How much is rich?

[keywordpk]

isnt there some sort of number the govt has come up with to declare you rich?

like $250K a year?

No, silly. That's middle class.

[Estocada]

I'm glad my social retardation is funny to you.

The well-maintained horse farms are one of the big reasons why its so nice here.

As I mentioned before, those old stone fences. I know they were probably built by slaves and so on, but they are in such arbitrary locations, reflecting boundries long since made meaningless by time and changing fortunes. Lovely, though, in their age and design.

[FranciscoTheMan]

well cheer up; my definition of "rich" isn't a number

This is true and I don't want that sort of continental-type lifestyle, but poverty sucks....poverty sucks so bad. I've been hungry, I've been homeless, its horrifying and soul-crushing.

[MatthewT]

we have a very wealthy and very famous client who proved the old addage that horse racing is an excellent way to turn a large fortune into a small fortune.

[MatthewT]

This is true and I don't want that sort of continental-type lifestyle, but poverty sucks....poverty sucks so bad. I've been hungry, I've been homeless, its horrifying and soul-crushing.

yup, money solves a lot of problems indeed

[FranciscoTheMan]

As I mentioned before, those old stone fences. I know they were probably built by slaves and so on, but they are in such arbitrary locations, reflecting boundries long since made meaningless by time and changing fortunes. Lovely, though, in their age and design.

I agree. The history concerning them is sad, but they are one of those things that so many people appreciate to this day.

I took this picture of one....

[Estocada]

I agree. The history concerning them is sad, but they are one of those things that so many people appreciate to this day.

I took this picture of one....

In a way, they are both...sad to the conditions under which they were created, yet they endure long after the people who ordered them built and those who built them are forgotten. Great picture...the dichotomy of life, unordered and vibrant, all around the attempt to contain and control it!

[freds]

300k a year is well off.


1M a year is rich.

[MatthewT]

worldy rich is not needing any income to be rich

[Bob barker]

What, to you, in terms of yearly combined household income, would classify you as rich?

I know it varies by region and so on and I'm not claiming I'm rich by ny means.

For me, if you and your spouse make I'm gonna say 300k a year, then you are probably 'rich'.

Its never enough. When I graduated college, I always told my self if I could make "x" that is all I would need. When I made "x", I thought if I could only make "this", I would be set. This day in age $300k a year, with kids, a couple of luxury cars, a $5000/month mortgage, country club membership, etc. Doesn't go very far.

[Estocada]

300k a year is well off.


1M a year is rich.

This may well be the correct answer.

[keywordpk]

The more you make, the more you spend. At least that's been my experience.

[Estocada]

Its never enough. When I graduated college, I always told my self if I could make "x" that is all I would need. When I made "x", I thought if I could only make "this", I would be set. This day in age $300k a year, with kids, a couple of luxury cars, a $5000/month mortgage, country club membership, etc. Doesn't go very far.

EXACTLY! There is no end to this shit! There is a great story called "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" by one of the Russians where this poor bastard literally runs hinself to death trying to claim all the land he can in a day.


The problem is you can never outrun the desire.

[MasterBlaster]

Dunno 'bout a dollar figure, but for me, Rich would be never having to worry about paying any bill, any time.

THAT'S rich!

[Estocada]

My brother said "Rich is when you can just write a check for whatever happens" Not bad!

[MatthewT]

My brother said "Rich is when you can just write a check for whatever happens" Not bad!

then his 2 year old dies. who does he make the check out to?

[FranciscoTheMan]

Dunno 'bout a dollar figure, but for me, Rich would be never having to worry about paying any bill, any time.

THAT'S rich!

I know! Yacht bills are so friggin' expensive these days!

[BaddFunn]

300K a year doesn't even come close to rich, IMO

but 300K a week does

[Estocada]

Ok, my definition:


Many years ago, I was very critically injured. I was operated on and it was very close apparently. I was twelve. My Father told the story of himself going into a bathroom at West Jeff Hospital and saying "God, if you'll just let my boy live, I won't ask for anything else ever."

He wasn't a praying man and he was not really all that virtuous, but I lived and to my knowledge, he never asked for nything else. and he died hard and slow, too.

30 years later and my daughter is born very, very premature - 2 lbs. 5 oz. The doctors are all telling me the various ways she might be fucked up, blindness, deafness, disabilities, how she might die...how my wife might die, due to the toxemia that had led to the whole thing.

It was all very unreal. They were describing things that didn't exist two hours ago when my wife just 'didn't feel very good'. So I went in to a bathroom at the hospital and offered the same deal, although I wasn't really in a strong dealing position. I was my Father, the same unvirtuous person asking for a little consideration.

And both of them are fine now and I intend to keep my end of the deal, even if I have to die slow and hard too, when it comes my time. A deal is a deal. And I'm quite rich, by my estimation.

[keywordpk]

Ok, my definition:


Many years ago, I was very critically injured. I was operated on and it was very close apparently. I was twelve. My Father told the story of himself going into a bathroom at West Jeff Hospital and saying "God, if you'll just let my boy live, I won't ask for anything else ever."

He wasn't a praying man and he was not really all that virtuous, but I lived and to my knowledge, he never asked for nything else. and he died hard and slow, too.

30 years later and my daughter is born very, very premature - 2 lbs. 5 oz. The doctors are all telling me the various ways she might be fucked up, blindness, deafness, disabilities, how she might die...how my wife might die, due to the toxemia that had led to the whole thing.

It was all very unreal. They were describing things that didn't exist two hours ago when my wife just 'didn't feel very good'. So I went in to a bathroom at the hospital and offered the same deal, although I wasn't really in a strong dealing position. I was my Father, the same unvirtuous person asking for a little consideration.

And both of them are fine now and I intend to keep my end of the deal, even if I have to die slow and hard too, when it comes my time. A deal is a deal. And I'm quite rich, by my estimation.

I had toxemia with my first daughter. She was a preemie as well.