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7 Millionaire Myths
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| August 15, 2010
| Claire Bradley
Posted on 08/15/2010 2:55:20 PM PDT by prisoner6
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To: Frank_2001
Actually, I would bet she rewrote the start so many times that she missed the ‘are’ where she ought to use ‘our’ because the sentence was completely different starting out but she retained much of the original sentence. I write lots of essays, and that is how I make stupid mistakes like that one.
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posted on
08/15/2010 3:36:48 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Dem voters, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when deceived.)
To: BykrBayb
Sand Pebbles.
Sorry for all the typos.
Getting ready for bed because I start work at midnight.
News NEVER sleeps.
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posted on
08/15/2010 3:37:49 PM PDT
by
prisoner6
(Right Wing Nuts are holding The Constitution together as the Loose Screws of The Left come undone!)
To: prisoner6
As a FORMER Chrylser guy...next car will porbably be a Ford or some other make made mostly in the south of midwest. Hyundai, Kia, Subaru et al. I have my eye on the 2011 Hyndai Sonata.
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posted on
08/15/2010 3:40:10 PM PDT
by
freespirited
(There are a lot of bad Republicans but there are no good Democrats.--Ann Coulter)
To: YankeeReb
Take a look at U.S. made Hyundai vehicles. I'm sold on their workmanship and reliability.
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posted on
08/15/2010 3:40:59 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Dem voters, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when deceived.)
To: prisoner6
Punctuation almost always goes inside the quotation marks. A typical exception would be a question mark when the quote is not a question.
If he didn't know what happened, why did he say "I know what happened"?
Your use above was correct though, because the quote was a question. "What happend...mama what happened?"
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posted on
08/15/2010 3:41:23 PM PDT
by
BykrBayb
(Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
To: prisoner6
Of all the millionaires I know NONE were given it. ALL earned it through running their own companies. Some drive a BMW or Mercedes but most prefer an SUV, truck, or Jeep. For cars, they usually drive a BMW or Mercedes 300 or 500 series.
No one I know feels rich. They feel like taxes and other things will eat them alive so they had better continue to earn more.
They are elitists to some degree. They feel they “got it” and learned to earn while others are content being wage slaves. That said, they welcome anyone into their ranks and hope others do, but they know most will never get past thinking their lives are about chasing a “job” and retirement on social security or a small pension.
One thing I find in most, not all, but most, millionaires is a sense of civility and social graces. Most people I know let their kids run around restaurants; the rich usually don’t. Most middle class people think nothing of being rude and crass, cussing in a church, or getting “wasted” at a BBQ and thinking that was cool. Millionaires dont. The difference is that millionaires find people wanting to do business with them, while those others dont.
I attend an annual hunt each year with some wealthy and powerful people. They usually bring along a cousin or two. It is easy to spot the wealthy versus their bum cousin they are doing a favor. One can carry an intelligent conversation, the other is getting wasted and trying to be the center of attention. One person does things sensibly; the other needs to be watched like small child before they destroy something or hurt someone, thinking they are being cool.
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posted on
08/15/2010 3:43:44 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
("Idiocracy" is not just a movie.)
To: prisoner6
The movie might have been ‘Sandpipers’, or something similar in name. McQueen was a yoeman on a boat running refugees out in China, IIRC.
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posted on
08/15/2010 3:44:25 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Dem voters, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when deceived.)
To: prisoner6
‘Sand Pebbles’! Yeah, good flick, BTW.
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posted on
08/15/2010 3:45:38 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Dem voters, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when deceived.)
To: prisoner6
Did you say “Sand Pebbles”? I’ll have to watch that now. Thanks.
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posted on
08/15/2010 3:48:50 PM PDT
by
BykrBayb
(Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
To: CodeToad
I have a multi-millioaire cousin who never buys a new car, always a used one, preferrably three or four years old, with low mileage. Pays cash and drives them until the wheels fall off. He also doesn’t bother with maintenance like oil changes, etc. Replacing tires is about the extent of his maintaining a vehicle.
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posted on
08/15/2010 3:49:23 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Dem voters, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when deceived.)
To: MHGinTN; freespirited
Thanks! Looking at both the Sonata and the Kia Sorento. They've come a LONG way!
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posted on
08/15/2010 3:49:42 PM PDT
by
prisoner6
(Right Wing Nuts are holding The Constitution together as the Loose Screws of The Left come undone!)
To: BykrBayb
Sad story, but a very well made flick.
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posted on
08/15/2010 3:50:52 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Dem voters, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when deceived.)
Would rank ‘Sand Pebbles’ right up there with ‘A Town Called Alice’.
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posted on
08/15/2010 3:52:06 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Dem voters, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when deceived.)
But then, my current favorite flick is ‘Ratatouille’
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posted on
08/15/2010 3:54:07 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Dem voters, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when deceived.)
To: prisoner6
If you take me as a sample, I can tell you a few things:
1. I drive a 12 year old car.
2. I live in a studio apartment.
3. I watch a 19” TV from 1983.
4. I never made more than $115K a year in salary.
I thinking I am in the running for the world’s cheapest millionaire.
To: prisoner6
I believe they are making them down in Alabama now.
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posted on
08/15/2010 3:55:18 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Dem voters, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when deceived.)
To: prisoner6
>> my severe dyslexia LOL!
I see what you mean — you spelled “LOL” backwards.
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posted on
08/15/2010 3:57:12 PM PDT
by
Nervous Tick
(Eat more spinach! Make Green Jobs for America!)
To: BykrBayb
But what I wrote doesn't seem to actually "stop down" the sentence. Wife just mentioned there should be a period after the quotes to end everything.
Because we are under deadlines and are familiar with each other's styles it is not uncommon to find something like "2 crs colided undr the Wst Wnd Bridhe."
Tranlation would be "Two Cars collided under the West End Bridge."
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posted on
08/15/2010 3:58:27 PM PDT
by
prisoner6
(Right Wing Nuts are holding The Constitution together as the Loose Screws of The Left come undone!)
To: prisoner6
Bonus if anyone knows that quote from a 1960’s film starring Steve McQueen.
Funny that he should come up in a thread on unpretentious
rich people. I just helped move the National Motorcycle
Museum in Animosa Ia. to their new location. One of the
bikes was Steve's old Indian chopper. What a pile! Nice to
see his ego didn't outgrow him.
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posted on
08/15/2010 4:00:34 PM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(What's "My Struggle" in Kenyan?)
To: CodeToad
One thing I find in most, not all, but most, millionaires is a sense of civility and social graces. Most people I know let their kids run around restaurants; the rich usually dont. Most middle class people think nothing of being rude and crass, cussing in a church, or getting wasted at a BBQ and thinking that was cool. Millionaires dont. The difference is that millionaires find people wanting to do business with them, while those others dont. Says it all to me! Same experience, with a few exceptions...Heinzes, Hilmans (sometimes) and a few other local politicians.
prisoner6
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posted on
08/15/2010 4:01:51 PM PDT
by
prisoner6
(Right Wing Nuts are holding The Constitution together as the Loose Screws of The Left come undone!)
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