So, just an interesting true story to ponder over...A close friend of my Aunt and Uncle's, who we'll call "John", inherited around $40 thou from his dad's estate. He spent that in about 6 months. Then, after the entire estate was settled, he wound up with a big farm with farmhouse in a county nearby. The ground and house had been rented for years, and payed an annual income of $80 thou a year, but John wanted lots of money right away and sold the entire operation for $750 thou cash. That's 3/4 of a million dollars! In the next three years he bought lots of stuff and had a good time. Bought a nice, slightly used Honda three wheeler, but it broke a part. He took it apart to fix it (he is a fairly good mechanic), lost interest, and pushed it to one side. Then he bought another. Bought a couple of decent used houses, some interesting cars for his worthless son, gambled at a local Casino, rented some women, etc. Flash forward three years and, yes, you guessed it, he is FLAT BROKE! Think about it for a minute. He started with a guanteed income of $80 THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR! Now, he has had his utilities turned off and is doing odd jobs around town for money. I occasionaly see him around town and he always comes over to talk to me, but he is so stoopid that I try and stay away from conversation, mostly his conversations are mostly one sided stories he wants to tell. I guess it is none of my business, but just thinking about this idiot's actions really makes me angry. I guess it is because I've tried so hard to eke out a living for so many years and here is this idiot carelessly wrecking his big chance to really have a good life.
