Wealth and meaness

[anonymous-user]

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[Adenauer]

Isn't that partly why they have a lot of money?

[Einion Yrth]

Well you don't get rich by giving it away.

[RemaL]

Einion Yrth said:

Well you don't get rich by giving it away.

my thoughts, if someone has worked hard for there money then they may seem mean. I have found these people very often to be more careful with money due the above.

[GuildfordPaul]

anonymous said:

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and that is why they are millionaires.

[Baron Von Alders]

In my own totaly unscientific research, in the dark ages when I did paper rounds I did a couple of different rounds in different areas over the years.

One was delivering to large detatched houses in a posh area and one delivering to terraced & semi detached type houses in a normal area.

Bigger Xmas tips from the latter.

Case proven.

Edited by Baron Von Alders on Friday 10th October 08:51

[tonyvid]

Baron Von Alders said:

In my own totaly unscientific research, in the dark ages when I did paper rounds I did a couple of different rounds in different areas over the years.

One was delivering to large detatched houses in a posh area and one delivering to terraced & semi detached type houses in a normal area.

Bigger Xmas tips from the latter.

Case proven.

Edited by Baron Von Alders on Friday 10th October 08:51

I'll go along with that, I used to do charity collections for the RNLI and it was just the same.

[ajcj]

Most of the guys I know who are well off are not that way because of what they earn - it's because of what they don't spend.

Case in point: the Mars brothers used to come over to England 15 years ago (when I worked for that company) and would hire a 1.1 Fiesta to get around in. Their net worth at the time was north of $8billion.

[plasticpig]

Baron Von Alders said:

In my own totaly unscientific research, in the dark ages when I did paper rounds I did a couple of different rounds in different areas over the years.

One was delivering to large detatched houses in a posh area and one delivering to terraced & semi detached type houses in a normal area.

Bigger Xmas tips from the latter.

Case proven.

Edited by Baron Von Alders on Friday 10th October 08:51

I had the same when I was a kid. The people who gave the most were the little old lady OAP's in one bed flats.

[CY88]

There's a guy down the road over here (in Jersey) who has given every OAP on the Island a £100 food voucher for the last three Christmas' - around a million quid each time.

[shadowninja]

ajcj said:

Case in point: the Mars brothers used to come over to England 15 years ago (when I worked for that company) and would hire a 1.1 Fiesta to get around in. Their net worth at the time was north of $8billion.

Snag is, even if most of us were careful with our money, we couldn't save $8billion.

[JuniorD]

anonymous said:

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This is a pet hate of mine. Although this practice isn't about wealth, it's about ignorance and rudeness. Plenty of people do it.

[Hyperion]

'You can't have money and spend it'.

[amare32]

Why do millionnaires need to feel the need to distribute their wealth? If you want to aspire like them then you'll just need to take a leaf out of their book and try and earn your own cash.

It's this very attitude why there's so many people scrounging off the benefit system.

[cornishgirl]

The lady I work for is a millionaire and she is very generous as well. Although I don't have a big wage I have loads of 'perks'.

However some of her older acquaintances are just like the one the OP described, especially the politician / bank type. Her younger rich friends that I have met are usually more free and easy with their money.

So maybe it's the older generation that are meaner?

[Vesuvius 996]

anonymous said:

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I've got McCains on the phone. They're interested in buying your chip.

[Timmy35]

cornishgirl said:

The lady I work for is a millionaire and she is very generous as well.

Does she need a gardender?

Edited by Timmy35 on Friday 10th October 10:15

[davido140]

Adenauer said:

Isn't that partly why they have a lot of money?

+1

[cornishgirl]

Timmy35 said:

cornishgirl said:

The lady I work for is a millionaire and she is very generous as well.

Does she need a gardender?

Edited by Timmy35 on Friday 10th October 10:15

The gardener is over 70 and a miserable bugger sometimes.

Does that sound like you?

[Timmy35]

cornishgirl said:

Timmy35 said:

cornishgirl said:

The lady I work for is a millionaire and she is very generous as well.

Does she need a gardender?

Edited by Timmy35 on Friday 10th October 10:15

The gardener is over 70 and a miserable bugger sometimes.

Does that sound like you?

Perfect.....he's due for replacement then isn't he.