No, JW, that is not at all what I said. I said it is a lot easier to spend big lumps of money that to earn/acquire them. It is difficult and rare to keep an earning lifestyle across three generations of family. It seems to be human nature to "lay down the shovel and the hoe" as soon as there is what appears to be a family life-time bank roll. Most people dramatically underestimate how much they will spend with a "spendy" lifestyle. More money is needed to actively collect high dollar guns than most would think. And, yes, I know about investments - good and bad. It is amazing how many people, both with big income streams and who "acquire" a chunkogreen, see it all as disposable and never consider how much to save/invest before the chunk/stream is gone. Oh, yes, I also said Yankee dollars will buy privledge and favor (P&F) as surely as do Pounds Stirling, Euros, Yen, Pesos, or any other coin. Note that for everyone buying P&F, there are several people selling it; this also strikes me as fundamental to human nature and nature in general. Ever see a pup astruttin' a new bone in front of his litter mates?
