On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 19:49:10 -0400, Alex wrote:

> John Kuthe wrote:
>
>> What are you going to "squander" your $$ on then? You just gonna
>> grow old gray and INFIRM while worshiping your little pile of
>> Mammon?
>
> Those roofers will be worshiping yours very soon!!!!!
>
> Exclamation points added for moronic emphasis.

I can just imagine how his meeting with the roofing estimators (and
the mason guys) went. He was probably bragging about all the mammon
he just inherited, about how money was no object, and how he thinks
they're the best outfit in town for his "project". They could tell
the scatter-brained little man was not quite all there and priced the
jobs accordingly.

When I worked at the roofing company the owner would always jack up
the price of roofing for friends and family. The standard markup for
a new roof was about 30%. But for friends and family that markup went
up to 50-60% "because they have to give me the job - they can't go
anywhere else". And when it came time to put a new roof on the church
where he was the pastor, that markup went up to 120%. A true man of
the cloth.

-sw