You can't judge a book by the cover, as they say

Quite an interesting story @bluemoonris this guy is one of life's eccentrics.

I once knew a guy like that in Mossley, he owned 80 houses but looked skint.

Its amazing he was demanding 8 mill, at his age wtf was he ever going to spend it on :)
 
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BlueMoonRisin' said:
Where there's muck there's brass, as they say, and he looked like his shower had broken.


Another time I recall being in The Old Ball pub on the seafront of Scarborough. Got chatting to a big bald bad looking fucker. I perceived him as a 'strong in'th arm, thick in't 'ead type. Real thick 'yokshaar' accent, liked like a Leeds United nutcase type.

Told me he was a self made millionaire builder. Had a modest home in the town and had bought a rundown French chateau with vineyard and done it all up. Said he'd read the Bible and Koran twice and came across as he was a very intelligent fella.

But if looks could kill....
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If you mean the Golden Ball, wouldn’t believe a fucking word. The punters in there are all crack pots who religiously sit in there sipping Taddy.

Once sat in one of ‘their’ seats. Fucking hell wish I hadn’t have dared. Weirdos.
 
You can't judge a book by the cover, as they say

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Sometimes you can.
 
BlueMoonRisin' said:
Following on from the is money everything thread had me thinking.

It's an old cliche but it a true cliche for a reason. And you sometimes simply cannot judge someone for the house they own, the car they drive, or the clothes they wear.

About 4 years ago my former workmate and i rocked up at a telecoms tower to do a job. I noticed a small scruffy guy in his early 70s walking towards us. I thought he was a tramp dossing down on the cadge for a quid or two. Reminded me of Compo from 'last of the summer wine'.

Seemed a rather pleasant humble kind of guy down on his luck, spoke in a down to earth Cornish accent. He asked us what we were doing, and I couldn't understand his interest, seeing as he looked like he didn't own a mobile. Told him we were either upgrading or fixing a fault (can't remember).

I was hoping to crack on as we were about to get busy working but he was chatting away like he wanted a bit of company, fair enough I thought. Offered him a cup of tea and got chatting some more.

I asked him of his interest in what we were doing.

He then went on to tell me he owned the telecoms site, all the surrounding land around it, and property.

He told me dead pan straight that Duke of Cornwall, Charlie boy himself begged the old boy to sell a chunk of land for 6 mil...... "What did you tell him" I asked...... He replied I told him to fuck off till he comes back with 8 million".

I smiled. Just shows you cannot judge a book by its cover, and the old boy had me well fooled: )
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My wife works in a bank, she dutifully can't tell me specifics, but she says that the amount of money that some of the most unlikeliest of looking people have is staggering.
 
My working life has brought me directly in contact with a ridiculously wide range of people over the last 30 years: from several businessmen with, how can I say - seriously dodgy pasts and highly questionable presents, some of whom could barely read or write, through to noteworthy Oxbridge graduates and heavyweight academics and I have, on occasions, found many of the former to be more intelligent than the latter, at least in practical terms that matter in the world we inhabit. They are usually more entertaining company too.

Very glad I’ve been lucky enough to interact with both, as I think it’s made me a far more rounded individual and one reason I believe I’m prepared to give someone the opportunity to demonstrate their worth as an individual before I rush to judgement. Not saying I don’t falter from time to time in that regard, but I would say I usually follow that path - and one I have profited from greatly in terms of personal fulfilment.

People can still surprise me, which surprises me when it happens!
 
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