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To: Crocodile who wrote (53930)	7/27/2000 12:59:09 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

I could understand a mansion on a couple of acres with a pool and a tennis court and a housekeeper and a gardener. Really, I could. That's what "normal" rich people do. It's not my cup of tea, although a pool would be nice. It's the contrast between the enormous, say 6000 square foot, house and the .18 acre lot that astonishes me. There are a lot of "estates" in Fairfax, too, but somehow a huge house on a huge lot doesn't seem odd to me, although I've never known anyone who lived in one. Well, yes, I did, once. I represented a woman who had been married to a doctor, and they had built one of the estate type houses you mention, and got divorced, and she got the house but couldn't make the note, so she rented the house out to what turned out to be a couple of flim-flam artists who never paid the rent. When she sued them for the rent, they counter-sued her claiming the place was uninhabitable, and I got a court order allowing a home inspector to come through and I went along with him. They certainly didn't have enough furniture, but considering the type of people they were, it was no surprise. Oh, well, I've also been to parties in houses like that, a couple of women lawyers in the Virginia Women Attorney's Association are married to so-called Beltway Bandits (defense contractors), and they have estates, but the houses are furnished like estates, and don't seem remarkable to me. No, it's the huge ostentatious house on the tiny lot with no furniture inside that amazes me.

To: Crocodile who wrote (53930)	7/27/2000 2:05:29 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

I think Mc Mansions are cool. All that SPACE to FILL, or not. Speaking as one of a party of 5 I certainly KNOW how I could fill one. I'd want the game room to be upstairs- amongst the many upstairs bedrooms. There's be a pool table and a really good stereo system for "the boys" (my husband and son.) Maybe a little mini bar too- with fruit juice, of course, since we don't drink. Each child could have their own bathroom! No more fights with the toothpaste! No more crying over someone ELSE using their toothbrush. No more cursing as my husband says, with his voice full of indignation "MY toothbrush is WET and I haven't used it yet...." If y'all don't want a Mc Mansion can I have your shares? I figure amongst the three of us at least one of us is entitled to one- and if you give me your share, well I'll be more likely to get one.