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The eventual tax savings are still substantial, and if you don’t take advantage, it’s like “cutting off your nose to spite your face,” says Bethany Dever, a certified financial planner at Rockland Trust.

The Trojans’ defense certainly didn’t help matters, in spite of assurances that it had ironed out its issues over three standout, second-half performances.

“I do not fear death. But I am in no rush, either. Maybe I will live forever. For spite, ha, ha! Wait.”

Surely it all meant that the strange coachman truly was a friend to her and the Incorrigibles, in spite of his gruff manner and puzzling remarks.

"Sometimes it's just a friend for the summer holidays or it's a teenage kid trying to spite you," says Atkins.