::smile:: I said a while ago I was going and I am. But since you ask, I am where I want to be, playing with ideas and thinking about a third career. I've been quite affluent, I've been very poor, and I am pretty comfortable as we speak a couple of years out from losing every single thing I owned in a flood. I have a small business that does ok. You probably make more money, but you're welcome to it. You have to live in DC to earn it and I walked away from that about five years ago.
I hope this doesn't sound sharp. It isn't intended to be, but since you ask... Dana >More than that. This is a valid point I am going to be making, and I really >do not want it to sound like a personal attack against Dana. > >Dana, how old are you? What is your current salary? What does your current >financial situation look like? I am not going to throw numbers out but just >what I have heard you say here, I would say that your situation is far more >precarious than either mine or Julian's. Plus you have been alive quite a >bit longer. You know I came up from nothing, so it's not like you can point >at some rich white man who was behind me backing me up. > >Tell Julian and I, who knows more about economics? A late blooming college >student, or two people that have run businesses and are reasonably senior in >their fields. > >Again, Dana, this is merely something I point out in the nature of debate. >Please do not take it personally. > >Tim > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:192908 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