XPost: or.general, or.politics   
   From: dhomuth1@comcast.net   
      
   On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 23:07:11 GMT, "gatt"   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   >> Maggie LaMont asks about condo #9 on page 26 and whether or not $309   
   >> per square foot is typical for that area.   
   >   
   >Anybody taking that much should be beaten for thievery and anybody paying   
   >that much should be beaten for stupidity.  By that rate it would cost   
   >$247,000 or better to build an 800sqft house.    I would describe that as   
   >ridiculous.   
      
   As would I, but then I know a guy who paid US$150k for a car last   
   year.   
      
   A car???   
      
   When someone wishes to consume conspicuously, and is determined to do   
   it, they simply will do it.  I'm not certain what they're buying, but   
   there was a James Garner movie some years back where he played a TX   
   oilman, and the question of Money came up in the discussion.   
      
   His remarks was something otoo, "The money's not important.  It's just   
   the way of keeping score."  That seems to work on both the earning and   
   spending side -- as you see demonstrated hereon every now and again.   
      
   The same folks will rant about the UnFairness of the property taxes   
   later too, as if they weren't aware of it at closing.   
      
   But it keeps lawyers and accountants employed, and Lowered Nose what   
   other things they'd be up to if they weren't.   
      
   It all works out.   
      
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