Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for November 02, 2022

Hammy doesn’t need Milk Duds, he’s already very sweet.

Buying is hard, I have said it before. The more money we have saved, the less things we want to buy. Only essential things like food and when things get broken and need replacing. And gift’s for others, which is also difficult to buy.

If it’s too hard, Hammy, just start giving it away. You’ll feel better, they’ll feel better. It’s a win-win!

“Buying stuff without spending half of it on taxes is hard.” There—fixed it for you, Hammy. (Now I just have to explain the concept of taxes to Hammy …)

If it were me, I’d try to figure out a way to prevent myself from going broke such as opening a small business, start a nest egg, save for retirement, and make an investment account. Practical and all that.

Maybe “Brewster’s Millions” will give you ideas.

I used to have an exercise in math classes to give kids a sense of how big a billion is. To spend a million, one would have to average $1000 a day for 1000 days (about 2 ¾ years). We’d discuss that. Then… to spend one billion one would have to average $1,000,000 a day for the same period and challenge them to do that without being ridiculous (like buy aircraft carriers…). Never had a student come even close.

I’m 74. I think if I ever won that kind of money, I’d have to try to see if it was possible to die broke.

First, I would give at least half of it to a couple of animal charities I support. Not sure what I would so with the rest. Buy a farm out in the boonies where I could set up a kitty shelter most likely.

After a few days they ate hard as rocks!

Don’t waste your money on Milk Duds. Get Junior Caramels, they’re what Milk Duds wish they could be in their dreams. Milk Duds are what happen to Whoppers (the malted milk balls) when they collapse before they cool.