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12-28-2010, 09:30 AM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: dallas
Posts: 15
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New to the forum
Hi all, just jumping in to thank everyone in advance for their support.
At 57, I really need to do this right and not screw up what we've worked so long to achieve....
So, from down here in Texas Howdy!
ACCD
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12-28-2010, 09:40 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 47,474
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Howdy, and welcome to the Early Retirement Forum.
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Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harbourless immensities. - - H. Melville, 1851.
Happily retired since 2009, at age 61. Best years of my life by far!
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12-28-2010, 10:11 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 1,116
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ACCD
Hi all, just jumping in to thank everyone in advance for their support.
At 57, I really need to do this right and not screw up what we've worked so long to achieve....
So, from down here in Texas Howdy!
ACCD
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Hi! If you need a helping hand for your screwing up, I´m the guy you need !!
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I get by with a little help from my friends....ta ta ta ta ta...
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12-28-2010, 09:40 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Mid Hudson Valley
Posts: 1,781
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Hi ACCD. Welcome, this is the place. Get in step, then FIRE. You won't screw up.
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In a panamax down by the river.
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01-03-2011, 12:29 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: North of Montana
Posts: 2,769
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I'll add a northern 'Howdy' and a warning to watch out for the scorpions, fire ants, rattle snakes, chiggers, spiders and REWahoo's.
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01-03-2011, 05:26 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: NC
Posts: 21,206
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Howdy to y'all too (we've lived in TX). You've found a great resource, with a sense of humor, welcome aboard...
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No one agrees with other people's opinions; they merely agree with their own opinions -- expressed by somebody else. Sydney Tremayne
Retired Jun 2011 at age 57
Target AA: 50% equity funds / 45% bonds / 5% cash
Target WR: Approx 1.5% Approx 20% SI (secure income, SS only)
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01-03-2011, 08:31 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 14,328
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01-03-2011, 08:23 PM
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Administrator
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 22,973
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and javelinas
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It looked like bacon on the hoof to me.
Oh, and welcome ACCD.
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Living an analog life in the Digital Age.
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01-03-2011, 08:29 PM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: dallas
Posts: 15
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Welcome
Oh,,, I can see this is going to be a rowdy and raucous bunch!
Thanks to everyone for the warm reception.
Ready, set, fire, AIM!
ACCD
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01-03-2011, 08:33 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Collin County, TX
Posts: 9,294
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Well now...another Texan...howdy pardner. Welcome to the forum.
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There's no need to complicate, our time is short..
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01-04-2011, 04:51 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: midwestern city
Posts: 4,061
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Welcome ACCD.
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Very conservative with investments. Not ER'd yet, 48 years old. Please do not take anything I write or imply as legal, financial or medical advice directed to you. Contact your own financial advisor, healthcare provider, or attorney for financial, medical and legal advice.
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