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Ajax Gold Member Offline CO2 has never controlled temperature on Earth Posts: 10958 Australia Gender:	Re: Money Doesn't Buy Happiness Reply #45 - Jun 10^th, 2018 at 12:33pm $10 million I would stop working in a heart beat. Go to Greece as home base and see most of Europe.... At least one year........!!!!
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Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20228 Gordon Gender:	Re: Money Doesn't Buy Happiness Reply #46 - Jun 10^th, 2018 at 3:09pm Money can buy you a house in a nieghbourhood where you can carry your paddleboard to the harbour or a 15min bike ride to the surf beach. Having no curry munchers, beards and pajamas is also a plus.
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Re: Money Doesn't Buy Happiness
Reply #47 - Jun 10^th, 2018 at 6:08pm

Ajax wrote on Jun 10^th, 2018 at 12:33pm:

$10 million I would stop working in a heart beat.

Go to Greece as home base and see most of Europe.... Cool

At least one year........!!!!

ahhhh sounds perfect.......I would take a trip on the QE11 first class take everyone I know just for a month

just to see what its like....maybe two months...

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Reply #48 - Jun 10^th, 2018 at 7:12pm

cods wrote on Jun 9^th, 2018 at 8:04am:

I wonder how much money makes happiness a man in his 30s won $50 million in Canberra yesterday.I wonder how he feels this morning....

at least its raining we need that I guess thats all I will get to make me happy this morning..

If he is single any partner he has gay or straight will be able to make a gold digging claim on his assets after 2 years.

He has the choice of dumping them before 2 years to protect his assets or choosing high class escorts for sex.

As the old saying goes if you can drive,ride,fly or f u c k it sometimes it's cheaper to rent than buy.

I can't imagine anyone being happier with less rather than more money.

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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Money Doesn't Buy Happiness Reply #49 - Jun 10^th, 2018 at 7:25pm to each his own baron.... my son got a lot of money wont say how all legal but he went through it like a hot knife through butter.....some people are like that!
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Re: Money Doesn't Buy Happiness
Reply #50 - Jun 10^th, 2018 at 7:30pm

cods wrote on Jun 10^th, 2018 at 6:08pm:

Ajax wrote on Jun 10^th, 2018 at 12:33pm:

$10 million I would stop working in a heart beat.

Go to Greece as home base and see most of Europe.... Cool

At least one year........!!!!

ahhhh sounds perfect.......I would take a trip on the QE11 first class take everyone I know just for a month

just to see what its like....maybe two months...

Though you'd be on one of those singles cruises.

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Reply #51 - Jun 10^th, 2018 at 7:33pm

cods wrote on Jun 10^th, 2018 at 7:25pm:

to each his own baron.... my son got a lot of money wont say how all legal but he went through it like a hot knife through butter.....some people are like that!

Gold diggers would be the only downside with being wealthy, all the rich people I know never talk about money and always cry broke.

I have a lawyer friend (doesn't drive taxis) who trades in girlfriends before 2 years is up so they cannot get their hands on his assets.

Sometimes you waste a lot of money when it comes easy then as you get older you try to hang onto it.

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Reply #52 - Jun 10^th, 2018 at 8:25pm

Baronvonrort wrote on Jun 10^th, 2018 at 7:33pm:

cods wrote on Jun 10^th, 2018 at 7:25pm:

to each his own baron.... my son got a lot of money wont say how all legal but he went through it like a hot knife through butter.....some people are like that!

Gold diggers would be the only downside with being wealthy, all the rich people I know never talk about money and always cry broke.

I have a lawyer friend (doesn't drive taxis) who trades in girlfriends before 2 years is up so they cannot get their hands on his assets.

Sometimes you waste a lot of money when it comes easy then as you get older you try to hang onto it.

I met a rich person one time who told me the truth:

He said "Bobby" - you wake up every morning wondering if
someone has taken all your wealth.
He also said that it was normal for him to have at least 2 law suits going on against him at any one time.
People would make up lies in order to sue him for
all manner of crazy reasons.

