My distant acquaintance is setting up a "haunted house" within our relatively small community. His figures for investing show around 20% of the county attending

My distant acquaintance is setting up a "haunted house" within our relatively small community. His figures for investing show around 20% of the county attending... just to break even. A recent non-sober unsolicited group text (shudder) reveals that there are about a dozen people he plans to utilize, and apparently I am among them? No. You had me at "haunted house"... this is not the next Apple Computer.