Bling
 

The other day I was waiting for my car to be finished @ a local car wash.

The couple next to me had so much bling on their hands & wrists--they would never need hand weights @ the gym

It was the real stuff,too

IMHO-- they are asking to be robbed--senior citizens are easy targets--don't make it too tempting.

They were hoping you'd be impressed.

Bling doesn't impress me --sold my 'stuff" years ago--I'm not a saver/hoarder--if we don't use it--its gone

The Admiral has some really good rocks--but she will only wear them if I'm nearby & carrying

My lovely wife is low maintenance. If Revlon had to count on her they'd go out of business!

Once my lifestyle changed I gave all my good stuff to my beautiful granddaughters .........

Looking for attention.

That might of been my wife and I...we have lots of money and really like shiny objects...it is not like we are going to be washing the car ourselves anytime soon! :a040:

Husband washed our car in the driveway yesterday. Didn't catch any glimpse of the family jewels.:1rotfl:

Might get arrested for exposing the family jewels:bigbow:

Keep stroking

Do people in the real world say bling anymore?

Never cared for jewelry and never wore any at all . I especially disliked the gold chain open collar look on guys. Indeed on this subject less is more

So for ones their ring that has been passed down from generation to generation should just be given away you obviously do not have a precious piece. What you think is too shiny for you, to someone else is a memory that they should continue to have and wear proudly.

The woman had a a 5ct. rock on a mount that was built up to make it look better than it really is. the rock was really shallow for its diameter. How do I know my wife has the same size rock-bur with a much simpler mount--platinum not yellow gold. Their stuff was too new to be inherited.

We are surrounded by lots of have-nots, don't advertise to get robbed

Glass

How do you feel about the guys wearing thick gold chains with an alarm clock dangling? :shocked:

Just don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen.....

I choose not to live my life in fear. I'm not against guns....I just said I was proud of my jewelry. :)

Its not fear --its being aware of your surroundings--also risk vs reward

I think it depends if you lived your life up until now in an unsafe and dangerous place. Many of us had similar safe places as here that we moved from. We aren't stupid, we just access the situation AS IT IS and if it would become more dangerous then and only THEN we would have to be MORE careful and change our behavior. It is you and Krazorback who needs to adjust to the reality here and now of a pretty darn safe place. This isn't Orlando or Chicago or New Jersey. This is here. It may change tomorrow, but now we are the ones being realistic and you are NOT.

I don't wear my seatbelt in TV. I feel very safe. If I go to Orlando, I always buckle up.

they are what we call..............victim number one and victim number two.

Sounds like fun owning something so nice your afraid to wear it. As long as they were not wearing it at agency looking for assistance what's the rub? I'll bet you they could defend themselves just fine.

It is safe - to a point, but we really have some mentally unstable people here in TV, one in particular in my own quaint, little neighborhood, and we really have some bad people in the areas surrounding TV (and a lot of us do travel outside the bubble, don't we?). My wife and I don't wear a lot of "look at us" jewelry (me, just my wedding band and her, her wedding rings and an occasional necklace), but we both carry so we're not caught off-guard IF one of those bad, mentally unstable people decide to rear their ugly head and not play by the rules.

The main thing is, don't flaunt your wealth (or supposed wealth); you're setting yourselves up.

The people you feel are mentally unstable may also carry.
And they may decide that you're the one who is mentally unstable.
What then?

don't much care for pinky ring look on men. As for the price of jewelry if lost or stolen value can be all over the board. so suggest you appraise each piece by a very reputable dealer. As for heirlooms one would be better to pass down values

If you have a good rock , it has to mapped by a GIA appraiser in order to get real value insurance