Sounds like what someone would say when they aren't invited to the party.
You would be sorely disappointed. It would basically be the same as him answering questions during the debates. Sprinkle a ton of delusion, no real answer and at least one "some people say" and you have his answer.
Don't know Cabo IRL but his posts at Shaggy lead me to believe he isn't a bad guy. Don't agree with him here and that's okay. Suicide is hard and that is what we have seen here.
I get about two called per day saying I am going to be put into jail if I don't pay my back taxes. I would be worried except its hard to believe the IRS is targeting landlines instead of serving me with process of my back tax claims.
Can't imagine a used mattress sells for much so he probably overpaid for it by quite a bit. Basically the equivalent of found money compared to what normally occurs.
Sadly, I'm surprised they weren't asking for more on the Four Grain. I have found a shop or two up there that always seem to have Pappy or other highly sought after bottles and it's because they are absurdly priced. Weller 12 was $200+ three years ago. Pappy 15 was around $2k.
You can also get HSM made to measure which is essentially what you are getting from Tom James. They come to M Penner at least twice a year and I'm sure they hit up quite a few other places. I bought a Tom James suit years ago and thought the quality was crap.