I am not sure you can blame the money though. Maybe these people would have imploded anyway, just with less publicity and less power to suck other people into the morass with them. I mean, if you have the personality for it there is always something out there you can get addicted to.
Dana On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 11:05:41 -0800, Rob Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, that guy is infamous. He's probably looking at a jail term at this > point. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Lakein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <cf-community@houseoffusion.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 11:43 PM > Subject: Re: I now live with a millionaire > > > Speaking of stupid, today's Washington Post magazine has a disturbing > > article about the meltdown caused by a West Virginia guy's winning a > > massive Powerball 2 years ago. Sounds like it went to his head, and > > the entire region; destroyed families, strip clubs, drugs, all sorts > > of mayhem. > > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36338-2005Jan25.html > > > > > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 11:03:29 -0800, Ian Skinner > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Personally, I'd be stupid with it. I mean, isn't that what it's for? > > > :-) > > > > > > --Ben > > > > > > Ok, you got me; it was a broad, vague statement. I guess it might be > more correct to ask, HOW STUPID? :-) > > > > > > Burning off a few grand, maybe even a couple of hundred grand is > probably not that bad, and who wouldn't do that to some extent if they > could? > > > > > > But being so stupid that you actually loose ALL the money, and > eventually end up hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt after just a > couple of years is really, really, really STUPID. Isn't it? > > > > > > I am actually a bit surprised that this exact scenario happens to a > rather high percentage of people who receive large windfalls of money. > Maybe as high as 1/4 to 1/3 according to some antidotal articles I have > read. > > > > > > > > > -------------- > > > Ian Skinner > > > Web Programmer > > > BloodSource > > > www.BloodSource.org > > > Sacramento, CA > > > > > > "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" > > > - Cynthia Dunning > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145407 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
