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

Jerry Okamura <okamuraj005@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:69bha4F32f79hU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> beadsbyirene <sanerthanyou@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> "Jerry Okamura" <okamuraj005@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> news:483062a6$0$30481$4c368faf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>
>>>> "beadsbyirene" <sanerthanyou@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>> news:pWLXj.143981$Er2.26457@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>
>>>>> "FrediFizzx" <fredifizzx@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>>> news:699ej7F3219vmU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>> 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@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:482f72c3$0$5707$4c368faf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>> 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@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>>>>>
news:8f2702cc-afb9-4964-bf0d-8425adb35b82@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>>> 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.