why don't people spend all their money before they die?

Perhaps they get killed on the way to the sales

better still get as many loans & credit cards as poss,max them out and go bankrupt.......just ask moneysavingexpert

I think most people time it badly, they don't spend it because they think they might need it 'some day'. And by the time they realise they have more than enough to see them through they are too old to be able to enjoy it.

The person who drops dead the day after spending the last penny is a very wise bird indeed.

Probably a good idea to buy everything off the duty-free trolley then, imo.

Perhaps they have kids. . .

that's no excuse

OK, I'll get this started for you...

Why would they need an excuse?

Thank me after 200.

In primary school we had a lad that always asked stupid questions.

was he racist and pro death penalty?

Are you racist as well?

i'm not aware we have anything in common...

Thats rather improbable dont you think?

no

Great reply.

ive spent all my money. do i just have to hang about skint till i die now? :(

or you could earn some more

too much effort

canaryboy. I have decided that I quite like you. You remind me of when I was young and stupid.

and now you're old and stupid right

bless

anyway, the premise of the thread was, why are old people with plenty of money, so careful with it

see these old folk who live like paupers, then die and leave £5million to a cats home or an art gallery? jeez, makes me mad.

it brings a tear to my eye when i hear old people say that their money is for the kids when they are gone but it makes me seeth when i hear the children say we don't need to save because when our parents are gone we'll be loaded

i have an agreement im not going unless i can take it with me ...so feck the thread

If only I knew when!!

I would be in debt up to my armpits
with
1/2 doz jealous husbands chasing

my dad has just informed me he's managed to lower his cholesterol

am seething

What a surprise.

i was surprised too!

it only took him 2 days

is that possible?

Depending on how you define "lower" of course it is.

However, my reference to surprise had nothing to do with your fathers lipids.

from over 5 to around 2

Clearly not.

so how do you explain it?

senility wouldn't be so bad

What should I do with my money?
I'm 50+ and still working and earn about 50thou a year.
I,sorry we,have about 130thou in the bank and I have a decent pension to take when I'm 60.
What's the formula?
How much should I spend now?
I don't like the thought of being old and the thought of being old and skint terrifies me.

Its quite simple to explain it. If somebody tells you one day they have a cholesterol level in excess of 5 and 2 days later they have a cholesterol level of 2 there are various scenarios. They could be mistaken, the readings could be incorrect or they may not be telling you the truth.

you can send me some gene

yeah kev, well he wouldn't lie and is adamant the reading matched what the docs had told him before he tested again. and since a 2 day diet he keeps getting this new figure

but if he is going senile, it means i have a decent shout at the cash without the grief

the perfect scenario

Eddie Reid was perhaps more notable as a recluse than a hermit, but when The Scotsman reported the death of the 84 year old retired farmer in 2002, it described him as The £17m hermit, after revealing he had left a £27 million fortune in his will


http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/EddieReidHaddington

arrrrrrrrrrrrghhh

What song has lyrics similar to the title? I can't think of it.

what title?

Title of thread. A line about how you should spend all your money before you die. Vague I know but it's bugging me.

thinly veiled 'my nan won't lend me a score to go out on new years eve' thread imo.

"Hope I die before I get old" ?
My Generation -The Who ?

Nope isn't that...

My Grandad was in a syndicate that won 9m on the lottery about 5 years ago, he received 1/2m as his share.
We as a family have never really had money like this and ave always had to work for what weve got.
My Nan died years ago and he has remarried, my Mum is his only child still living, his wife has 3 children.
This money has already caused problems and as he is now 85 and has got Alzheimers I am hoping he can spend as much as possible before he goes.
It will cause untold arguments/fights once he has gone, Ive told him many times to just blow as much as poss to stop all this happening but I dont think he realises how much it really is.

Worst is the 70odds who die now, from the generation of debt stigma and not quite graping how things have changed. Living like paupers and thinking they will save their offspring with a £24k shareout... amongst 10.

graping -grasping

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew.

Pokermonster 31 Dec 14:31


It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew.

Prove it.

You prove it isn't.

MONEY TREE has

I disagree, you could liquidise a camel and get it through the eye of a needle, very slowly mind you but it could be done and since the kingdm of heaven does not exist no-one will be going there so
It's actually easier to get a camel through the eye of a needle.

I think that means you agree with Matthew, not disagree.

Clever and true,backtolay.

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew.

Define "rich"

Rich = anyone with more thasn 300k in the bank and still working is a cokc.

Rich. Possessing material wealth.

bosses mate has a saying that when you die your last cheque should pay for the funeral.
and it should bounce

Define "material wealth"

I'm not Webster's online dictionary you know! Look it up yourself you lazy bugger.

lol!

I'm considering opening a cats home ..

Hypothetical Question:
If you knew the exact day you were going to die,which would enable you to budget accordingly, blowing the last few quid the day before,would you want to know?

Yep. Not particularly for the money reason though.

What other reason then Phil?

Well I wouldn't want to be sat in an office the day of my death...

Fenway 31 Dec 09:26


I think most people time it badly, they don't spend it because they think they might need it 'some day'. And by the time they realise they have more than enough to see them through they are too old to be able to enjoy it

I agree with Fenway

A Jewish Bookmaker of my acquaintance died this week at 95 years old and he was a Millionaire, having been in the game in the halcyon days of the Track....still wanted 50p of his sandwiches and 50p of his petrol.

I'm sure he believed he could TRY to take it with him....

have you spent all yours cb ?