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Post by seren on Jul 15, 2024 1:02:16 GMT
"Still! When I was young, there wasn't any need to worry about that bullshit!" He scoffs, ignoring how old of a man he sounds like right now. "Long as you could take care of your shit - or afford to pay someone else to - then there wasn't any problem!"
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Post by ZiekwaltZier on Jul 15, 2024 1:34:56 GMT
Sterling chuckled looking at Aven as the way he said it made him sounds like an old geezer despite his appearance making him look young. "I know you're older than you look but the way you said that sounds funny since you sounded like a geezer though you look young." Sterling said as he smiled at Aven and sat there by the lake with them.
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Post by seren on Jul 15, 2024 2:51:59 GMT
"Geezer? I'm older than most geezers." He snorts. "Geezers are babies compared to me...!"
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Post by ZiekwaltZier on Jul 16, 2024 2:16:13 GMT
"Well anyway society has changed since the time you had been a part of it." Sterling stated as he looked at Aven and soon got up walking over to sit beside them as he hugged his knees calmly.
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Post by seren on Jul 16, 2024 2:20:57 GMT
"Yeah, I know. And not always for the better. Sure, some things... but then there's things like utilities. And somehow taxes getting worse, I don't know how."
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Post by ZiekwaltZier on Jul 16, 2024 2:58:13 GMT
"Right? I wish we could just do away with taxes. They are a pest that no one likes. I mean charging someone for extra money for the money they spend? That's just a double whammy." Sterling said as he looked at Aven as the talk became a bit more on the intellectual side due to the speak of such matters.
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Post by seren on Jul 16, 2024 3:32:43 GMT
"Yup. And it's always the rich who somehow pay the least taxes. It's been that way for ages - and it's always sucked."
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Post by ZiekwaltZier on Jul 20, 2024 20:35:01 GMT
"It's because so many of them get tax write offs by throwing money at charities and other things that they can deduct so they don't have to pay a lot of taxes." Sterling said as he looked at Aven and cleared his throat sitting next to him while smiling at him.
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Post by seren on Jul 20, 2024 21:25:10 GMT
"Yeah, it's stupid." He shakes his head. "Things really haven't changed much in that regard." ...huh. Sterling sitting next to him... it's nice, Aven has to admit. He's not gonna say it out loud, yet... but he can't help but smile back. "Well, enough about bullshit like that. What's your place like?"
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Post by ZiekwaltZier on Jul 21, 2024 1:54:14 GMT
"My place is a bit plain, but it's comfortable. It has all the amenities one could need at least." Sterling said as he lived in a house he owns two blocks away from the flower shop he worked at. "You'll see once we get there." Sterling stated as he sat beside Aven and looked up at the sky smiling feeling at peace out in nature.
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Post by seren on Jul 21, 2024 3:34:13 GMT
"...yeah, guess I will." He sighs, but stands up. "Well, this isn't all for the path. C'mere." Aven leads Sterling along a path around the lake. It's fairly quiet, all things considered, minus a few fishermen they pass by. The sun's past midpoint by the time the pair get back to camp.
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Post by ZiekwaltZier on Jul 21, 2024 4:08:54 GMT
"The Lake are you showed me was beautiful, I'll have to visit it more when I get the time to come back out again." Sterling said as he looked at Aven running his fingers through his long platinum white locks and sighed. He was attractive but he looked wild with how long and flowing his hair was, it definitely had to take a long time for him to wash and dry his hair that was for sure.
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