Ah, me! The playthings one can buy with a hefty exchecquer!

[robberbaron4u]

http://www.pc.com/business/business-headlines/20120204-real-estate-ford-s-desert-home-for-sale.ece

[+ Charlie]

The Gerald Ford estate is advertised here in the local real estate listings, naturally, and what surprised me was that one could even buy the family portraits in place on the walls.

[seeker630]

http://www.pc.com/business/business-headlines/20120204-real-estate-ford-s-desert-home-for-sale.ece

 

The link takes me to a page about buying computers?

[Bosguy]

The Gerald Ford estate is advertised here in the local real estate listings, naturally, and what surprised me was that one could even buy the family portraits in place on the walls.

 

Guess everything has a price! It'd be a great place to host the annual Hooville function. Tell Oliver to dig deep

 

Boston Bill

[bigvalboy]

The link takes me to a page about buying computers?

 

Same here..what did seeker and I mess?

[robberbaron4u]

http://www.pe.com/business/business-headlines/2012024-real-estate-ford-s-desert-home-for-sale.ece

[Kevin Slater]

http://www.pe.com/business/business-headlines/2012024-real-estate-ford-s-desert-home-for-sale.ece

 

Strike two.

 

Kevin Slater

[robberbaron4u]

Damn. pe.com/business/business-headlines/2012024-real-estate-ford-s-desert-home-for-sale.ece. Prefix with www.

[seeker630]

Damn. pe.com/business/business-headlines/2012024-real-estate-ford-s-desert-home-for-sale.ece. Prefix with www.

 

That didn't work either, but it got me close enough to find it. Thanks.

 

I wonder if THIS will work: http://www.pe.com/business/business-headlines/20120204-real-estate-ford-s-desert-home-for-sale.ece

[robberbaron4u]

Your link does the job! And, by the way, I was making reference to the HOUSE; "evil to him who thinks evil". RB

[leigh.bess.toad]

But talk about confused writing. That first paragraph - UGH!

 

"Off limits to the public when it was the retirement home of the late President Gerald and Betty Ford, the Rancho Mirage compound that the couple custom built recently welcomed a stream of newspaper and television journalists. The flurry of publicity was to get the word out that this piece of American history is for sale. The asking price: $1,699,000."

 

Recently? The couple custom built the house recently? Gerald has been dead since 2006.

 

I think we need a good editor.

[robberbaron4u]

I am in agreement with you. It is a glossy rag with little attention to the nuances of text and a great deal of attention to photographs.

[seeker630]

But talk about confused writing. That first paragraph - UGH!

 

"Off limits to the public when it was the retirement home of the late President Gerald and Betty Ford, the Rancho Mirage compound that the couple custom built recently welcomed a stream of newspaper and television journalists. The flurry of publicity was to get the word out that this piece of American history is for sale. The asking price: $1,699,000."

 

Recently? The couple custom built the house recently? Gerald has been dead since 2006.

 

I think we need a good editor.

 

lol. Your reading never occurred to me until you posted this. I read it as 'recently welcomed', which I'm sure was the intent. But you're re right - the fact that it could be read as you did implies a need for editing.