OLD RICH MAN...

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The old guy fingered his worsted wool vest and said, “Well son, it was 1932. The depth of the Great Depression. I was down to my last nickel. I invested that nickel in an apple. I spent the entire day polishing that apple and, at the end of the day, I sold the apple for ten cents.

The next morning, I invested those ten cents in two apples. I spent the entire day polishing them and sold them for 20 cents. I continued this system of polishing and selling, each time reinvesting my profits into buying more apples.â€￾
“Wow!â€￾ said the young man, “and that’s how you accumulated your fortune?â€￾
“Nahâ€￾, said the old man, “my wife’s father died and left us two million doller.