:agree: .............. and very nicely worded!

As Max Bialystock would say:


http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SP3QDczTxXg

This thread is running in a couple of directions. That's OK. It happens in real conversation all the time.

As far as the commentary on bragging rights is concerned. . .

The couple has a passion for beautiful cars and they were sharing their passion.

Somehow sharing a passion seems different to me than just plain old flaunting.

I admit that a beautiful Mercedes always gets my attention.

. . .and sometimes a really beautiful Mercedes causes me to break out in song.

Janis Joplin would approve. (Not of my singing. She would approve of the passion for Mercedes.)

I sure hope the couple knows Janis's Mercedes Benz song.

There is even a line in the song that says, "I worked hard all my life, with no help from my friends. "

Uh oh, now the song is stuck in my head and will be there all day.

This may help:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SP3QDczTxXg

Jblum315, you are correct, in fact when my first wife passed away, I hired 2 fire police to keep an eye on the cul de sac where we lived as almost all of the families living there were going to be at the funeral, sad state of affairs.

While I was taught to be modest about any success I may have had, I agree with you totally.