Posted on 08/20/2021 9:56:32 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Palantir CEO Alexander Karp has donated $180,000 to a New Hampshire hermit who has garnered media attention in recent weeks after the cabin he was living in burned down.
The money was a personal donation from Karp
“How can I express myself and my gratitude towards something like that? I start to tear up whenever I think about it,” Lidstone told the Concord Monitor of Karp’s donation. “For an old logger who always had to work, for anyone to give you that type of money, it’s incredibly difficult for me to get my head around.”
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Hmmm...
As an 87 year-old, I'd do what I've been doing for years, divide it up among the great grandchildren...
same here
;>)
“Exchange it for toilet paper? lol (because of the ‘pandemic’ toilet paper shortage )”
Hang on to the Greenbacks long enough and, once inflation really kicks in, they can be used AS toilet paper.
;-)
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