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In 1923, who 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?

These men were considered some of the worlds most successful of their days.

Now, 80 years later, the history book asks us if we know what ultimately became of them.

The Answers:

1. The president of the largest steel company, Charles Schwab,
died a pauper.

2. The president of the largest gas company, Edward Hopson,
went insane.

3. The president of the NYSE, 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 Livermore,
also committed suicide.

However:
in that same year, 1923, the PGA Champion and the winner of the most important golf tournament, the US Open, was Gene Sarazen. What became of him?

He played golf until he was 92,
died in 1999 at the age of 95.
He was financially secure
at the time of his death.

The Moral:

SCREW WORK. PLAY GOLF.

Of course, if golfing is your livelihood, it becomes a job...

CJ

CJ, if you do the work you love, is it ever really a Job? Well, anyway, that's what I am told!!!!!!!!

That must be what I need to do. Learn to play golf and love it!

Kersten

Does Starting to Learn Help Any.

I started last year and my wife with the handicap I gave her still beats me.

Gelinda

I've been out to a few driving ranges in my area but that's about it. I'd really like to play some real golf sometime.

Played golf once. Phillipene Islands, at a military base golf course. Three days after a typhoon. Was issued a set of clubs and a .45 auto. Killed two cobras getting through the first three holes (the easy ones with the largest greens) and lost several of the balls as we were spending more time looking for snakes than watching where the balls went. Went back to the clubhouse and spent the rest of the day drinking. Talk about Hazards!!!! My friends that set the game up decided playing golf there required to many balls. Hummmm.

When I was attending college in the early 70s, the only gym course I took was an introduction to golf (my intramural touch football and softball took care of the other requirements).

There were only 7 or 8 in the coed class and for the class the easygoing GG coach would hand us each a club and we would hit golf balls on the soccer field - it was fun. I think for the first class we all used 7 irons and then at each class we progressed with a different club.

At most of the classes there would be pigeons on the field off to the side - several times the birds had to scatter to escape bad shots and I think I came closest to hitting one.

Since then, my golf experience has just been a round or 2 of miniature golf every decade or so. I played a round during my Maine vacation and tied for worst score in my group of 5 - I had the most holes with the max score of 5, but also had the most aces.

After I retire in a couple of more years, I might give golf a try.

Jadeanne

LOL! good moral. The pursuit of money just for the sake of having it will ultimatly end in disaster. Once must temper one's desires for material wealth with immaterial wealth.

I've always said that pure capitalists will ultimatly be the downfall of society.