I enjoy these newsgroups and I'm here after an email showed up inviting me. I assume it's because of my Abuzz connection.
I'm 54, male, married, live in Albany NY and am moving to the Wilmington, NC area on Feb. 1. It's not retirement but I am leaving a fairly cooshy job because I can't stand doing it anymore.
I'm still not sure what I'll talk about here but eventually something will get me going.
Fri 20 Dec, 2002 04:41 pm - 1. kidnapping (horrific)
2. driving drunk (potentially horrific)
3. politicians ( a real harm to a lot of people)
4. tax evasion (similar to above)
5. keeping change (harm to clerk's job)... (view)
Fri 20 Dec, 2002 03:59 pm - Yes indeed, it would have been necessary to make him up...............Well, maybe we did make him up.
Human beings seem to have a "religious gene". If we could take one of those devices... (view)
Thu 19 Dec, 2002 08:10 pm - The reply about "property rich, cash poor" brings another question to mind. In the first situation, the couple with the $300,000 home sells and moves. Is it wiser to get a mortgage and... (view)
Thu 19 Dec, 2002 05:23 pm - Thanks for the replies. The location would be a midsize city in a low tax state. Let's say about half of the investments are in tax deferred accounts with about 10% of current income... (view)
Thu 19 Dec, 2002 01:29 pm - A married couple ages 55 and 48, live in a $300,000 home owned outright, have $500,000 in investment assets, earn $75,000 annually in joint income and have no other debts.
Would their situation... (view)
