Recent content by Michael Dirubio

Last post All- I believe this will be my last post to this forum. There just doesn't seem to be an atmosphere here to allow honest discussion of idea's and thoughts. It appears to me that any one trying to sound some warning bells gets attacked. I'm not saying we are going into a...

Got my second career and loving it! Boxkicker- Just my $.02: I love my new job. Yeah, I took a month and didn't shave and slept until noon. Wife never said a word. We went on a great cruise (the good kind!) and then I started looking for a job. I thought I had a job all lined up and it...

Curled into a little ball-sucking my thumb All- I'm obviously not ready for retirement or investing or even writing a check. I joined this forum with the fantasy of educating myself, to see if I could retire early. Now I'm scared s!$$less and I have even more questions. I found out this...

Opera Rich Joe- We are seeing Simon Boccanegra soon. We get tickets from my dear MIL who is a huge fan. Everyting I know about opera I learned from Bugs Bunny. My MIL might be considered rich. But I do know the secret of how she did it: Studied hard every night in school. Finished with...

REDUX revisited NORDS- I recieved a pretty detailed analysis on REDUX when it was proposed. I know the Navy Times website had a good look at the COLA catch up and the math. The basic decision point for me was this: The average Navy chief just doesn't make it to age 80. That stress is a...

New Retirement system All- Please be patient, this is my first post. The new system will evetually replace the defined benefit system. Its simple economics. The govt needs the money! I do want people to realize that one paragraph was a little misleading: Similarly, thousands of...