In Reply to: one would think.. posted by ray on January 27, 2005 at 17:11:37:
He was not thrifty. He was a miser with personal eccentricities and a con man on top.
Yes, he did do that with the napkin. Then, just to name one, think about the story of how long it took him to get a huge coil (bought two of the biggest ones) to permanently heat up the pool he had.
The electriciy bill we all paid to make sure he could play dirty old man in his pool at any time of day and night must have been skyrocketing.