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I just left Wal-Mart. Some people hate Wal-Mart. I love Wal-Mart. I walk through the aisles and aisles of stuff that has been gathered for me to browse from all over the world and I am constantly amazed. And even though I live near one of the largest cities in the US, I don't live in it. This cornucopia of capitalism is located 5 minutes from my house.
So today I spent approximately the equivalent of 17 hours of minimum wage labor and acquired:
a new fishing pole
a roll of duct tape
three types of bread
organic milk
Belgian style wheat ale
fresh bananas
fresh strawberries (fresh fruit and vegetables especially amaze me - in Wal-Mart or anywhere else)
a head lamp for camping
a couple of cans of fuel for my camping stove and light
two types of cereal
some funky ice cream treats
triple decker Oreos
graham crackers
two kinds of cheese
fresh meat
candy
tomato sauce
chips
fishing tackle
limes
flour
spices
and some other stuff - you get the idea.
How could you not be amazed by this collection of things, all readily available in one store at the cost of two days of unskilled labor?
If you look at European history in the 15th and 16th century, the little packets of spices alone would have been worth weeks if not months of unskilled labor. I bought them for about an hour's worth of labor.
I was telling my macroecon class the other day that my daughter had to do an experiment when she was in fourth grade on feeding her family for less than $3. Do you know how easy that was? She bought dried beans, dried rice, some bananas, and some salt and pepper. Once we prorated the quantities, she fed a family of five well for about $2.50. In other words, you could feed a family of five for a day on about an hour's worth of unskilled laborer's wages.
Perhaps you don't want what is at Wal-Mart. That's fine. The beautiful thing is that you are so wealthy, you have a choice.
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trying to get some SOOC shots, working with ambient light, but manipulating ISO and other camera settings.
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We were sitting next to my daughter's marching band. This was one of the drum majors.
This was at the Steele High School football game against Johnson.
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