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I just read a brief article that talked about the five milligrams of mercury in florescent bulbs and the subsequent problems with recycling those bulbs. It seems to me that one way to incentivize recycling these bulbs might be to offer one free bulb for every five dead bulbs turned in at the...

So much for mixed metaphors. It seems to me that most everyone here is either on the road to retirement or in the actual retirement maze now.:rolleyes: Are there one, two, or three ideas or things you did on your specific path that significantly helped you, changed your experiences for the...

So my Canadian royalty trust PWI* is being purchased by a middle eastern company. I need a replacement stock. I'm thinking a replacement oil trust or something closely related. Suggestions? I don't like too much leverage with these trusts. * This one is an absolute befuddler to me. Why...

Houston businesses rank on gay, transgender list: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

A Black Swan Review An interesting read and worth one’s time if understanding risk is worthy of consideration. But I believe Taleb under-perceives risk components in some ways and over-perceives in other ways. But . . . he seems to focus primarily on the macro, his outside of the...

I would like to change my signature. No matter how short I make it it won't post (says it's too long).

So, with the 2008 election season already upon us :rolleyes: and 9/11 well behind us, have we learned anything in between?

While listening to NPR yesterday, I thought it would be nice to have our own small stock picking [-]thread[/-] club right here in FIRE-land. It would be fun to observe people's thinkin processes and perhaps learn things too, and after a bit of time it would be interesting to find out if...

U.S. stock futures soared Friday, erasing an early decline after the Federal Reserve approved a half percentage point cut in its discount rate on loans to banks. Stock futures jump on discount rate cut - Yahoo! News

I found this snippet on a VW tdi site: Quote: If reduction in fuel consumption is the goal, it would be better to replace 10mpg cars with 20mpg cars, than to replace 50 mpg cars with 100mpg cars. 5 times better. Counter-intuitive? Here’s the arithmetic. The 10mpg car uses 10 gallons to go 100...

I was watching the Minneapolis/I 35 bridge collapse news last nite and the problems with our national infrastructure deterioration came up. A report card was put up on screen for the US, and in most areas we rated C at best but mostly D or D-, especially for highways, airport congestion, and...

Mayor Mike Bloomberg is now my man: Bloomberg sees New York City as a corporation, its citizens as customers, its sanitation workers, police officers, clerks, and deputy commissioners as talent. He is the chief executive. Call him a technocrat all you want; he's O.K. with that. "I hear a...

Am I the only one amused by this vehicle? What a great second car for around town and job commutes: Air Car - First Air-Powered Car - Zero Emissions - Behind the Tech - Popular Mechanics Why can't we do something like this?

Found this last nite. Transformations happening now: http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift

So, I watched The Sopranos last nite, and I'm still having a tough time figuring out how the series might end. My current thoughts are that things simply won't change dramatically--basically no runs, no hits ::), no errors--just a continued examination of troubled personality types that are...

WTF??? I don't know how we ended up here. We're going to a show tomorrow nite. Right now DW is scootering around town checking things out. I expect an oral report when she returns. :D

I recently came across $1500 cash from a little wheeling and dealing (don't ask). When I mentioned this to the DW, she wanted half. Various discussions and negotiations took place regarding the money and what each person deserved during retirement. We both are comfortable making spot decisions...

So, it appears that the minimum wage will be raised from $5.15/hr to about $7.15/hr this winter or early spring--an increase of about 40%. This should increase the funds flowing into the SS lock box ::). How do you think this may play out (the increase not the fight beforehand)? :angel:

Yesterday in the WSJ they had an article about a different type hybrid. The article said they have a preliminary model about the size of a Taurus w/a VW diesel from a Jetta that gets 80 MPG. Hmmm. I hope I can hold out for a passenger/van/cargo vehicle. Here's some related info...

By Peter Schiff: The "core" CPI is actually of little value since about 40% of it is comprised of rent (either actual or owner-equivalent). In the current low interest rate environment, which has drawn in an ever-widening pool of home buyers, rents are being artificially suppressed. What’s...

Martha: Hi! How's your trip going? :-* --DH

I found this while on the prowl. It has some interesting 'takes' on jobs, the economy, housing, healthcare, Social Security, and other marketplace issues: http://www.calculatedrisk.blogspot.com/

Something only a northerner could appreciate: http://www.hondapowerequipment.com/ModelDetail.asp?ModelName=hs1132tas I purchased this thing last spring for less that half the price listed above. This morning I took it out for my first real test drive: I got behind the steering wheel...

Hello: Last nite I thought of a rather esoteric (?) argument for owning gold. Owning gold, either thru a fund such as GLD, IUA (?), GTU-UN.TO, or CEF allows you to (almost) completely withdraw from "the marketplace--unlike any other financial instrument. If you stuff money in your mattress...