It's a sad thing indeed. But, can we use this as an ambition to become the "mega rich" ? I think so.


I was doing a nice 120mph (t-tops off) weave through traffic today, and, sure enough, I was happy with my car and the fun I was having, but couldn't help thinking.....people see me fly by and go "cool car!"...but they aren't going "daaaamn thats a lamborghini flying by!!".


So, is being only somewhat happy by mediocre (as i would define it) materialism a blessing by encouraging you to do more and to make more and to become more?


Is it? (for once I can't answer this question with certainty).

Sure I have a substance filled girlfriend but that doesnt make me happy enough either. 250 million plus has gotta be the ending point, where i can say, YES, I can buy anything I want and I have most certainly "made it". Everything else is just extra (woman who loves me for me etc), I got what I came for. No?


wierd thread i gues... leave that to my sunday night rantings.

Thoughts/comments?

Isn't this the point I tried to get into your thick skull in a previous thread? I think it was the first one about your wallet. I suggest you go re-read it.

Very True, there is no cieling as though it seems.... no matter what the numbers are, big or small, you Never seem to have enough money to do everything you want to do...

could have been another thread?

the only thing from you in that thread I saw was "I hope you picked it up at a flea market for $5 "

I saw the title and I thought 'surely we couldn't be wrong about a 3rd person who we thought was a moron but is turning out to be ok' ....

And then I see 'My camero doesn't make me happy enough but a lamborghini would'

*shaking head*

all I can say is WOW, you are going to be disappointed LMAO

You think happiness is having people look at you and think you are cool?!

I'm sad to say, but your life lesson is going to really hurt ... you are going to fall so hard from that pedistal you have yourself on. :( Unfortunately for you, there is no other future ahead of you with that attitude, except a very unhappy, lonely one.

hmmm....
I do.

And I don't have anywhere near $250,000,000

;-)))

cj,
Greg Lasardo has Lamborgini and has no happiness
;-))

good point, matey!
;-)))

Happy is a state of mind, as is contentedness. Money provides comfort but has not one fucking thing to do with happiness other than as a stress reliever.

stress reliever my ass!

seeing interest rates go from 6% to .5% and decreasing your earnings 10 times IS stress
;-)))

so I guess the rancid lesson learned is that successful materialism is like the x button on a calculator.....always in need of further multiplication and never satisfied with the outcome?

i'm stretchin' here.

stress reliever my ass!

seeing interest rates go from 6% to .5% and decreasing your earnings 10 times IS stress
;-)))[/b][/quote]
HAHAAHA....It's added stress....can't live with what you could have done with it! Is this irony/paradox?

well we'll see. If I drive myself crazy and jump off a bridge, at least you'll have some satisfaction.

not my point, but kinda close i guess.....no...not close.


250 mill is not enough to do everything we want

Poor men wanna be rich, rich men wanna be kings,
And a king ain’t satisfied till he rules everything.

HAHAAHA....It's added stress....can't live with what you could have done with it! Is this irony/paradox?[/b][/quote]
grogan,
fuck you, cretin,
I saw what you have done with your money,
you lost them all in one week, moron
;-))

did it ever occured to you that EVERYBODY with no exceptions here think you are a MORON?

Now you see this one-eyed midget
Shouting the word "NOW"
And you say, "For what reason?"
And he says, "How?"
And you say, "What does this mean?"
And he screams back, "You're a cow
Give me some milk
Or else go home"

Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?

grogan,
fuck you, cretin,
I saw what you have done with your money,
you lost them all in one week, moron
;-))

did it ever occured to you that EVERYBODY with no exceptions here think you are a MORON?[/b][/quote]
it occured to me, but smart people know otherwise.


you got what you came for in this business, and congrats for that, but you shit on those who are going to easily surpass you.


no matter what point I'm at, I always help and encourage those who wish to take my place as I will surpass what is my current "place" (you will not surpass what you are today). get a new word, only gfyers have to actually look up the meaning of "cretin" and once they do, I'm sure even they aren't impressed.


you WERE on the right path with me but have this unstoppable need to be better than everyone else and to put down those who are going to make you look like a fucking PEASANT.


Hard work and right place right time, wow you are god serge. And if you want to talk idiocy take a look at those years you spent with brad and what a great judge of character you are. At least i give a shit about other folk, he wants to get every nickel he can before he goes indicted/MIA/r-levi. You just have the overwhelming urge to be an asshole. Your god approach is comparible to lensman.

This is gonna be fun................... :yowsa: :popcorn:

if you are not worth 10+ mill...then how would you know about that satisfaction?

what you have not achieved is what I live to achieve. and there lies my intended satisfaction.

I'll let you know when I start painting the trim on the house ... watching that bright white paint dry will really amuse you.

When I go to the casino, I love to play the slots... I know that my odds are better than blackjack, but there's something about all the wheels and the bells and the noise that sucks me into the slots....

Took a while but I finally realized that I got the same satisfaction playing and winning on the nickel slots as I di on the dollar slots.. :okthumb:

When I go to the casino, I love to play the slots... I know that my odds are better than blackjack, but there's something about all the wheels and the bells and the noise that sucks me into the slots....

