow produces 10 to 15 liters of milk, goats and sheep slightly less because they are smaller animals. The demand for milk is huge, which is why cow's milk is in the first place in terms of production.
Simple and easy, it is most profitable to produce cow's milk. If we talk about the quality of milk, cows are in the last place. I knew a doctor who said a very nice sentence. Cow's milk is only good for calves. Goat's milk is in second place, it is very healthy and recommended, but it is twice as expensive as cow's milk. In the first place in terms of quality is donkey milk. Believe it or not, it's almost the same as breast milk in terms of all the ingredients. Price says it all.
The ancient Romans considered donkey milk a luxury drink.
Donkey milk contains 40 to 60 times more vitamin C than cow's milk.
The famous Cleopatra bathed in donkey milk and nurtured her skin that way.
Donkey during lactation can give a maximum of 20 liters of milk per year, compared to a cow that produces 20 liters of milk per day.
Donkey milk is most similar to mother's milk.
Donkey milk do not contain bacteria and is great for newborns.
Due to its high levels of enzymes, donkey milk is considered a natural antibiotic.
Even Hippocrates said that donkey milk strengthens the immune system.
Donkey milk can be drunk without pasteurization.
For one kilogram of cheese, 25 liters of milk are needed.
Donkey milk is used to make the finest soaps and skin care creams.
Donkey milk is also used as an aphrodisiac.
The current price of donkey milk is between 40 and 50 euros.
In the end, I would like to tell you that I am seriously considering starting a donkey farm in the future. Besides it pays of, it’s very healthy.
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Negative, and someone else is positive
Waiting is the worst.
Worse than infection.
Then you forget everything.
Although the symptoms are still there,
you are waiting for the results.
If you didn't know what Covid meant,
it would be easier for you.
Because while you're waiting to see if you're healed,
nothing hurts you.
There may be a lot of talk about Covid.
To scare us.
To make things worse,
than they really are.
It's hard.
But it would be easier.
The first day a strong cough.
Second day temperature.
On the third day my feet were not mine.
They walked alone.
Nothing on the fourth day.
Covid flew away.
It flew to my wife.
From wife to baby.
Now she has a temperature.
We are waiting for her test.
My test is negative.
I'm negative too,
because they are positive.
Author: Musician
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Better to be drunk than old
I've been thinking about life lately. None of us knows what will happen tomorrow and we are all planning for the future. We think about time in 20, 30 years much more than the time we live in. Most people plan their lives to secure a good old age and time goes by. By the time you turn that age comes, time has passed and you can't come back. You did everything and created what you wanted, you have as much time as you want but you are old and you can't do anything. It's a mistake. You need to live now. I divided my life into three stages, early age, middle or mature age and old age. I think a man is twice a baby from birth until he dies. Let's begin.
Early age
The best time is when a child is born until the end of college. A carefree time when everyone cares about you. When you don't think about anything. When everything is possible, when nothing is untouchable. There is a saying in my country about that period of life, they think that everything that flies can be eaten. 😀 I would gladly go back to that period of life when others took care of bills, food, clothes, everything, and mine was just to learn and have fun.
Middle or mature age
During the first period, early age, you think unconsciously about high school, you want to grow up as soon as possible, you want to be great and have everything. Then that time comes and you ask to be a child again, for others to take care of you because middle age, apart from being hard, working and just working is also a great responsibility. You have to take care of someone, everything that someone did for you in that period is now expected of you.
Old age
I will return to the sentence that in my opinion a man is a baby twice. Old age is the period when a man becomes a baby. Slowly but surely they begin to seek help from children or someone they have around them. In the beginning it will be a little help, and later more and more and then without someone else's help a man in old age cannot live. Usually children take care of their parents, and someone is placed in a nursing home where professionals take care. I would mention middle age again. Why? Because in addition to regular obligations, caring for children and caring for parents is one big obligation.
Final words
In the end, I would like to write that one of our authors wrote a song called "Better to be drunk than old" . I used his song for the title of the article. I agree that it is true that it is difficult to be old, I mean that it is very difficult that some basic things you can not do alone but seek and expect help from a third party. So "it is better to be drunk than old" . 😊 When a person starts to depend on others, it is perhaps the most difficult period in life. So live life now, not later, and when old age comes, it is welcome.
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There is no end
There is no end.
You don't see the end.
And it's very cold.
People wear double coats.
Wrapped in scarves and hats.
Only the eyes are visible.
Nobody talks to anyone.
Everyone holds their phones.
And they stand impatiently.
They wait anxiously.
It would be their turn quickly.
And they are afraid to get their turn.
So many hours of waiting.
I don't see anyone eating.
They don't even drink water.
Just smoke a cigarette.
