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Douglas Carpenter

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38. it would be worthy of a 30th wedding anniversary

Wed Apr 23, 2014, 04:56 PM

Apr 2014

I might suggest serving it very cold and with strawberries on ice if you want something sweet and not too expensive. Although beluga caviar for something really classic and admittedly considerably more expensive

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Do you wish you were rich? [View all] Douglas Carpenter Apr 2014 OP

Don't really care to be. Xyzse Apr 2014 #1

I wouldn't say no. NuclearDem Apr 2014 #2

I give my money to DEMOCRATS not "Independents" VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #10

Correction: Independent media outlets. NuclearDem Apr 2014 #11

You mean like "The Blaze"? VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #12

That's the first thing that comes to mind? NuclearDem Apr 2014 #42

Shewwww....thank goodness.... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #43

actually media projects like FAIR or Democracy Now or other voices that promote an alternative to Douglas Carpenter Apr 2014 #40

My dad was a peach Warpy Apr 2014 #3

If I could have $2 million now (or more) NOW in short order I'd take it - but only so that MillennialDem Apr 2014 #4

that's how we feel... KatyMan Apr 2014 #31

there was a time in which $2 million meant being rich. Now it means being solidly upper middle class Douglas Carpenter Apr 2014 #32

In my old neighborhood, Art_from_Ark Apr 2014 #44

Not sure. It's not something I actively pursue or have made a goal in life. I think it would bring seaglass Apr 2014 #5

Hell, I would shenmue Apr 2014 #6

1 and 2 are false. JaneyVee Apr 2014 #7

$100,000,005 would be great. Throd Apr 2014 #8

You bet. MicaelS Apr 2014 #9

Sure...but I haven't put in the neccessary effort to attempt at becoming so. Jgarrick Apr 2014 #13

I've got no interest in living the 1% lifestyle. I wouldn't even know how to do it. winter is coming Apr 2014 #14

I would not live a champagne lifestyle. Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #18

I think more is better, but with diminishing returns FreeJoe Apr 2014 #15

No ' I wish I was comfortable oneofthe99 Apr 2014 #16

Finding new tax havens and loopholes can be a hassle. BKH70041 Apr 2014 #17

I don't have expensive tastes - but the freedom that that kind of wealth could buy el_bryanto Apr 2014 #19

I don't think I need that much money to consider myself rich. herding cats Apr 2014 #20

I have had Dom Perignon only twice in my life and frankly it was the most amazing drink I ever had. Douglas Carpenter Apr 2014 #29

Maybe I'll splurge on a bottle for my 30th wedding anniversary. herding cats Apr 2014 #37

it would be worthy of a 30th wedding anniversary Douglas Carpenter Apr 2014 #38

I've been blessed with great riches most of my adult life. I haven't Zorra Apr 2014 #21

+1 lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #25

Meh. moondust Apr 2014 #22

Optimimum is the minimum requirements you stated... High_Voltage Apr 2014 #23

Too little is a problem. Too much is also a problem. "Enough" is elusive. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #24

Of course I do...rich does not = evil. IMHO nt clarice Apr 2014 #26

sure, i'd give it a try... dionysus Apr 2014 #27

I'll take Arthur's word for it. 11 Bravo Apr 2014 #28

Unlike health, wealth is not sufficient to desire in a vaccum. Bluenorthwest Apr 2014 #30

Just rich enough to not have to work anymore n/t Blaukraut Apr 2014 #33

I'm rich and I wouldn't want to give up work... brooklynite Apr 2014 #58

Yes. It would remove many of the life pressures that I currently face. dawg Apr 2014 #34

"Rich" would be nice, but "secure" would be more realistic. HughBeaumont Apr 2014 #35

Yes (nt) bigwillq Apr 2014 #36

I'm already rich compared to the rest of the world... Neoma Apr 2014 #39

Yes I'd like to be rich, but not for a lot of material goods. Shoulders of Giants Apr 2014 #41

These poll results are fascinating. joshcryer Apr 2014 #45

with 8 million? they'd be laughed out of the oligarch club eShirl Apr 2014 #47

It's like a minigarch Warren DeMontague Apr 2014 #49

do you wish you were rich? Douglas Carpenter Apr 2014 #55

I am self sufficient. joshcryer Apr 2014 #63

I don't see pipi_k Apr 2014 #57

... handmade34 Apr 2014 #61

it would let me take care of my family without worrying eShirl Apr 2014 #46

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Apr 2014 #48

This is crazy. Nine Apr 2014 #50

I would just like tazkcmo Apr 2014 #51

What's the number? JustAnotherGen Apr 2014 #52

Yes, very much Prophet 451 Apr 2014 #53

I would fly off to the South Pacific and have my bare butt swatted B Calm Apr 2014 #54

Other. H2O Man Apr 2014 #56

I don't want to be rich o super rich.. yuiyoshida Apr 2014 #59

I am "rich", I just have no money.. SomethingFishy Apr 2014 #60

I don't care to be rich obnoxiousdrunk Apr 2014 #62