Yes,it was a buy off. The employee put us at the top of the list for a table instead of making us wait like everyone else.

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You can feel something cooling off right. I mean simple examples of these happen when you you know, if you buy cold or hot packs.

可以立即反应的东西,你可以感到有的东西会冷却，对吧？,我是说，举个简单的例子。

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On my day off, I'll go down, buy cheap outfit,

休息的时候，我就出去，买套便宜的套装，

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That's what I'll buy today not because I'll derive income off of it, but because it's what people are going to want next week and I'll be able to sell it higher.

意思是我今天要买入什么,并不是因为我希望从中获取收益，而是因为这是人们在下个星期希望买入的,而我将会以更高价卖出。

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The other is I take a mortgage, I buy a house, I pay it off, I go into a heavy indebtedness but with a good rational reason and it all works out in the end.

另一种情况是，我分期贷款买了一套房子，我还清了贷款，却债台高筑,这样，于情于理都能说通,而且，最终无事一身轻。

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