When you feel bad,
when you wait for them to tell you if you will survive,
you only think of one thing.
Yes.
Of a million wishes yesterday,
you only have one at the moment.
To heal, to stay alive.
How strange it is.
We wait,
let's see what awaits us.
Author: Musician
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Covid attacked me
The attack happened a few days ago.
I didn't even know.
And how could I know.
You wave your hands.
You're chasing something in the air.
To fight.
To defend yourself.
You don't know what you're chasing.
People think this one is crazy.
This is what the struggle with the invisible looks like.
I had it all.
Mask, two masks.
My skin is transparent.
Yes, because of washing.
And the wallet is empty.
All BCH is spent on vitamins.
And here it is.
Dry cough, temperature.
Even my hair hurts.
I'm still wearing a mask.
Two masks.
And I also received a buster pfizer.
Hell is coming tomorrow.
Maybe the day after tomorrow.
Because getting to the doctor is
mission impossible.
I know a man.
He waited three days
and the Covid left him.
Do you know how?
While he was waiting.
Here, the attack is successful.
The defense is bad.
Whoever wins will write.
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I am taking a risk
I'm taking a risk.
I'm taking a chance,
because I think I'll get.
Some would say a gambler.
I say dreamer.
People are often silent and live.
I take risks because I want something different.
You think I like money?
I'm taking a risk because I don't like money.
I love freedom.
I took a risk when I was young.
And left home.
I also took a risk when I got home.
Then I didn't even know to live at home.
I didn't even know to live there where I was.
I risked my freedom,
to be nowhere.
When I told them I was nowhere,
they told me that all artists are like that.
I still take risks.
Because I seek freedom.
I'm looking for myself.
I'll be looking for as much as I need.
When I find myself,
I'll probably be old.
I'm taking a risk.
I'm risking my freedom.
I'm also taking a risk now,
when I write these words.
I'm taking a risk anyway.
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I just didn't sleep
A volcanic eruption is in me.
I have not slept.
Fatigue speaks from me.
People are running away.
And it's not my fault I'm tired.
I just didn't sleep.
I explain to them that I am not angry.
They are angry with me.
I tell them again that I haven't slept.
I have to be in the snow all day.
I'm pulling a sled.
The sled pulls me.
Finally a break on the bench.
The eyes close on their own.
I was awakened by another sled.
I can't sleep.
I have to watch him on the sled.
It's not just him.
There she is, too.
I watch him.
I watch her.
And only half a day has passed.
I have to endure another night.
One more day.
And another night.
I am on vacation.
And I'm not resting.
He is my son.
She is my baby.
She was up all night.
And I'm not mad at her.
I just didn't sleep.
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It's just me
I am...
I don't know what I am.
But I know who I am.
I don't know what I want.
But I know for sure what I don't want.
I'm not afraid of death.
But I'm afraid of hunger.
I like to breathe.
And there is less and less air.
I always say everything directly.
And others keep quiet when they need to tell me something.
Do you know who I am?
Someone calls me a musician.
And I write.
When I was a musician,
they didn't call me that,
because they didn't ask me who I was.
Here I am writing to you who I am.
It's just me.
I help others.
I'm not asking for help.
I am well-meaning.
But I remember bad things.
I'm simple.
And everyone thinks I'm complex.
But it's just me.
Author: Musician
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Life is a journey
Life is a journey.
Journey is life.
Without journey, there is no life.
And there is no journey, without life.
Life is always short.
And the path through life is thorny.
Live for every day of the journey.
Travel as if it were the last day of your life.
Don't try to live fast.
The stations along the way are unique.
Life does not go back.
Mistakes are corrected on the way forward.
Read the life mosaic when you put all pieces together.
Journey makes a mosaic.
Leave life behind.
That is the only thing that journey of life demands of us.
Because life has to end one day.
And you shouldn't be alone on that journey.
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Men's and women's household chores
This Thursday started by spreading wet laundry to dry and preparing breakfast for everyone in the house. My wife praised me and her words inspired me to write this article. She thinks that all household chores are for everyone and that there is no division into male and female household chores.
This is not usually the case in the real world. Household chores were always divided into men's and women's. So let’s divide them as most people divide them.
Men's chores
Arranging the garage, maintaining the yard and garden, arranging firewood for the winter, driving a bus, driving a truck, driving an excavator, driving a tram. Building a house, digging a swimming pool, repairing electricity, repairing water pipes, repairing cars...
Women's chores
Beauty salons (hairdressers, nail salons), household chores, lunch cooking, cleaning, vacuuming, window washing, laundry, babysitting...
