Snot monster

[flea]

Yes, Casper has her first cold. Came on overnight, requiring boogination, and ultimately sleeping in the car seat, and tylenol in the AM. Boy does a snotty head make her cranky, not that I can blame her, because it makes me cranky too. mr. flea feels guilty because he thinks he is the source of the infection. Silly. Colds abound and it's a wonder she's gone without this far.

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Two messages came over the neighborhood listserv this weekend, from the same person. One advertising a used dual jogging stroller for $250; the other advertising a used kitchen stove for $125. Seems a sad commentary on our neighborhood/society when a jogging stroller is worth twice as much as a stove. A stove is actually essential, you know? Yet we value the jogging stroller more highly.

Comments

[dxmachina.livejournal.com]

Maybe the stroller is in better shape.

[casperflea.livejournal.com]

Well, I suppose. They said they paid $500 for the stroller, and I just now went to sears.com and the range of stove prices is incredible - from $300-1500! They said the stove was 10 years old and working well (they are probably doing a remodel). I don't think 10 is old for a stove - the one in my kithcen dates back to at least the 1960s and works fine.

I guess I'm not articulating well. I'm just sort of saddened by the "essential" jogging strollers I see pushed by the wealthy white parents in my neighborhood park, contrasted with the people from two blocks over who come with 5 kids under 6 and have no stroller at all.

[dxmachina.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I was teasing a bit, with the whole "It's a *really good* stroller."

Actually, I'd just as soon see something essential, like a stove, be affordable. As you say, people can get by without a stroller. It's tougher without a stove.