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Man Loses Fortune, Lives Alone on Desert Island for 20 Years
New York Post ^
| Sun June 20, 2017
| Mark Hodge
Posted on 06/22/2017 12:50:09 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A real-life Robinson Crusoe who has spent 20 years living on a desert island says he’s glad he doesn’t have to worry about terrorist attacks.
Former millionaire David Glasheen, 73, moved to the idyllic Restoration Island, located off North East Australia, in May 1997 after losing his fortune in the stock exchange crash of 1987.
The ex-gold mining tycoon and property magnate, who at his most successful was worth an estimated $27 million, now lives in a wooden beach shack with only his loyal dog Polly for company.
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To: nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
Island life appears to agree with Polly, that’s quite a grand old age for a dog, 20 years.
To: Buckeye McFrog
But if it was only a 3 hour tour, why did the Howells take along all those clothes?
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posted on
06/22/2017 12:54:37 PM PDT
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
To: nickcarraway
Sounds like a man who got his priorities straight.
To: nickcarraway
Had he stayed in the market, he’d probably be close to having a billion dollars today. You only lose in the stock market if you sell your shares for less than what you paid for them.
To: N. Theknow
Well, yeah, and how is it that a feller who could make a radio out of a coconut couldn’t fix a boat?
To: nickcarraway
Equivalent to a mountain man, island version.
To: nickcarraway
He's not "alone", he's got his dog.
And occasional visitors...
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posted on
06/22/2017 1:00:17 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: N. Theknow
the professor took all his books and marianne never got pregnant
To: nickcarraway
Ah yes. Black Monday.
It was a question on my review board.
Why not just live on an island? Don’t forget Mary-Ann.
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posted on
06/22/2017 1:01:22 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west))
To: nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
Nothing in this world is worth more than peace of mind and a spirit of gratitude. Money is a mere convenience at best, and a destructive stumbling block at worst.
To: Buckeye McFrog
The question has to be asked. Ginger or Mary Ann?
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posted on
06/22/2017 1:04:49 PM PDT
by
rochester_veteran
(All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
To: nickcarraway
Looks like maybe where Charlton Heston's Moses snuck away to retire after leaving the set of the Ten Commandments.
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posted on
06/22/2017 1:04:59 PM PDT
by
Jim W N
To: rochester_veteran
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posted on
06/22/2017 1:06:14 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west))
To: N. Theknow
What about the supposed 8th person on the Minnow when it was leaving port?
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posted on
06/22/2017 1:07:25 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: SamAdams76
He could have been margined to the hilt.
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posted on
06/22/2017 1:11:13 PM PDT
by
Licensed-To-Carry
(Every time you vote for a democrat, you put another nail in the coffin of the USA.....)
To: Buckeye McFrog
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posted on
06/22/2017 1:11:18 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: rochester_veteran
Mary Ann. And Bailey Quarters.
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posted on
06/22/2017 1:12:29 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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