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Welcome aboard and enjoy the ride ........... 8)

Glad you're o.k. Nords. Any other Hawaii-based members here? Yup, had my share of the shakes during my six-year habitation of California. I vividly remember the early morning Oct. 1987 Whittier-Narrows tremblor in LA. I was doing graduate work at USC then and late nights were de rigeur. I had...

I'm 42. ER'd in April this year. Decompression almost complete. Currently still relishing an almost euphoric sense of freeeeedom permeating in my consciousness. Later may do some advisory jigs in exchange for chump change and paid travel to exotic locations :coolsmiley:

JG's back? Let the good times roll .........  :o

Hmm, lets see .... its 1.92 Ringgit per litre here in Kuala Lumpur. After the necessary litre/US gallon and Ringgit/US Dollar conversions, this translates to US$1.98 per gallon. It was US$1.67 per gallon a half-yr ago. Our fuel prices are still among the lowest in the region.

Home as % of Net Worth = 14% Home + Vacant Lot (technically a "home" category asset as it generates no returns beyond intrinsic value appreciation, if any) as % of Net Worth = 27% Bought the home cash 10 yrs ago. Somehow, I sleep better under a mortgage-free roof. Bought the land for $154k at...

Mach, glad to have you back. Yup, many of my IT/Software-related friends are scampering to the exit, not wanting to be the guy to turn off the lights. The heighten rate of technology/systems evolution, increasing complexity of problems to be solved, compressed margins due to overall industry...

Road, I hope you're progressing well in your fledgling lifestyle blueprint since your last post. Yup, spousal (... and to a lesser extent offspring) buy-in are crucial to the sustainability of any structural shifts in your lifestyle. The disconnects I noticed here include a dichotomy of life...

Congrats and wishing you good health and happiness !!! Yup, I second ESRBob's point. My first week back in April was bliss ....... and that "first week" feeling has lingered these last three mths. Freedom is priceless. Now, ...... back to doing what I do best nowadays ...... goofing off in...

Blue, You've made it my friend. Congrats and good riddance to Tektoxics .... Take time to decompress, resist the temptation to peek into the deep dark cesspool of your old w*rk silo, recalibrate your life bearings, regain your true inner soul and enjoy life a day at a time. Once you're...

FI@35, Welcome and congrats. Thats what we call payback time for your years of tenacious sparring with assorted degenerates masquerading as "bosses" in a social and spiritual cesspool littered with cubicles, blinking fluorescent lights and creaky chairs and populated by stressed-out...

He he he ...... amusing stuff.   :laugh: Yet another intriguing personality added to our Board. Kaleko, grüß dich!  Which part of my great old habitat, LA, will you be languishing in? I have surreal memories of LA during my USC student days in the eighties.  :P

Blue, Congrats. Do keep us posted. .

Blue, I myself walked away from corporate world upper mgt 10 days ago. Thoughts of ER have been languishing in my mind these past 2-3 yrs but my point-of-inflection came in a 6.30pm high level project management meeting three mths ago involving 20 stressed-out, miserable grown men/women with...

samclem, good luck in your house rehab project. Yeah, at least in my family, I do observe a link between "working the land" and longevity. My aunt's 70+ yr old husband retired as a school principal two decades ago and since then tends to his orchard 6-9am and 5-7pm with naps and leisure in...

explorers, Good luck! You guys will do just fine. BTW, today's my last day of paid servitude. What a feeling .........     ;D newguy88, You guys have got it made as well. Go ahead, move down south and sell kayaks (if you so desire) and enjoy the rest of your time on earth in good health and...

Well folks, I'm writing this from my bed (its noon on Tuesday the 11th here in KL) on my last official working day at Megacorp .......... its a public holiday here today, so my real last day was yesterday.  :D I'm now immersed in a surreal new reality ............. for the first time since...

He he, ....... I'm not into Porsches, Eddie. Too cumbersome to slither in and out. The callisthenics of getting on board reminds me too much of Bangkok tuk-tuks. Hmm, is one's inability to take care of oneself a prerequisite to participating in this forum?  ???  I don't think so my man. We are...

This Board is a fantastic platform for giving “life" back to denizens of the corporate world. Well, here’s my story. I’m based in Malaysia. All figures here converted to US$ equivalent semi-adjusted for purchasing power parity. I’m 42. Currently grossing $220,000 p.a. plus ~$100,000 net...

Yup, too bad only the SCORE counts. ;)

Laurence, good try by the Fightin' Irish and their 80,000 screaming fans.  :rant: But with Leinart, Bush, Jarrett, White, and gang ........ all thriving on clutch plays and many never having experienced defeat in their college careers, its too much to ask ND to end the Trojan's 27 game winning...

usc_et, Take it from another Trojan alum and ex-Angeleno here, lay off Southern California real estate for now. Upgrade your rental to a nice(r) pad :coolsmiley: and you'll never miss the joy of hemorrhaging $4-5k p.m. on an overpriced dwelling sitting on fragile valuation dynamics. Horde...

Folks, Finally, ...... the fairy godmother of all inventions:- http://www.staticeliminator.ca/page/page/363949.htm This is required accessory in every FIREd household. Enjoy  ;)

Folks, When buyers need to throw-in dressed-up babies in bug shirts :duh: plus drag the DW/DH/Grandma to solicit a seller's pity :-\ then we have, indeed, come to the end of this housing mania. The smart(er) ones would have seen the iceberg by now and are jumping ship with bags of cash in...