Really. Upscale. Something rubs me wrong about that word.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

Use the word Upscale in a sentence.

When I weighed my myself, the numbers went upscale.

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-bLu-zJfYo

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

When cleaning a fish, your knife must go upscale.

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09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

Those who are UPSCALE now have stuff they need to sell.

Are you upscale?

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-Justin

91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

I dislike the word as well. When go into Upscale stores, everything is overpriced, and not to my liking. When I go to an upscale neighborhood, a lot of times I see overpriced houses with no design quality and a lot of Bling. When I go to an Upscale eatery, I see overpriced food, and stuff not to my liking. My keywords are Quality, Thrifty and Well Built.

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1999 Toyota Corolla VE (Mine)
2006 Honda Odyssey (Wife's)
1979 300CD (sold)

Upscale = expensive for the sake of being expensive just so people can feel good hanging around people of their own ilk without having to stand next to the dredges of society.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

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I used "upscale" recently, but I didn't intend the meaning you've used. I described my parents' former neighborhood of Reston, Virginia, as being relatively upscale. The meaning I intended was that it was expensive and well kept.

I word I don't like is "impact" when used as a verb, as in, "This is going to impact that."

"Due to an overindulgence of fried rice and pasta last night I find myself quite impacted"

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The evacuation was so intense, it created a tone that traveled upscale 3 full octaves.

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Chad
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

You guys are hillarious. That's some upscale humor that really impacted me favorably.

"Ammenities" is one of those words I hate. My sister uses it all the time.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Does she sell cars or real estate?

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Chad
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

She's a stock broker. I think she hangs around with too many sales people, though. She's pretty funny, but after awhile, enough is enough.

What's sad is that she buys into all of that sales BS. It's like when a car salesman calls the car you're looking at an "investment." I always tell them that I only invest in appreciating assets, not ones that drop like stones the minute you sign the contract.

I could never be a car salesman. I just can't believe people fall for some of the BS that they do.

Having said that, I realize that maybe I'm not so smart after all. My stock investments have been performing like automobile purchases lately.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles