Thread: My wealth be godlike (split)

necks?

that must make jumper shopping interesting

^little boys!

i have two little girls.

I actually meant I had two didgeridoos.

Originally Posted by Papadave

I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.

i have enough money to last me a lifetime provided I don't live much beyond march the 23rd.

Originally Posted by NickA

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Originally Posted by keith allen
no... why?
I'd like to play with his didgeridoo

looks like kingwillie's new avatar is confusing a few people.

^Sheesh, it came up with kingwilly and i thought it was playing up again. Anyway, I've never met Kw, so there's every chance that he might be able to join my agency on the off chance he looks like KA

Originally Posted by chinthee

My wealth be godlike (split)

Ironic ain't it. As with mine, this seems the case with many members!

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

Originally Posted by Papadave

I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.

i have enough money to last me a lifetime provided I don't live much beyond march the 23rd.

What happens on that day?

^ More like the day before...

Originally Posted by Papadave

I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.
Jackie Mason

That is one damn funny jew. No, I don't mean penis in Thai.

Here's my fav:


Hey, by the way, how come the Jews and Chinese are the ones who always get rich?

well the Chinese work hard.

and the Jews are God's chosen people, obviously

I'm very serious about this. I have had a chance to know many very rich jews. And, they come from all walks of life. My kids went to a very exclusive private (non government) school, and many rich jews had kids there. Very nice people too for the most part, but really, doctors, lawyers, oil barons, heirs to fortunes, you name it....

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

looks like kingwillie's new avatar is confusing a few people.

Originally Posted by NickA

^Sheesh, it came up with kingwilly and i thought it was playing up again. Anyway, I've never met Kw, so there's every chance that he might be able to join my agency on the off chance he looks like KA

bastards ! have some more reds !

Originally Posted by chinthee

I'm very serious about this. I have had a chance to know many very rich jews. And, they come from all walks of life. My kids went to a very exclusive private (non government) school, and many rich jews had kids there. Very nice people too for the most part, but really, doctors, lawyers, oil barons, heirs to fortunes, you name it....

that maybe why mr. hitler had some of his strange ideas

^yeah, could be. And, I've spent most of my professional life doing business in China, and can tell you that the Chinese share many of the same money-grabbing characteristics. If Hitler had succeeded, he probably would have had the Japanese wipe out the Chinese too.

Wow.

That pic of Don Rickles looks like "The Thing."

Scary.

And Antrobertson:

Can I borrow a couple of bones?

Can you wire me about $250 USD?

Something came up, and I'm short of funds.

I'm anxiously waiting your reply.

Originally Posted by chinthee

I have had a chance to know many very rich jews

The Jews and Chinese share an important characteristic, namely they are both clannish and distrust outsiders. They take care of and do business with each other in preference to outsiders, for this reason.

They are both often naturally entrepreunerial too- and in the West at least it is the entrepreneur, the risk taker, who can clean up like noone else, financially speaking. They have their racial network to back them up here too, in terms of seed capital and giving their product or service a try.

They also often share three other very desirable characteristics in terms of wealth accumulation- a belief in education, parents invest in their children; industriousness- they work hard; and thrift- they accumulate capital to earn more, rather than blow it on fancy things whilst still on the road to wealth. Wealth, when earned, tends to thought of in terms of generations also.

Generalising of course, but true nonetheless.

^Yes, Sabang you are very right. And, unlike the rest of us, when one of the Jews or Chinese fail, there is a cultural safety net to catch them. The rest of us are on our own, and when we fail, nobody is there to catch us.

Originally Posted by chinthee

The rest of us are on our own, and when we fail, nobody is there to catch us.

Yes and there are plenty of scavengers to pick our bones dry.

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Mind you, on Monday I shall be making a Student Loan repayment so I'll be slightly less rich than I am today.

Just got to avoid paying it until i'm 50 then I will have saved 8000 pounds.

Originally Posted by sabang

Originally Posted by MeMock

How did you lose it in the first place?

First one (in Oz) - conspicous consumption and poor investments. Still, I made it too easy in the first place, didn't bother me.

Second one (HK) - Divorce, company fraud and a long running tax battle. Had the good sense to salt some away in real estate though, so lucky to have 'enough' left over. Barely- if I had left my money in USD, it would not be enough.

No complaints- I grew thoroughly sick and tired of the greed, vanity, dishonesty and general bullshit of the business world anyway. In business, people are your worst enemies- never underestimate their greed, and opportunism. If there is a buck in it, assume they will stab you in the back, including your wife.

Buffaloes in Tagalog are Carabao. Lost some money in the Fil's- I should be the proud owner of two condo's in Boracay, but....

Sabang, hats off to you. At least you had the balls to go out and stake your claim. More than can be said of most weaklings who never try. You have my respect.

On a similar and related note, I'll bet any one of you (us) would do something illegal to make big money if you thought you could get away with it.

Originally Posted by mrsquirrel

Just got to avoid paying it until i'm 50 then I will have saved 8000 pounds.

i paid mine off, prefer not oweing the gommint anything, they tend to change the rules as they go along!

Century thread. Everybody loves to hear about gold diggers.