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mopaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 11:19 PM
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do you know any millionaires?
Edited on Mon Dec-05-05 11:19 PM by mopaul
my son in law is one. he makes video games.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 11:20 PM
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1. Yes. Rather a lot, really. Used to work at the executive level
at a couple multinational firms.

:-)

Also have a number of friends who are millionaires.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 11:21 PM
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2. Yes. I go to a networking meeting with a bunch of them
They dress like slobs and buy and sell property from eachother at these meetings.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 11:24 PM
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3. yes
I know the son of the family who owns Home Run Inn Pizza.

I also know another guy whos family has over $million in real esate(apartment buildings).

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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 11:25 PM
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4. Personally?
Not that I'm aware of. But then, I don't generally ask people what they're worth, so it's possible that I've known a couple... who knows?!
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 11:26 PM
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5. Yes. Many. nt
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 11:26 PM
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6. Delete
Edited on Mon Dec-05-05 11:27 PM by Scout1071
Weird when it duplicates a comment.
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bammertheblue Donating Member (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 11:26 PM
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7. Actually yes
friends of the family. I actually dated their son in high school. The mother is a stock broker and the father owns a pharmacy and is a pharmacist. And they are the nicest, most down to earth people...you'd never guess they are super rich, except that they like expensive wine. That's really the only snooty thing about them. They have a wine cellar. They also adopted a girl from India which is kind of unusual for rich people who aren't celebrities- lots of people want a kid who looks like them, and their daughter sure does not! :)
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mopaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 11:28 PM
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8. my son in law spent 20,000 on fine wine one year
but he's given all that up now that he's a father 3 times.
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bammertheblue Donating Member (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 11:32 PM
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9. They have
a wine cellar in their house!
That would be cool- I love wine, but I like the cheap kind just as well as the expensive. Not that I've ever had expensive wine. I just imagine it would be good. :)
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mopaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 11:33 PM
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10. expensive wine is highly overated in my drunken opinion
drunk wise and taste wise
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khashka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 11:34 PM
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11. Only my parents
And if there is an "accident", then me.

Khash.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 11:34 PM
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12. Probably, but none that I am specifically aware of.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 11:34 PM
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13. My husband's cousin
He is a produce distributor.
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Jade Fox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 01:08 AM
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14. Does Bill Gates count?
Okay, I don't "know" him, but I have met him and his family.
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shugah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 01:17 AM
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15. yes
but the nice thing about the millionaires i know /have known is that they would be horrified if they thought i knew that about them. or if i thought about that regarding them.

it is most difficult to know how much money a person has - unless they talk about it - and that truly would be most tacky and distasteful.

so, how do you know if your friend is a millionaire? to me, it does not matter.

:shrug:
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Xithras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 01:20 AM
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16. Define millionaire.
Technically I own a company that does $600k a year in business and has been appraised at about $1.5 million. Since I'm the sole owner, that technically makes me a millionaire.

Of course, the business only put about $30,000 in my pocket last year. The rest went to my employees, taxes, and into the business. I have to teach to pay my bills and let OTHER people run my company :)
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 01:24 AM
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19. exactly, total net worth?
I probably know thirty people, my parent's friends, worth a million dollars, if you liquidated everything. a million dollars a year? I know that too. So whatever. some are snobs, most are normal people you'd never know about. And frankly, a million bucks ain't that much money any more.
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Xithras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 01:33 AM
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21. Lots of paper millionaires from the real estate market too.
My parents are millionaires on paper because of the real estate boom. They paid $18,000 for their house here in California in the 1970's, and it's worth $500k today. They paid $175k for their ranch in Oregon in the 1980's, and it's worth $1.1 million today. They also own my sisters home, which was originally purchased for $80k a decade ago but is worth about $400k today.

And yet, they live on my dads small retirement, and you'd never know their actual "worth" by meeting them.

Wealth can be a deceptive concept, and a million bucks isn't what it used to be. Most "millionaires" aren't even in the top 5% anymore.
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Dangerously Amused Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 01:22 AM
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17. I know several thousandaires.


And have, myself, personally, been a hundredaire at least several times in my life.
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 01:34 AM
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22. ^_^
:thumbsup: at this very point in space/time i am 'a' 20-aire :rofl:
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 01:23 AM
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18. My aunt, but her money's fucking dirty and I want no part of it.
:grr:
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 01:34 AM
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23. there isn't much "clean money" around, LeftMom.
...wealthy usually equals unscrupulous behaviour, either directly, or at arms' length, through some "legitimate" banker in a nice suit.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 01:37 AM
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24. True, but hers is nastier than most
Edited on Tue Dec-06-05 01:38 AM by LeftyMom
and was gained by causing great suffering. I want no part of it.
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 01:29 AM
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20. yes, several...
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