{"id":6370,"date":"2022-08-16T19:01:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T19:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=6370"},"modified":"2024-02-08T09:59:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T09:59:35","slug":"arse-poverty-forces-sale-of-a-beloved-geetah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=6370","title":{"rendered":"MiSC\/MUSiC\/HOME: ARSE!!! Hard Times Force Sale of Beloved Geetah\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_8747-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6371\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_8747-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_8747-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_8747-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_8747-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_8747-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sold this beauty today.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You hear on the TiVvy that times are tough. But it\u2019s usually only when it comes home to roost, when you feel the burn, that you really get hipped to the pain of poverty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve never ever been a bread-head. Indeed, I\u2019m actually quite proud of my anti-capitalist anti-monetarist stance in life. Ok, I may not have set the world aflame, or even achieved very much on any level. But for the most part my time has been my own. To \u2018spend\u2019 or \u2018waste\u2019 &#8211; such dumb-ass hooman ideas &#8211; as I choose.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_8748-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6372\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_8748-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_8748-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_8748-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_8748-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_8748-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">So shiny!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But sometimes these \u2018lifestyle choices\u2019 can hurt a bit. Today is such a day. Some money went out of my account today to pay for a holiday. The first and only real holiday we\u2019d have had &#8211; excepting only Abbie\u2019s glorious wedding! &#8211; in about three years. Indeed, we hardly leave the house, except to work, or buy stuff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That last observation makes me realise I haven\u2019t escaped the rat race treadmill half as much as I\u2019d like to! The money leaving my account to pay for the AirB&amp;B accommodation would take (indeed, may have already taken) me over my overdraft limit. Like Louis Cole\u2026 \u2018I don\u2019t want to, check my\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dAH4zGd_W1s?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, to meet the costs of other regular commitments, I\u2019ve been trying to get some casual cash in hand work, and I\u2019ve signed up with Amazon Flex, to do deliveries. But so far, nada. So in the meantime I\u2019ve been flogging stuff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now we get to the rub, the pain, the hurt\u2026 Today I sold a resonator guitar that I only bought, I dunno, maybe six months back? I\u2019ve hardly even played the damn thing! And whenever I have I\u2019ve really enjoyed it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_8745-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6373\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_8745-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_8745-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_8745-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_8745-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_8745-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In mint condition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a cheap Chinese jobby. I only paid \u00a360-70 for it (and I just sold it for \u00a375). But I didn\u2019t want to sell it! It was worth a lot more to me as a thing; a thing of beauty capable of the magic that is music. Indeed, checking it over prior to selling it I got \u2018in the zone\u2019 for a bit, which only makes parting with it all the harder!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh well, easy come easy go. I guess\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You hear on the TiVvy that times are tough. But it\u2019s usually only when it comes home to roost, when you feel the burn, that you really get hipped to the pain of poverty. I\u2019ve never ever been a bread-head. Indeed, I\u2019m actually quite proud of my anti-capitalist anti-monetarist stance in life. Ok, I may &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=6370\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MiSC\/MUSiC\/HOME: ARSE!!! 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