The story does highlight the perverse desire to provide children with private education, reportedly costing them £100k/year, when the only likely benefit is to be included with the 'in crowd' of lawyers, doctors and the like.
That's what they mean when they say they fear their children will lose their social standing.
Too bad. They must be tulipting themselves the daughters would get knocked up by the local 'scum' if they think they can do a better job by home schooling. I guess they've never heard of rebellious teenagers.
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Originally posted by AtW View PostFrom the article:
‘Romania had left the Eastern bloc, and this was a scheme to develop land around Bucharest,’ he says. ‘The idea was to create a beautiful suburb for professionals working in Bucharest so they could commute into the city."
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At least he hasn't (yet ) gunned down his family to spare them the embarrassment of having to 'slum it', like Christopher Foster did when in a similar position.
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostAnyone who can't live on £250k a year, so that they need to take risks like this one, deserve everything they get. If they weren't spending stupid amounts of money, then he wouldn't have gambled everything they own (and then some) to invest in Romania with no knowledge of what they were doing.
OK, I'll give him that - he's a trier. However, I still have no sympathy for them.
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostI must say that seems a bit harsh, even mean spirited. Would you say the same about anyone who risked their fortune on a venture that went Pete Tong? If it weren't for risk takers we'd still be in the stone age.
Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostIn a way I respect the guy for at least trying, even if his judgement and skill in going about it looks questionable. (I wouldn't trust a land deal in Eastern Europe further than I could throw a wren's feather!)
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From the article:
‘Romania had left the Eastern bloc, and this was a scheme to develop land around Bucharest,’ he says. ‘The idea was to create a beautiful suburb for professionals working in Bucharest so they could commute into the city."
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Never realised until seeing that image, she's a matrix fake.
The unrealistically long neck gives it away. I wonder why I never noticed before.
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Originally posted by Bunk View PostMmmmmm, Persephone...
I would.
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostI have no more sympathy for him than for any dole scrounger who has spent their money on fags and booze and now has no money to pay for rent and food.
I must say that seems a bit harsh, even mean spirited. Would you say the same about anyone who risked their fortune on a venture that went Pete Tong? If it weren't for risk takers we'd still be in the stone age.
It happens quite often too - A couple of years ago, ISTR reading that the Wolvertons of Wolverton Hall had to move out after some venture collapsed, and their ancestors had been there since before the Conquest! (A Saxon king called Edgar granted them the land in the 9th century for killing a pack of wolves, hence the name.)
In a way I respect the guy for at least trying, even if his judgement and skill in going about it looks questionable. (I wouldn't trust a land deal in Eastern Europe further than I could throw a wren's feather!)
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Originally posted by zeitghostProper Harris tweed smells of wee.
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Originally posted by zeitghostProper Harris tweed smells of wee.
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