I wrote what first came to my mind. Now, I know a woman who drives a truck better than any male truck driver. I see a woman driving a tram every day. My female neighbor maintains the yard better than all of us men together. Here, for example, I always prepare breakfast for everyone in the house. I'm vacuuming the apartment. I sometimes cook lunch too. I am doing laundry. I prepare stuffed peppers better than all the women I know. I will write an article in detail about this specialty. 😊 I iron the laundry, I know how to sew a button.
I don't think there are any male-female household chores. I would divide jobs into difficult and easy. So I would call difficult jobs men's jobs, because men are stronger, and I would call finer jobs women's jobs. But if we look that there are women who are stronger than men or that there are weaker men, then my division is not okay. 😊
Here is the conclusion. I think everyone can do every job.
How? Everyone knows what and how much they can do, so it's no wonder if we see a woman woodcutter or a man cook and more examples like these.
Do you divide household chores into men's and women's and who is in charge of what in your home?
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All our faces
I was walking down the street and looked at people's faces. Most of them had frowning face. They seem to be bothered by something, as if they are not happy and content. I’m not sure they had time to look at themselves in the mirror, but if they did, they would probably have remembered to laugh a little more, because I'm sure each of us has some reason to laugh and not be constantly frowning. Those frowing faces inspired me to write this article.
Do you know that your face tells you more than any doctor and any medical examination? I watch my face and listen to it carefully, and you?
Tired face
Skin color says a lot about a healthy face. If the face is lighter in color than usual, do not apply the facade as I like to call makeup, but offer yourself a healthy food, fresh air, sun and more sleep. In 10 days, your face will just say thank you, so it will get a beautiful natural color.
Acne and pimples on the face tell you about your diet. They can be a warning sign of a serious illness. Change your diet. The cure for dark circles is a dream and only a dream, not masks that cost a lot of money. Watch your face, it will tell you what to do.
Smiling, satisfied face
I love this face. Are you laughing? Are you laughing enough? Healthy laughter prolongs life. You can usually recognize a face that is constantly laughing. Mild wrinkles are expressed around the eyes of people who often laugh. This is especially evident when we get a beautiful skin color at sea. It bought me when I met my current wife, she is a smiling person. I observed the features of her face and got answers without a single question being asked. Her face told me a lot. 😊
Worried face
The fact is that the worried face can be seen from the plane. I see a worried face, you see a worried face, someone sees yours and someone sees my worried face. Maybe that someone doesn’t dare tell us our face is worried. So look at your face every time you walk past the mirror. Find a smiling face to show your worried face how smiling it can be. Nurture your face, be brave and don't let anyone else tell you what your face is like, be quick and see for yourself. 😊
In the end, I would say that there is no ugly or beautiful face, because most people are only concerned about appearance. The face is special because it is unique, even with identical twins, the face is different. Mother Nature has set it up so that everyone can bring out their face. Accept your face, respect your face and your face will always say thank you when you look in the mirror. What does your face tell you? Don't wait a moment but look at yourself right away. And don't be frowning. There is certainly a reason to laugh at least once during the day.
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Life in the city or life in the village
If you could choose, where would you live? In the village or in the town? Both have advantages and disadvantages, so let's start.
Life in the city
The first thing I think of, when I imagine life in the city are the lights. All lights, streets, parks, markets, cafes, boutiques. There are paved streets everywhere, marked parking spaces, children play in closed playrooms. Pastry shops full of cakes, restaurants full of people. In the market there are carrots of the same shape, beautiful tomatoes and so on, not to mention everything else. It sounds fantastic, but all these shiny things need a big salary. Working hours are in most companies from 9 am to 5 pm, so there is not too much time left to enjoy.
Okay, we have a great salary, but we get to the most important thing. All the same carrots, tomatoes, apples, whatever you find in the market, except that it is the same shape and perfect colors, is completely tasteless. Why? Because everything is produced artificially in some artificial greenhouses, just to keep the stores full. Judge for yourself. I'm moving on to another important thing.
Air. When we talk about air quality, suffice it to say that every family in the city has at least one car, if not two. So, we inhale exhaust fumes.
Water. We have a lot of rivers, specifically in the city where I live, drinking water is purified from the Sava River. Sounds phenomenal. But if we look at the fact that most of the settlements do not have a sewage system and that every waste goes to that river, we will realize that we are drinking a lot of things.
Everyday city pressure. I would start with the traffic jams, controllers who chase those who do not have tickets, and why they would buy when there is no heating in the bus lol. That means an hour to work and another hour from work you have to smell different smells not to mention the stench. They calculated that we who live in the city spend a third of our lives in transportation. There is a lot more, but I would move to the village. It's better there.
