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Friday, October 13, 2006
11:07:00 AM EDT
Hearing Pink Moon -- Nick Drake
63-year old man, out of work, can't find a good job because (he says) of his age. So he implements another plan:
[Timothy] Bowers said he had been able to find only odd jobs after the drug wholesaler he made deliveries for closed in 2003. He walked to a bank and handed a teller a note demanding cash in an envelope. The teller gave him four $20 bills and pushed a silent alarm.
Bowers handed the money to a security guard standing in the lobby and told him it was his day to be a hero.
He pleaded guilty to robbery, and a court-ordered psychological exam found him competent.
This is sort of funny, but mostly it's very sad. I don't know this fellow's circumstances, but I know that I would hate to be in a place where a three-year stint in the joint seemed like a viable plan for one's life.
If nothing else, this is a reminder for you to plan for your retirement.
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11:07:00 AM EDT
Hearing Pink Moon -- Nick Drake
Not a Retirement Plan You Want to Have to Implement
63-year old man, out of work, can't find a good job because (he says) of his age. So he implements another plan:
[Timothy] Bowers said he had been able to find only odd jobs after the drug wholesaler he made deliveries for closed in 2003. He walked to a bank and handed a teller a note demanding cash in an envelope. The teller gave him four $20 bills and pushed a silent alarm.
Bowers handed the money to a security guard standing in the lobby and told him it was his day to be a hero.
He pleaded guilty to robbery, and a court-ordered psychological exam found him competent.
This is sort of funny, but mostly it's very sad. I don't know this fellow's circumstances, but I know that I would hate to be in a place where a three-year stint in the joint seemed like a viable plan for one's life.
If nothing else, this is a reminder for you to plan for your retirement.
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This entry has 6 comments: (Add your own)
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This is sad..the guy shouldnt have to go to jail...some court ordered theraphy...sure...but its rough on a man when he cant be a provider...its genetically built that he seeks to protect...protect has a financial baring with men...this guy meant no harm...he wanted to make a point...somehow I like this guy...I think he deserves to be understood differently
~Raven
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Monponsett!
um... Hey JOhn.. don't these guys know about free or inexpensive debt couselors? thyeare the latest thing in terms of holding people's feet to the fire to do some serious long term finanaciall planning and some are backed by non proft boards with compassionate people who talk to people..I kid you not...(carries Smurfette home).:)
natalie -
He deserves jail, just for having chocolate-chip-sized testicles.
Pop Quiz...
Your life is financial hell. Jail looks good to you, so you don't care if you get caught. Why not go for a serious score, and maybe try to get away?
For Christ's sake.... he can always do the half-hearted robbery later if he finds wealthy life as depressing as poverty... although, personally, I've been rich and I've been poor- it's better being rich.
Jesse James would empty his pistol into this clown if he heard him call himself a bank robber. I hope this man is repeatedly sodomized by an inmate with a size 18 foot and no sensitivity whatsoever. -
This is such a sad, But true story. We (our goverment) does nothing to help those in simular situations.
Tia
10/14/06 2:05 PM
be well,
Dawn