But a bank is a facility and should be treated as such, a temporary parking space for money, and then the money should be put somewhere else so it can make more money to those who are entitled to it – you and me – who worked hard for it. If the money is left to rot in almost interest-free savings accounts, inflation (general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money) would work it’s magic and the money is no more.

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I was not big on savings. As a matter of fact, that was the last thing I would do, literally. I would pay the bills, of course, and then have a good time (of course) and then, if there is money left, the money goes to the bank. This happens maybe, oh, twice a year. It does not help that D and I share the same interest (or obsession) – and those are eating in nice restaurants and watching movies (and going to spas, and buying Nike Shoes, and Zara dresses, and bags, uhm).

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