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Maggot

"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood"
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  • Jul 27, 2007
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    Just saw thei on VaGunTrader and thought Id share.

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    It's a fallacy to think that all rich people want the best of everything. They usually prioritize the wants with their needs. I grew up with an old spendthrift as a neighbor. She wore ragged clothes, heated her house with an old stove by using paper and cardboard she got from other's trashcans. She drove a 30 year old car when cars only lasted 4-6 years. Worked somewhere for her entire life.

    She died one day and her niece was given everything. She almost didn't want the house because it was so run down, but being a good family member, she started cleaning out the house. In each room she went to, she'd find money stashed away. Her aunt didn't have an savings account, so it would seem she hoarded her money in her house. The niece also found stocks and bond certificates and other items of value. I mean lots of money and valuables. Once cleaned, the niece is reported to have found well over a million dollars in cash and who knows how much in stocks and bonds.

    A letter in a rusty lockbox explained why she lived the way she did. Seems like her rich mom and dad lost EVERYTHING during the stock market crash of 1029. Her mom died and her dad built up his wealth before he died. She vowed to never trust the system ever again. She worked and saved every cent she made. She had stocks and bonds from her dad's portfolio.

    I've got to say the inside of her house was horrid. 1 light bulb in each room, no hot water, wall paper pealing off the walls.

    She was never going to be poor again, although she lived a pauper's life making sure she'd never be poor again.

    But she was never going to be poor again!

    This is a true story.
     

    I take both to mean that you're saving money. Unless you're an idiot, anything you buy today will at the very least return the same amount or possibly more if you decide to sell it later in life. I'm not saying you're going to get rich but a certain M1 Garand that was bought for $500 is now worth at least $2000.
     
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    I take both to mean that you're saving money. Unless you're an idiot, anything you buy today will at the very least return the same amount or possibly more if you decide to sell it later in life. I'm not saying you're going to get rich but a certain M1 Garand that was bought for $500 is now worth at least $2000.
    Yep, I saw a couple of those CMP Garands at the Richmond Show today. But thats investing money for the future, not saving. Or is it?

    Still, its nice to have lunch money, or:.