Life in the village
Get up and immediately breathe clean air. There is no alarm clock because you are not late anywhere, so there is no stress from the early morning. Animals are waiting for you to feed them, which means you are physically active for an hour, it costs at least 50 euros a month in the city and in a closed gym. 😊 You take a snack from a tree, I mean an apple, pear. You pick it up along the way as you go to water the garden. When you finish watering the garden, you pick a tomato that smells and tastes like tomato, so it is a real tomato. 😀 Homemade dried meat is waiting for you to take it from the cellar, as well as homemade brandy that you made by yourself. Brandy is called "rakija" in my country. I would write about the village all day, because I am thinking more and more about the option to move to the countryside. Apart from electricity, there are no costs in the countryside. Everything is created by one's own work.
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Refreshment of marriage
I have always loved to discuss about relationships, marriages, various situations in marriage. Probably because I got into male-female relationships at a very young age and now I have the courage and confidence to write about it. That includes unpleasant questions without hesitation.
I have a stable marriage just because of open relationship. As I am curious, I found out a lot of different information. It is interesting that everyone looks at the same situation differently. There are 50 women in the team where I work. That is 50 different opinions, 50 different conclusions, 50 different views. I made a few subtitles so let's start with the first one.
Refreshment of marriage
I was shocked when I drank coffee with my female colleagues and when we started the topic of marriage. Most of them agreed that after 10, 15 years of marriage, the marriage should be free. What does that mean by their logic? Find someone younger, who is interested in entering into a free relationship for refreshment. At the beginning of this non-binding relationship, the boundaries are clearly set so that their marriage is not endangered in any way, only pleasure, as they call it a small change, refreshment. Yes, I was shocked. 😀
Cheating in marriage
Just like in the previous subtitle, we sat casually, drank coffee on a break and the story of the cheating began. How a woman looks at it when a man cheats on her, and how a man looks at it when a woman cheats on him? The true story is that my female colleague packed condoms for her husband when he went on a business trip and asked him that if he happened to need "refreshments" with another woman, he should use condoms due to various diseases. Admit you're shocked? 😀 For men, cheating is usually the end of everything, relationships, marriage, there is not much to talk about.
Parallel life
One musical about Ray Charles inspired me to write this subtitle. He had a wife and children, but he also lived in parallel with another woman because most of his life was touring around the world. Most of the movie is a true story, where he also set clear boundaries at the beginning of the relationship and said that she is a woman only for the tour. Of course, in both film and real life, this can take up to a moment, until one of them discovers the cheating due to insufficient attention and dedication. Then usually the one who lives a parallel life is left without one and the other woman.
Marriage is sacred
Most people think that marriage is sacred. That is how it should be. At least that's how we commit ourselves when we get married. Now, I am not in favor of the option of enduring everything in order for the marriage to survive. If it doesn’t work, then it doesn’t work. You get divorced and go to a new life. A healthy divorce is better than a bad marriage.
Final thoughts
In the end, my personal opinion is that if you need a refreshment of marriage, then do your best to rekindle the fire of love and enjoy the new experiences with your spouse. If you are already thinking about another person, then end up with the first one because it is the healthiest.
What do you think about this topic in general? I would like you to express your opinion freely. I honestly enjoyed writing the article and I can't wait to read your comments.
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Being a slave to things
I got 20 years older in just 7 days. Moving led me to write this article. Moving is the most stressful situation of all the jobs I’ve done. It seems simple and easy, but when you start moving, you realize that it is a huge stress.
From personal experience I can say that moving is a job for professionals. I will start article here.
We sold the family apartment and the new owner wanted us to vacate the apartment in 7 days. We found a truck and a few friends helped with the move. On the first day of packing, we realized that it was impossible to vacate the apartment in 7 days. My grandparents lived there, it's 80 years of someone's life, and you have to admit that a lot can be done in 80 years. My dad and mom lived there, it's another 50 years of different things. My sister and I lived there. Hell begins. 😀 But let's start.
We can start from books. One whole van was full of books and my mom said we don't go anywhere without books lol. Each of us has said that does not go without certain things. Each room had one large closet, and the apartment was huge. Bed, living room (two beds and armchair). Children's room, two beds and two desks. Kitchen with all elements and appliances (refrigerator, stove). All the machines, closets in the hallway. Each room had one rug, plus another as a spare. I wrote briefly about everything in the apartment that could be disassembled and assembled. Don't forget that all those closets were full of wardrobes. Three generations as I said above. I can't even talk about the little things.
We realized that all this could not fit in three trucks, and we provided only one. We came to the conclusion that we have to donate or throw away two thirds of things. This is where the biggest problem arises. How to throw away memories. How to throw away something that has lived with you for so many years.
We agreed to do a good deed. Dad’s worker from the firm where he worked was a poor man. We gave him the whole kitchen, the living room, and almost all the closets. I have the impression that he was the happiest man in the world at the time. And we were very happy because he was happy and we didn't throw anything away.
