Some real brain child reported "measley" regarding Warren Buffetts home.
Such an amount in those days was a lot. To the poor writer of that article: before you write anything, do your homework first.
$ 40.000 for a home was a fortune then. All I can say is that the writer is being paid too much whatever it is.
skyalert
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Measley-def-low price or meagre amount.
This was about the average price of a new 3 bedroom bungalow in 1956.
The First Dragon
You are right. In 1958, $38.000 was a high price for a house.
My parents bought their 3-bedroom home for $10,000 in the 1950s and sold it for $60,000 around 1980. They bought another house with that money. After they died, I sold the house for $300,000 in 1999.
If that gives some perspective on house prices over the years.
Sarri
he was comparing the price of the house to his net worth, the price is measly in comparison...
also what does measley mean, it is not a word
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i agree with ya
$ 38500 was a lot then ----->while it seems like pea-nuts today
by the way i like the colour of his house
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Dundee_HD_Omaha_NE.JPG/220px-Dundee_HD_Omaha_NE.JPG
good luck