shanendoah
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Post by shanendoah on Oct 28, 2014 11:41:29 GMT -5
minnesotapaintlady - If you get that barn, can I come stay there for vacation every summer? I'll totally help with the horses while I'm there, including mucking stalls...
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shanendoah
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Post by shanendoah on Oct 28, 2014 11:48:19 GMT -5
I've traveled first class twice.
Once was on the train from Vancouver back to Seattle, during the Olympics. It cost me around $20 to upgrade to the first class cabin. So worth it- my own little plug in for the computer, no chairs next to me, and they let me pet the drug sniffing dog at the border crossing. Would absolutely make the same choice again and again.
This last summer, flying back to Seattle from dropping Pop Tart at my mom's. My bad knee was killing me, and flying always aggravates it. So, I paid to upgrade my coach seat to one of the "premium" coach seats, but couldn't get an aisle seat like I really needed. At the gate, I asked the agent what it would cost to upgrade to First Class. She was busy with one of the million things they have to do and asked me to wait a couple minutes. Then she upgraded me to first class for free (so really the upgrade cost of my premium coach seat, which was like $35). I don't ever expect that to happen again, and this was a short flight (CA to WA), but it was nice. (Also, this was a small plane, so my first class seat was a row of 1, aisle and window, no one next to me.) In general, I would not pay for the first class upgrade on a long flight- there are so many other things I can do with that money when I get to my destination.
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tractor
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Post by tractor on Oct 28, 2014 12:09:27 GMT -5
I would buy a 2015 Z06 corvette, and build a special garage to keep it in.
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gooddecisions
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Post by gooddecisions on Oct 28, 2014 13:08:53 GMT -5
I want a designer with good taste to decorate every room in my house. I don't want to be involved in the process, just wow me during the reveal, like one of those shows. I also want a master closet redesign, master bathroom redesign, mudroom redesign, better shelving in the garage, screen porch, patio and landscaping. I don't care about travel right now or driving around my 1998 beater. I just want my home to be outstanding. Maybe I've been watching too much "Love it or List it."
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Timberwolf
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Post by Timberwolf on Oct 28, 2014 14:13:04 GMT -5
I want a Chauffeur. The ironic part is that I love, love, love road trips but I hate driving.
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Post by Sunnyday on Oct 28, 2014 14:33:37 GMT -5
I would love to travel back in time with about $150K and do another year in NYC -- but with money this time. I went to law school with some very fabulously-dressed women who did all their grocery shopping at Whole Foods and went out to the best restaurants and bars every weekend. Basically, they lived Sex and the City, but without the niggling question on where all the characters' disposable income came from Meanwhile DH and I lived in Brooklyn and our big splurge was a $13 pizza every Friday. (We had fun, though). I wouldn't want to live SATC for the rest of my life, but it would be nice for a little bit. Plus I'd get to keep the clothes! Yes, I want to do this too. But it would be Paris for me. even paris has its limits when you are broke as hell. Lunch and dinner, pasta cooked over a hotplate. Then drained very carefully with a fork because a colander costs too much, and a nice jar of pasta sauce poured on top. hmmm delicious...x 1000 meals!!!
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Post by Abby Normal on Oct 28, 2014 15:16:03 GMT -5
I want this barn. I love this barn. but I doubt those arena wall stay white for very long. I would not want the job of keeping them clean. Brown walls are better. Hides the dirt and the cob webs.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2014 15:31:15 GMT -5
If I'm rich enough to afford this barn, I'm rich enough to hire someone to repaint the wooden kick panels on the bottom every spring! I don't think the white steel above it would get too bad. You can just pressure wash that if it does. A girl I went to school with built THIS just down the road from me. (Ok, her Daddy did....and yeah I'm jealous, especially since my Mom used to date the guy! It should have been me!). She has a lot of white steel inside and it still looks good 10 years later.
