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  • phrase Money is wasted (in lost wages, missed opportunities, etc.) when a person's time is not used productively; time is valuable and should not be wasted.

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  • Spare time = spare change. Hourly wages. Time spent. Time saved.

    August 11, 2007

  • Looks like you have been reading George Lakoff, O.

    August 11, 2007

  • Yep. Like him a lot! See my lists "Philosophy in the Flesh" and "Metaphors We Live By".

    August 12, 2007

  • I am also a long time fan of Lakoff.

    August 12, 2007