This is not the end, it all needs to be taken out later and put together in a new space. Then follows another combing as I then called it. Believe it or not, when we arrived in the new space, we threw away half of the things we took with us. That says we were just struggling and packing something we didn’t need. It's all over, now we just remember that period.
In the end, I would say from my personal experience that everything you don't need for a year, you never need. Since that move, my family and I have not been slaves to things. We immediately put together everything we don't need and give it to someone who needs it. And memories are in the head, we keep them in mind. When you understand that, then moving will be easy for you, mentally. And boxes must be carried, that is inevitable. If you ever move. 😊
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When to have children?
For years, there has been polemic about when to have children. There are a lot of different opinions. Mostly experts advise that it is better as soon as possible. There are experts who say it is never too late for children. I would like to express my opinion on that topic.
Have a baby at the age of 25
The ideal time to give birth is around the age of 25. I think in those years everything is going in your favor. Youth in the first place. You are young, you don't know what you are getting into. Until you realize what happened, I mean the baby, the baby has already grown. 😊 Then another baby happens. like to say that is youth madness. Youth means that you can not sleep at night and not feel bad. I think that is the most important thing in taking care of the baby, that strength that does not depend on how physically strong you are but how young you are. At the age of 25, I could play 7 nights and go out with friends on the eighth night.
Have a baby at the age of 35
In this age, every person has already established habits, whether they want it or not. Just to consider work every day from Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is enough of an obligation, that if you do not sleep one night because of the baby, expect to be fired tomorrow. The baby's cold usually lasts for a few days, so you must make at least one mistake at work. If you are a surgeon, then it is better to quit. Because instead of a kidney, you can remove a liver. 😊
A baby like any baby wants to be just a baby. This means that if you have a baby, you are a baby shadow 24h. Usually people decide to have another child. That's where the hell I say begins. Here's what one day looks like, since I'm currently in that sauce. 😊
An older child jumps on my head while I work on a laptop. The baby spills coffee on papers that are very important for work. My wife cooks lunch and puts sugar instead of salt, because she hasn't slept. She breastfeeds a baby for two hours. I don't know where I have been for days, months, I don't know if it's day or night. I do three shifts as I like to say. I am at work in the morning, I look after the children in the afternoon, I am on duty at night. I look like a zombie. 😊
Have a baby at the age of 45
This is the time when one should think about retirement and not children. I believe that people who cannot have children do not think so. I'm talking about obligations first and foremost. Taking care of the baby is one big responsibility. The biggest! What scares me the most is that when a child needs parental attention the most, it has grandparents and not dad and mom. Once, in the park, I addressed the child and told him that his grandmother will help him. It turned out that the grandmother was actually the child's mother. A very unpleasant situation, but it is so. The child is playing football, you are already 60, 65 years old. In translation, you can barely walk, everything hurts and the child wants to be a child.
In the end, I would say that you need to do everything in its time. What do you think, do you agree with my theory?
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How I entered the crypto world
It all started some time ago when I was sitting with a colleague and drinking coffee in a cafe. He had a Binance exchange app, installed on his phone and spoke a language that was completely unfamiliar to me.
In Serbia, crypto is still not as present as in the world, and people are quite skeptical about it. No one still allows cryptocurrency payments. People are afraid to invest in cryptocurrencies. They get scared when I tell them about read.cash and noise.cash. When I tell them how the platform works, how articles are written and how interesting it is, they immediately want to write, but the story ends there. I have two affiliates who have not started for months. In short, everyone is distrustful, when crypto is mentioned.
This is how my interest in cryptocurrencies begins. My colleague's best friend has been in the crypto world since the beginning, when bitcoin was first marketed. A few years ago, he bought some currencies that had just been launched for 120 $. He invested 10 dollars in 10 different cryptocurrencies and locked them for two years. I will continue to talk later about locked currencies.
During that time, those two years, he played with a certain amount. He never played with a lot of money, about 1000 $ was the biggest investment. Daily, he gave the bots tasks for how much to buy bitcoins. He always bought when the cryptocurrency was falling and sold when the currency was rising. He earned 50 $ to 100 $ a day. Interest grew more and more. Those two years passed, he unlocked all the currencies he locked up and he had something to see.
For 120 $ invested, one cryptocurrency reached a price of as much as 5000 $. He locked in 500 $ again for two years and bought his first car for 4500 $. For the next two years, he followed the rise and falls of a certain cryptocurrency that was interesting to him at the time. He concluded that every time a cryptocurrency falls, it always falls to a certain limit. These were his parameters for buying and later for selling.
After two years, when he unlocked the second locked amount, a huge surprise happened. A certain locked cryptocurrency in the amount of 500 $ was worth 55000 $. He immediately invested and bought his first apartment. He is still in the crypto world and he is happy to share his advice with us beginners, even if that information is very expensive now. We meet for coffee occasionally and exchange experiences.
