Andrew, thank you for your wonderful article, and all your hard work too! Great comments people! My own story is that I won ‘the birth lottery’ by being born into a middle class American family. After having heard about computers as a young lad all I wanted to was play with them. Who knew they - businesses and a not-for-profit - would pay me to do so? I have been very lucky. And I have been blessed with a great family too!
I’m from Chicago. It was the traditional “one of my siblings knew SOMEBODY who worked at a not-for-profit which needed my skillset”. The pay was much less. So was the stress level.
We bought our only car - just have the one …
we’re retired - back in 2019. I put the features we wanted into a buying service. We were inundated with emails. We decided on the car and offer our regular dealer made us. We paid cash. We take it into the dealership for service at the recommended intervals. Like Dick, we HATE hassles.
Costco hearing aids are wonderful. They are attractively priced and the FREE hearing test once a year lets the technician adjust them as needed. Also - which I think is a plus but others may disagree - all your hearing aid information is stored in a database which can be accessed at any Costco hearing aid center. Since we take a lot of road trips that’s a huge plus to me.
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Andrew, thank you for your wonderful article, and all your hard work too! Great comments people! My own story is that I won ‘the birth lottery’ by being born into a middle class American family. After having heard about computers as a young lad all I wanted to was play with them. Who knew they - businesses and a not-for-profit - would pay me to do so? I have been very lucky. And I have been blessed with a great family too!
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I’m from Chicago. It was the traditional “one of my siblings knew SOMEBODY who worked at a not-for-profit which needed my skillset”. The pay was much less. So was the stress level.
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Many of us who give money to charities do so to help out those who are less fortunate than we are.
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Dick, Shouldn’t you also be complaining about your HOA fee? 🤪
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We bought our only car - just have the one … we’re retired - back in 2019. I put the features we wanted into a buying service. We were inundated with emails. We decided on the car and offer our regular dealer made us. We paid cash. We take it into the dealership for service at the recommended intervals. Like Dick, we HATE hassles.
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Costco hearing aids are wonderful. They are attractively priced and the FREE hearing test once a year lets the technician adjust them as needed. Also - which I think is a plus but others may disagree - all your hearing aid information is stored in a database which can be accessed at any Costco hearing aid center. Since we take a lot of road trips that’s a huge plus to me.
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Just Financially illiterate?
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Well said!!!
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Unfortunately, we seem to be living in a time of great envy.
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Yes
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