This is true. Doesn't keep him from thinking it all of the time. "You've got yourself a deal, girly-girl. Money is a nuisance 'n the sooner you earn enough of it t'live comfortably, the better off you are." Of course, most people didn't have the luxury of waiting around a hundred years and waiting for investments to pay off like he did. He'd won and lost about four different fortunes at this point in his life.