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10-07-2009, 04:28 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Central MS/Orange Beach, AL
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10-07-2009, 05:20 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: East Nowhere, 43N Latitude, NY
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I am Grocery Woman, hear me roar!
I've been steadily using up my pantry stock, accumulated over the last year. All things that were due to expire in 2010 are consumed.
Once the weather goes south (or should I say north  ), driving downtown to go shopping is a real pain in the keister.
So I decided today was the day to go do my winter pantry shopping.
I spent over $200 on canned goods, dry goods, meats for freezing, candy bars  , coffee and paper supplies. Glad it's all over and done with. 
However, I have this lingering squirrelly feeling... 
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10-08-2009, 05:36 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jul 2008
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I bought a few shares of XOM, and a new car. 
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10-08-2009, 06:08 PM
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Location: New Orleans
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Wow! What kind of car? It sounds like you had a terrific day today. 
I haven't bought anything but groceries since my last post on this thread (about buying my daughter's wedding present). Oh well.
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Happily retired since 2009, at age 61. Best years of my life by far!
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10-08-2009, 06:47 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jul 2008
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 A Cadillac SRX. It's the shizz. Yep, it was a pretty good day.
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10-08-2009, 07:06 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
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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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10-08-2009, 07:37 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Collin County, TX
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Congrats! Get that camera out....we need pics!
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10-08-2009, 08:01 PM
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Confused about dryer sheets
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: SHAWNEE
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I bought RIMM and Honeywell
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10-08-2009, 08:30 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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10-08-2009, 08:32 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Collin County, TX
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Hot ziggedy dang....you go girl!!!!  ......
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10-08-2009, 08:39 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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Thanks! I'm still grinning.
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10-08-2009, 08:47 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Independence
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Got lucky and spotted a feller about to load up his track-hoe a few doors from our house. We had a sidewalk replaced recently for only the cost of the concrete thanks to an economic stimulus program - in doing so we had some of the walk 6" below grade and some 6" above. Ground is hard and dry and lawn covered - a little tiller was going to cost $54 for 5 hour and I was not looking forward to using it. For $50 the track hoe guy gently scraped the earth level and dumped the sod and dirt near the sidewalk high spots. Totally great deal! Watching someone use a backhoe or track hoe that has the skill is very cool. For instance this set of pics showing a hoe loading itself onto a rail car.
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10-09-2009, 12:56 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: At The Cafe
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Originally Posted by sully
I bought RIMM and Honeywell
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Welcome to the forum, Sully. 
I see you have a nice intro on your profile page, I especially liked the mention of your wife.  Feel free to start a thread in the Hi, I Am section and let us know how your first three years of retirement have been going.
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10-09-2009, 01:25 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Hong Kong
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I purchased some RMB bonds due Sept 2011. A pathetic 2.7% pa yield to maturity but better than the 0.0% yield on my RMB savings account. At least I don't have to pay any tax on that.
I also "invested" in a weekend hotel and spa package in Macau for my wife's birthday next weekend.
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10-09-2009, 07:59 AM
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Sarah, it is GORGEOUS!! Have fun.
Oh, I have such a bad case of the car-buying fever today! And I am so happy for you.
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Happily retired since 2009, at age 61. Best years of my life by far!
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10-09-2009, 11:16 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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Quote:
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Sarah, it is GORGEOUS!! Have fun.
Oh, I have such a bad case of the car-buying fever today! And I am so happy for you. |
Thanks! I'm loving it.
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10-13-2009, 09:32 PM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Jun 2009
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I added some AAPL Jan 2010 $180 calls today to a long position today.
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10-13-2009, 11:24 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hooverville
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I bought a brisket from Whole Foods.
Ha
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10-14-2009, 06:07 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: May 2009
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Dawg: Now that I´ve finally learned how to post photo -at long last  - I posting another one that does her better justice even if taken by cell phone. 
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10-15-2009, 05:58 PM
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#60
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by haha
I bought a brisket from Whole Foods.
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Or, to quote Craig Ferguson, a Bris Kit.
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