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Re: What's the best purchase you've ever made and why ?

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From: Rod Speed
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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From: "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: What's the best purchase you've ever made and why ?
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