A friend worked at a record store in Madison while she was in college. A number of students who worked there had rich parents who told them they had to get jobs to learn responsibility, etc. These students called in sick way more than the ones who worked there because they really needed the money.
I'll be in my bunk.
Jayne ,'War Stories'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Apr 21, 2011 7:44:46 am PDT #4505 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Vortex - Apr 21, 2011 7:46:35 am PDT #4506 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
If I won the lottery tomorrow, I would probably quit my job because the boss is not going to grow balls tomorrow, and I don't need to be frustrated by his inability to make decisions. I would probably go back to school to get an arts management degree and work for a theatre in town.
Tom Scola - Apr 21, 2011 7:47:39 am PDT #4507 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
My friend is opening a store in Brooklyn next week. I'm going tonight to help her paint.
Jessica - Apr 21, 2011 7:48:25 am PDT #4508 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh hey, I'm following her on Facebook!
Hil R. - Apr 21, 2011 7:48:39 am PDT #4509 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
If I were independently wealthy, I think I'd open a bakery.
meara - Apr 21, 2011 7:49:18 am PDT #4510 of 30001
One of the few wealthy people I am friends with (I vaguely knew a few in college but not well) has done a lot of what I would were I her--she went to grad school and more grad school! All ofnit fairly relevant in terms of taking over for her dad someday (he's a real estate mogul and she went to law school and then got a historical preservation degree) but she works for him and sometimes has crappy jobs, but sometimes has lotsof free time.
tommyrot - Apr 21, 2011 7:52:22 am PDT #4511 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I don't know what I'd do if I were independently wealthy. I just don't think about it. I don't fantasize about winning the lottery or something because I know it's never going to happen. (OK, I don't play the lottery, but even if I did, I know I'd never win big, as the odds are too small.)
Sophia Brooks - Apr 21, 2011 7:54:46 am PDT #4512 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
If I were independently wealthy, I would fix up decaying buildings in my city and make them pretty again. I would probably run through my money pretty quickly that way, though.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 21, 2011 7:55:02 am PDT #4513 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
My one friend with millionaire parents is a pretty regular kind of guy, but they were self-made millionaires and sent him to public school with the rest of us riff-raff. He did do the college-forever-until-he-found-a-career-he-liked thing though.
Jesse - Apr 21, 2011 7:55:04 am PDT #4514 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
When I went to fancy college, I kind of assumed I would become friends with rich people who would take me on fancy vacations and stuff, but I never was. My richest friend, I could tell she was rich because they never qualified for any kind of financial aid until her third sibling was also in college, and her mother didn't work. Their house wasn't fancy, but the father did drive a Town Car with a phone in it....