Here's what preparing for life looks like

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Yuppers.

Does he smoke? Is he a Trumper idiot? If not, he's not a chip off the old block. If so, he's nothing to be proud of.

I have zero spite for folks that have more than me.  Most of my best friends have done exceptionally well financially and much better than me. I'm happy for them.  A perfect example is a buddy (who I've been friends with since the age of 4) of mine who after graduated college in 1981 became a computer software sales rep.  He was doing fine, and got married.  Shortly after his wedding at the age of 27, he decided to start an antifreeze recycling company.  It started slowly with low tech equipment where the recycling would be done on the truck at the customer's site.  He had one driver and one office employee.  Over the years he added more drivers and a few more office employees.  He finally, after working 60 hours a week for a decade, had enough business to buy an expensive distillation tower and a top-notch filtering system.  This required the acquisition of a larger facility.  After five years, he added a second tower and more filtration equipment.  Of course, many employees were hired along the way.  About seven years ago, he sold his company for $7.1 million to a national company who was known for oil recycling and not anti-freeze recycling.  He still owns his original plant location, and leases this to the outfit which bought his company.  The monthly lease is $8000 per month.

After staying on by contract with his old company for two years as a consultant, he left and spent two years doing little but traveling and enjoying life and spending time with his adult children.  About five years ago after taking many classes, studying, attending dozens of seminars and reading dozens of books on the topics, he began buying distressed homes which had been repossessed by lenders.  He now owns about 20 houses which he rents out.  Sometimes he flips them immediately, depending on the situation.  It happened slowly, and he's keeping busy and doing very nicely at the age of 61.

That is what preparing for life looks like.  I have dozens of good friends who have similarly prepared for life, and many are Boiler men like me!

Thank you, Candy.  I'm proud of both of my boys, and both are working hard and nicely making their way.  While I'm no longer married, my X wife and I lived close to each other after divorce so both parents could attend baseball games, football games, parent teacher conferences, etc.  The kids rode their bikes back and forth between houses.  We never got the kids in the middle of pissing matches like so many divorced parents do.  We put the kids first, and it was very worth it.

My X also prepared for life.  She is a research biochemist with a Eli Lilly.

Oh, I wasn't referring to your friends and family. 

But when you assume that others hate you, without any evidence, you are projecting your feelings onto them. You know, the person who thinks everyone else is stealing is usually the thief. Isn't that always the way it is?

Next time you buy a nice new car and you enjoy all the features and comforts and elegance, good for you. But if you find yourself thinking about how all the less fortunate types are going to envy or hate you, maybe you should get help.

I don't lose a seconds sleep over what anyone thinks of me.  I'm confident that people who know me think that I'm a nice guy, with the exception of Kevin..........but of course he doens't really know me.

Regarding my car, it's nice, but nothing special........a 2017 Impala premier with 56,000 miles.  I will likely drive it until it hits 200,000 miles.  I don't believe it's a car that many folks envy, but I like it.  I have taken notice that Kevin seems to hate all who have prepared for life, however.  He believes that success is all about luck, and it seems to piss him off that he's not lucky.  He also didn't make his own luck, and some would say.  It's a simple formula.  Learn how to do something of value.  Do it better than others through hard work and and an effort to learn.  Do this, and you'll be lucky!  The hard work is a dealbreaker for many.

I don't lose a seconds sleep over what anyone thinks of me.  I'm confident that people who know me think that I'm a nice guy, with the exception of Kevin..........but of course he doens't really know me.

Regarding my car, it's nice, but nothing special........a 2017 Impala premier with 56,000 miles.  I will likely drive it until it hits 200,000 miles.  I don't believe it's a car that many folks envy, but I like it.  I have taken notice that Kevin seems to hate all who have prepared for life, however.  He believes that success is all about luck, and it seems to piss him off that he's not lucky.  He also didn't make his own luck, and some would say.  It's a simple formula.  Learn how to do something of value.  Do it better than others through hard work and and an effort to learn.  Do this, and you'll be lucky!  The hard work is a dealbreaker for many.

I should add that to the best of my recollection, the only thing that was ever stolen from me was some ski resort pins that I had on my ski jacket during my college days.  Snowbird, Alta, Park City, Solitude and Brighton.  The guy didn't steal the jacket.

My front door is unlocked about 20% of the time.  When my kids were young, my house was unlocked all day on the weekends.  By design, I live in Mayberry, USA.

Both of my sons do smoke, although they started smoking on their own, and didn't know that I smoked into after they started.  My oldest boy (Atlanta) is a reasonable Liberal, while my youngest boy (Indianapolis) is and solid Conservative.  He loves Trump.

First of all, Boilerboob, you might as well quit saying what I supposedly think, because you're always wrong and you look like a fool.

Your sons are idiots, particularly the Trumper. I'm sure the Trumper is an asshole as well.

But as far as your stupid "prepared for life" goes, how does picking up a habit that on average, shortens your lifespan by ten years do that. Seems more like preparing for death to me.