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Re: [sharechat] What to do ? no markets open ,im bored already

From:	Richard Scott <richard@tkf.att.ne.jp>
Date:	Wed, 26 Apr 2000 10:40:09 +0900

Nick,

Nice contribution to the forum. A touch of the human side of who we all are and what we are all about is a welcome diversion. Must be the Easter thing working in a mysterious way.

I've just returned from Blighty for a vist and to see friends and family. Went up north to Nottingham, Docaster, Sheffield and Birmingham. Dead grim it was too. Cornwall was nice though, but what does one do there???? So although NZ, the 'promised land' is stretching a bit, it does take a lot of beating in many ways. A bit rich coming from someone who lives and works in Japan but frequent holidays and trips to the southern hemisphere put all things in good perspective.

Talking of money, financial goals and what it's all for reminded me of a small passage from Kenneth Williams' autobiography (he of the Carry On movies and other fame). He wrote after having a particularly convivial time in the south west,.... "I don't think I had any idea then how fruitful and satisfying the days were. it comes back to what Robert Bolt described as 'the negation of the moment'. What he meant was that men worried so much about the future and knew so much about the past they had lost the ability to enjoy the present."

Feel a twinge of guilt?? I certainly did. I have a colleague just recently diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, prognosis awful, so it'll likely be curtains for him before the year's out. Worked his b....m off for the last 15 years too earning $200 -250k US a year. Makes you think a bit.

If you're enjoying the making of lucre and worship the fun and the challenge rather than exclusively the result then IMHO that's a recipe for a happy existence, both spiritually and financially.

My apologies that I have added nothing to the collective knowledge of sharechat forum contributors in terms of sharemarkets and investment. However I thought Nick's contribution deserved some response.

Cheers
Richard

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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>      Wouldnt be so bad if
i was making money, the hatches on my portfolio are</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>well and truly batterned down.  My financial
goal is to be able to retire at 50 (twelve</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>more years) and go to live in crete greece. I lived
there for four years while on my</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>world travels, i left there ten years ago when i
met a New Zealand woman, She persuaded me NZ</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>was the promised land. Its amazing what one will
believe when in love!!.(Still with her).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>      Im from england
originally but have been a permanent resident</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> here since 1991.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>        I
currently work in electronics and have been very lucky on the stock market (all
NZ)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and have managed to turn ten thousand into over
hundred, its taken ten years though.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>        I was
tempted to go back to greece sooner. I had visions of sitting outside a nice
taverna day trading </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>on my laptop. I have never tried day trading and i
have to say the current volatility</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>in the market has put me off.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>       I choose my
stocks for the long run, my favs at the moment is montana which i have

held</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>for many years (shame about this years harvest
though.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>      Im expecting a nice
profit on FFS too i hhave been buying them up this year at</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>around 55c and am expecting to at least double up
there.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  nick</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There's more to life than just making money.
Money is only paper. Since you've nothing to do tell us a bit about yourself.
What do you want from life. That is what is your financial goal. What do you
want from life. You can't take the money up to heaven. Do you live on the
cheap because you want to live on the wild side later.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>

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