Give me your wealth then.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

Hmm I'll trade you that CLK55 for my rusted out 300SD straight up! Do we have a deal?

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2016 Corvette Stingray 2LT
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

I meant as a nation.

Ain't that the truth

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2010 W212 E350 Sport
1996 W210 E320 (220K miles)

I'll take the nation's wealth too. Black people, white people, asian, etc, etc. I am not picky.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

To paraphrase Hermann Roeging,whenever I hear that I reach for my nug.

Lewis, our English-speaking tour guide in Xi'an, claimed that Chinese save, on average, 50% of their income.

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

I'm at 20% because I want to live well in retirement without counting on SSI. I'm still investing in a pretty aggressive posture (<30% in gov bonds) for the few short years I have left until I have met my retirement objectives. I just hope the economy continues to expand just a few more years before I shift over to the opposite profile & retire. If it goes south before then, I guess I'll have to work until later than I had wanted.

Children, it comes from having had a hell of a good time as a grasshopper until my late '30's when I realized I had nothing more than a paycheck and a mortgage and 3 kids. I wish I'd been as wise in my 20's as Hatt appears to be.

Oh well, I can't say it wasn't fun!

B

I have some hats and some cattle (2 )...all paid for too.

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

Just had a student write a paper on Confucius and Communism. She was attempting to counter the argument that Confucius was a sage of the reactionary classes. The student was arguing that the social order of Confucianism was compatible with Communism.
i think it would be interesting to do a comparison of the role of Protestantism in the rise of capitalism in Europe and the role of Confucianism in the current move to capitalism in China.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

i have a lot of valuable property.

but i am indebt up to my ears.

real estate and things with wheels.

i hope the interest rate keeps going down!

i would like to be able to stop working some day. i probably wont but i would like it it it were sortof.........optional.

tom w

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.