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6. No you didn't have to be rich, just have a good

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 06:27 PM

Mar 2012

paying job back then. Also, a car, even an expensive care, didn't cost the same as a condo back then either.

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So I'm standing at the bus stop and . . . [View all] Brigid Mar 2012 OP

Wow, that's a damn shame. Ecumenist Mar 2012 #1

sometimes, it's all about screwing folks so you can make yourself richer fascisthunter Mar 2012 #2

I have 2 friends that owned Corvettes (brand new, in fact). RebelOne Mar 2012 #5

No you didn't have to be rich, just have a good Cleita Mar 2012 #6

My uncle worked for Chevy in the 70's slampoet Mar 2012 #7

Fuzzy math... Taitertots Mar 2012 #17

Baloney kudzu22 Mar 2012 #21

Here's one for 3K LOL snooper2 Mar 2012 #24

Doesn't look like it has a Targa top Aerows Mar 2012 #28

I do when he paid a dude $500 for three months work. YellowRubberDuckie Mar 2012 #8

My husband always says... YellowRubberDuckie Mar 2012 #13

What kind of work was it? Joe the Revelator Mar 2012 #10

I have no idea. Brigid Mar 2012 #12

The missing piece of the puzzle guitar man Mar 2012 #11

Was it 3 months of full time effort Broderick Mar 2012 #14

So--- trumad Mar 2012 #15

Your car Aerows Mar 2012 #19

Not true--- trumad Mar 2012 #20

Your insurance Aerows Mar 2012 #23

You are going to drop about 30-40K on a G35 used in good shape snooper2 Mar 2012 #25

Oh heavens Aerows Mar 2012 #27

Pretty normal from what I have seen libtodeath Mar 2012 #18

Know the difference between mackattack Mar 2012 #22

Why would anyone work 3 months for $500? Synicus Maximus Mar 2012 #26