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Article #5488Re: What's the best purchase you've ever made and why ?
From: Rod Speed
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 18:38
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 18:38
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Jerry Okamura <okamuraj005@hawaii.rr.com> wrote > Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote >> Jerry Okamura <okamuraj005@hawaii.rr.com> wrote >>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote >>>> beadsbyirene <sanerthanyou@gmail.com> wrote >>>>> Jerry Okamura <okamuraj005@hawaii.rr.com> wrote >>>>>> beadsbyirene <sanerthanyou@gmail.com> wrote >>>>>>> FrediFizzx <fredifizzx@hotmail.com> wrote >>>>>>>> Yep, ditto on our house also. Bought for $23K back in the >>>>>>>> early 70's. Very good for keepin' the rain off your head. ;-) >>>>>>>> Jerry Okamura <okamuraj005@hawaii.rr.com> wrote >>>>>>>>> The house we are presently living in now. We got it at a great price, and it has since appreciated in value >>>>>>>>> considerably from our purchase price, in about eight years. >>>>>>>>> Joe <cyan999@post.com> wrote >>>>>>>>>> Exlcuding anything to do with admirable things like making a charitable donation and / or paying for >>>>>>>>>> education (be it >>>>>>>>>> yours or someone elses), what so far is the best purchase you've ever made and please elaborate on why you >>>>>>>>>> think so. >>>>>>> You guys are so materialistic. The best purchase I ever made was a marriage license for 3 bucks 48 years ago. >>>>>> Good point. But I do not consider the cost of a marriage license as a purchase, because you did not have to >>>>>> "purchase" a licnese to live with someone for the rest of your life. We do that because it is one of those >>>>>> things we are expected to do, when we marry someone. >>>>> 48 years ago, you had to purchase a license to live with someone for the rest of your life. Living together >>>>> without that license was considered 'sin' in those days. >>>> No it wasnt, plenty did it even then. That was the 60s when doing that was rife. >>> This year is 2008. 48 years ago, would make it 1960. >> Duh. Plenty of people were doing that in 1960. > Well, heck. Depending on the definition of "plenty", they were doing it before the '60's Yep, what I said in another post. > and they are sitll doing it. Yep, but she claimed that it wasnt done then. She is just plain wrong.
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