Working in factories, building sites and railway yards I was often all day or longer in someone's company, and they never really opened up about their lives, I'm nt a very warm-hearted guy. I guess they knew I' didn't give a damn, so were able to speak knowing their secrets were safe. I have to say, I never saw a lifestyle close-up that I could be jealous of or wish to emulate, and some of the houses I stayed over in were pretty nasty.

In short, those trappings of failure, the rented houses and 2nd-hand cars and so on, don't persuade me that someone is living a life of contentment. Not at all. I'd hate to have so little and so many worries! Yes, it's a great shame he's conned so many people out of so much, but I doubt his life of huge appetites and excessive consumption and strained relationships is very unpleasant at all. The man is a parasite, and I wouldn't want to be standing in his super expensive custom leather shoes.