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Originally posted by FreedomEntered
I believe there is a Billionaire who has a grandaughter in the USA who chose to become homeless .
Take a look at this headline :
The homeless billionaire: Burger King boss doesn't own a house or even a watch (even though he's worth £1.5bn)
Nicolas Berggruen, 50, has £1.5billion fortune... he says
'Whatever I own is only temporary. It's our actions that have real value'
Like most nomads, Nicolas Berggruen travels light.
He doesn't own a house, car or even a watch and the few belongings he does have are carried around in a paper bag.
Originally posted by Wildbob77
reply to post by Wanderer112358
I'm just retiring from my job, not my life.
My wife and I have plans to do lots of things once I'm not bound to the office anymore.
Originally posted by XLR8R
reply to post by FreedomEntered
10 maybe 15 years ago a couple of stock brokers were caught panhandling. They had a change of clothes and during their brakes they'd go beg for money. Made around 150$ per day. I'll try to find a source.
edit on 24-1-2013 by XLR8R because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Wanderer112358
You know what I am saying is the truth...
Originally posted by AccessDenied
Originally posted by Wanderer112358
You know what I am saying is the truth...
Far more than you realize....
Thank you for this thread.It made me happy today.
What a pile of silly generalities there. This post is great example of the way society judges others.
Thanks.
Originally posted by FreedomEntered
They need to if they want to make a more exciting and less dangerous world, get off their backs and start living in the real world. Not some fabricated reality by a dodgy politician.
Sound silly, delusional or naive right? You decide, but it makes me very happy. How can that be wrong?
Originally posted by FreedomEntered
Ive mixed with very wealthy and very poor. You know the wealthy have at times all sorts of problems, issues, crisis, fights with self/ with others, disease, lack of identity and so forth.
Wealth and posessions isnt the measure of a man.
Originally posted by intrptr
reply to post by Wanderer112358
Sound silly, delusional or naive right? You decide, but it makes me very happy. How can that be wrong?
Please forgive me. Nothing wrong here. I wasn't saying it very well. Something I typed gave you a wow because you have that same something in you already. Thats where the "wow" came from, not me. I was making that distinction, thats all. That you were touched or happy about it is wonderful.
Edit to add: By the way, this thread touched me today too. Thanks for stating it...
edit on 24-1-2013 by intrptr because: additional...
Originally posted by XsweetNspiceyX
reply to post by Wanderer112358
Homelessness does have it's percs believe it or not. It allows you to travel and meet new people. Your no longer tied down to one area. You have nothing to lose so you become more of a risk taker. Meaning you may use your last 50 dollars to take a bus somewhere you might not have gone.I know I experienced it after my grandma died and my mother went to hospus because of a liver disease. During the summer time it's pretty cool. Camping out in the woods. By late fall your ready to figure something out. Which you should have been looking for friends during the good months. I think alot of people don't like the idea of people being independent from them. Old friends just can't seem to accept change.