His story was very interesting to me, I even wrote down some facts, researched and here I am. I earn my crypto and save most of the BCH. I used a certain amount to buy newly launched cryptocurrencies. The most interesting cryptocurrency next to BCH is smart BCH. I should enter the crypto world much earlier, but it's never too late.
In the end, I would say that I am thrilled with the crypto world, the way everything works, and I have just started learning about cryptocurrencies. How it all seemed to you when you entered the crypto world for the first time?
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Former Yugoslavia
The question is whether the states of the former Yugoslavia will be together again. Most people in the Balkans would probably say no. I am sure that Yugoslavia will never be called again, but everything says that the states of former Yugoslavia will be together again in the future. The European Union will reunite them.
My parents lived part of their lives in Yugoslavia. They told me that life was very nice during the time of Josip Broz Tito. I was born in SFRY, but I don't remember that period, because I was very young. One anecdote I heard is very interesting to me. Friends from several Yugoslav states met on the coast of Croatia in a restaurant. They drank, ate and finally quarreled over who would pay the bill. It shows that people from the Balkans are gentlemen. 😊 Now I would like to briefly talk about the countries of the former Yugoslavia.
Croatia
When I think of Croatia, I am immediately on their coast. The most beautiful and unique is Damlatia. Split, Zadar, Pula, Rovinj are dream coastal cities. If you go there once you will come back for sure a few more times. The capital of Croatia is Zagreb and Croatia is a member of the European Union.
Slovenia
When I think of Slovenia, the first thing that comes to my mind is the company Gorenje. Gorenje for the Balkans is like Bosch in Germany. Slovenia is well organized country that is said to be a small Switzerland by system. Lake Bled is a destination I would recommend for a tour. If I could choose, of all the countries of the former Yugoslavia, I would choose Slovenia for life. The capital of Slovenia is Ljubljana. Slovenia is a member of the European Union.
Macedonia
Macedonians are very good people. They are smiling and are very positive, perhaps the happiest people in the Balkans. I pass through Macedonia once a year when I go to Greece on vacation. What I would recommend for a tour is Doiran Lake. It is located on the border with Greece, so it is a great place to take a break. The capital city of Macedonia is Skopje.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
The first thing that comes to my mind when I think of Bosnia and Herzegovina are "ćevapi" or kebabs in English. The best kebabs in the entire Balkans are in "Baščaršija". People from all over the former Yugoslavia and from all over the world come to eat kebabs. Feel free to decide on a trip just for kebabs and you won't go wrong. Famous name, Nobel prize winning author, Ivo Andric. Ivo Andric is one of the most famous writers in former Yugoslavia. The capital city is Sarajevo.
Montenegro
When I think of Montenegro, I am immediately in Kotor. The old town of Kotor is a city that breathes. Kotor is alive at any time of the year, it is full of tourists and everyone comes back to visit it again and again. It is most beautiful to me in the spring, before the beginning of summer. Of course, Budva, Bar, Ulcinj, these are coastal places that you should not skip if you come to visit Montenegro. The capital is Podgorica.
Serbia
I wrote about Serbia in one of the previous articles. If you asked me what you should definitely visit, it is the following: Fruska Gora near Novi Sad, rafts on the Danube and Sava in Belgrade, mountains Kopaonik, Tara, Zlatibor, Vlasina Lake located near Surdulica in southern Serbia, Palic Lake in Subotica in the north of Serbia. This is a lot for the first visit to Serbia, we have to leave something for the second visit. 😊
Closing thoughts
In the end, I would say that I am sorry that we are no longer Yugoslavia and that I would like to be a whole again. I would like to have been born at least 30 years earlier so that I could feel the charms of Yugoslavia and not just to look at pictures and listen to stories. If the forecasts of politicians are true, by 2030, all Yugoslav states will be in the European Union. Here is my reason to rejoice. 😊
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Cars passion - choosing the best engine in 2022
I am someone who likes to plan life long in advance. My plans are for 10, 20 and even 30 years in advance. Even when I was a child, I had plans to live in another state. Germany was the country of my dreams. I haven't been in Germany yet, but I did realize some of my plans. I moved from a small town to live in a big one and play music. I've been dreaming about it my whole life and here I am.
My great love besides music and wife 😊, more precisely obsession, are cars. People who know me say, when I start talking about cars, that I made a mistake when I became musician, because I know more about cars than about music.
Here I would begin the story of my third great love. Diesel is slowly but surely being phased out due to environmental protection. Mostly serious manufacturers like Toyota do not produce more diesel engines. Everyone is slowly but surely investing in hybrid engines. In my head it looks like this.
