Bob

I was sat eating my tea last night (a big plate of Pasta and Brussels, I know what I like) watching the disaster in Haiti on the telly. I have some sort of religous belief (albeit tested at times) and I realise that what we do in our lives is up to us without any divine interference or Intervention? However why do the poor people of this small island have to suffer so? They are so poor and already living a terrible life so why keep punishing them? I can't get my head around that one at all.
On the opposite end of the scale ,we were talking to some builders today outside a church in a village that shall remain nameless. They were completing work on a very large house that was worth at least three quarters of a million. I was asking how people can earn so much money (17 years in the Forces and 10 as an Undertaker and I am still poor!) to become a Millionaire. They replied that the person concerned was a tight wad and was despised by a lot of people. Apparently this rich geezer went to the local Country Tavern where they advertise meals as Buy one get one free. He went alone and ordered the meal. After he had finished he told the Landlord he would be in the next night for his free meal. The Landlord said that he could not do that. However this skin flint (albeit mega rich) pointed out the wording on the menu and argued by law that he was entitled to the free meal and he won. The Pub had to alter the wording on all the menu's.
So I suppose the lesson is that you can be rich and have no friends or be rich by having friends. Here endeth the second lesson.