My kid brother's McMansion

[Amused]

Originally posted by: DaShen


Dang, that is overkill

I would love to have a two story library study though, but where are the dang books?

They're there. In fact, when they got married they asked for "only books" for wedding gifts. He has quite a collection, just as my father did. He also has much of my father's collection now.

The library is quite large and I wish I had a fish-eye lens when I took those pictures. It's based loosely on the library in Disney's Beauty and the Beast. I have many more pics of it. I just wish I had hosting space.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: jman19

Originally posted by: Kev

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer

****** me. thats insane.

i wanna be a CEO, i knew mechanical engineering was the wrong path to choose. im 3 years in to my degree now so dropping it all now would be stupid.

He has a Masters in EE and an MBA. He's a geek turned CEO. He got the MBA AFTER he started the company. I remember being at COMDEX in Atlanta in 1990 and he slipped out to go to the library to write up something while working for his MBA.

Without his original brilliant product idea, he's be just another tech in the back with a t-shirt and holey jeans.

What exactly did he invent that led him to start the company?

I'm not going to say because it would give it away. Let's just say he revolutionized networking.

Did he invent the internets? Is your brother AL GORE????

That would explain all of Amused's liberal rantings on this forum :roll:

My brother is a libertarian just as I am. If you think I'm an Ayn Rand fan you should talk to him! :Q

 

[Mallow]

wow, that living room is so small I think it down grades it from mansion status.. that is, in my opinion, the most important room of the house and it looks like a closet.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: Mallow
wow, that living room is so small I think it down grades it from mansion status.. that is, in my opinion, the most important room of the house and it looks like a closet.

It never had mansion status. It had McMansion status.
Yeah, it's small, but the family room off the dining room is really the main living room. I don't have a pic of that room.

 

[PrinceofWands]

I hear ya. My nephew was averaging 20k, and sometimes up to 100k a month by the time he was 18. It was pretty crazy to see someone I used to babysit shopping for homes and vacation homes, driving custom cars, and all that other wealthy stuff.

Nice place btw, congrats to your kid brother (so long as the wife is a good person).

 

[austin316]

By no means is that Forbes 500 (as in 500 richest people). That wouldn't even make cribs, which has guys on it that wouldn't make Forbes 10,000.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: austin316
By no means is that Forbes 500 (as in 500 richest people). That wouldn't even make cribs, which has guys on it that wouldn't make Forbes 10,000.

My patience is wearing thin, but I'll explain it once more for those who didnt read the thread. My brother is not on the forbes. His wife's grandfather is. No, they don't live fancy lifestyles. None of the family does. Her grandfather's philosophy is basically live for yourself not for anyone else. There is no need to impress others, just be happy. And they pretty much all follow that.

 

[fLum0x]

what is the sq ft? I really doesn't look that insane compared to things in the midwest. We have the space to make large homes for a decent price compared to the coasts :x

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: fLum0x
what is the sq ft? I really doesn't look that insane compared to things in the midwest. We have the space to make large homes for a decent price compared to the coasts :x

It's not insane.
Read the thread.

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: jman19

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Congrats to your brother, Amused! But WTF does he still in CA with all those money-grabbing, hippy politicians out there?

Speaking of garages, what does he drive?

He's very conservative when it comes to cars. He's not much of a car guy which kinda annoys me and my other brother.

They have:
*A Yukon XL with the interior customized by a limo shop with every geeky gadget in it you can think of.
*A 600SL
*A Maserati coupe (with the paddle shifters :roll: )
*A Volvo SUV for the kids and nanny to drive

And coming up is a Maserati Quattroporte since "everyone and their brother has an SL in CA."

They also have a large customized commercial truck for their rocketeering.

Yes, I know what you're thinking and we've told him. He doesn't care. A car is a way to get from A to B to him.

A gas guzzling SUV - has he no shame??

If 4 kids to haul around on a daily basis and take on road trips is "no shame" I guess he does.

