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Down To Earth
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A poster was asking about people who are 'down to earth' on a recent thread. I've been mulling it over and have been wondering what down to earth means to me and I'm not sure I can quantify or qualify what it is.
How would you describe DTE?
How would you describe DTE?
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This pseudo 'class' divide' is manufactured by those who wish they were living the 'pseudo' better lifestyle.
I would guess that the majority of the 'bluffers' aren't any better than any other person who , taking AB as a vox pox, are any better/worse, more affluent/less affluent than anyone else. Franglais is just a minor irritant we all indulge...
We're all down to earth. It's that simple. People who try to differ are the people who have designs above an imaginary station :)
This pseudo 'class' divide' is manufactured by those who wish they were living the 'pseudo' better lifestyle.
I would guess that the majority of the 'bluffers' aren't any better than any other person who , taking AB as a vox pox, are any better/worse, more affluent/less affluent than anyone else. Franglais is just a minor irritant we all indulge...
We're all down to earth. It's that simple. People who try to differ are the people who have designs above an imaginary station :)
Himself is a social chameleon (ex army officer) but I wouldn't say he is down to earth, he just has impeccable manners. I think being down to earth is far more difficult to categorise because we all have different expectations (because of experience) of people and situations, someone who I might think is 'all fur coat and no knickers' might seem down to earth to others.
'All fur coat and no knickers' became a a reality when on a college trip through Paris one night when we had to stop at a crossing as a lady of the night crossed in front of us just as the wind got up. It was an interesting sight.......
The lads snoozing where very disappointed to miss the spectacle!
I do think this is a very complex question, it is very subjective and many influences will vary the individual answers to each scenario.
The lads snoozing where very disappointed to miss the spectacle!
I do think this is a very complex question, it is very subjective and many influences will vary the individual answers to each scenario.
I think wealth has lots to do with peoples attitudes. Money changes people, not all, but some.
Like I said in the other thread, my granddad was a very wealthy man, you'd never have known it though.
One thing he said to me when I was young was 'everyones money is worth the same' which to me meant you should never judge anyone. I think that's down to earth.
Like I said in the other thread, my granddad was a very wealthy man, you'd never have known it though.
One thing he said to me when I was young was 'everyones money is worth the same' which to me meant you should never judge anyone. I think that's down to earth.
Money would never change me,
If I lived in a mansion & the other person started taking about their smaller home, I would try to change the subject,
The German car I now have is a 1999 in Mint Condition, I can afford a new one, but why should I?
If eating out, it would not be a swank place, why pay over the odds,
It's me, it's what you see, & it's what you get,
My @rsole of a brother THOUGHT he was someone some years back, but that was to try and impress, so found out different.
D.T.E. TWR Take me as you find me, That's me.,
If I lived in a mansion & the other person started taking about their smaller home, I would try to change the subject,
The German car I now have is a 1999 in Mint Condition, I can afford a new one, but why should I?
If eating out, it would not be a swank place, why pay over the odds,
It's me, it's what you see, & it's what you get,
My @rsole of a brother THOUGHT he was someone some years back, but that was to try and impress, so found out different.
D.T.E. TWR Take me as you find me, That's me.,