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I like this because Bukowski's first purchases when he "made it" was a BMW and a house in a nice neighborhood. I'd write more but, as you say, we only get one
by reeses 13y ago
I like this because Bukowski's first purchases when he "made it" was a BMW and a house in a nice neighborhood.
I'd write more but, as you say, we only get one chance at this and we're living in the best time ever.
- acqq 13y agoThanks! http://bukowski.net/timeline/ http://bukowski.net/timeline/ Martin expresses concern for Bukowski's "image" when he buys a new BMW. Volkswagon Beetle is relegated to the garage.
- homosaur 13y agoBMW makes a nice car and there's nothing specifically wrong with buying a nice house, I just mention it as American iconography. Not sure about the cul de sac though.
- reeses 13y agoAnd it wasn't what we would consider a "nice house" in the present day. It's not on a cul de sac and it's no McMansion, just a house that a guy used to living in boardinghouses, bedsits, and apartments for fifty years would be proud of. Water view, but it's of the harbor, which is mainly shipping. Kind of like the difference of a bay view from Oakland, CA and the SF Peninsula, Tacoma/West Seattle and Magnolia, or Newark and Manhattan.