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To: Alex Murphy
In 1331, you could have all the gold in the world but who gives a $hit? What could you do with it in that era? Buy a golden chamber pot? Have concubines wipe your butt with gold leaf? Take a lukewarm bath in a golden tub? Ride a horse with a golden saddle? Eat nuts and berries off a gold plate?

Seems pretty BORING.

13 posted on 10/16/2012 5:11:05 PM PDT by boop (Sorry, folks. Park's closed. The moose out front shoulda told ya.)
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To: boop

Hey, don’t knock the concubines thing.


15 posted on 10/16/2012 5:15:06 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: boop

I guess you are not a guy.


20 posted on 10/16/2012 5:48:47 PM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: boop

A lot of the things that are so easy as modern conveniences were possible given enough labor to attend to them. That much gold would pay a large army, let alone a small one, to cater to your every need.


21 posted on 10/16/2012 5:53:02 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
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To: boop

That is basically the story of King Midas.


31 posted on 10/17/2012 2:31:45 AM PDT by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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