I have been exposed to something that looks and tastes like yellow cardboard - passing for eggs at a few places recently. Not a food snob but the quality of the buffet is a consideration
Look at the source of the pension - Is it coming from a small rust belt school district that is teetering on insolvency or the federal government? Does it have a COLA? Is it orchestrated by Congress, who has an interest in seeing it survive?
Call it luck/karma/serendipity/providence ... As I like to point out when the subject is brought up here - a quarter of a million people are struck by lightning worldwide each year.
My "non exercising" friends are fond of the "wasted heartbeat" thing ... I tell them that my resting heart rate is in the upper 40's. Ergo they need to do the math on how many beats i use running and how many less i am using the rest of the day!:)
Been to Super Bowls / World Series / major golf tourneys ... that was as a young man. At this point I would not deal with the crowds and rowdy behavior. Crowds at major sporting events are not the same.
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I have been exposed to something that looks and tastes like yellow cardboard - passing for eggs at a few places recently. Not a food snob but the quality of the buffet is a consideration
Post: Free Breakfast
Link to comment from September 10, 2026
Look at the source of the pension - Is it coming from a small rust belt school district that is teetering on insolvency or the federal government? Does it have a COLA? Is it orchestrated by Congress, who has an interest in seeing it survive?
Post: A bleak picture for retirement in the future?
Link to comment from September 3, 2026
Rest assured ... Just like we all pay indirectly for retail theft
Post: Americans and their credit cards
Link to comment from August 25, 2026
Call it luck/karma/serendipity/providence ... As I like to point out when the subject is brought up here - a quarter of a million people are struck by lightning worldwide each year.
Post: The Lottery of Birth
Link to comment from August 19, 2026
Absolutely true Greg - I have never been a member of the "The harder I work the luckier i become" club. The lottery of birth thing is real
Post: The Lottery of Birth
Link to comment from August 19, 2026
My "non exercising" friends are fond of the "wasted heartbeat" thing ... I tell them that my resting heart rate is in the upper 40's. Ergo they need to do the math on how many beats i use running and how many less i am using the rest of the day!:)
Post: One Person’s Luxury, Another’s Necessity
Link to comment from July 24, 2026
Been to Super Bowls / World Series / major golf tourneys ... that was as a young man. At this point I would not deal with the crowds and rowdy behavior. Crowds at major sporting events are not the same.
Post: FIFA Financials
Link to comment from July 21, 2026
Certainly a combination of the two Dan ... When I look at my kids and see very successful adults I never discount luck!
Post: A Can of Worms
Link to comment from July 20, 2026
Somewhere I read that "the greatest luxury of having money is not having to worry about it"
Post: The Paradox of Wealth
Link to comment from July 17, 2026
I would like to see a restructure toward something like Chile has done. But any big moves are political poison and will die in some committee
Post: About that inflation in retirement
Link to comment from July 12, 2026