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05-04-2011, 12:50 PM
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gone traveling
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Portland
Posts: 133
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Hi from Oregon!
Hello everyone. I have been reading this site for a few days and decided to join. My husband and I are in our mid 40s and have recently started to get serious about retiring sometime before we turn 60. I look foward to feedback from this group as we develop our game plan.
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05-04-2011, 01:03 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Independence
Posts: 7,299
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Welcome - stay dry up there - will be back in a month or so...
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05-04-2011, 01:19 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Earth
Posts: 334
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Welcome to the forum;0)
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05-04-2011, 04:20 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: NC
Posts: 21,305
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Welcome aboard. You're starting plenty early to reach your goals and I hope you find this site as valuable a resource as I have over the years...
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Retired Jun 2011 at age 57
Target AA: 50% equity funds / 45% bonds / 5% cash
Target WR: Approx 1.5% Approx 20% SI (secure income, SS only)
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05-04-2011, 04:38 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Portland, Oregon
Posts: 7,113
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Another Duck!!! Welcome.
Yes, now is the time to develop a plan.. and then implement same. You won't find a nicer, smarter, collection of folks to help you along the way.
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05-04-2011, 04:49 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 14,328
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Welcome. We have relatives in Oregon and travel through Portland at least three times a year. Love the city - love the state.
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05-04-2011, 07:10 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 599
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Which was the last McMinnamin's you were in?
Welcome to the forum . Come back and name drop lots of place names to feed a nostalgic ex-pat . When I first moved to virginia I thought I was going to have to have air shipped to me.
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05-04-2011, 08:14 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Seatlle
Posts: 185
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Welcome to the forum from another Northwesterner! 
My Bro & family live in Lake Oswego, not far from you. 
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05-04-2011, 08:50 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 7,945
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Welcome! Our DD graduates from Lewis & Clark on Sunday - we're headed that way tomorrow. We love everything about Portland except the clouds/drizzle (which looks like the forecast for Sunday - guess commencement will be in the gym).
In any case, we are all here to help each other, so happy to have you on board.
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05-04-2011, 10:41 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Portland, Oregon
Posts: 7,113
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Hey, drizzle is otherwise known as "Californian repellent".
In all honestly we all complain about the number of cloudy days and rain but after considering what others have had to deal with those showers are God's blessing.
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05-05-2011, 01:31 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: midwestern city
Posts: 4,061
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Welcome to the board, Dora.
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Very conservative with investments. Not ER'd yet, 48 years old. Please do not take anything I write or imply as legal, financial or medical advice directed to you. Contact your own financial advisor, healthcare provider, or attorney for financial, medical and legal advice.
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05-05-2011, 05:26 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: USA
Posts: 1,050
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Welcome to the forum.
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05-05-2011, 10:38 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,224
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Originally Posted by Brat
Hey, drizzle is otherwise known as "Californian repellent".
In all honestly we all complain about the number of cloudy days and rain but after considering what others have had to deal with those showers are God's blessing. |
My parents (when kicking our a$$e$ outside) called it "liquid sunshine".
Welcome DoraM
DD
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05-06-2011, 07:15 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 169
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welcome aboard.
we hope to retire (soon!) & move from ca to our property just south of eugene in cottage grove. we travel all over the western third of oregon a few times a year & LOVE it up there!
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05-06-2011, 08:19 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 899
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Welcome Dora
And thanks to our friends in the Northwest for taking our Northern California drizzle for 6 months/year so that we can have uninterrupted sunshine. (Or maybe I should thank the Jet Stream.)
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