From: thomas.e.elam@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/2/2025 5:17 PM, -hh wrote:   
   > Except that you've already been reminded that I don't need to lie   
   > because the truth is invariably more devastating to you.   
   >   
   > Because what Tommy's trying to do is that despite how he's repeatedly   
   > mentioned his use of MS-Excel that he's somehow never learned that when   
   > a value is too large for a column's width, Excel uses ####'s to indicate   
   > a display overflow.  Here, it means that that value is more than five   
   > digits, so its a lower limit paramaterization.   
      
   I'll skip the BS about claiming I might not have posted real jpg's from   
   brokerage account.   
      
   Yes, I know all about how Excel columns work. The point is that I chose   
   to show actual balances in actual accounts. You continue to make claims   
   without any numerical evidence.   
      
   So show us your numbers, with some details on where they are, with 7   
   digits on the left of the decimal point. I did.   
      
   I do not recall ever saying I have done better than you financially. I   
   have said that millions of people in my situation have done better than   
   me. That could include you. And much better than either of us too.   
      
   I'm going to look at a different goalpost. I have mentioned it before,   
   the population of U.S. of about 130 million U.S. households.   
      
   So how do we compare? As best I can determine my income and net worth   
   are solidly in the 90th percentile. Some sources would put me barely   
   into the 95th. If 95th about 6-7 million are in that group. If 90th 13   
   million. There are a lot of people in those households.   
      
   But I am going to cherry-pick pick someone to compare you to.   
      
   He was born in mid 1960's. Came from a broken family. Attended an Ivy   
   League school. Graduated in the top of his class with a major in a very   
   challenging field. So, younger than me, but a contemporary of you an Alan.   
      
   Started his own company after a successful career in New York. He is in   
   the financial 99.9th financial percentile today. You are failure   
   compared to this guy. Do you feel like a failure now?   
      
   Who cares. I don't. And I don't care if you have done better than me   
   too. By my personal standards I have done just fine.   
      
      
      
      
   Oh, it's Jeff Bebos.   
      
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