Comments on: The Opportunity Cost of Fireworks

By: ismi

ismi — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:59:00 +0000

A depressing analysis at its worst. What on earth could match the smile on a child’s face and the pleasure parents get seeing their children happy.

By: zb

zb — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:55:00 +0000

Don’t they say, “Definition of an accountant: a man who knows the cost of everything, and the value of nothing”?

By: jd

jd — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:48:00 +0000

We can tell you are an accountant... if you were an actuary you would discount the value by the probability of dying before age 65. I knew actuaries were more fun!

Actually chemical engineers have all the fun. Damn.

By: Jan

Jan — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:07:00 +0000

“Desino Diem !”

By: Rembo

Rembo — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:59:00 +0000

I’m sure that if he’s still here in 60 years from now the $160k will fall out of one of his pockets if he coughs.
We work to live, not live to work. Cease the day and hope tomorrow will be even better

By: J-Walk

J-Walk — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:40:00 +0000

He’ll put an eye out.

By: Johan

Johan — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:46:00 +0000

Live is about living, playing, loving, and not only collecting cash and saving it.

By: Ross

Ross — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 09:42:00 +0000

What about if he invested the money and the stock crashed – stocks like fireworks go up and down!!!

Nice that you son can still have some fun even with a mean bean counting old father like you Dick “Messier”, Kusleika, ))

By: fzz

fzz — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:41:00 +0000

All you outlined was the monetary opportunity cost. If the enjoyment of setting off his own fireworks helps your son live to 65, and if the lack of such enjoyment reduced his life expectancy, would his purchasing the fireworks be worth it?

By: Jan

Jan — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:08:00 +0000

And did I say “KABOOOOM !!”