On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:17:29 -0800, 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.
>

i can *totally* dig that.

your pal,
blake