If we talk about the best petrol engines, for me it is the Mazda 2.0 atmospheric petrol engine. Mazda is the only one on the market that makes such engines. Everyone else is installing turbines, reducing cubic capacity and increasing horsepower. I don't like gas turbines.
If we talk about diesel engines, there is a lot to write about. Two engines I love: TDI and mJTD.
The TDI engine is installed in Audi, Volkswagen, Skoda and Seat cars. I compared them by price and quality. Same engine, but not the same, why do I say that? They say that a good cook knows how to make the perfect dish from the worst ingredients. While a bad chef with the best ingredients knows nothing. The father of one of my students once said that I play well on a regular accordion and his son plays badly on the most expensive one. So it is in the TDI world, as I have ranked from Audi to Seat.
mJTD is the famous Italian diesel that has been repeatedly proclaimed the best diesel engine in the world. I am currently driving a Multijet Italian engine in an Opel car. Opel, Suzuki and several other car dealerships bought the Italian engine and thus improved their sales.
The first version of the JTD is an engine that is indestructible. I know a taxi driver who drives a Fiat Stilo station wagon marked JTD. That car had several owners and it covered a million kilometers and it works like clockwork.
It's time to replace my little car. I drive the famous 1.3mJTD engine, which in 2005 was named the best diesel engine in the world. I opted for the TDI group and chose the 2.0TDI with DSG transmission and 150 horsepower in the Skoda Octavia. I could write to you and talk about diesel until tomorrow.
In the end I would write that I still love my wife more than diesel engines😀 but they are surely my great passion. And what is your choice when it comes to cars?
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How much does freedom cost?
I would start the article with the sentence that freedom is very expensive. Better said invaluable. We usually realize this when we lose it or when our freedom is limited.
Two years ago, when Covid began, I think I learned what freedom means. I was not allowed to breathe freely. For the first three weeks, we were not allowed to move freely. We waited for hours to get to the market. They advised us to take care of the elders, so I only saw my parents when I brought them food from the supermarket. We didn’t even greet each other for fear of getting infected by the Covid. Until then, I didn't know how important it was for a man to be free.
They forbade us to leave the country and to enter another country. A paid, long-awaited vacation in Greece has failed. We started running away from each other. My people are relaxed. We love to hug and kiss. Suddenly, the freedom of everything was denied.
At one point I started to look at some things differently. The first thing is pets. Don't think that I don't like animals, on the contrary, I adore them. I don't think a dog should be kept in an apartment. Here's why. I ask all dog owners, would it be nice if someone kept them on a leash all day and took them out twice for 10 minutes to pee and poop.
I think a dog needs to have a big yard to have the freedom to run, jump, bark. Don't be mad at me, but I think that freedom is very important, for everyone and also for animals. Now I could list a lot of animals that I think are not for the apartment, that they need a backyard. Cats, rabbits, all kinds of birds, all kinds of lizards, fish. In particular, I am most sorry for the fish. If they are already in the aquarium, I think the aquarium should be as big as a room, so that the fish have the impression that they are not closed. I think that nature has arranged it very well and that everything that is natural makes sense.
In the end, I would say that I have learned to appreciate freedom in the last two years and I think it is invaluable. I live every day as if it were my last. Do you think anyone should be restricted in their liberty? Except, of course, people who are in prison for some reason. 😊
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Review of the year 2021
My feelings are mixed. I am sad and happy. I shouldn't be too sad and I am. I should be happy and I'm not because I'm sad. A very difficult start of the year and at the same time beautiful.
I can't wait for this year to end. One sad thing changed the view of the whole world. On everything that happens. You will understand, so let's start from the beginning.
I lost my dad
I lost my dad earlier this year. He was not very old, he was 68 years old. He had a pancreatic attack that day. We put him in the hospital and the fight started. The doctors tried everything but in the end we don't know how he became infected with the Covid 19 virus and there was no chance. I lost him.
I bought an apartment
Right after that, the dice assembled on their own, I don't know how because I wasn't aware of it. A woman showed up that day and told us that she had agreed with my dad to buy our house. We sold it because we think he wanted it that way and we bought an apartment for my mother and an apartment for my family. I was not happy because I did not have the strength to rejoice. I should have been happy, I don't buy an apartment every day.
My daughter was born
Shortly after that, I was supposed to be the happiest dad in the world because a little, adorable little girl was born. I was happy, I won't lie, but the sadness was there. I don't know how to describe that feeling to you. I start laughing and rejoicing, so I start crying. Completely mixed feelings.
I got a permanent job
They say time heals heavy moments such as the loss of a parent, it's not like that for me. Another beautiful event happened this year. I have been waiting for a contract for an indefinite period of time at the school where I work. Every year, while waiting, I talked to my colleagues about how we will celebrate when I got that contract. I got the contract, I'm satisfied.
