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Posted By: Mike

Let me digress for a moment. As a child I grew up about as middle class as was possible. In fact someone did a study, as to which suburb surrounding our cities was the most "average" or middle class.. Out of 80 or so, you got it, it was the one I grew up in. So I never really saw a difference between famiies. All were pretty much the same. I seem to recall, like three kids I knew, who seemed to have some dough in their families. Turns out even they were very middle class. So, to this day, I guess I just don't worry about "classes". I know some do, and some get real PO'd when confronted with folks who appear to have more than they do. With heavy emphasis on the word "appear". if you make $10M per year and spend $12M, I don't consider that wealthy. To sum it up, I feel sorry for people who waste their energy and emotion on jealousy, or envy. Collect what you like, and can afford, and everyone else can just go fly a kite. Do I wish I owned the McNall/Gretzsky (spelling) Wagner, sure. But I never will. But I am sure their are plenty of folks who love my Foxx - Miller Grade 5, but can't afford it. To each their own. Collect away .........I was beat out yesterday on something I really wanted. It was a genuine letter written from a civil war camp. where a prisoner talked about the soldiers playing baseball to kill time. I came in second. Do I hate the winner? Did I call him names or send him dirty e mails? Of course not.