FS 2, or FS PRO?

I think we may be somewhat "professional sports obsessed" but what "first world" country isn't? Professional sports obsession may be the byproduct of not having to worry about survival/war/famine on a daily basis... That isn't necessarily a bad thing... Aye, I took Religion at a catholic university; the class was taught by a former priest and Oxbridge educated prof. In discussing British football with him, I said "It's like a religion..." he rebuked "It IS religion..." So perhaps tossing money away on silly body suits is a modern day version of some sort of sacrifice to the deity of your choice. Me? I would rather spend that money on something so less fleeting, and I'd rather see swimming back to a pair of speedos, goggles and cap (optional). That said, each to their own. I've heard the golf club/running shoe analogy but it seems you still get more yardage from them vs a superhero suit. Yeah and it wouldn't make a difference to my times anyhow so it's a waste from my POV (thought I'd point that out before some numpty does). As for the economic turmoil: I'd rather blame the govts of the world at large for their complicity in burying, supressing or not researching alternative energy to this point...it's no shocker that oil will run out. Secondly the laws of supply and demand that have brought the country to it's knees had a hand in the rise of the sub prime disaster. House prices going up in leaps and bounds, banks prepared to offer mortgages leveraged way past sanity levels, and of course the king of them all, the 5 year ARM with a low, low introductory rate! Add into the mixture the volatility creeping into every alternative investment from hedge funds trying to find value as the dollar sank faster than Geek in a 200 yard breaststroke race, and we are off to the virtual commodity price gouge. In short, people will spend and save as they are inclined. It's not the fault of every person who purchased an indulgent gizmo. The muck can be shovelled around fairly evenly. :cane:

I think we may be somewhat "professional sports obsessed" but what "first world" country isn't? Professional sports obsession may be the byproduct of not having to worry about survival/war/famine on a daily basis... That isn't necessarily a bad thing... Aye, I took Religion at a catholic university; the class was taught by a former priest and Oxbridge educated prof. In discussing British football with him, I said "It's like a religion..." he rebuked "It IS religion..." So perhaps tossing money away on silly body suits is a modern day version of some sort of sacrifice to the deity of your choice. Me? I would rather spend that money on something so less fleeting, and I'd rather see swimming back to a pair of speedos, goggles and cap (optional). That said, each to their own. I've heard the golf club/running shoe analogy but it seems you still get more yardage from them vs a superhero suit. Yeah and it wouldn't make a difference to my times anyhow so it's a waste from my POV (thought I'd point that out before some numpty does). As for the economic turmoil: I'd rather blame the govts of the world at large for their complicity in burying, supressing or not researching alternative energy to this point...it's no shocker that oil will run out. Secondly the laws of supply and demand that have brought the country to it's knees had a hand in the rise of the sub prime disaster. House prices going up in leaps and bounds, banks prepared to offer mortgages leveraged way past sanity levels, and of course the king of them all, the 5 year ARM with a low, low introductory rate! Add into the mixture the volatility creeping into every alternative investment from hedge funds trying to find value as the dollar sank faster than Geek in a 200 yard breaststroke race, and we are off to the virtual commodity price gouge. In short, people will spend and save as they are inclined. It's not the fault of every person who purchased an indulgent gizmo. The muck can be shovelled around fairly evenly. :cane: