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it always makes me larf seeing the havenots masquerading as the haves
if anybody was of financial means they would not be here, simple as
the best definition of wealth today was scribed by Felix Dennis:
http://www.businesswings.co.uk/articles/Felix-Dennis
Felix Dennis’ Wealth Guide
(Extracted from How To Get Rich by Felix Dennis, published by Ebury Press)
Total assets
£1m-£2m: The comfortable poor
£2m-£5m: The comfortably off
£5m-£15m: The comfortably wealthy
£15m-£40m: The lesser rich
£40m-£75m: The comfortably rich
£75m-£100m: The rich
£100m-£200m: The seriously rich
£200m-£400m: The truly rich
£400m-£999m: The filthy rich
More than £999m: The super rich
Dennis is 'filthy rich' according to his own scale.
so gentlemen, less of this oneupmanship nonsense, I challenge each and every to define himself against the Felix Dennis wealth scale....
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Originally posted by milanbenes View Postit always makes me larf seeing the havenots masquerading as the haves
if anybody was of financial means they would not be here, simple as
the best definition of wealth today was scribed by Felix Dennis:
http://www.businesswings.co.uk/articles/Felix-Dennis
Felix Dennis’ Wealth Guide
(Extracted from How To Get Rich by Felix Dennis, published by Ebury Press)
Total assets
£1m-£2m: The comfortable poor
£2m-£5m: The comfortably off
£5m-£15m: The comfortably wealthy
£15m-£40m: The lesser rich
£40m-£75m: The comfortably rich
£75m-£100m: The rich
£100m-£200m: The seriously rich
£200m-£400m: The truly rich
£400m-£999m: The filthy rich
More than £999m: The super rich
Dennis is 'filthy rich' according to his own scale.
so gentlemen, less of this oneupmanship nonsense, I challenge each and every to define himself against the Felix Dennis wealth scale....
Milan.
Comfortably destitute.
And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Where was the "Not a pot to piss in" option again? You know Milan, the one £50 in front of yours...Originally posted by milanbenes View Postit always makes me larf seeing the havenots masquerading as the haves
if anybody was of financial means they would not be here, simple as
the best definition of wealth today was scribed by Felix Dennis:
http://www.businesswings.co.uk/articles/Felix-Dennis
Felix Dennis’ Wealth Guide
(Extracted from How To Get Rich by Felix Dennis, published by Ebury Press)
Total assets
£1m-£2m: The comfortable poor
£2m-£5m: The comfortably off
£5m-£15m: The comfortably wealthy
£15m-£40m: The lesser rich
£40m-£75m: The comfortably rich
£75m-£100m: The rich
£100m-£200m: The seriously rich
£200m-£400m: The truly rich
£400m-£999m: The filthy rich
More than £999m: The super rich
Dennis is 'filthy rich' according to his own scale.
so gentlemen, less of this oneupmanship nonsense, I challenge each and every to define himself against the Felix Dennis wealth scale....
Milan.Comment
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1 - Not everyone here is a tory.Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostWhy do so many people come to CUK asking for cheap ski holidays, cheap gyms and benevolent funds for benched contractors?
Why, if you’re looking for cheap stuff and some handouts, would you ask a bunch of overpaid tory b@st@rds?
2 - Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.
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FTFY...Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post1 - Not everyone here is a tory.
2 - Look after the pennies and the pounds will be looked after by the Mrs.
HTH.
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WHS^Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post1 - Not everyone here is a tory.
2 - Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.
HTH.
No mortgage > frivolous luxuries
I'm only going to push the boat out when I'm a free man.
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