BTW, his other cars get no batter milage than the Yukon.

Hehe, I was just kidding about the gas guzzler - mostly because he a) lives in Cali and b) your political views

I'm not one of those anti-SUV people, especially if you utilize their advantages.

 

[Cristatus]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: mobobuff
I do not dig the symmetrical kitchen. Not at all.

It's perfect for cookoffs.

LOL, you think that's symmetrical now, wait until you see the back of the kitchen.
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Well at least it's only one fridge.

Why no Sub-Zero? Seems kinda silly with that fridge in that kitchen.

There's actually a reason for the symmetry.
They are religious Jews.
Milk and meat do not mix in the kitchen so they have seperate dairy and meat sections.

I was going to guess that. Luckily I read through the thread.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: logic1485

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: mobobuff
I do not dig the symmetrical kitchen. Not at all.

It's perfect for cookoffs.

LOL, you think that's symmetrical now, wait until you see the back of the kitchen.
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Well at least it's only one fridge.

Why no Sub-Zero? Seems kinda silly with that fridge in that kitchen.

There's actually a reason for the symmetry.
They are religious Jews.
Milk and meat do not mix in the kitchen so they have seperate dairy and meat sections.

I was going to guess that. Luckily I read through the thread.

I would've been shocked if someone had guessed that.

 

[AdamK47]

Nice light switch face plates and door catchs.

 

[austin316]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: austin316
By no means is that Forbes 500 (as in 500 richest people). That wouldn't even make cribs, which has guys on it that wouldn't make Forbes 10,000.

My patience is wearing thin, but I'll explain it once more for those who didnt read the thread. My brother is not on the forbes. His wife's grandfather is. No, they don't live fancy lifestyles. None of the family does. Her grandfather's philosophy is basically live for yourself not for anyone else. There is no need to impress others, just be happy. And they pretty much all follow that.

Then don't start the thread calling it a mansion and saying she is about to inhert a ton of money.

 

[deerslayer]

There's a detached double car garage behind the house. The attached garage is a single.

Thank god. One car garage would have ruined the whole house.

I suppose it's pretty nice now.

 

[Gautama2]

McMansion made me think of a huge house made solely of cheeseburgers, french fries, and greasy red boxes.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: austin316

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: austin316
By no means is that Forbes 500 (as in 500 richest people). That wouldn't even make cribs, which has guys on it that wouldn't make Forbes 10,000.

My patience is wearing thin, but I'll explain it once more for those who didnt read the thread. My brother is not on the forbes. His wife's grandfather is. No, they don't live fancy lifestyles. None of the family does. Her grandfather's philosophy is basically live for yourself not for anyone else. There is no need to impress others, just be happy. And they pretty much all follow that.

Then don't start the thread calling it a mansion and saying she is about to inhert a ton of money.

I called it a McMasion which means that it's not a mansion, but I guess it's not a familiar term to alot of folks. I don't think I said she was about to inherit anything. Trust funds are not inheritance.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
I called it a McMasion which means that it's not a mansion, but I guess it's not a familiar term to alot of folks. I don't think I said she was about to inherit anything. Trust funds are not inheritance.

i thought mcmansion was a pejorative term invented by people who live like rats in manhattan to describe the far less expensive and much much larger houses that moderately wealthy upper middle class people in the south live in.

 

[Phokus]

Originally posted by: Gautama2
McMansion made me think of a huge house made solely of cheeseburgers, french fries, and greasy red boxes.

lol

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: Gautama2
McMansion made me think of a huge house made solely of cheeseburgers, french fries, and greasy red boxes.

YUM! Where can I take out a mortgage for one of those?

 

[Liviathan]

Doesn't really seem that large.

 

[sygyzy]

The OP is being a really good sport about all this. More more patience than I.

 

[Alone]

I'm so depressed. I'll never have nice things.

 

[WiseOldDude]

Is she fat and ugly?

 

[meltdown75]

:music: if i was a rich girl, la la la la la la la :music: