para bellum
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Haha, my last vacation was in 2000, a boat trip to the Bahamas.When was the last time you took five vacations in a single year?
I retired 2 years ago, but my last job was small business owner (17 years), and I didn't take vacations. I'd maybe take a few days for a bike ride, but nothing more than that.
I kept a cookie jar too, but I could always account for the money that was in it. I stopped doing that when civil forfeitures became so commonplace, it's just not worth the risk. I keep a little cash in a safe deposit box at by bank, but that's just for emergencies.
In my business I was scrupulous about my accounting, and not one penny went in or out without being properly accounted for. I retain every bank statement to this day, and I can pull up every transaction I ever made in my accounting software, and tell you exactly what it was for.
I was never audited, but I always operated with the expectation of being audited, so I was always prepared for one.