good thing it's only a "slowdown".

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good thing it's only a "slowdown".

« on: May 07, 2008, 09:34:40 AM »

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Re: good thing it's only a "slowdown".

« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2008, 10:55:25 AM »

Not like I'm not feeling any pinch ... but I don't know, I have a hard time mustering up major sympathy for folks like:

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In Daleville, Ala., Ellona Bateman-Lee has turned to eBay and flea markets to empty her three-bedroom mobile home of DVDs, VCRs, stereos and televisions.

Among her most painful sales: her grandmother's teakettle.

Christine Hadley, a 53-year-old registered nurse from Reading, Pa., says she used to be "a clotheshorse," splurging on pricey Dooney & Bourke handbags. But her live-in boyfriend left last year, and she has had trouble finding a job. Piles of unpaid bills forced her to sell more than 80 items, including the handbags, which went for more than $1,000 ...


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E chu ta!

Re: good thing it's only a "slowdown".

« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2008, 10:59:26 AM »

Quote from: Clive on May 07, 2008, 10:55:25 AM

Not like I'm not feeling any pinch ... but I don't know, I have a hard time mustering up major sympathy for folks like:

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Christine Hadley, a 53-year-old registered nurse from Reading, Pa., says she used to be "a clotheshorse," splurging on pricey Dooney & Bourke handbags...

*fudge* a duck.


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