Do these Clintons hang out with the biggest sleazebags or what?

[conduit]

Just because you know or heard of some rich what makes you think if you go back you would even make a tenth of what they make? Given you talk so much about smart, rich, and educated people your post contains a lot of grammatical and spelling errors which prompted me to ask this question.

lets say he really did live in a shit shack. so the heck what. that makes you better than him? if he is posting with evil intent call him out for that if he writing stupid shit tell so... but living in a one bedroom. wtf?

lets say you are really successful and you earned it as opposed to getting it from family friends or your wife. You are probably smart or charismatic made good decisions and worked hard... awesome... but there may also be some great timing involved too.

I went to my 20th reunion at greenwich high school around the turn of the century. I lot of my friends had worked on wall street and been phased out already. Some still had big jobs... or were part owners in specialist seats on the NYSE or the brokers on the floor. over time I heard from other friends they were almost all out of the industry. At the time only one or two had houses in Greenwich. Most were up north a bit.

My brother is six year younger than me. A handful of his friends had big jobs at hedge funds with estates in Greenwich and millions to burn.
My brothers friends were not smarter than my friends. In fact I knew some really smart guys... by a long shot over my brothers friends.

By the way this is not sour grapes or an excuse. I choose to move to San Diego and go to school out here. Once I started surfing I would not have gone back for 1 million a year back then. I might now... but that is another story as I don't surf anymore and I have a wife and kids. But, I might not either.

 

[jem]

you are correct. I type too quickly.

I need 24 hours between draft and edit to actually see what I wrote and improve its style. Frankly, I am embarrassed when I come here the next day and see the errors.

I have always admired those who write well.

As far as rich, I grew up around wealth in horse country in Greenwich Ct. My Dad was probably wealthy by most standards but not by Greenwich standards. My mom has the money now.

My wife and I do OK but we live 4 kids in an expensive areas and pay high taxes. I am a member at a Golf club in San Diego... and I run into some very wealthy people because I tennis and golf . I don't feel like I am wealthy at all but but we are also far from broke. At them moment I we make 6 figures and probably about a tenth of what I would like to be making.

I understand how hard it is to be making very good money and keep making very good money. twice in my career I have been making very good money on the edge of really being nicely set up and twice conditions have changed. I am good at innovating and or figuring it out once... I am not good and innovating to stay ahead.

I admire those who can take a good business, systematize it and scale it up. That to me is amazing.

Just because you know or heard of some rich what makes you think if you go back you would even make a tenth of what they make? Given you talk so much about smart, rich, and educated people your post contains a lot of grammatical and spelling errors which prompted me to ask this question.

 

[der_kommissar]

Just because you know or heard of some rich what makes you think if you go back you would even make a tenth of what they make? Given you talk so much about smart, rich, and educated people your post contains a lot of grammatical and spelling errors which prompted me to ask this question.

You might want to write a coherent sentence (or two) before criticizing Jem's writing...

OTOH, this notion that "smart, rich and educated people" are great writers is unfounded. They aren't academics.

 

[wildchild]

you are correct. I type too quickly.

I need 24 hours between draft and edit to actually see what I wrote and improve its style. Frankly, I am embarrassed when I come here the next day and see the errors.

I have always admired those who write well.

As far as rich, I grew up around wealth in horse country in Greenwich Ct. My Dad was probably wealthy by most standards but not by Greenwich standards. My mom has the money now.

My wife and I do OK but we live 4 kids in an expensive areas and pay high taxes. I am a member at a Golf club in San Diego... and I run into some very wealthy people because I tennis and golf . I don't feel like I am wealthy at all but but we are also far from broke. At them moment I we make 6 figures and probably about a tenth of what I would like to be making.

I understand how hard it is to be making very good money and keep making very good money. twice in my career I have been making very good money on the edge of really being nicely set up and twice conditions have changed. I am good at innovating and or figuring it out once... I am not good and innovating to stay ahead.

I admire those who can take a good business, systematize it and scale it up. That to me is amazing.

Jem, why do you care what this miscreant thinks of your writing on an internet forum? People's posts are not supposed to be formal, they sure as hell should not proof read anything below beyond a cursory review. The internet grammar police really are something.