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

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From: Jerry Okamura
Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 17:08
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"beadsbyirene" <sanerthanyou@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> "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. 
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