Saturday, November 30, 2013
Most of us are experts at solving other people’s problems, but we generally solve them in terms of our own and the advice we give is seldom for other people but for ourselves. - Nan Fairbrother, The House in the Country
Most of us are experts at solving other people’s problems, but we generally solve them in terms of our own and the advice we give is seldom for other people but for ourselves.
- Nan Fairbrother, The House in the Country
- Nan Fairbrother, The House in the Country
Frugal Seattle man leaves $188M secret fortune
Frugal Seattle man leaves $188M secret fortune
The hospital's research center will receive the largest portion of a $188 million charitable trust left by Jack MacDonald, who died at the age of 98 after decades of secret philanthropy, reports the Seattle Times.
Only a select few family and friends knew that the bargain-hunting man who lived simply in a retirement home had spent more than 60 years using his incredible skill for picking stocks to turn the nest egg his parents left him into a huge legacy for charity.
Friday, November 29, 2013
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