- I can't believe I just found this group again after a decade or two! - 6 Updates
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| Cbrown24 <r.c.brown@sbcglobal.net>: Nov 07 09:13AM -0800 I still have the essay that someone wrote called "It Takes Time To Be Frugal". I printed it out and refer to it occasionally when I come across it. I retired at 58, a little over 2 years ago due to chronic pain and frankly burn out. It is more important than ever that we live as frugally as possible with interim times of spending on things (our latest was a cruise to Alaska for our 40th wedding anniversary and my husband's 60th birthday). I don't remember the name I used or very many user names, though Mintee was familiar, in fact I wonder if it was her who wrote the essay. So looking forward to participating as much as I can find the time. It's really true that once you are retired you are busier than ever! Cbrown Married 40 years, 3 daughters 39, 37 and 30, 3 son-in-laws and 3 granddaughters, 10, 5 and 4! |
| Beaver_Fever@live.com: Nov 07 09:39AM -0800 On Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 9:13:53 AM UTC-8, Cbrown24 wrote: > So looking forward to participating as much as I can find the time. It's really true that once you are retired you are busier than ever! > Cbrown > Married 40 years, 3 daughters 39, 37 and 30, 3 son-in-laws and 3 granddaughters, 10, 5 and 4! I wish more people would find this group. Time to make frugal living great again! |
| Dennis <dgw80@hotmail.com>: Nov 07 01:04PM -0800 On Wed, 7 Nov 2018 09:13:50 -0800 (PST), Cbrown24 >So looking forward to participating as much as I can find the time. It's really true that once you are retired you are busier than ever! >Cbrown >Married 40 years, 3 daughters 39, 37 and 30, 3 son-in-laws and 3 granddaughters, 10, 5 and 4! Don't want to rain on the parade, but not many of the old regulars frequent this group any more - this month has had the most traffic I've seen for quite a while. I guess too many other new social media platforms are available (and they support cat videos). Dennis (evil) -- I'm behind the eight ball, ahead of the curve, riding the wave, dodging the bullet and pushing the envelope. -George Carlin |
| root <NoEMail@home.org>: Nov 07 09:37PM > I've seen for quite a while. I guess too many other new social media > platforms are available (and they support cat videos). > Dennis (evil) There are lurkers. |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Nov 07 01:57PM -0800 On 11/07/2018 01:04 PM, Dennis wrote: >> my husband's 60th birthday). I don't remember the name I used or >> very many user names, though Mintee was familiar, in fact I wonder >> if it was her who wrote the essay. Can you list any of your old usernames? The current one is unfamiliar. > frequent this group any more - this month has had the most traffic > I've seen for quite a while. I guess too many other new social media > platforms are available (and they support cat videos). Dog videos are better. Today's claim to fame: One of my posts was deleted from the <local> Politics facebook page because I said something sarcastic about California needing fewer workers and more illiterate people without job skills to go on welfare. I have to wonder which part of that was considered offensive... -- Cheers, Bev "Life is actually fair. It just doesn't seem to be common knowledge that 'fair' sometimes sucks." -- Jim Cook |
| Michael Black <mblack@pubnix.net>: Nov 07 07:59PM -0500 On Wed, 7 Nov 2018, Dennis wrote: > frequent this group any more - this month has had the most traffic > I've seen for quite a while. I guess too many other new social media > platforms are available (and they support cat videos). But it's not like someone will return and find a completely different set of people here. Those who remain pretty much are the oldtimers. The newsgroups that still are doing well that I read, there has been some shift over the years, though not completely. Michael |
| Michael Black <mblack@pubnix.net>: Nov 06 03:11PM -0500 On Mon, 5 Nov 2018, ItsJoan NotJoann wrote: >> they do something you wouldn't want them to do... > Why would anyone choose a nearby person for their power of attorney if they > knew they were not trustworthy? I think he's saying that the primary decision making here is trustworthiness. Having someone local is best, but if the trustworthy person is elsewhere, they get the job, even if not being local is a hardship. Michael |
| Michael Black <mblack@pubnix.net>: Nov 06 03:09PM -0500 On Mon, 5 Nov 2018, The Real Bev wrote: > forms. Incomprehensible language (and yes, I used to read Pub17 and do taxes > by hand) so I paid her accountants a few $thousand to do it. > I would never do that again for anyone, no matter how good a friend. I gave my sister a cactus, I don't think she minded the work, but I'm sure at the time she'd rather not have to deal with the stuff. YOu want to do other things, or just vegetate. Michael |
| Beaver_Fever@live.com: Nov 07 10:54AM -0800 On Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 2:31:02 PM UTC-7, Michael Black wrote: > to spend it all too early and then be 95 without any money to cushion that > old age. > Michael So if I have like 600k in gross sales (not all profit) and my next of kin can't find or understand my accounting, then the government probably just takes it all? |
| John Weiss <jrweiss98155@comcast.net>: Nov 07 01:11PM -0800 > So if I have like 600k in gross sales (not all profit) and my next of kin can't find or understand my accounting, then the government probably just takes it all? Nope. Your state probate laws prevail. |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Nov 06 04:04PM -0800 On 11/06/2018 12:14 PM, Michael Black wrote: > stuff, he had a whole computer network in his basement complete with a > NeXt computer, the only one I ever saw close up. He was a system > administrator at one of the local universities. Any chance that was Durk Pearson? He used to go to the TRW swap meet wearing tiny black leather shorts. Google the name. -- Cheers, Bev "History started badly and hav been geting steadily worse." -- Nigel Molesworth |
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