calonlan Wrote:
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> Dear Roger -
>
> Take 50cents - go to the Salvation Army store -
> books are forever.
> Whatever the cause for your present penury, my I
> suggest you purchase a
> copy of "The wealthy barber" ($9 paperback), and
> follow its advice -
> basically (textbook for Edward Jones co.), $1.00 a
> day in an equity
> based mutual fund from age 18 to age 65 will
> provide an estate of about
> $2.2 million - you can work for McDonald's your
> whole life bussing tables
> and retire wealthy - this is basic stuff, but
> noone teaches it in school -
> of course there is no reason to assume that school
> teachers or most
> parents know squat about money - send me your
> address at
remraf3@att.net
> privately and I will send you a CAS book -
> enthusiam for the old master
> such as yours deserves to be rewarded - I assume
> of course that you are
> fairly young -
> Enjoying myself immensely, I remain yours,
> Dr. Farmer
Dr. Farmer, you are too kind, and I'm probably not as young as I seem! I work in a struggling profession right now and for not a lot of pay. But I'm lucky enough to have my own apartment along with cable TV, computer, cable modem and a TON of books, movies and music. The only drawback of living alone is that ALL the bills are mine and after I write all those checks (today in fact), there won't be a lot of book-spending money left over.
So I'm not as bad off as the narrator of Hamsun's
Hunger but I do need to pick and choose when it comes to book buying. The truth is, between my apartment and my mother's house, I have maybe a couple thousand books, the bulk of which I'm always trying to unload online. (Bookselling isn't an easy thing these days... too much competition.) But alas, I only have a few CAS titles.
The Wealthy Barber sounds interesting though I must admit I've never given any of these self-help/get rich books a read. I always figure the author is serving his own retire wealthy scheme by publishing the book. But I'll look out for The Barber. If I could recollect on my bar tabs over the past few years I think I might be able to afford the complete CAS in first edition! The barber should have a chapter on not drinking... that would be the first step to financial success!
I will email you my address (and age!) but I don't expect a book in return. As mentioned above, I'm not destitute, I'm just lacking much CAS! For now TALES OF ZOTHIQUE and THE BOOK OF HYPEBOREA are keeping me busy.
Roger