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mlainez

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DID YOU KNOW......
« on: May 29, 2009, 09:48:54 am »
Americans now spend $41 billion a year on their pets—more than the gross domestic product of all but 64 countries in the world. That's double the amount shelled out on pets a decade ago, with annual spending expected to hit $52 billion in the next two years!!!  :o
That is more than whats spent on the movies ($10.8 billion), playing video games ($11.6 billion), and listening to recorded music ($10.6 billion) combined.  :angry7:

Think it's a waste of money? I do.

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Re: DID YOU KNOW......
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2009, 08:51:49 pm »
video games are not a waste of money. i love my ps3 if it were a child. my ps3 i think is the only thing that keeps me for going crazy

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« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2009, 06:11:44 am »
video games are not a waste of money. i love my ps3 if it were a child. my ps3 i think is the only thing that keeps me for going crazy

keeps...
 
you...

from...

going??

CRAZY!!!!!!


And i though you were already there.....  :dontknow:


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Re: DID YOU KNOW......
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2009, 08:15:03 am »
That doesn't surprise me so much.  People have less children now than they did in the past, and generally delay having them to a later age than previous generations.

My wife and I had a dog for 2.5 years before our first born child.  The dog helped get her past baby-crazy stage for a while.  Lol

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« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2009, 05:16:59 pm »
It does sound crazy, but these pets are replacements for the kids that people can't have or have become empty nesters and need something to keep them going.
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