Recent content by MGYog

I learned how to surfcast....bought my gear, and am now catching fish in the surf! Oh happy day!!!

We have lived in the same home in a suburb of Chicago for 27 years. This is where all my kids grew up, went to school, and flew the coop. We had our house on the market for a grand total of 18 days!!! It was snapped up by a single, middle-aged lady who paid full price. Even our RE agent was...

0-9 Manila Philippines 10 - 12 Chicago, IL 13 - 20 Manila, Phil 21 - suburb of Chicago 62 - downtown Chicago and Florida

My DW has a separate checking account aside from our joint account which she really doesn't use. Whatever money she has is hers, and she does have at least 100K in her savings. Being an old fashioned gent that I am, all our expenses are from our joint account, and whatever she fancies she can...

Thanks, that was informative.

Just got back from two months in Asia....whhhhoooooowwwweeee. Went to the Philippines (wife's family building a rest house on top of a ridge in the center of the island - helped put in a septic tank and water supply system)....then visited my second child, daughter, working in Singapore after...

I second the motion. The greatest drain to my pocketbook is my wife of 34 years.

2.4% pre-tax matched by the county government. No SS payment. Between 1991 and 2005 there was an option to buy an additional 1% per year to your years of service for an increased annuity, which I did. Separate pre-tax 407 available with no match from the county. Pension is fixed COLA of 3% per...

This is a question that Goonie or utrecht might answer. If you qualify for a local or county pension, and also SS, doesn't the Windfall Elimination Provision apply?

OK...this is a start for Alpo recipes. I would first saute (in 1 teaspoon of olive oil) half a small onion chopped into strips until slightly brown, then add a medium sized tomato previously chopped up into quarter inch cubes. Let simmer for about 3 minutes, then get an ordinary can of Alpo...

I have always said that the most successful and driven people I know have been those that went hungry for some time ( a little or a lot) during their formative years because of some unfortunate event. What does not break them, makes them. Unfortunately, many of our middle class workers may not...

Ummm,this is a made-for-TV movie asking to be cranked out fast. Since there won't be an actual shoot-em-up in real life, I'm gonna wait for Hollywood to show me how the "good guys" win. Preferably with a young, nubile actress in fear of those rapacious pirates.

1998 Toyota Camry 175K 2000 Toyota Avalon 99K 2004 Toyota Van 25K

What about American firearms manufacturers? We should be near the best in manufacturing those, right? Is that a mad money possibility?

I really liked the legs and those pumps.