[TheForge] Wealth is wasted on the rich

[Jerry]

         I went to school with people who became millionaires and other 
such silly things. I am happy with my life and that's all that counts.

Jerry

At 04:08 PM 8/11/2005, you wrote:

>On Aug 11, 2005, at 12:56 PM, Kevin Donahoe wrote:
>
>>Justin wrote "Ah well. Wouldn't it be nice to be filthy rich? THink of all
>>the silly
>>things you could have...."
>>
>>But then, how would we know what's important :)?
>>
>>KD
>>
>
>Its always dissapointing to me what lousy toys the super rich spend their 
>money on.
>I went to high school with 5 guys who are now billionaires, and a while 
>ago we had our 25th reunion at the playhouse of one of them- and it was 
>very expensive- this was just the weekend house- it had its own 18 hole 
>golf course, helicopter pad, go cart racing track with 4 or 5 cars, 
>minature train that you could ride on with a 2 mile track, big house with 
>pool, game room, tennis courts,etc.
>But the whole thing was the most impersonal place you have ever seen- it 
>was as if it was ordered from a catalog- please send one rich guy's 
>fantasy retreat.
>Nothing personal anywhere in the place. Nothing that showed love, even 
>mild interest in anything in the world.
>I have worked on the homes of a lot of rich people over the years, and 
>this is often the case- they feel obligated to buy status symbols to show 
>the world how rich they are, but they seldom have any feeling for the 
>stuff. They hire people to tell them what to buy.
>
>I much prefer the obsession of good old poor collectors of junk.
>Jay Leno is an exception- he obviously loves and cares about the cars and 
>motorcycles he collects, and spends a lot of time in his auto shop, with 
>the guys he employs to work on them.
>But tool collecting seems to be off the radar of most rich people.
>The best tool collectors are just barely able to support their habits.
>
>And there is nothing like a collection to show you the slightly twisted, 
>but ultimately great ways in which the human mind can run to excess...
>
>ries
>
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