I was partners in a oil surveyor venture. We made money like water from a fire-hose for 3-4 years. Then the crunch of the early 1980's hit. We were stupid for 2 reasons: We spent a lot of money needlessly when money was easy and we didn't recognize that the business was no longer solvent and we should fold our cards before financial embarrassment. So we went broke trying to meet a payroll when there was no work to be had, even at a loss. Wonderful lesson in humility and it encouraged me to seek horizons in a graduate education and other lines of work.

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