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From: krw on 4 May 2010 19:00 On Mon, 03 May 2010 17:53:20 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >> On Mon, 03 May 2010 17:26:07 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >> >>> krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >>> >>> [...] >>> >>>> I just looked for the weekend of 6/19 (our anniversary; the weekend I was >>>> looking at before). One of the resorts down there is going for $575 a night. >>>> A lot of them are in the $300 range. I don't know if these prices are falling >>>> already. >>>> >>> If you really, really love her price has to be secondary on those >>> occasions :-) >> >> She'd kill me for spending that kind of money. We went down there three weeks >> ago for her birthday. >> > >All a matter of priorities. We rarely go out, never splurge on that >ubiquitous daily Latte Mas Grande (saves a ton of money), and live quite >frugally otherwise except for food. Oh, and no cheap beer, ever. We >don't give each other presents but sometimes buy one for the both of us. We generally don't buy Lattes, or such, but we're not beyond buying a coffee at Dinkin' Donuts (except that there are none here). I do spend some cash on hobby stuff, though. Gotta get ready to retire. ;-) >>> When we lived in Europe we spent most of our anniversaries here, usually >>> in the fancy tower room or falcon suite which are nowadays north of $300: >>> >>> http://www.burghotel-schoenburg.de/ >> >> Ah, you locked her up in the tower. Long hair? >> > >Back then she had long hair. Blond? *Real* long? (Reach ground from the tower long?) >>> Breakfast doesn't get much better than this: >>> http://www.burghotel-schoenburg.de/rhein-hotel-bilder-fotos/09_Erker-Rheinterrasse.html >>> >>> In the evening we had a nice 7-course dinner with whatever wines and >>> aperitifs she fancied. The grand total? Don't ask ... >> >> She wanted a Mustang convertible for her birthday. I figure in two years. Her >> car is only ten years old now. ;-) >> > >That's what I meant with priorities. Our cars are way past that age. We >don't plan on buying new ones anytime soon because there is absolutely >nothing wrong with the cars we have, and both are way under 100k miles. >So, once in a while we do splurge. Nice dinner, etc. We go out twice a week, but not "nice" dinners, pizza Fridays and brunch Sunday noon. We go to Atlanta or Burmingham once every couple of months, usually for special occasions. Atlanta is normally an overnight trip, not because it's further, rather there is more to do (three toy stores ;). We'll have a nice dinner in Atlanta and lunch (usually at the Cheesecake Factory) when in Birmingham.
From: Joel Koltner on 4 May 2010 19:21 <krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote in message news:hb91u5t2ova3gpvhvkr9ost92assaje3j5(a)4ax.com... > We generally don't buy Lattes, or such, but we're not beyond buying a coffee > at Dinkin' Donuts (except that there are none here). I do spend some cash > on > hobby stuff, though. Gotta get ready to retire. ;-) Which hobbies might those be, Keith? I was thinking your main hobby was watching football on a big-screen TV... ;-)
From: krw on 4 May 2010 21:31 On Tue, 4 May 2010 16:21:39 -0700, "Joel Koltner" <zapwireDASHgroups(a)yahoo.com> wrote: ><krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote in message >news:hb91u5t2ova3gpvhvkr9ost92assaje3j5(a)4ax.com... >> We generally don't buy Lattes, or such, but we're not beyond buying a coffee >> at Dinkin' Donuts (except that there are none here). I do spend some cash >> on >> hobby stuff, though. Gotta get ready to retire. ;-) > >Which hobbies might those be, Keith? Woodworking. *Expensive* toys. ;-) >I was thinking your main hobby was watching football on a big-screen TV... ;-) Actually, I haven't watched a whole game in several years - at least five. I used to go to the pub to watch several at a time, but then fall got to be last minute get-r-done-before-Winter house fixing up time.
From: JosephKK on 4 May 2010 23:59 On Tue, 4 May 2010 16:21:39 -0700, "Joel Koltner" <zapwireDASHgroups(a)yahoo.com> wrote: ><krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote in message >news:hb91u5t2ova3gpvhvkr9ost92assaje3j5(a)4ax.com... >> We generally don't buy Lattes, or such, but we're not beyond buying a coffee >> at Dinkin' Donuts (except that there are none here). I do spend some cash >> on >> hobby stuff, though. Gotta get ready to retire. ;-) > >Which hobbies might those be, Keith? I was thinking your main hobby was >watching football on a big-screen TV... ;-) Interesting, Keith did not strike me as the big screen type at all.
From: krw on 5 May 2010 00:37
On Tue, 04 May 2010 20:59:26 -0700, "JosephKK"<quiettechblue(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >On Tue, 4 May 2010 16:21:39 -0700, "Joel Koltner" ><zapwireDASHgroups(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >><krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote in message >>news:hb91u5t2ova3gpvhvkr9ost92assaje3j5(a)4ax.com... >>> We generally don't buy Lattes, or such, but we're not beyond buying a coffee >>> at Dinkin' Donuts (except that there are none here). I do spend some cash >>> on >>> hobby stuff, though. Gotta get ready to retire. ;-) >> >>Which hobbies might those be, Keith? I was thinking your main hobby was >>watching football on a big-screen TV... ;-) > >Interesting, Keith did not strike me as the big screen type at all. We have a 42" plasma. Not huge by today's standards but it works for our great room. |