*L* Thankfully some brokerage house is holding my pieces of toilet paper and I don't have them cluttering up the place. Like an old girlfriend, I don't even want to see them. A little humor to tide us over
>Do you know who, in 1923, was:
>>1. President of the largest steel company?
>>2. President of the largest gas company?
>>3. President of the New York Stock Exchange?
>>4. Greatest wheat speculator?
>>5. President of the Bank of International Settlement?
>>6. Great Bear of Wall Street?
>>7. The winner of the U.S. Open and PGA Tournaments?
>>
>>These men should have been considered some of the World's most successful men. At least they found the secret of making money.
>>
>>Now more than 55 years later, do you know what has become of these men?
>>
>>1. The President of the largest steel company, Charles Schwab, died a pauper.
>>
>>2. The President of the largest gas company, Edward Hopson, is insane.
>>
>>3. The President of the N.Y.S.E., Richard Whitney, was
released from prison to die at home.
>>
>>4. The greatest wheat speculator, Arthur Cooger, died abroad, penniless.
>>
>>5. The President of the Bank of International Settlement shot himself.
>>
>>6. The Great Bear of Wall Street, Cosabee Rivermore, died of suicide.
>>
>>7. That same year, 1923, Gene Sarazan, won the U.S. Open and PGA >>Tournaments. He died on 5/13/99, at the age of 97.............
>>
>>And the Moral of the Story is:
>>
>>STOP WORRYING ABOUT BUSINESS AND START PLAYING GOLF
Terry |
