I suppose I could look this up, but when did GW start? Has anyone been out here from the beginning? I have a feeling Spike did an incredible job building this place to what it is (or was) before he sold it. He should be sitting on a beach counting his $. Good for him.

K

Right-o, Kev! I liked the K.I.S.S approach he had. But...iV seems to think the more complex/bigger/profit-making approach is better. I hate feeling like a commodity!

Did you notice in the article that GW didn't even get an honorable mention?

How would you go about looking it up Kev? I too would be curious about its age. I came here from rec.gardens.orchids and for awhile lived a double life on both forums. This would have been around '92! I've taken only one long hiatus in that time. There is a certain Floridian (name starts with A) that might predate me but GW didn't seem 'new' at the time I got the feeling it had been around awhile even before I joined but I wonder how long that could have been. How old is the Web?

H

Howard

I guess it isn't as easy as I thought. I did do some searching and couldn't find a thing. Maybe the Rose people would know. They seem to know everything.

K

If Spike has any sense he will bank the mil and keep working as hard as before. Fixer uppers in Rego Park (Queens) are pushing $500,000. You've got to have several million these days to laze on the beach like the guy in Shawshank redemption. If ever there was a hard way to the good life that was it.

H

I don't know Howard, 10% interest on 1 mil is $100k a year, if he invests well. In Mexico he could live like a king on that and have plenty left over.

While Mexico is lovely, I would recommend Costa Rica! Much nicer place, IMHO, and very inexpensive as well. And I agree with Howard about working for a while. Let that money make more money, add to it, spend some on some fun stuff, and then be able to retire and *really* have $$ saved up. The gov't will take a lot of that 1 mil anyway, Spike won't walk away with the full amount. And 1 mil doesn't really go that far over a lifetime these days.

If Spike is smart, the money never hit a US bank.