Dirt poor?

[Ibby]

I'll admit I got lazy here and didnt read all 18 pages (hey, I read through every other thread I posted in, I deserve a break), but having lived in Hong Kong for a year and Beijing for three, and having travelled all around China, Tibet (it may be part of the PRC but I'll be damned if I'll call it China), and Mongolia, I've seen poor, and so if I have more than three outfits of clothes, enough food to eat whenever I'm hungry, and my guitar to play, I will never consider myself poor. Really, two out of three ain't bad, I'd sell some of my clothes for strings and/or food if I had to.

With my father in the military we've never quite been rich, but we've always had all we needed, and past... ten years or so, I'd go so far as to say well-off. Five laptops and a PC among four people sure ain't bad, even if two of those laptops are barely usable anymore. Especially when it comes to electronics, we spoil ourselves, even though it leaves us with less actual cash (and/or spending money) then we would like, and as much as I routinely complain about having no money, I've really got it good compared to a lot of people. I'd give up almost all of it in a heartbeat if it meant I could go back to where I lived before instead of staying here in Taiwan, but that doesn't mean I dont like it...