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TheHaitian
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Post by TheHaitian on Oct 28, 2014 17:05:50 GMT -5
First class travel is definitely one thing I aspire too
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emma1420
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Post by emma1420 on Oct 28, 2014 17:12:44 GMT -5
First class is something I do now. I'm lucky that I travel enough that between miles and upgrade fee's it's not that much more expensive, especially once you add in the half dozen fee's the airline tack on these days. I do have a rule, I'll only upgrade on a flight that is more than 8 hours and an overnight flight. I'd love to buy a luxury car, brand new, every few years. Unless, I win the lottery that is never happening. I'd also love to be one of those people who gut whole rooms and redo them. That also won't be happening
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Works4me
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Post by Works4me on Oct 28, 2014 23:28:45 GMT -5
Sunnyday, Lucky Bird, and Well Rested -
Sign me up as the fourth person for the SATC Year in NYC. Great clothes, perfect bodies, and no money worries. Now all we have to do is figure out who will be which character. Even GSD Tara wants to be our Official "Pooch."
Anyone want dibs?
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midjd
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Post by midjd on Oct 29, 2014 7:09:49 GMT -5
Sunnyday, Lucky Bird, and Well Rested - Sign me up as the fourth person for the SATC Year in NYC. Great clothes, perfect bodies, and no money worries. Now all we have to do is figure out who will be which character. Even GSD Tara wants to be our Official "Pooch." Anyone want dibs? I'm in. I'll be Miranda.
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Post by Firebird on Oct 29, 2014 10:38:14 GMT -5
Whichever one is least bitchy, I'll call dibs on her.
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Post by midjd on Oct 29, 2014 10:51:59 GMT -5
OK, so you're Charlotte. We'll let Sunny and Sarah fight over Carrie and Samantha
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Firebird
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Post by Firebird on Oct 29, 2014 11:02:14 GMT -5
Isn't Charlotte the redheaded lawyer? Shouldn't that be you?
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Post by murphath on Oct 29, 2014 11:02:55 GMT -5
I worked in outside sales for an international airline a few years out of college and can vouch for the first class travel. Once you've experienced that, it's tough to go back. But back we did after I had children and left that career for one with less travel. My territory was huge! I've also stayed in the over-the-water bungalow on Bora Bora--at the BB Hotel which, from what I've heard, is now closed. That was scrumptious. The 5 star hotels were either free (if associated with our tour companies) or half price. To be honest, I was never that comfortable in the public areas of those hotels. Too many uber rich people and although I didn't pay much, I wasn't making all that much either so moving in those circles was somewhat foreign.
Of it all, the first class section of the aircraft is what I miss the most! And what I'd like to have back!
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midjd
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Post by midjd on Oct 29, 2014 11:05:18 GMT -5
Isn't Charlotte the redheaded lawyer? Shouldn't that be you? That's Miranda Charlotte is the sweet romantic type.
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Post by Firebird on Oct 29, 2014 11:09:17 GMT -5
Googled. She rocks the glasses and has brown hair. I can be Charlotte
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Post by alabamagal on Oct 29, 2014 12:32:17 GMT -5
When I worked for a large company, trips to Europe were business class! It was awesome. One time I was on business class on a plane that had it in the very front section of the plane and the seat layout was v-shaped with one large seat in the center, which is what i got. It was like I was sitting on a throne, it was so awesome.
When company was going through cutbacks, I asked my boss if I should take the $7000 business class or $1500 coach and he said policy was business class, so I didn't argue.
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Works4me
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Post by Works4me on Oct 30, 2014 1:35:25 GMT -5
I could be a more circumspect Samantha as there is no way I could ever equal her numbers.
Did anyone else ever notic how insecure Carrie always was with Mr. Big? I always thought that her biggest problem was that she pushed him too hard for too much too fast.
But then again, what do I know - I celebrated the 25th anniversary of my divorce last December and I have never found a good enough reason to repeat that crime. My 2 BFF's have strict instructions to admit me to the local psych ward if I ever decide to remarry suddenly because that would mean I was definitely a risk to my self and most likely others. lol
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