cmac2012 |
03-19-2013 05:14 PM |
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Originally Posted by aklim
(Post 3116568)
Short of a college degree, trade school diploma, etc, etc, you could classify most of the sporting events as useless in the real world if you want to put it that way.
Feel free to stunt my growth any day you want by tossing money at me.
Bet those grapes are a little sour, aren't they? Probably make bad whine too.
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Over-simplification. Plenty of examples of people getting weird with money that came to them in large quantities too quick and easy.
I did some repair on a rental house while the tenants were still in it about a year ago. The lease holder was a young man of Native Am extraction of some sort - came from a small tribe in the Redding CA area. The landlord (my employer) told me that he got $40K a month (?!?) as his share of casino proceeds. I said, are you sure it's not $4K a month - he said no, he saw the paperwork and talked to the administrators as part of his verifying income before renting.
Nice enough dude, about 21, but I had to shake my head. Spent about 8 hours a day playing video games, had 8 large lizard and snake cages with expensive reptiles, kept the house at 75 degrees 24/7 to nurture his beasts, windows open here and there often enough. Had a collection of flaky "friend" hangers on, that's why I was there - they kept breaking stuff in the house.
I fully suspect that the money will run out someday and he'll be clueless about how to deal with the real world, with a bundle of bad habits ingrained.
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