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04-05-2021, 08:15 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Western NC
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Originally Posted by Dtail
That is what I have with my Z4. Lots of fun.
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Surprisingly, my 15-year-old, base model, Subaru sedan came with such.
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04-05-2021, 09:47 PM
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#622
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Syracuse
Posts: 3,502
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Originally Posted by ChiliPepr
Decided I needed a new ride....
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Good looking pupper.
Best dogs ever.
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04-06-2021, 10:41 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Michigan
Posts: 5,003
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Originally Posted by DrRoy
In a higher end art shop we saw an amazing dish shaped copper piece, 24 inches in diameter, with a band of color and irregular black lines that would look awesome on the fireplace, for $700. We might normally have bought a piece of pottery or two for maybe $100 each. Haven't bought it yet, but it's all we can talk about, and I think we are going to give in and blow the dough.
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Originally Posted by Jerry1
If it’s all you can talk about, you should definitely go get it. Seriously, unless you’re art junkies, how often does something speak to you so significantly? I don’t know what my limit is, but if I saw something that would be the perfect piece to hand above my mantle, I’d get it. I doubt $700 would stop me and I hope it won’t you. Share a picture.
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Bought.
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04-06-2021, 10:42 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 400
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Originally Posted by DrRoy
Bought.
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Beautiful!
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04-06-2021, 10:54 AM
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#625
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 5,214
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Originally Posted by DrRoy
Bought.
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Wow, it looks so cool! And it's copper, so you won't have to worry about dropping it and breaking it like pottery!
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04-06-2021, 11:33 AM
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#626
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Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2014
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Yay!
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04-06-2021, 11:52 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 47,500
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Originally Posted by DrRoy
Bought.
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It's BEAUTIFUL!! I am so glad that it hadn't been sold, and you were able to buy it. 
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04-06-2021, 11:54 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 1,477
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Originally Posted by whatnot
Beautiful!
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04-06-2021, 03:09 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Jul 2010
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That is a stunning piece, DrRoy! Enjoy it!!!
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04-06-2021, 03:27 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 475
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My wife and I signed up for 16 day Grand Canyon rafting/hiking trip in Oct 2022. Expensive but doing it with some friends and a once in a lifetime trip. Fortunately we can drive so can avoid the airfare to save a bit of money.
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04-06-2021, 03:33 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: NW Pennsylvania
Posts: 1,820
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I’m selling a second home on Friday. I never really wanted the house, but I decided to buy it from my parents about 6 years ago to give them cash to pay off some debts. My parents continued to live there rent free. Dad passed away and Mom decided to move into an apartment in January, so I immediately started getting it ready to sell. As it turns out, my 26 year old niece and her husband wanted to buy it. So I decided money wasn’t everything and decided to sell it to them about $10,000 under what it probably would have sold for in the hot open market. At a loss for me.
Sooo, since there is no mortgage to pay off, I have decided to spend a portion of my sale proceeds to paint my own home, have my own home professionally landscaped this year instead of doing it myself, and I’m having the aging concrete driveway torn out and replaced with new asphalt. I’m quite excited about my projects. Although it will likely be June before the painting and driveway are done.
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04-06-2021, 03:37 PM
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#632
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Flyover country
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Originally Posted by jabbahop
My wife and I signed up for 16 day Grand Canyon rafting/hiking trip in Oct 2022. Expensive but doing it with some friends and a once in a lifetime trip. Fortunately we can drive so can avoid the airfare to save a bit of money.
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You are going to love that so much! We had such a wonderful time that we went back and did it again five years later, second time with friends. I would even consider doing it a third time. Unbelievable place.
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04-06-2021, 03:59 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Leeward Oahu
Posts: 17,912
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Originally Posted by PaunchyPirate
I’m selling a second home on Friday. I never really wanted the house, but I decided to buy it from my parents about 6 years ago to give them cash to pay off some debts. My parents continued to live there rent free. Dad passed away and Mom decided to move into an apartment in January, so I immediately started getting it ready to sell. As it turns out, my 26 year old niece and her husband wanted to buy it. So I decided money wasn’t everything and decided to sell it to them about $10,000 under what it probably would have sold for in the hot open market. At a loss for me.
Sooo, since there is no mortgage to pay off, I have decided to spend a portion of my sale proceeds to paint my own home, have my own home professionally landscaped this year instead of doing it myself, and I’m having the aging concrete driveway torn out and replaced with new asphalt. I’m quite excited about my projects. Although it will likely be June before the painting and driveway are done.
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Sounds like you value family over money! For that, you deserve a B-T-D reward! Enjoy.
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04-06-2021, 04:22 PM
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#634
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: West of the Mississippi
Posts: 17,259
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You picture is resurrecting traces of the Green Eyed Monster I thought was shoved way back into my Psyche.
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Comparison is the thief of joy
The worst decisions are usually made in times of anger and impatience.
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04-06-2021, 05:02 PM
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#635
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: NW Pennsylvania
Posts: 1,820
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Originally Posted by Koolau
Sounds like you value family over money! For that, you deserve a B-T-D reward! Enjoy.
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Thank you, Koolau. I appreciate that.
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04-06-2021, 05:09 PM
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#636
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 8,968
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Aw, comon' asphalt?
Pour out a new slab and be done for life!
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04-06-2021, 05:36 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: NW Pennsylvania
Posts: 1,820
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Originally Posted by RobbieB
Aw, comon' asphalt?
Pour out a new slab and be done for life!
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Haha. Nope! I much prefer the look of a nice asphalt driveway. Hopefully, the guys I hired give me a nice one.
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04-09-2021, 03:15 AM
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#638
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gone traveling
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 435
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i bought a pair down sleeping bags yesterday. i need the space in my trunk. i want to get that stimulus money spent. $600 for 2 bags is a waste of money. searching for an air mattress now.
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04-09-2021, 06:11 AM
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#639
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2012
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04-09-2021, 10:51 AM
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#640
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Syracuse
Posts: 3,502
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Originally Posted by RobbieB
Aw, comon' asphalt?
Pour out a new slab and be done for life!
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Concrete doesn't wear well in some environments.
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