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Without frying my little grey matter, can someone explain to me how I can find/figure out dividends vs annual yield for individual stocks? Take Pepsico (PEP on the NYSE) for example. How can I figure out what their 5yr average return on investment is? I need to do this to fill in some formula...

I am seeking a member with expertise in buying real estate. Specifically I am looking for advice on traps and pitfalls to avoid when making an offer. I have found what I believe is THE parcel on which to begin my homestead/farm. I have drafted a proposal for purchase with owner financing, and...

Sarah, please don't take this too hard, but the flock got culled by half last Wednesday. I took eleven roosters and one scrawny, harried hen to the butcher. Now, not having had chickens since I was 15 and having never been involved in butchering them I didn't realize how big our birds were...

Last week DM amazed us all. She sent a handwritten letter from my Dad (passed away in February) and a check for $10k to each of her four sons. In the letter it said there would be another $10k in January. Apparently they had been planning this for a while. The instructions say they are...

We have EGGS!!! Finally after 22 weeks, we are getting eggs from the hens! Now I just have to run some electricity back to the hen house so they get enough light to keep laying well.

This is not going to be a daily "blog" type of thread. It just looks that way right now because things are happening so close together at the beginning. I expect as time goes on to only post for significant advances, troubles, or changes in weight.This is just my way to keep track of the...

Hooo-boy! I have read somewhere (probably several places) that one tactic to assist in attaining a fitness/health goal is to make your intentions known to friends and family. Only in this case I choose NOT to let my family know. I want to surprise/amaze them with a fait accompli. Many of you...

I spent Labor Day weekend around Sugarbush, VT; refereeing at the Green Mountain Stage Race (bicycles). Having spent the first 32 years of my life wandering I don't really consider myself a native of any particular state. But I have to say, for all the hype about the beauty of VT, I didn't...

April 14, 1985 to August 30, 2008 Seven institutions, three riots, two attempts on my life, three assaults, an unknown but high number of fights and assaults I was involved in, responded to 17 homicides, 14 years a Union Steward, two years a Union President, 16 years a Correctional Officer...

Woooooohooooooo!!! I pulled the plug today! I went in at 800am this morning. Traded my credentials for a new set that say RETIRED on them. They had a little flag raising ceremony for me, complete with Honor Guard. The Warden read off a brief synopsis of my career, the seven joints I've...

WOW!!! Bungee cords are dangerous!! There I was yesterday strapping my two 50lb bags of feed on the back of the motorcycle when I lost my grip on the end of the bungee I was hooking. Just this spring I replaced all of my old metal hook bungees with a new wide strap/plastic hook bungee style...

Well, we've been without water for going on three days now. the flapper in the toilet leaked or something and our pump ran dry. Apparently it ran dry long enough to burn out the impeller. That was Sunday evening. We found out as we returned from a long motorcycle ride. So yesterday I...

Can't really count last week. DD was in the hospital and so I was watching the DGS. Not a lot of time to "do nothing" there. But today, the first day of week four, was different. It would historically have been the first day back to work after a long vacation. Instead, I did NOTHING!! And...

Well, it still feels like a long vacation to me. Maybe that's because all I've done is what I'd do on a long vacation, rode my motorcycle down to FL to visit my mother. Got home Monday and recuperated. Then Tuesday DD came over with DGS and WSIL. Around 4pm she asked me to watch DGS while...

Who let the chicks out, oooh, oooh... We did, finally. We moved them out to the "big house" on Wednesday, my first day of retirement. But the yard section of "Cluckingham Palace" wasn't finished yet. Besides, they needed time to acclimate to the new digs and start to think of them as home...

Last night, at 830pm, I keyed my radio for my final transmission in prison. I thanked my officers for all they had done for me and told them it had been my privilege to serve with them. Then I turned in the radio and keys, turned and walked out of the prison for the NEXT-TO-LAST time. From...

....in a butt kicking contest. That's me. I'm working my tail off here, and most of it is not homesteading. I have my prison job (until June 24th), my substitute teaching, motor-refing bicycle races, and teaching motorcycle safety all in full swing right now. Add them all up and I haven't...

...so I'm going to bounce something off of you guys. In the past I would have had a sit-down with Dad and taken advantage of his 77+ years of hard won experience and old-fashioned common sense. but he went and died on me back in February. Many of you are familiar with my situation. Nearly 50...

As Popeye would say, "I've took all I can stands, I can't stands no more!!" I doubt there is a bigger advocate for 2nd Amendment rights and Castle Doctrine than me, anywhere. But I noticed a very disturbing trend in the "Guns for personal protection" thread. Why in the world would you go out...

Our intrepid boy hero (trapped in a 50 yr old body) is experiencing interesting side affects to his transformation. He has succumbed to a mid-life crisis, in the form of becoming a backyard poultrist. (Back porch actually) His day-olds were not supposed to be delivered until his day off (Wed)...

I guess my first thread on Mom's dilemma I didn't make very clear. Truth be told, I'm not really sure what my question was either. The last visit I had with my Dad (RIP) we spent a little time on this, since I am the designated executor. I learned that they had about $80k in the bank (CD's)...

Let's set the stage. My Dad died in February. Just the way he wanted to, quick and painless. Mom's PO'd. She was supposed to go first 'cause he knew all the money stuff. Now Mom is getting inundated with "limited time offers" for annuities and other garbage. She's asking me for advice on...

That's it! I've taken the plun-n-n-n-n-nge!! I just placed my order with Meyer for our first batch of chicks. WOW! The earliest delivery date is May 7th. We went for a colorful flock for our first time; Barred Rocks, Black Australorps, NH reds, and Gold Laced Wyandottes; 6 each...

So I'm sitting there waiting for my bone scan and they have day time talk shows on the tube. (BORING!!) Suddenly it is interrupted for live breaking news!! Some woman comes on and proceeds to spend the next 30 minutes telling the world how disappointed and disillusioned she is with public...

Not being an overly mechanical type of individual I thought I'd share a discovery with any others like me. Back in December my pickup blew the motor. I had to trade my Harley in to get a new truck. Before I sold the old one for scrap I removed the Fold-a-Cover ($1000 to replace) to put on the...