01 Aug 12 20:56, Mark Hofmann wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
      
      
    RW>> I was at the bank the other day, visiting my money...it hasn't   
    RW>> changed in appearance since I left it there 7 years ago. It's value   
    RW>> used to earn enough in dividends to pay the monthly bills with some   
    RW>> of it left over to buy a bag of candy.   
      
    MH> Keeping money in the bank these days just means your value and buying   
    MH> power keeps declining.   
      
   8^) So does keeping it in the stock market. One of my stocks has gone down   
   below what I paid for it originally. The rest seem to do fluctuate just   
   above that. But I'd sure like to see them where they were 4 years ago.   
      
    MH> Not like the days of saving and adding to net worth.   
      
   Nope.   
      
    MH> These days, saving mean declining net worth.   
      
   So does owning a house, but we'll all have to live with that.   
      
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