On Thu, 16 May 2013 20:42:44 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> sf wrote:
> > On Thu, 16 May 2013 14:56:32 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> One of my aunts had a store for a while. Didn't make her any money
> >> but gave her something to do. She was wealthy so didn't need any
> >> income that it might have generated.
> >>
> > She probably had a reason. In the city, you see lots of stores that
> > aren't doing much business but manage to stay open way beyond the time
> > normal people would have thrown in the towel. There are two reasons
> > for that, either they're a way to launder money or some old goat is
> > making work for his mistress and he's using it as a write off. Your
> > aunt's store was probably a way she supported her hobby and she could
> > travel under the guise of buying for the store. Everything she bought
> > was for sale so it was legal and she could write off all her expenses,
> > which included travel and rent.
>
> She said it gave her something to do. She made what she called "dinks".
> This was just an assortment of artsy craftsy things. It was mostly her
> stuff that she was trying to sell. She had a small back room in the shop
> and she'd sit back there and make things. Sadly they were the sort of
> things that people wanted to buy.
>
> I know that she wouldn't be doing money laundering.

I didn't say she did/

> She used to have a cabin and named it PTL.

Did you know what PIL meant?

> My uncle was in the oil business and did very well
> at it. So she never had to work.
>
I will absolutely guarantee people in those circumstances don't throw
money away and that her business sheltered their wealth in some way.
I don't expect you to know how or why. I'm just saying that you
should wake up and smell the coffee.

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