In article > , "No
Name" > wrote:

> Elder parents....grrrrrrrrrrr
>
>I told him that people that buy malt machines when not needed have
>more money than brains.

You want he should leave it to the Moonies?
Maybe he's trying to use up his savings. :-) An estate planning
attorney said some of his clients want their bank balance and their
blood pressure to hit zero at the same time. Sounds like a plan to me.

> My father is the type of pack rat that has one of everything but only
> uses those items once in 10 years.

Go, Dad!! My mom had stuff like that, too. She was never one to borrow
anything from anyone.

> Don't retirees think of anything else but how to squander their hard
> earned money on junk shown on the Home Shopping Network?

Sure. Sometimes we think about our next golf game. Or our most recent
golf game.

> Especially ones that have a collection of tools and gadgets that they
> don't currently use?

Let's see -- he grew up during the Great Depression? A lot of those
folks don't throw things away.
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