Quote from daniel_m:
well, my nose is blocked, i've been putting on a bit of weight and my favorite pen has just run out of ink. thanks for asking.
look, it's a sad story, everyone can see that. and i had a pretty good idea there'd be hoards of sympathetic ears coming along to offer their condolences. i thought i'd go the other way.
dropping $160k when the guy admits he had no idea what he was doing is idiocy beyond words (in my world -- feel free to disagree). it's obvious he was hung up on making his losses back, and that that's an easy trap to fall into, but i still call it idiotic.
and furthermore, i'll also tell you that i kinda get irritated when some schlep under illusions of grandeur (or in desperate need of income to supplant his ailing business) thinks he can just waltz into the market knowing nothing and make a go of it and then pour on the sob stories when it all goes south.