I bought a virtual race horse

[HuskerGarrett]

I’ve thought about getting into this how much did it cost in real money?

Kaneigh was only $185 or so. Some horses are 10s of thousands

 

[God is a Husker]

Good friend's dad purchased a horse that ran at Fonner Park back in the mid-90's. They spent every weekend making the drive from Dawson to Hall county and back.

Right after they had inherited the farm and a bunch of money, but right before they remodeled their 1500 sqft house into a 4500 sqft house. Fast forward to 2004, and he's no longer a farmer, not living in that house, and instead working for the walmart distribution center in North Platte.

I'm not sure if it was the gambling or piss-poor management of money and the farm but it was a truly crazy fall from riches to "rags."

love a good prodigal son inheritance story but without the happy “it’s ok” ending

Probably because nobody in my family has ever inherited anything except macular degeneration eyes.

both sets of grandparents died with nothing

Didn’t even have funeral insurance cuz All of them were buried on the Federal Governments dime for being Veterans. Purple hearts + PTSD fueled alcoholism effecting your family for decades = free 8x8 plot of land south of Maxwell at Ft McPherson. Cant put a price on that, totally worth it.