Recent content by dawgster

I was recently on a court case concerning a minor fender bender. The trail lasted 6 days with expert testimony from auto safety experts to brain surgeons. A semi tractor trailer from local freight outfit rolled into a Honda Accord at a stop light. 2 years of he said, she said, it went to trial...

my DW named ours Mr Magoo. he bumps into a few things making his rounds.

I've had toe fungus for a number of years on 2 toes, it never really bothered me until last year my 4th toe started swelling up while wearing shoes for a extended time. I stay mostly in sandals, flip flops. Finally broke down and visited a Podiatrist for help, he prescribed Laser treatment. He...

fido he did offer to email the papers after I resisted signing on the spot.

hello all, I just visited my fido advise/rep for a yearly chat, I asked for ideas/direction on what to do with some cash I have from selling off some mid to long term bond funds recently, he advised to put it in a a 5 year CD at a return of 2.35%. That sounded OK so I asked a few more questions...

with all of the advances in solar technology getting closer to the market place I'm going to wait a few more years. check out http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/01/0114_050114_solarplastic.html

Thanks for all the kind words, encouragement and ideas. It was a tough weekend with the mind churning away thinking I made the wrong move. 40K will be my projected expenses, but my DW is planning to work part time in sales type j*bs and I'll take small short term IT contracts if the mood...

Well I just pulled the plug today Whew!! can't believe I had the guts. I've been grinding on this decision since my company went bankrupt last september. Couldn't take the negativity and the daily bad news in the office. I'm 50 years young and DW is turning 52 this sunday, we have approx 910K...

when the markets are on a upswing it's alamost everyday, but when the markets have gone south I avoid it for months.................

I would take the lump sum and buy my own immediate annuity with half the cash. I don't trust mega corp's and their pension promises. But I work for a airline and my pension was altered for years, then frozen and now on the verge of being terminated. I might a bit more cynical then most, but...

piano player in a whore house

I have the same problem with the spreadsheet, I can't even get it work with changing the "live to age"-gave up. trying a xls from simpleplanning.com, works pretty slick. cost me 10 bucks. not sure if I can trust the results. No one seems to know of this. rgds, Dawgster

Hello All, has anyone used the excel xls offered by Simple planning.com?? the demo looks good. Just wondering if it's an efficent tool and how it compares wth FireCalc........ here's the link: http://simpleplanning.com/Financial%20Calculators/Retirement%20Calculator.html rgds, Dawgster