Took a while but I finally realized that I got the same satisfaction playing and winning on the nickel slots as I di on the dollar slots.. :okthumb:[/b][/quote]
well hold on a minute while I order a scroll that says "congratiulations on being a fucking retard!:





oh cmone take a joke, ive been drinking :awinky:

I'll let you know when I start painting the trim on the house ... watching that bright white paint dry will really amuse you.[/b][/quote]
and yet here you are in this thread

Alcohol is no excuse....

Pushpills, I've lived it more than you could ever even dream about - the details will be in the book

MY LIFE IN THE AUSTRALIAN PORN MAFIA

What you aim to be, I have been a part of. I've watched men who have achieved all the things you THINK you are capable of achieving spiral into a living nightmare because of the mindset 'more money and i will be happy'.

Its funny you used a Lamborghini as the example ... Serge sees why and so will many others here. You didn't choose this car because you like it, you choose it because its the most impressive to others. Why live your life trying to impress people you drive past on the freeway? Most of them will hate you because you have something they don't.

The only difference between you and Lasrado is that he actually hit $10 million ... you never will.

When I turned 25 I became so sick from the stress of trying reach material goals that I am STILL unable to live a normal life & have permanent damage I will be dealing with for the rest of my life. While you crap on about the future and shit you have no idea about, the rest of us are living LIFE - not living a movie.

Why I am wasting my breath I'll never know. I guess I hoped you could be slowed down before you crash ... but fuck ya, i hope you learn the hard way.

and yet here you are in this thread[/b][/quote]
Watching you make a fool out of yourself is kinda like watching the Sopranos this season (up until tonight, maybe) ... it's getting more and more boring, but I've been doing it for a while now, so I just keep doing it.

cj,
Greg Lasardo has Lamborgini and has no happiness
;-))

good point, matey!
;-)))[/b][/quote]
I have a family van with a car seat and making room for another and yet, I'm the happiest I've been in years.

I got lazy and got passed by when everyone else in this business made millions...yet, the one constant I had was a supportive family and wife who put up with my shit through thick and thin.

This is something the grogans in life will never know the satisfaction of. They will constantly be worried about what people think of them, and it'll be the wrong people. It's not what idiots on a message board think of you or the 18 year old cheerleader who's impressed with your Camarro thinks of you. It's much deeper than that.

Howard Hughes was very wealthy and died insane and alone
Thomas Andrews built a beautiful boat but he ultimately went down with it

cj you finally make a little sense to me, I "get it" but I guess I won't be able to say for sure for 10 years or so if my logic is flawed. Probably (hence this riddiculous thread).

Isn't that what insecure people do?

Isn't that what insecure people do?[/b][/quote]
cj say he who search for worth anywhere but within ... end up without!

i wish there was a bow smilie

Grogan, i think you need more than 10 years ... or a near death experience.

cj say he who search for worth anywhere but within ... end up without!

i wish there was a bow smilie

Grogan, i think you need more than 10 years ... or a near death experience.[/b][/quote]
I probably won't live to see 50, don't really need a near death experience to know how little life i've got left.

first line was nice :awinky:

cj say he who search for worth anywhere but within ... end up without!

i wish there was a bow smilie

Grogan, i think you need more than 10 years ... or a near death experience.[/b][/quote]
cj!!!!

you and me see the same things once again
;_))

grogan PM's me the question:
"Why do you have to insist on being an ASSHOLE to me.
"
and my response was:
"because you bore me to death and I no longer see any potential in you,
in the next 10-15 years and I am not a patient man.
Serge"

as goes my curious nature. you aren't bored with me yet. you can claim you don't give a shit but I see through like it like colorless saran wrap.

Incorect.
I am bored but not ignoring you. This is a next stage, when doesn't matter what you do you get no response, and we are getting there.

I probably won't live to see 50, don't really need a near death experience to know how little life i've got left.

first line was nice :awinky:[/b][/quote]
grogan, everyone full of piss and vinager at 20 something, with some moderate financial success

a.) thinks they are a millionaire once they start makig 100K a year..

b.) thinks they are living the fast life, and won't make it to 50

but life has it's own plans for you, and you should not just enjoy the ride, but learn how to control the car.

you will discover this one day, as all of the other s before you have...

There will come a turning point.

I like that one :okthumb:

So very true :)

I like that one :okthumb:

So very true :)[/b][/quote]
DE$FINATE PEARL!

PEARL!!

DE$FINATE PEARL![/b][/quote]
Agreed! :okthumb:

I like this thread.....Cj it sounds as you and i have lead a similar path...as i think many of the early webmasters in this biz have lead...

i went through 5 (yes 5) Ferrari's in 2 years just because i got tired of them...it was never enough i figured a new one every few months would would make me sleep at night...but it was not so.

fact was i was not happy with the direction this industry and myself ware heading...anything for the money....no line to big to cross as long as i got the cash......

then i woke up.

now i just dabble here and there.....do what makes me happy...and i sleep at night.....the ulcers are going away and i feel much better......alot of these guys are young and these are simply life lessons they are trying to learn....i like being able to sit back and watch.....the whole time getting a chuckle out of it and spending more time with my children,my wife and my friends all of whom i neglected for my first 6 years in this biz.....



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