>Over a hamburger tonight I began reading an interesting little book, The Millionaire Next Door, published in 1996. It has survey results showing that most people who became millionaires in one generation (about 80% of all US millionaires) did it by living simply, driving old cars, saving and investing regularly, and watching for smart business opportunities, then working hard.
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Yeah, that's a pretty interesting book. Believe it or not, I just read it a couple of weeks ago. This answered a lot of my questions about "how on earth can people afford X - what do they do for a living?" The amounts people (who supposedly "had money") spent on their expenses was staggering.

Based on Hank's numbers, I'm thinking you'll need to switch to stocks to finish up the climb <g>...