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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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THE VALUE GOES OUT OF HIS HOUSE
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00 could someone explain to me the meaning of this sentence (on capital letters)?: 02 br
00 'Suppose the husband has a job and is buying a house and there is a layoff. THE VALUE GOES OUT OF HIS HOUSE. But if he has a mobile home he rents a trucking service and moves on and he hasn't lost anything.' 02 br
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00 Thanks in advance, jo. 0-
00 could someone explain to me the meaning of this sentence (on capital letters)?: 02 br
00 'Suppose the husband has a job and is buying a house and there is a layoff. THE VALUE GOES OUT OF HIS HOUSE. But if he has a mobile home he rents a trucking service and moves on and he hasn't lost anything.' 02 br
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00 Thanks in advance, jo. 0-
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0 I think they just mean that it is no longer an asset for them to own a house in that area, if they have to move to find work. 0-
- 0 I think they just mean that it is no longer an asset for them to own a house in that area, if they have to move to find work.
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0 I think they just mean that it is no longer an asset for them to own a house in that area, if they have to move to find work. 0-
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0 This is a very strange idea! It must be written by someone who is selling mobile homes. 02 br
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00 The meaning would seem to be that if a person (strangely the writer seems to think that only men, and married men at that, buy houses) bought a house in an area where there is one major employer or industry, and that industry then closes; then the resale value of his house wou
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00 The meaning would seem to be that if a person (strangely the writer seems to think that only men, and married men at that, buy houses) bought a house in an area where there is one major employer or industry, and that industry then closes; then the resale value of his house wou
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