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Old 10-30-2013, 03:59 PM  
Minte
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Originally Posted by adendreams View Post
this thread wasn't intended to be an indictment on Minte - a long conversation with one of my richest friends last night prompted it?the more he vehemently claimed to be a self made man the more he revealed how rich his father was - co-signed for everything, paid off all his loans, leg up the ladder all the way?this seems to be the norm with the born-rich?they are incredibly defensive and in denial that they were handed it all by parents, not that they don't work hard..many do - but how many of them would be working that hard on the factory floor instead of in the penthouse office.
You put my name in it.. And officially I was not born rich, not even close. I can set up and run presses..I can TIG weld expertly and after college I took a tool & die apprenticeship and I know my way around a shop.
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