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Reply #53 - Jun 11^th, 2018 at 6:23am

happiness is not a sensible goal in the first place.
because there are going to be long periods of your life where you are facing adversity and suffering and pain.
you may be sick, you may have a sick or injured child, relationship problems,
sure you should be very grateful for the times you are lucky enough to be happy, but it should never be the goal.

the goal should be to create 'meaning" in your life.

so looking after a dying spouse could be extremely meaningful but definitely not happy.

we are all called to things which we find"meaningful".

it might be cooking or it might be caring for kids or caring for the land or running a business.
when you are doing something meaningful, you dont so much become happy as you become engaged.
thats a sort of feeling that everything is in its right place.

money, if used in pursuit of this , is a net good.

but say you are fat steve and you dont have much meaning in your life.
you just want to pleasure yourself (thats your passion).
well then money for you will be a disaster.

if you havent got your life together and you come into money, then that just lets you go downhill quicker...more drugs, more alcohol, more pokies, more call girls and porn....its just an unmitigated disaster for most people to not have some evolutionary pressure to stay on the "narrow road to success".

if your own the road, then money will turbo boost your success.

if you arent on this "narrow road", then more money will drive you over the cliff in an instant

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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 95396 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Money Doesn't Buy Happiness Reply #54 - Jun 11^th, 2018 at 6:35pm Good post Aqua. We all need to feel that we are doing something meaningful.
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Re: Money Doesn't Buy Happiness
Reply #55 - Jun 11^th, 2018 at 6:49pm

Gordon wrote on Jun 10^th, 2018 at 7:30pm:

cods wrote on Jun 10^th, 2018 at 6:08pm:

Ajax wrote on Jun 10^th, 2018 at 12:33pm:

$10 million I would stop working in a heart beat.

Go to Greece as home base and see most of Europe.... Cool

At least one year........!!!!

ahhhh sounds perfect.......I would take a trip on the QE11 first class take everyone I know just for a month

just to see what its like....maybe two months...

Though you'd be on one of those singles cruises.

ha.ha.. I would take all my family what a hope.....I am well past my useby date gordy... no good pretending

but I can still ogle the young bucks... and yes it can put ideas in my mind..

not telling you what they are! Tongue

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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Money Doesn't Buy Happiness Reply #56 - Jun 11^th, 2018 at 6:51pm Bobby. wrote on Jun 11^th, 2018 at 6:35pm: Good post Aqua. We all need to feel that we are doing something meaningful. is aqua an Evangelist???Bobs you know all about that stuff?..
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Re: Money Doesn't Buy Happiness
Reply #57 - Jun 11^th, 2018 at 7:03pm

cods wrote on Jun 11^th, 2018 at 6:51pm:

Bobby. wrote on Jun 11^th, 2018 at 6:35pm:

Good post Aqua.
We all need to feel that we are doing something meaningful.

is aqua an Evangelist???Bobs you know all about that stuff?..

Hi Cods,
I don't think he's a Bible basher yet
still he has written a post that would be worthy of master Light.

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Re: Money Doesn't Buy Happiness
Reply #58 - Jun 11^th, 2018 at 7:12pm

cods wrote on Jun 11^th, 2018 at 6:49pm:

Gordon wrote on Jun 10^th, 2018 at 7:30pm:

cods wrote on Jun 10^th, 2018 at 6:08pm:

Ajax wrote on Jun 10^th, 2018 at 12:33pm:

$10 million I would stop working in a heart beat.

Go to Greece as home base and see most of Europe.... Cool

At least one year........!!!!

ahhhh sounds perfect.......I would take a trip on the QE11 first class take everyone I know just for a month

just to see what its like....maybe two months...

Though you'd be on one of those singles cruises.

ha.ha.. I would take all my family what a hope.....I am well past my useby date gordy... no good pretending

but I can still ogle the young bucks... and yes it can put ideas in my mind..

not telling you what they are! Tongue

If you won 50mill Codsy, you could get yourself a man about the house on demand Wink