Meppy Holidaymas

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I hope the professor takes a little break. He’s been sitting up there on his wheel-back (top left hand corner), squashing flies with a brandy bottle, for a long time.

A free bottle of wine for the best quote of what he might be muttering!

[Blissful Ignoramus]

It’s a rather Victorian looking illustration, isn’t it?

Several years ago my wife and I bought a Victorian house built in the 1880s in a small city in the northeast, one that peaked at around that time and hasn’t really made a comeback since. My wife dug up newspaper articles and records on the house, and discovered that it was built at a cost of $3500 (quite a lot in those days). Subsequent sales records for the house showed that it didn’t sell again for a price exceeding that until after World War II.

I think the Professor is trying, and failing, to communicate a concept from the past that is so foreign to us that we can’t possibly understand it: the home as a depreciating asset.

[Blissful Ignoramus]

It’s a rather Victorian looking illustration, isn’t it?

Several years ago my wife and I bought a Victorian house built in the 1880s in a small city in the northeast, one that peaked at around that time and hasn’t really made a comeback since. My wife dug up newspaper articles and records on the house, and discovered that it was built at a cost of $3500 (quite a lot in those days). Subsequent sales records for the house showed that it didn’t sell again for a price exceeding that until after World War II.

I think the Professor is trying, and failing, to communicate a concept from the past that is so foreign to us that we can’t possibly understand it: the home as a depreciating asset.

[Blissful Ignoramus]

It’s a rather Victorian looking illustration, isn’t it?

Several years ago my wife and I bought a Victorian house built in the 1880s in a small city in the northeast, one that peaked at around that time and hasn’t really made a comeback since. My wife dug up newspaper articles and records on the house, and discovered that it was built at a cost of $3500 (quite a lot in those days). Subsequent sales records for the house showed that it didn’t sell again for a price exceeding that until after World War II.

I think the Professor is trying, and failing, to communicate a concept from the past that is so foreign to us that we can’t possibly understand it: the home as a depreciating asset.

[Blissful Ignoramus]

It’s a rather Victorian looking illustration, isn’t it?

Several years ago my wife and I bought a Victorian house built in the 1880s in a small city in the northeast, one that peaked at around that time and hasn’t really made a comeback since. My wife dug up newspaper articles and records on the house, and discovered that it was built at a cost of $3500 (quite a lot in those days). Subsequent sales records for the house showed that it didn’t sell again for a price exceeding that until after World War II.

I think the Professor is trying, and failing, to communicate a concept from the past that is so foreign to us that we can’t possibly understand it: the home as a depreciating asset.

[Blissful Ignoramus]

It’s a rather Victorian looking illustration, isn’t it?

Several years ago my wife and I bought a Victorian house built in the 1880s in a small city in the northeast, one that peaked at around that time and hasn’t really made a comeback since. My wife dug up newspaper articles and records on the house, and discovered that it was built at a cost of $3500 (quite a lot in those days). Subsequent sales records for the house showed that it didn’t sell again for a price exceeding that until after World War II.

I think the Professor is trying, and failing, to communicate a concept from the past that is so foreign to us that we can’t possibly understand it: the home as a depreciating asset.

[Rich Toscano]

He’s been sitting up there on his wheel-back (top left hand corner), squashing flies with a brandy bottle, for a long time.

Laughing out loud at this one… I always thought it was a quill pen but I like your interpretation a lot better.

BTW for those interested/bored/trying to escape the family gathering for a few minutes, the origin of the Victorian them is explained in the FAQ – http://piggington.com/faq

Happy holidays…

Rich

[Rich Toscano]

He’s been sitting up there on his wheel-back (top left hand corner), squashing flies with a brandy bottle, for a long time.

Laughing out loud at this one… I always thought it was a quill pen but I like your interpretation a lot better.

BTW for those interested/bored/trying to escape the family gathering for a few minutes, the origin of the Victorian them is explained in the FAQ – http://piggington.com/faq

Happy holidays…

Rich

[Rich Toscano]

He’s been sitting up there on his wheel-back (top left hand corner), squashing flies with a brandy bottle, for a long time.

Laughing out loud at this one… I always thought it was a quill pen but I like your interpretation a lot better.

BTW for those interested/bored/trying to escape the family gathering for a few minutes, the origin of the Victorian them is explained in the FAQ – http://piggington.com/faq

Happy holidays…

Rich

[Rich Toscano]

He’s been sitting up there on his wheel-back (top left hand corner), squashing flies with a brandy bottle, for a long time.

Laughing out loud at this one… I always thought it was a quill pen but I like your interpretation a lot better.

BTW for those interested/bored/trying to escape the family gathering for a few minutes, the origin of the Victorian them is explained in the FAQ – http://piggington.com/faq

Happy holidays…

Rich

[Rich Toscano]

He’s been sitting up there on his wheel-back (top left hand corner), squashing flies with a brandy bottle, for a long time.

Laughing out loud at this one… I always thought it was a quill pen but I like your interpretation a lot better.

BTW for those interested/bored/trying to escape the family gathering for a few minutes, the origin of the Victorian them is explained in the FAQ – http://piggington.com/faq

Happy holidays…

Rich

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