Customer claims to be a billionaire

[WishfulSpirit]

Sounds like my husband's former boss. The guy wore scruffy coveralls and basically looked like a day laborer but actually was the owner of a multi-million dollar construction company. He went to work on site with the crew because he enjoyed it and would rather pay someone to do the office stuff than be stuck inside himself.

[drjonah]

If I'm not mistaken, Sam Walton drove a beat up old pick up truck until he died.

[Minflick]

If I had unlimited money to play with:
Re-do the house, because there is neither whole house heating OR cooling, and yeah, we need it at times, and space heaters are stupid expensive, and not beautiful.
There is also only one closet in the entire house, and it's a tiny hall closet; there are alcoves that are too shallow in the bedrooms, and they have no doors.
The house needs leveling on one corner, and has fallen off a pier in the laundry room.
No dryer vent.
No kitchen vent.
No bathroom fans.

THEN, I'd pay off the house entirely, give my kids each a big chunk with which to buy their own homes/move to a region where they could find a better job, whatev.
Reduce work to part time, so I still got people face time, but had more time at home to play around in the kitchen, or sewing.
Put all the rest in savings and investments and live off the interest.
Set up some charities for certain small needs in my local area.