Go on then Walt, take a picture of your house and one of the
"McMansions"; I am intrigued as to what might constitute a mansion. I
am sure that your "mature" house is much preferable...
Chris
On 13 Mar 2005, at 21:09, Walt Wayman wrote:
> But the camera is a very good instrument, all things considered. Now
> that I'm retired and have time to kill, I'm going to embark on a
> career as an *Bay entrepreneur. Although we live in a poor and
> deprived neighborhood of 30-year-old homes, a veritable slum in this
> area, we are becoming surrounded by the million-dollar McMansions of
> the affluent (mostly Republicans, I would guess) who seem always to be
> having garage sales -- probably to try and make this month's mortgage
> payment or keep the cable connected. In an effort to perhaps delay
> the opening of the day's first beer from 10:00 a.m. until maybe 1:00
> or 2:00 p.m., I plan to drive about (in the OM-4Runner, of course) and
> check out what obviously must be high-end cast-offs, just the fodder
> for an *Bay auction with a high starting bid. Of course, I'll be
> confining myself to photographic and stereo gear, stuff I know
> something about, and not books and bric-a-brac trash.
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