tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post5911318117176879321..comments2024-02-21T14:18:09.212-08:00Comments on R World: Why Did My High-School Guidance Counselor Never Suggest Hedge Fund Manager?Ron Davisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-22611512285969471742008-04-19T21:51:00.000-07:002008-04-19T21:51:00.000-07:00Milena,I am so glad that you commented on this. I ...Milena,<BR/>I am so glad that you commented on this. I actually thought that all these numbers were kind of interesting, but apparently finding this fascinating put us in a distinct minority. If you tried to tell your grandfather these numbers, he probably would have thought you were smoking something. Thanks.Ron Davisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-68650235088704212392008-04-18T15:21:00.000-07:002008-04-18T15:21:00.000-07:00I've been told my grandfather used to hide the mon...I've been told my grandfather used to hide the money he earned by driving a bus all day long, seven days a week, inside a can he buried under a rock in his yard. He paid our government no taxes and our government had no way of tallying what, if anything, it was owed by him. The astounding numbers you cite make me wish the world were as simple now as it was for my grandfather then. No risk in losing his money but that which came from someone figuring out which rock marked the place where he had hidden his dough.Gypsy at Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17106152285952023602noreply@blogger.com