How much are you worth ?

I have an artificial heart valve which is guaranteed for 125 years, an artifical knee, titanium brace in my mouth and various other pieces of metal scattered around my old body.
DD jokes that when I pop my clogs she is going to put a claim in for the Heart valve(or sell it on Ebay) and melt the rest of me down for scrap.
Not quite sure if she is joking or not, wouldn't bother me by then anyway!!!!!!!

Personally I find the sort of wealth accumulated by sir Paul Mc to be obscene. But I do hope it makes him a happy man.

On the lines of net worth, I am worth very little. Financially I am perhaps worth a little more dead than alive, but on the lines of what am I "worth" to my family then I think perhaps I am worth quite a lot more.

2 days plus one overnight childcare for 3 grandchildren throughout the year.
School runs.
At least 4 weeks continuous care in school holidays
Provision of various packed lunches, meals etc.
Washing, washing and more washing
5 x 2 hour care package for elderly grandma
Various " emergency" call outs for elderly grandma especially if said elderly grandma has run out of bananas on a Sunday morning at 7am
Shopping and admin (see above)
Bi-weekly visiting of parents
Provision of entertainment (see above)
Various trips to/from appointments (see above)
Looking after sisters puppy (3 hours per week)
Walking and toilet duties (see above)
PA services to every member of my family (as and when required)
Working in engineering company 30 hours per week for only 15 hours pay

I think perhaps I am priceless.

Absent, I like that OW quote. Exactly what I had in mind.

I was thinking more of our worth to our family and mankind in general. I guess we are priceless to our close family (I hope so), but I doubt that my life has touched mankind in general. You quoted OW, what a wonderful legacy to leave if you are a writer, composer, artist etc.

Probably not, but he has been rewarded for brightening the lives of millions.

I guess it depends who the others are? I spent today doing some hugely overdue cleaning in my recently much neglected house, but also went shopping for ingredients to cook a couple of meals for my daughter's family. As she had a C-section last Friday, she cannot stand around being creative with an onion in order to feed her large family. (Her husband does his best but he admits he is not much good as a cook.) So tonight they came to collect the children, who had come here after school, and they have gone home with a massive bucket of chicken stew and a huge dish of lasagne. I did also pay for the petrol tank to be topped up, but I reckon the lasagne outweighs the petrol in Mum value.

Your query pompa, brings to mind Oscar Wilde's observation about knowing the price of everything and value of nothing.