Am I joking? One does not usually choose a lifestyle. It is something you are born with, and on reaching maturity, strive to maintain in the face of an economy thatwill not permit beggars being choosers. Lifestyle depends on many things including; health, wealth, IQ, appearance, contacts and just plain luck. It is not easy to just change your lifestyle. It usually entails an up-grade, occasionally a change comes along on the tails of an idea. It happened in the following story, but it proved rather a rough passage.