[fintstone]

Originally Posted by mattdavis11

I see waste in having a hot water heater, fintstone. Do you have two to heat it up a bit hotter?

I'm just jabbing at you. I'd love to have a house with more than one water heater.

Carry on.

Sorry I missed this.

Yes. My house has two 75 gallon hot water heaters. Lots of large homes do...as well as multiple AC units and furnaces...and a fireplace on each floor...and bedrooms that I don't even use.

Two don't heat the water any hotter, but it is pretty difficult to ever run out.

That is the beauty of this country (land of opportunity). One does not have to be born into a profession or caste. Your father might be a janitor and you could be an engineer or physician. I carried water home in a bucket and heated it on a fire to bathe as a youngster. I never had AC in a home or car...nor were really ever very warm in my home in the winter until I was an adult. Now I have endless hot water (and my own well)...and keep a large house very comfortable year round (and two vacation homes). Of course this is just proof that if you work hard and smart enough, you can have almost anything. It is all about choices. Choice in how we accumulate wealth (or not), how much we accumulate, and how we spend it.

I am likely more frugal in some areas than almost anyone I know...and spend a good deal more in others (mostly things with a finite, physical manifestation). I would buy a rental home or even a vacation home in a minute...but would pass on an expensive vacation or a new car (as the earlier represents simply moving invested money into a different investment while the latter is gone). Different folks, different strokes.