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Why do Scotch bottles come in round canisters? My bottle of Oban comes like that, but I did not know it's a tradition.
If I parked a Maserati in the driveway of my modest tract house the neighbors would not look at me the same and I would need a bigger house in a more "upscale" neighborhood. And that would be expensive.
We rented out a modest townhouse we owned, and when we visited it to fix something or to inspect, we noticed that ours was one of the cheapest vehicles (by far) in the parking lot. People with $250K townhouses without garages, parked BMW, Mercedes, or Cadillac in their assigned spaces. One couple had matched BMW 7-series sedans! It seemed a bit upside-down to me, but to each to his own.
We rented out a modest townhouse we owned, and when we visited it to fix something or to inspect, we noticed that ours was one of the cheapest vehicles (by far) in the parking lot. People with $250K townhouses without garages, parked BMW, Mercedes, or Cadillac in their assigned spaces. One couple had matched BMW 7-series sedans! It seemed a bit upside-down to me, but to each to his own.
No doubt most were leased, too.
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Even so, those would've been pricey leases, and somebody had to come up with a lease down payment.
We live in a development with townhomes in the $500K-600K range. Our neighbors a couple in their late 50's with 2 matching late model leased BMWs requested a deadline extension to pay a $1500 assessment levied by the association. Their unit is also mortgaged to the max but they never miss a golf deadline....
They sound like "grasshoppers," who count on everyone else to be patient while they fund their personal "priorities."
Curious...how do you know their unit is mortgaged to the max? Is there a public database, or do they talk about it?
I love simple food simply prepared;
Prime tenderloin medium rare, hash browns and a quartered tomato -
I find treating friends is a touchy subject. Sure they will accept on dinner on us if we have stayed with them. Sometimes they will accept us picking up the wine if we picked an extra pricey one. Otherwise, it is pretty balanced in terms of payment.
Family can be very different though.
The stash that I have is accumulated over the years. I am gifted and also buy more booze than I consume, so it piles up. This is fine with me, because spirits keep forever, and looking at my hoard gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling, like I am rich.
11 gallons of booze do not add up to that much wealth. It has to be in rarefied vintage to be considered part of one's AA.
Let's see. TotalWine is selling Macallan 25-yr for $1,100 a bottle. For 11 gallons, that works out to 56 bottles, for a total of $62K. That's more than 1% of most people's portfolio, and should be tracked in Quicken.
My comment was in reference to your post of accumulated liquor stock. Grand dad's wealth was nine figures and had no relation to his bourbon shelf.
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