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Witle$$ Wi$dom

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Lately, I've had cause to ponder the way people handle money. My teen years include my father sneering at me: "You spent money on THAT?" Interestingly, when I was young, he was happy to shell out money for nearly anything and everything I asked for. My tastes weren't extravagant -- I just wanted the "double-header" ice cream cone, which was about twice as much as the single. It was only when I started earning my own money that Dad began picking at me. I guess he worried that I would never learn how to save. He needn't have concerned himself. My tastes have always been simple and basic, and I know the rudiments of investing as well as saving.   I can't necessarily say the same for my parents. They are no longer available to ask about this, but back in the late 1980s, they sold their 40-year-old home for many times the price they bought it for; they then moved to Florida, bought a comparatively cheap house and piece of land ... and then took out a 30-y