A fool and his money always part.
Famous taglines designed by marketing experts for daily consumption by the American audience include -
1. The more you spend the more you save...
2. For a very limited time..(or this opportunity may never come again..until we say so)
3. Buy now pay later
4. Only 9.99
5. Upto 90% off - why was this thing even made? (although 'upto' can mean several things including 1% off)
6. But Wait - we will double the offer
7. Now the new(err) iPad
8. Fine print....Thursday to Friday only - between 2 and 3 pm...Good Friday excluded
This autumn the weather gods cooperated as we took a family trip in the northeast to see six states that qualify or makeup what is known colloquially in America as New England. Mass, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island (tiniest state in the union). The outing helped tally up the states we either lived in, visited or have worked in to 47. Guess which three have eluded this intrepid traveling family. Any rate the drive was all in about 1,800 miles and included some memorable geographic wonders or points of interest. Easternmost part of state of Massachusetts being one. Furthest drivable road east in Mass being another. Visit to all Ivy League schools (term harkens to a collegiate athletics conference and generally regarded as elite academic institutes of some repute worldwide) is another random bucket list item of which this trip afforded the chance to knock two more of the list. Dartmouth in Hanover, NH and Brown (and its sister institute the RISD - school f
A fool is born every (nano)second..and also a marketing man whose mission it is to do the needful..
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