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The dying part is assured for everyone. After that, we’ll all just have to wait and see what the truth really is. Fortunately, we’ll all find out someday.

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This thread has been a blast. Have really enjoyed everyone’s amazing insights! My life has now been changed forever.

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[quote=njtosd][quote=flyer]I agree everything in the cosmos, may, in fact, be a joke. Just when we think we have it all figured out, life is over.

Other than doing everything I can for my family, and helping others, I really don’t take anything or anyone in this world too seriously. Like most of you, (possibly for different reasons) I find most of life on this planet quite hilarious.

That’s one reason we started investing in films. Once you tap into what makes people tick, you find it’s a very lucrative way to toy with the concepts of life and death through vampires, superheroes, dystopia, etc. We’re currently trying to analyze what the “next big thing” will be.

To my amazement, people all over the world–regardless of religious beliefs, or lack therof–seem to buy into those scenarios hook, line and sinker. The film industry has definitely perfected the skill of “playing the masses.”[/quote]

Really? I though the line from William Goldman was “Nobody knows anything.”[/quote]

Here’s the quote:
“Nobody knows anything…… Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for a certainty what’s going to work. Every time out it’s a guess and, if you’re lucky, an educated one.”

Love Goldman. Great writer. (Butch Cassidy, All the President’s Men, The Princess Bride, etc.) Have met him at several Hollywood functions over the years. Amazing talent.

Maybe we’ve just been lucky, but, so far, our “educated guesses” have really paid off. My wife is a film exec, so that’s given us some additional insight.

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The “vastly ridiculous scenario” concerning God is your opinion, not mine. I think lots of things people do and believe are beyond “silly,” but those are just my opinions. Fortunately, we’re all free to believe as we wish, and we can agree to disagree.

Concerning the film business. Looking at the numbers, “ridiculous scenarios” seem to sell very well to the masses. Can’t imagine why.

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I agree everything in the cosmos, may, in fact, be a joke. Just when we think we have it all figured out, life is over.

Other than doing everything I can for my family, and helping others, I really don’t take anything or anyone in this world too seriously. Like most of you, (possibly for different reasons) I find most of life on this planet quite hilarious.

That’s one reason we started investing in films. Once you tap into what makes people tick, you find it’s a very lucrative way to toy with the concepts of life and death through vampires, superheroes, dystopia, etc. We’re currently trying to analyze what the “next big thing” will be.

To my amazement, people all over the world–regardless of religious beliefs, or lack therof–seem to buy into those scenarios hook, line and sinker. The film industry has definitely perfected the skill of “playing the masses.”

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As a “believer” I’m also absolutely sure that the power of money is very
real–as long as we are in this world. That’s why we set up trust funds for our kids. Even though they’re all doing well on their own, we want to do our best to make sure they can enjoy life in the long term as we have.

Whatever happens or doesn’t happen after this world remains to be seen.

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Speaking or not speaking of religion. From some articles I’ve read, it seems that some new stats indicate that increasing numbers of people of all ages, when polled, revealed they feel extremely fearful when they actually allow themselves to face the fact that this life inevitably ends in death.

In the end, mortality can definitely be a bummer.

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We are extremely grateful for our beliefs, but realize not everyone shares them–just as we do not share their beliefs. We respect that, and expect others to do the same for us. It’s true that many “believers” feel it is their duty to “convert,” but we don’t. To each his or her own.

IMO, that philosophy should apply to many aspects of life. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been contacted by people who have tried to “convert” me to their way of financial thinking–because, of course–they just happen to be the only person on earth who has been blessed with the amazing, stupendous, revelatory knowledge of how to turn seven figures into eight.

When you check out their net worth it makes it very clear that religion is not the only place you find “false prophets.” Talk about rude and ignorant.

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If someone forces their views upon you, just tell them you’re not interested, as you have stated here.

I’ve told many people who insisted on sharing their beliefs with me that I’m not interested because I’m very happy and secure in my own beliefs, and, frankly, have no interest whatsoever in their beliefs–or lack thereof.

Sometimes you have to be firm, but, it can be done.

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I agree that a person’s religious beliefs, or lack thereof, are completely their own decision.

Even though I know many feel “believers” just can’t wait to convert them, personally, I could care less what others believe. I know exactly what I believe and why, and no one’s “opinion” will ever change my thinking.

At least we can all agree that no one gets out of this world alive, and the rest remains to be seen (or not.)

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My wife and I have lived in France for extended periods, so I can understand how you must feel. She attended the Paris-Sorbonne Universite, and that experience has stayed with her–in her music, in her art, in her cooking–and in most aspects of her life to this day.

We’ve found that you can live a very cosmopolitan lifestyle, even being based in San Diego. Perhaps the nature of my profession as a airline pilot, and my wife’s profession in the film industry have allowed us to connect with others of similar ideas and aspirations, to create the lives we want to live.

Perhaps, you could reach out to others who have the same depth of interests you have, and, in that, you might find a more rewarding life here, or wherever you may choose to go.

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Another alleged extreme and sick example of how people feel they are “entitled” to whatever they “want.”

I’ve also heard unbelievable stories about what lengths some parents will go to with regard to getting their kids into the “right” schools, or trying to secure their “dream jobs” for them, that border on criminal behavior.

In most cases, these tactics don’t work, and the “delusionals” finally have to face the fact that much of life is out of your control, and not everyone gets the gold ring.

Many kids today are suicidal because they can’t achieve the lives their parents promised them. Some feel if they can’t be a “Rock Star” or a “Silicon Valley Icon,” they don’t want to be anything.

Even with the “perfect” degree, personality, looks, you name it, we watched our kids compete against others with Ivy League backgrounds and fantastic experience for amazing career positions etc., and very few snagged their dream job. Sometimes it all boils down to a variable you never, ever imagined.

We leveled with our kids, and it paid off, but today, there seems to be a huge disconnect between their dreams and reality. Hope the folks have saved a small fortune for family therapy.

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Since we bought our investment properties in San Diego many years ago, our cash flow and costs, etc., pencil out a lot differently from yours, so it makes a lot of sense for us to keep our rentals long term. We did, however, sell a couple of our properties at the last peak, because the timing was right.

IMO, and this is not advice, I don’t think you can go wrong holding onto investment property in San Diego. That said, given the volatility of the current economic climate, this would hold as long as you know you can afford to do so, even if there is another downturn in the real estate market, and, if you know you will not need the cash for any other of life’s many surprises.

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[quote=CDMA ENG][quote=flyer]Crazy as that seemed, it did help sell more airplanes, CE. Today, you could wave goodbye to your license, your job, and probably your retirement package if you pulled a stunt like that.[/quote]

That’s not a denial I’m hearing! 😛

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Actually, CE, even if it was acceptable, I’ve really never had the desire to fly a jumbo jet that way. Guess the aerobatic flying I did on smaller aircraft when I was younger was enough for me.

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Crazy as that seemed, it did help sell more airplanes, CE. Today, you could wave goodbye to your license, your job, and probably your retirement package if you pulled a stunt like that.

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