Closing thoughts
Finally, I would like to wish you a happy New Year. I wish you to be healthy and alive, creative and I also wish all of us great time on the read.cash platform, for a long time.
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What animal do you look like?
I recently read a book and learned that each of us looks like an animal. The writer explained so nicely, that I believed that really each of us looks like an animal. There is truth in that. If you watch dog owners walk their pets, you will see that they really look like each other.
I am an ant
I would start with myself. I am often told that I look like an ant. Probably because I'm diligent, I never asked them. Maybe I just look like an ant. 😀 I usually admire ants. I don't know if there is a more valuable animal than an ant. All their lives, they're constantly doing something. First they build a house, then they collect food throughout the year to have for the winter. They can carry three times the weight of their own weight. Well, there's something I'm sure of. I admire ants and they tell me I look like an ant.
My wife looks like a fox
My wife, in addition to having an elongated nose, and looks like a fox in profile, she really has the characteristics of a fox. She is cunning, and we all know that foxes are cunning and easily outwit their prey. My wife doesn't hunt other animals lol, but she is cunning. Resourceful, patient, follows every situation and reacts exactly when needed.
My son looks like a scorpion
My son, even if he is only 5 years old, shows his character. After the book I read, I watch people carefully. Believe it or not, we really look like an animal. He is as stubborn and persistent as a scorpion. When he decides something, he doesn’t give up until it’s over. Scorpios are otherwise known to survive in abnormal conditions, that their pincers are so strong, that they can cut a human finger. Well, my son was born with that trait.
**My boss looks like a lioness**
The lioness is the most combative animal. She does her best to feed her family. At the cost of her life, the lioness provides lunch for her babies. The principal of the school where I work gives herself every day to do something better for her employees. Whenever she encounters a problem, she solves it at the cost of losing her job. People tell her that she fights like a lion for everyone. By the way, she adores lions. I say, there's something there.
Closing thoughts
Finally, I would like to tell you that there is a movie that I watched a long time ago. The director portrayed us people and our needs so nicely and compared them to animals and their needs, that we are actually animals and animals are us.
What animal do you look like? 😊
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Stretch out as much money as you have, not a cent more
The 21st century is when we are allowed everything. Live freedom! We are allowed a negative bank account in the amount of the entire salary. We are allowed to pay in interest-free installments - credit card. Home loans are never cheaper. Car loans are available to everyone. Everything seems so easy and beautiful! Of course, everything that is so beautiful lasts a short time.
Negative bank account - credit card
Banks can't wait for this! In my country everyone once receives a mail from the bank that they can use the negative bank account in the amount of the entire salary. Let's go shopping! You always need something new, a new jacket, new jeans and the bank allowed spending... And then a new sweater and maybe a watch! Happiness never ends! First of the month, salary, we go to the market to fill the fridge. A basket full of everything we need for the whole month. A cashier pulls out a card. Beep "you don't have enough funds". Swipes the card once more, rejected. Once again, rejected. Awkward situation! You return the full cart, leave the market and the bank adviser tells you that the whole salary has covered the allowed minus, negative account. This is where the vicious circle begins, which never ends for someone.
Stretch out how much your salary is, not a cent more.
Housing loan, car loan, it doesn't matter
At every corner of the intersection on a billboard there is a bank advertisement "roof over your head in 7 days". Or, just one call and you can drive your pet on four wheels from the car store. This is where the vicious circle begins. Every advisor is trained to offer you the best possible offer for the purchase of an apartment or car. 30 years for an apartment or 5 years for a car. If you are 35 years old, you have spent almost your whole life on credit. The apartment is always theirs, the hypothec, until you pay the last installment. All this does not matter when you fantasize about your apartment.
Great, you bought an apartment. Half the salary is for the installment of the apartment every month. Wait, the apartment is empty. The kitchen needs to be bought and kitchen appliances. Wardrobes need to be bought. Living room, bedroom, children's room. So another loan. Banks can't wait for this. The first of the month passed quickly, and the invoices arrived. Now let's get down to paper:
Installment for the apartment
Car installment
Installment for furnishing the apartment
Regular bills
And what are we going to eat this month? 😀
I'm sure you understand me, so, stretch out how much your salary is, not a cent more!
Finally, I would like to tell you the following. I am in a housing loan for the next 30 years, so for the rest of my life. We entered an empty apartment, we took out another furnishing loan. Two small children, regular bills, food, clothes. We need a bigger car, and we'll need a loan for that. We did not stretch out how much our salary is, but a little more. That's why I do three jobs, so I can pay all the bills. Not a cent more is my conclusion. 😊
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