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Old 07-29-2014, 02:18 PM
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I like a competent man who can get things done.
I like to watch This Old House on PBS.

I'd love to have the tools and equipment those dudes have, not to mention the know how. Of course they probably get those tools for free just for showing them on TV.

I'd also like to know what some of those renovations they do cost.

I watch them do those projects and in my mind I hear "ka-ching, ka-ching."

But I guess for some people a hundred grand is nothing just to get that country kitchen the way you want it.
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What they are doing up popping up with cash so folks who need a mortgage and are ready to close are cut out of the opportunity. I hear it time and time again, they are snapping up the best properties, leaving only the poorest for folks who need to take out a mortgage.

Just more screwing over by the elite. I need to buy into guillotine stocks.

(I did Google "best way to kill rich people" but Google was no assistance whatsoever..... )
So which wine should go with "rich", Thunderbird or Night Train? Mad dog 20-20?

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Old 07-29-2014, 03:45 PM
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So which wine should go with "rich", Thunderbird or Night Train? Mad dog 20-20?

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A nice Chianti.
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Old 07-29-2014, 03:56 PM
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I like to watch This Old House on PBS.

I'd love to have the tools and equipment those dudes have, not to mention the know how. Of course they probably get those tools for free just for showing them on TV.

I'd also like to know what some of those renovations they do cost.

I watch them do those projects and in my mind I hear "ka-ching, ka-ching."

But I guess for some people a hundred grand is nothing just to get that country kitchen the way you want it.
No kidding! 'Well we decided a custom handmade wrought iron railing was the perfect touch for the 3 story staircase'

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Old 07-29-2014, 03:57 PM
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So which wine should go with "rich", Thunderbird or Night Train? Mad dog 20-20?

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How should the rich be served?
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Old 07-29-2014, 06:18 PM
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How should the rich be served?
With Fava beans.
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Old 07-29-2014, 06:18 PM
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How should the rich be served?
The miscreants could be put on board the spacecraft in that Twilight Zone episode, or see following post.

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Old 07-29-2014, 06:20 PM
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A nice Chianti.
With Fava beans of course (slurpy noises following).

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Old 07-29-2014, 06:24 PM
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With Fava beans of course (slurpy noises following).

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