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How to Read Your Losing Powerball Ticket
11-29-2012, 02:56 PM
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How to Read Your Losing Powerball Ticket
Well, OK, those of us who are debt free and have no car payments can crow about it, but...
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"Hey, for every ten dollars, that's another hour that I have to be in the work place. That's an hour of my life. And my life is a very finite thing. I have only 'x' number of hours left before I'm dead. So how do I want to use these hours of my life? Do I want to use them just spending it on more crap and more stuff, or do I want to start getting a handle on it and using my life more intelligently?" -- Joe Dominguez (1938 - 1997)
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11-29-2012, 02:58 PM
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Good one! 
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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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11-29-2012, 03:08 PM
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I love it and even more so now that I'm retired!
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11-29-2012, 03:33 PM
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Very nice, Ziggy! Thanks for posting it. 
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Retired in late 2008 at age 45. Cashed in company stock, bought a lot of shares in a big bond fund and am living nicely off its dividends. IRA, SS, and a pension await me at age 60 and later. No kids, no debts.
"I want my money working for me instead of me working for my money!"
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12-08-2012, 10:48 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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some coworkers suckerred me into joining the mass dream of winning.
I am now 10 dollars poorer.
I printed this off and stuck it on their desks.
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12-09-2012, 10:52 AM
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Instead of buying a Lotto ticket I put the equivalent cash in the Salvation Army collection bucket.
Much better return on my investment.
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Married, both 69. DH retired June, 2010. I have a pleasant little part time job.
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12-11-2012, 10:44 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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Every week, DW buys a lottery ticket.
Every week, I laughingly remind her that it's a voluntary tax on the statistically illiterate.
Eventually, one of us will probably change our behavior.
I strongly suspect it will be me.
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