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    Would you accept one million dollars..

    to leave the country and never return?
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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    no - a million isn't that much considering the average life span of americans, it certainly wouldn't last another 30-40 yrs. plus i couldn't leave my family !

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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    Quote Originally Posted by destindreamin
    to leave the country and never return?
    No, because 1 mil dosen't buy much anymore. It would buy a house with a little left over. (at lease here in Chicago anyway.)

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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    where would I go?? no family, no friends, no funn!!! NO way!!
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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    NO WAY

    BUT I would give it to the Baldwin Brothers!!!

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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    No way!
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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    Nope. I like to visit places and could stay somewhere for a while, but I'd want to come back to the US. After all, my grandparents left their countries and chose the U.S. for a "better life" for future generations. So, I'm happy enjoying what they set out to give us. They'd be happy to know that their hopes came true. (I still get sentimental at Neil Diamond's "The Immigrant Song", Simon and Garfunkle's "America" song, and "America the Beautiful" especially the Ray Charles version).
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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    Quote Originally Posted by InletBchDweller
    NO WAY

    BUT I would give it to the Baldwin Brothers!!!
    Good one!

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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    Quote Originally Posted by InletBchDweller
    NO WAY

    BUT I would give it to the Baldwin Brothers!!!
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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    Quote Originally Posted by InletBchDweller
    NO WAY

    BUT I would give it to the Baldwin Brothers!!!
    excellent idea - i would chip in my million dollars too to that fund !

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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    If you asked me the question when I was in my twenties, I'd have seriously considered it. My husband, for example, emigrated from the UK in his twenties and never looked back. He's not a British subject any more and he loves his "new" country.

    But now, twenty years hence, it's different for me. I've grown less adventurous and more sentimental. I love my homeland. Heck, having lived all my years save one east of the Mississippi, I couldn't even move to Arizona or California, no matter how wonderful the scenery and weather. I'm firmly entrenched in this part of the USA. I'd feel like a fish out of water any where else.
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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    Quote Originally Posted by Mermaid
    If you asked me the question when I was in my twenties, I'd have seriously considered it. My husband, for example, emigrated from the UK in his twenties and never looked back. He's not a British subject any more and he loves his "new" country.

    But now, twenty years hence, it's different for me. I've grown less adventurous and more sentimental. I love my homeland. Heck, having lived all my years save one east of the Mississippi, I couldn't even move to Arizona or California, no matter how wonderful the scenery and weather. I'm firmly entrenched in this part of the USA. I'd feel like a fish out of water any where else.
    my sentiments exactly mermy - you said it wonderfully. i love the change in seasons and feeding my birds, seeing the hummingbirds come back in april, etc.

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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    Make it $10 M and call it a deal.


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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    This gets a big HELL NO from me
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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    No way jose! I can barely travel out of the country much less move!!! Remember...$$$ doesn't equal happiness!!!

    dd....I must tell you that your new thought provoking threads are great!!! You are making us credible and fit for lurkers!!!
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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    Quote Originally Posted by Sueshore

    dd....I must tell you that your new thought provoking threads are great!!! You are making us credible and fit for lurkers!!!
    I think she has been reading the Book of Questions.


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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    Quote Originally Posted by Smiling JOe
    I think she has been reading the Book of Questions.
    Well thank goodnesss someone around here is improving their mind!!! I am just waiting for Skeletor's next blog of evil!!!
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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    Quote Originally Posted by Smiling JOe
    I think she has been reading the Book of Questions.
    I need to find the Book of Answers.

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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    a million dollars is pocket change.
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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    I think I would do it. My friends have legs. They can come visit me.

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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    Probably. My family likes to travel, so they'd come visit, and it's more than enough money to get outselves established in Australia or New Zealand.

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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    $1 million . . . NO WAY, but there would be a price where I could fold.

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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    Quote Originally Posted by destindreamin
    to leave the country and never return?
    Return to live or return to visit?
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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    Quote Originally Posted by jdarg
    I need to find the Book of Answers.


    available here at Amazon.com


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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    Quote Originally Posted by Sueshore
    No way jose! I can barely travel out of the country much less move!!! Remember...$$$ doesn't equal happiness!!!

    dd....I must tell you that your new thought provoking threads are great!!! You are making us credible and fit for lurkers!!!
    Why, thank you Miss Kitty! It's been funn reading everyone's answers.
    SJ--You could be right about the Book of Questions, but I've got a few more up my sleeve too.
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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    Quote Originally Posted by destindreamin
    Why, thank you Miss Kitty! It's been funn reading everyone's answers.
    SJ--You could be right about the Book of Questions, but I've got a few more up my sleeve too.
    ...keep him guessing!!!! I bet you were sleeveless the other day...my sources say it was 101 degrees in Dallas!!!! Hot dammm!
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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    Quote Originally Posted by Smiling JOe


    available here at Amazon.com
    I guess that one is my next read. Amazon just delivered the Not Buying It book recommended by the Pea that reads.

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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    Quote Originally Posted by jdarg
    I guess that one is my next read. Amazon just delivered the Not Buying It book recommended by the Pea that reads.
    Tell bdarg he owes me a margarita if it causes you to reform...
    He's such a peach, Jenay--he helped me with Teen Pea's science project today. Thank goodness for friendly engineers!
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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    Quote Originally Posted by peapod1980
    Tell bdarg he owes me a margarita if it causes you to reform...
    He's such a peach, Jenay--he helped me with Teen Pea's science project today. Thank goodness for friendly engineers!
    oh goodie! He is every science project's fiend fo sho!

    I will warn you in advance- if there is any margerita owed to you, it will maybe be thimble size!

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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    Quote Originally Posted by jdarg
    oh goodie! He is every science project's fiend fo sho!

    I will warn you in advance- if there is any margerita owed to you, it will maybe be thimble size!
    Ah, well, baby steps.
    You do mean friend, right? He seems like no fiend!
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    Quote Originally Posted by peapod1980
    Ah, well, baby steps.
    You do mean friend, right? He seems like no fiend!
    oopsie!

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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    Quote Originally Posted by Sueshore
    ...keep him guessing!!!! I bet you were sleeveless the other day...my sources say it was 101 degrees in Dallas!!!! Hot dammm!
    You bet I was sleeveless! It was a scorcher!! Plus, we've had some RAIN! Not a lot, mind you, but a few drops. It's pretty warm today too--kinda like a sauna, ya know?
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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    Quote Originally Posted by destindreamin
    to leave the country and never return?
    Hmmmmm..... I hear Costa Rica is nice



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    Quote Originally Posted by RiverOtter
    Hmmmmm..... I hear Costa Rica is nice
    Let me know if you want to buy some property there or in Panama -- the Country, not the panhandle.


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    Re: Would you accept one million dollars..

    Quote Originally Posted by Smiling JOe
    Let me know if you want to buy some property there or in Panama -- the Country, not the panhandle.
    I have been very interested in C R. I have heard the "all" the R E Agents are crooked. (I'm sure that is not the case)



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