http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28368421/

I think I know both of the guys in that article, we sail against them every year. I'm hopping the guy who killed himself isn't who I think it is, because if it was that's horrible. I'm confirming, now. Holy ****en ****, holy ****.

Edit: I don't think I know the guy who killed himself, but I do know his friend. No one is awake or around now so I'll have to wait until tomarrow to see whats up.

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1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

I can't imagine having a billion dollars, let alone lose it.

Whats the point of having that much money anyways, you'd never have anything to work for and strive for, I think I'd be bored.

Well then again you could pretty much do anything you want...... hm..

What are the scammers getting? slap on the wrist? white collar resort? THey should send em to a Federal Pound Me In the Ass prison

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi

Money is not the primary motivator for such people, after a point its simply a way to keep score.

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2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Imagine all the old high school friends and family members who would beg for money

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi

For those who are motivated simply by the money, there's never enough.

Sad because true happiness will always elude them.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Give it to me for 10 years and I will give you an answer. You can always strive for more. Man who dies with the most toys wins.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

Who is to say they aren't happy doing what they are doing? Who is to say YOU have discovered true happiness for THEM?

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

**** it was the Thierry I sailed against. That sucks he was one heck of a sailor. I knew he was in finance and flew back to France a lot, but I didn't know what he did until now.

I guess the damned press got another one of my friends names somehow and have been calling him none stop.

Other than sailing against the guy and at yacht club functions I really didn't know him. But he was a nice guy. We always used to call them Frog's to piss them off since they forced us over the line a few times.

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1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Not his family and friends, they all had money.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

From what I got from the article, he had lost that much money for investors that had used him. He himself lost over a million. Not a small amount by any means!

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

48th rule of acquisition The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

Its been a bad decade for the people of New England.

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Well this year has been brutal, thats for sure.

These are certainly the darkest times since the Great Depression, and WW2. Thierry is now dead, a victom of Madoff and this crazy economy, and I feel like I was just sitting at the bar with him and the rest of the Star guys on a Sunday afternoon talking about the days racing. In once sense I was August/September were not long ago...


Right now I'm having a drink in Thierry's honor. I didn't know him outside of sailing, but I did enjoy racing against him. He had a habit of following our boat this year, which was annoying at the time, but now... I did enjoy the racing, and he will be greatly missed at the start line next year.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200