Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:00:59 -0500, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>
>> i am a liberal politically, but i like things in my household to stay the
>> same. when something breaks (usually after long time), i want the same
>> item, which can lead to frustration.
>>
> We have a friend who is very well off financially, but drives a 16
> year old Mercedes. He drives it not to be economical or b/c he's
> cheap, he just doesn't want to have to deal with a different vehicle's
> whistles and bells. His old Merc is getting to the point of not being
> repairable and I swear the guy would spend $200k if someone would
> build him a new car exactly like the one he has now.
>
> He also has a 1932 Rolls Royce he inherited from his father that has
> right hand drive with the shifter *in the door*, which I found very
> odd. It also has writing desks on the back of the front seats. Drives
> like you ought to have a parrot on your shoulder, singing, "Yo HO!" He
> drove it down to south Orange County from LA and never was able to get
> it over 50 mph, and in SoCal, that can get you killed, even in a land
> barge!
>
> OB: A big order of crab legs showed up on Friday and we're having a
> big ole crab leg dinner tomorrow with the family. I figure 2 lbs of
> butter ought to suffice, a nice salad, some haricots vert sauteed in a
> little lemon and butter, sourdough bread and that berry crumb pie
> ought to work nicely.<burp!>
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
>
>

That was very enlightening!