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    Your most expensive mistake

    Ok, it takes a real man (or woman) to look back and laugh at all the money they've lost on various investments and ideas over the years.

    I lost a few thousand pounds trading futures some years ago, without factoring in exactly how much brokerage I was paying. I really didn't have much of an idea either, which didn't help!

    A guy I used to work with lost over £400K (basically his life savings) on a US real estate deal gone bad. He still kept his house and a few other properties, but his retirement plans blew out atleast 10 years.
    Don't ask Beaker. He's just another muppet.

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    Most on here are going to say marriage followed by divorce.

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      #3
      I lost about £100k over the past 8 years or so gambling on the stock markets and various derivatives. It's put my "retirement" out by a bit but what the hay.

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        #4
        Texas Hold Em

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          #5
          Bet £400 on Gareth Bleedin' Gates to win Pop Idol. The bastard!

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            #6
            Before things took off in Dublin, I was offered 5 ex council houses in the docklands area, £5K each. Currently selling £350K each. I had just finish a bad relationship and just didn't feel up to it.
            Fiscal nomad it's legal.

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              #7
              This forum...

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                #8
                Originally posted by oracleslave View Post
                Texas Hold Em
                I worked with a contractor who used to blow all his earnings on gambling especially Texas hold Em. It's not you is it?
                The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.

                But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”

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                  #9
                  I took the wrong degree - in retrospect it was almost a waste of time. Other than that - never gambled on stocks or otherwise - except the few occasions on the lottery/grand national.

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                    #10
                    I put all my puny life savings on NZ winning the World Cup.

                    Mailman. Boo hooo.
                    Hard Brexit now!
                    #prayfornodeal

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