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Martha, your post is worth a thousand words. Especially to this animal lover. But I may close my eyes next time I want to get on this forum.

Tactics that make politicians look bad can be effective. It all comes down to politics - local politics. If you can delay the permit, or delay the planning, or delay the first blast, it's a neighborhood victory. Keep at it. Whew. Been there done that REW, with a local neighborhood battle...

Hmmm. My Acura is a flawless car, but I would prefer to pay a couple of bucks more for a Vaio laptop. At recent sale prices at our local Best Buy, they're almost a steal. Even if a computer breakdown is easy to fix my own preference would be to get one that won't break in the first place.

I hit $1MM a year ago and will retire with a small pension shortly. At 58 I could keep working in the boiler room but my peers are looking tired and out of shape, so I figured it was time to leave before it happened to me ;) I'm nervous about inflation and taxes, and there's no family or SO to...

- If you live on all your dividends, the principal must grow at the same rate as inflation, right?

I think we'll be stuck with it this year - ensuring the administration's place in history. Many others tried and failed... clear back to the Nixon years. From what I've experienced in large private and public institutions I expect to see many people thrown at the problem and not necessarily in...

It sounds like you went with an Ornish-type plan? A friend in Florida started it 4 years ago, off and on, and is no longer taking her beta-blocker. It was her cardio doc who told her about Ornish.

Leonidas offered some good leads. My situation is similar to yours, and I gotta tell ya, there's some very, very helpful information on this forum. And FIRECALC is awesome.

Aha! Now I know where to find a secret decoder ring :laugh:

Thank you, kaneohe. I may have to settle for being taxed as the price I pay for being comfortable in retirement - at 15% :)

Harley, kaneohe, et. al, your discussion on this short thread has been very helpful. I'm retiring in early 2010 and must decide what to do with a $400K TSP (gvmmt IRA). Annuity is not the best option right now, and headroom allows for only $12K withdrawal in the 15% bracket (post-retirement)...

So sorry for loss of your mom. A couple large bags of sand or kitty litter, and a small shovel if you can find it, in case the car slips on ice. God bless you for taking care of her dog - a just reward for a loving companion.

You betcha!

But one could rent from a small-time investor with enough cash upfront. In the old 'hood we had a guy who regularly showed up at open houses with a briefcase full of money to back up his written offer. He wrote a check for more than the down payment and got money back from the check, then...