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Originally Posted by tcar
Remember having a $30 gin and tonic on top about a year before 9-11...
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You just reminded me of my Great Uncle....
I had a great uncle that worked in Financial News used to be the co-publisher of a small financial rag in the 80's and 90's. He lived in NYC and my Aunt lives in NYC who also worked in Financial being a Executive VP for Morgan Stanley in the 90's into the 2000's before the crash.
My Great uncle lived his life as if. He lived it as if he was uber wealthy and lived WAY beyond his means. He also LOVED to laugh and was the life at any family function from Thanksgiving dinner to Weddings. He was gay (in the closet) I figured it out and din't care, my religious relatives (some were strict Catholic others were JW's) did so he kept his lifestyle under wraps.
Whenever I came to NYC we had to meet up, I remember coming in one Sunday in the early 1990's by subway with my then new wife who only met him a couple of times. We met at the WTC and he treated us to Brunch, in the WTC, I think it was about $60 a head which was a lot to me back then, even now. He paid for all 4 of us like it was nothing. Because he lived his life as if....
I loved that guy his attitude was always positive no matter what. He could piss away everything he made as he did not have kids or anyone to leave it to, so he lived his life and he lived it well.
He did not die in the WTC, just talking about it made me remember him and the good times we had together, and the amazing Brunch (which was lost on my 20 y/o ass) in that fancy restaurant.