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Warpy

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1. That's one way to die broke

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Oct 24, 2016, 08:12 PM

Oct 2016

Another way is by gilding everything that doesn't get out of the way and slapping marble over everything that does. Yes, the gilding high up is paint and the furniture is all reproduction, but he's still being charged a fortune for all of it.

He's trying to compete with very old money and doesn't realize how completely understated such old money is. A lot of new money has gone broke trying to impress old money.

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Isn’t it ironic? [View all] kpete Oct 2016 OP

That's one way to die broke Warpy Oct 2016 #1

I'm betting all the old money daughters viewed him as a sexist pariah at best malaise Oct 2016 #3

And no doubt he and others like him are against "frivolous lawsuits" nm AmericanActivist Oct 2016 #2