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Article #5494Re: What's the best purchase you've ever made and why ?
From: Rod Speed
Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 20:19
Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 20:19
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beadsbyirene <sanerthanyou@gmail.com> wrote: > "Jerry Okamura" <okamuraj005@hawaii.rr.com> wrote in message > news:483062a6$0$30481$4c368faf@roadrunner.com... >> >> "beadsbyirene" <sanerthanyou@gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:pWLXj.143981$Er2.26457@bignews6.bellsouth.net... >>> >>> "FrediFizzx" <fredifizzx@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:699ej7F3219vmU1@mid.individual.net... >>>> Yep, ditto on our house also. Bought for $23K back in the early >>>> 70's. Very good for keepin' the rain off your head. ;-) >>>> >>>> Fred >>>> >>>> "Jerry Okamura" <okamuraj005@hawaii.rr.com> wrote in message >>>> news:482f72c3$0$5707$4c368faf@roadrunner.com... >>>>> 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 in message >>>>> news:8f2702cc-afb9-4964-bf0d-8425adb35b82@1g2000prg.googlegroups.com... >>>>>> 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.
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