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Theres a man here in our neighborhood, who goes to our church, when he's out during the week he drives a old pickup truck and wears an old stocking hat and a old raggedy pair of coveralls.

He went into one of the local Mercedes places and the people there wouldn't even wait on him!

he left that place and drove to another town to another dealership and purchased a car, paid for it right there on the spot, and told them to call that other place and tell them that he had bought a car!

what they didn't know was that although he dresses like he does, he's very very wealthy, so looks really can be deceiving!

sounds like Julia Roberts trip down Rodeo Drive.

Hope6;1152533 wrote: Theres a man here in our neighborhood, who goes to our church, when he's out during the week he drives a old pickup truck and wears an old stocking hat and a old raggedy pair of coveralls.

He went into one of the local Mercedes places and the people there wouldn't even wait on him!

he left that place and drove to another town to another dealership and purchased a car, paid for it right there on the spot, and told them to call that other place and tell them that he had bought a car!

what they didn't know was that although he dresses like he does, he's very very wealthy, so looks really can be deceiving! We have had a few like this here. Eccentric we call them. When i was a little kid, there was a man who dressed up in the most Bizzare clothing with a straw boater hat very much like a British 1920's seaside postcard type of character. He also had a monocle. He stood on the side of the road every day for hours on end just saluting folk as they drove by. Due to the monocle my brother began to call him the 'German spy' and the name stuck in our family. He was there for years and one day the local papers reported his demise and yep, he was worth millions

JAB;1152729 wrote: When I was going to college in OH, I worked at a bank in the summer time filling in for people who were on vacation. One of the things we were always warned about was to not assume someone's bank account by how they dressed. This was especially true if I worked in Oberlin, which is the home of Oberlin College, a private, pricey liberal arts school where the multimillionaire professors dressed worse then the cash-strapped students!


so true, never assume.

Odie;1152598 wrote: sounds like Julia Roberts trip down Rodeo Drive.


oh my favorite movie of all time! i watched some of it yesterday actually, its one of those movies where i have to stop and watch some of it everytime i run across it!



it makes me want to cry everytime i see that Rodeo Drive scene! but she shows them later doesn't she!!!

JAB;1152729 wrote: When I was going to college in OH, I worked at a bank in the summer time filling in for people who were on vacation. One of the things we were always warned about was to not assume someone's bank account by how they dressed. This was especially true if I worked in Oberlin, which is the home of Oberlin College, a private, pricey liberal arts school where the multimillionaire professors dressed worse then the cash-strapped students!


thats good advice for us all i think, never assume from outside appearances!

oscar;1152737 wrote: We have had a few like this here. Eccentric we call them. When i was a little kid, there was a man who dressed up in the most Bizzare clothing with a straw boater hat very much like a British 1920's seaside postcard type of character. He also had a monocle. He stood on the side of the road every day for hours on end just saluting folk as they drove by. Due to the monocle my brother began to call him the 'German spy' and the name stuck in our family. He was there for years and one day the local papers reported his demise and yep, he was worth millions


Eccentric......I like that term. I'm a bit eccentric myself!

Hope6;1153592 wrote: oh my favorite movie of all time! i watched some of it yesterday actually, its one of those movies where i have to stop and watch some of it everytime i run across it!



it makes me want to cry everytime i see that Rodeo Drive scene! but she shows them later doesn't she!!!


big mistake! huge mistake!.........loved it when she said that!;)

Odie;1153606 wrote: big mistake! huge mistake!.........loved it when she said that!;)


yeah and then she says, I have to go shopping now and walks out the door! :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Hope6;1153612 wrote: yeah and then she says, I have to go shopping now and walks out the door! :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl


:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl



your on commission right?:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Odie;1153614 wrote: :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl



your on commission right?:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl


:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

those snobs just make me mad to look at them!

OMG! this thread is turning into an ode to Pretty Woman! :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

nothing wrong with that though! :-6

Hope6;1153618 wrote: :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

those snobs just make me mad to look at them!

OMG! this thread is turning into an ode to Pretty Woman! :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

nothing wrong with that though! :-6


I was just giving an example of never assume.........now where is Richard Gere?:sneaky:

Odie;1153620 wrote: I was just giving an example of never assume.........now where is Richard Gere?:sneaky:


Richard Gere was looking very fine in that movie wasn't he?

Hope6;1153622 wrote: Richard Gere was looking very fine in that movie wasn't he?


omg............

Sorry to burst you bubble ladies, but. . . . funny, just got this last week.:wah:

Time is a theif, and is always moving along!

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cars;1153678 wrote: Sorry to burst you bubble ladies, but. . . . funny, just got this last week.:wah:

Time is a theif, and is always moving along!


oh great, now that just made my day!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Looks can be deceiving? So can people:-5

qsducks;1153747 wrote: Looks can be deceiving? So can people:-5


ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh very much so.:rolleyes:

cars;1153678 wrote: Sorry to burst you bubble ladies, but. . . . funny, just got this last week.:wah:

Time is a theif, and is always moving along!


hes still the same inside ill have him anyway i can get him :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl,that sorta happened to my hubby he went into a BMW showroom with his work gear on he had been digging outside,and nobody would come and see him so we did the same thing went somwhere else and got our car.Its a good feeling :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl shove it right up them.:-5:-5

Odie;1153659 wrote: omg............









woohoo!!

cars;1153678 wrote: Sorry to burst you bubble ladies, but. . . . funny, just got this last week.:wah:

Time is a theif, and is always moving along!


awww he's still the same guy, age doesn't make any difference to me! :-6

Ally;1154005 wrote: hes still the same inside ill have him anyway i can get him :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl,that sorta happened to my hubby he went into a BMW showroom with his work gear on he had been digging outside,and nobody would come and see him so we did the same thing went somwhere else and got our car.Its a good feeling :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl shove it right up them.:-5:-5


yeah sometimes people have to learn the hard way! :wah:

Hope6;1154019 wrote: woohoo!!


I was wondering when you would get around!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

JAB;1154066 wrote: I've had that happen to me in a department store when buying my cologne. When I went straight after work in my business attire, I was treated very professionally. When I went in on a Saturday in my jeans and leather jacket, I was talked down to. I fired off a note to the store manager and never bought my cologne there again.


it is really disgusting how salespeople treat us!:-5:-5:-5

Odie;1154070 wrote: it is really disgusting how salespeople treat us!:-5:-5:-5


My hubs works sometimes out on the mainline (where the rich live) and he is forbidden to even walk in the front door. Has to wear those booty things over his boots, etc. the rich folks who hire him never even have to look at him, they get their butler's to take care of it. I showed up one time to get some cash from him, and they treated me the same way:mad:. Jerks.

there are a lot of affluent people around here but you'd never know it. Another thing I love about Texas.