Funny, the people who don’t have wealth are always complaining about people who gave up a lot to obtain wealth. You make your choice. You want a family, work a 40 hour week. You want to get ahead, work 100 hour week. It’s called sacrifice, folk. No free lunch.
It’s as much about balance as it is sacrifice. If you give up all your free time in pursuit of money, you have no free time to get any enjoyment from the money you’ve made. Store up all your money for retirement, die before you retire, leave an estate worth millions but no heirs…
As the old saw goes, nobody on their deathbed says “I wish I’d spent more time at the office.”
My way of lifeIs fall’n into the sere, the yellow leaf,And that which should accompany old age,As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends,I must not look to have, but in their steadCurses, not loud but deep, mouth-honor, breathWhich the poor heart would fain deny and dare not.
Now marriage is an institution sure,My wife and I, our needs and nothing more.All my friends by a year by and by disappearedBut we’re safe enough behind our door.
I flourished in my humble trade,My reputation grew,Work devoured my waking hoursBut when my time was through,Reward of all my efforts, my own Limited Company!
I hardly noticed Sally as we parted company…
All through the years, in the end it appearsThere was never really anyone but me.
Now I’m old, I puff my pipe,But no one’s there to seeAs I ponder on the lessons ofMy life’s insanity.”Take care of those you call your own,And keep good company!”
From what I heard after Freddie’s death, he was pretty indiscriminate… Homosexually-identified bisexual. Then again, he was a full-on Rock Star “living the life”, and under those conditions a lot of people have done things that weren’t really “natural” to them. Even Elton John was married to a woman for a while, and nowadays he admits he was in a perpetual booze-and-drugs fog during those years.
lewisbower almost 14 years ago
Funny, the people who don’t have wealth are always complaining about people who gave up a lot to obtain wealth. You make your choice. You want a family, work a 40 hour week. You want to get ahead, work 100 hour week. It’s called sacrifice, folk. No free lunch.
Charles Brobst Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Homer Simpson’s boss?
fritzoid Premium Member almost 14 years ago
It’s as much about balance as it is sacrifice. If you give up all your free time in pursuit of money, you have no free time to get any enjoyment from the money you’ve made. Store up all your money for retirement, die before you retire, leave an estate worth millions but no heirs…
As the old saw goes, nobody on their deathbed says “I wish I’d spent more time at the office.”
My way of life Is fall’n into the sere, the yellow leaf, And that which should accompany old age, As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have, but in their stead Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honor, breath Which the poor heart would fain deny and dare not.
fritzoid Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Now marriage is an institution sure, My wife and I, our needs and nothing more. All my friends by a year by and by disappeared But we’re safe enough behind our door.
I flourished in my humble trade, My reputation grew, Work devoured my waking hours But when my time was through, Reward of all my efforts, my own Limited Company!
I hardly noticed Sally as we parted company…
All through the years, in the end it appears There was never really anyone but me.
Now I’m old, I puff my pipe, But no one’s there to see As I ponder on the lessons of My life’s insanity. ”Take care of those you call your own, And keep good company!”
– Queen
fritzoid Premium Member almost 14 years ago
From what I heard after Freddie’s death, he was pretty indiscriminate… Homosexually-identified bisexual. Then again, he was a full-on Rock Star “living the life”, and under those conditions a lot of people have done things that weren’t really “natural” to them. Even Elton John was married to a woman for a while, and nowadays he admits he was in a perpetual booze-and-drugs fog during those years.
GJ_Jehosaphat almost 14 years ago
I agree with Joe-Allen Re: ” Buying futures for agriculture products is gambling on them.”
If U didn’t grow it, store it, process it or market it…U don’t deserve to cash in on it (futures trading).