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· @itsostylish · (edited)
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Imagine That!
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Imagine that! Go on, do it. Imagine $75,000 in your pocket with no bills to pay.
 
Go on!
 
Grin!
 
Awesomeness on speed, I’d say. However, that’s what happened to me for two days and 12 hours this week. I believed, absolutely, that I had that kind of extra pin money to play with over and above my salary and other assets. 
 
Wow!
 
Let me tell you the story. 
 
My beloved uncle died two years ago after a prolonged, vicious illness that robbed him of the very sap of life. He had dementia. Alzheimer disease, to be exact, which is one of many forms of dementia and one of the most debilitating. 
 
The disease consumed him. He lost everything, his ability to reason being the most horrifying. He lost his knowledge, his keys, his money, his connection to other human beings, his confidence, and his courage. 
 
In his life before, he’d been a very wealthy man. In his last days, I had to take out multiple personal loans to care for his needs. 
 
Two years in, I’ve finally found the will to deal with his affairs. He left a broken car with seven years outstanding on its registration. A few thousand rand in his bank, and words in my ear that he’d kept a few gold shares; those words made me sit up and be damn silly when I discovered that he left me 89 shares in one of the hottest gold mines on the planet. 
 A few days before finding my uncle’s shares I’d read articles in prestigious newspapers, such as The Daily Maverick, about just how amazing the astronomical rise in Harmony Gold Mine Shares WAS! It was all over the place!

Suddenly, I had 89 Harmony Gold Mine Shares.
 
I Googled it!
 
17 500 ZARc
 
Oh, wow!
 
17 500 * 89 = R1 557 500
 
So, obviously, I thought that I’m a damn millionaire. Oh, yes!
 
I Googled properties on the coast.
I Googled new car prices.
So vacuous and basically ridiculously sad, I know.
 
What I didn’t see is ZARc, which means CENTS, not RANDS!
 
Folks, this is 17 500 cents, or R175, which is an entirely different number.
 
The worst part is that I made my mother and brother believe in lush green lawns overlooking the ocean before I discovered my error.
 
Oh, how my once wickedly sane uncle would laugh! 


 

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@agmoore ·
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OMG!!😂

Talk about tragicomic.  I was right there with you, enjoying the windfall.  How human.  How silly.  How like something I would do.

So so sorry, @itsostylish.  But at least, for a moment, you were very rich.

This is so effectively written.  

> Imagine that! Go on, do it. Imagine $75,000 in your pocket with no bills to pay.

Yes, I did, for just a bit.  Cents,instead of dollars.  Oh my heavens. Well... there's always the lottery :))
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@itsostylish ·
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I’m so glad that you think you might’ve been just as silly. Oh, my this was a big ONE!
But, it’s soooooo funny! Who can help but laugh 😁
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@balikis95 ·
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 this is funny as hell. Firstly, my condolences. I couldn't help the laugh that escaped my lips. 75 cents? For real😅. He got you good.
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@blaqbarbie ·
Oh my God 😂, this was funny in a way. 
Sorry though that your hopes were raised 
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@clairemobey ·
wow! This is fantastic!!!
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@jayna ·
Oh my! That is so sad that it's actually funny. But wow, wouldn't that have been nice? I'm sorry you got duped, @itsostylish! But what a lovely few minutes those were when you thought you were rich! It's good to dream. 😍
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@justclickindiva ·
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It's certainly not funny, but I had to laugh. If only is all I can say. You almost had it all. I feel really bad for mom and brother. I can imagine their shock. But then, "oh well."

We have a saying, "don't count your chickens before they hatch." And that's exactly what happened to me one time before I discovered my error. I had to go lie down!

Luved your attitude about the entire episode. I would have been planning my retirement home in the islands.

Thanks for sharing. Take care and have a good start to your weekend.
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@itsostylish ·
Thanks for your sensitive comment. For me right now, I can’t hold the belly laugh 😆 
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@rinconpoetico7 ·
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For a moment your imagination ran wild thinking about the large amounts of money you had and what you would do with that amount. Life sometimes likes to play some not-so-funny jokes on us. I'm sorry, my friend, but in the end it was a funny anecdote that you share with your friends and acquaintances.

Thanks for sharing your experience with us.

Happy day!
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@itsostylish ·
It is cruel, but it’s still funny 🤣 
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@rinconpoetico7 ·
😂🤭I believe it 
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@samsmith1971 ·
Noooooo!!!! 😭Oh, poo! I'm so sorry, my Stylish. That would have been quite the windfall! But you made a great post from the tale xx
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