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You took a shot to make it big, I like that idea. I rode things into bankruptcy trying to hit it big. But at least we tried.

Now to play devils advocate, I have been giving this situation some thought. You sold a certain amount of stock to stay below the ACA limits. Had you not worried about losing the ACA you might have sold more. Thus have ACA subsidies in your case might have earned you a bunch more. Either way...

1- I never heard of this stock 2- I think you win the best stock pick of the year 3- I understand not wanting to lose ACA subsidies, but how does one evaluate maximize earnings vs loss of ACA help. I dont use the ACA so I dont know the ins and outs, but one would think If...

I think I had just seen a different movie, and we were out to dinner and I asked him about it. That was his answer to me. If he was pulling my leg I dont know.Most of the stuff he talked about confused me anyway. Oh and everybody had a title, Assistant vice president, associate vice president...

I was crying when I saw the title of this post "f/u to comments", hahah, I thought you were unhappy with some of the answers. When I sit down with pencil and paper, I take 30 % off from the top for taxes. I know its over kill. So when I pay the tax man I'm under what I thought i was going to...

I probably dont know what Im talking about, but here it goes anyway. My son worked on Wall Street. Seems some firms have people that their job was to look at situations you just described. Companies that if you buy today and break apart/sell tomorrow you would double your money or more. I...

It does in New York

I like this, and since its late at night, I think its a nice way to end the evening, on a nice positive note, ty.

Wow, congrats, I think all veterans should retire as millionaires, especially the combat ones.

Thank you Sir for the kind words. You have to love those small caps, and the fact I took my lump sum in December 2008, and put it to work. I only had 60 days to invest it, we took an AA and dumped it. It wasnt timing it was what we were forced to do at the time.I think its tripled-ish since...

+1, When I went to the social services office at the hospital, to arrange for a private "nurse"(aide) for mom, the lady told another patients family, "get medicaid, its the gold standard. They pay for everything". Maybe they got a nurse for free, I had to settle for an aide that we pay for. BTW...

Maybe he wasnt ready to go.

Google Loyalton, Calif vs calpers, drink a glass of wine before you start. Someone way smarter than me said to view my pension as 1 leg of the stool, my savings as another and soc sec as the 3rd. BTW, I love this idea. If all 3 collapse, my stool has 4 legs, I can go back to work tomorrow...

I resembled the schmuck too, thats why I said it. I love the lavish affairs . Especially the ones Im not helping to pay for. And yes, how they spend it on a wedding or any other purchase is certainly up to them, even when they cant afford it.

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OMG, priceless, I need to research the footprints in the snow incident. must have been before my forum days.

Most of the times Ive had the great misfortune to visit these places, the patients used diapers, the bathrooms were for the visitors, the sick and dying never left the beds.

Yeah thats getting close to the number around here, (NYC), this is the all in price Brides gown, the band, the catering hall, flowers, etc. Not the honeymoon or the diamond rings. People throw around the number 10 grand just for the flowers. I always make a point of pointing out to the schmuck...

Ozanam Hall, nice and clean. Run by the nuns. If i ever get time to leave my house I'll give Fatoullah a call. A poster said he has over 5 million and another that has 20 million and they sleep well at night gaming ACA subsidies. And that maneuver "made them smart". Thats peanuts compared to...

Can I get on the waiting list? If there a bus to get me to North Beach Im good.;D

I worked on 135 street 7-8th aves for many years. Did you live on Striver's Row? They had beautiful Brownstones.

the pros were really off in 2008, I like this link, Ill look at it more over my afternoon coffee.

Yeah, I completely forgot about those, as we advanced in age we no longer get invited to them. When we were first married I would go to the bachelor parties dinner part, then if a strip club was involved I would lie and say I had to go in for a midnight shift. After a few years I confessed to...

Offering a pension or a matching 401k would get more volunteers.

Thank you , best 7 minutes I spent on YouTube in a long while, "food brings you together, you don't serve food, you serve love." Wow , my mom used to say that. This is why some of them are referred to as the Greatest Generation, they deserve that title.