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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,667
    edited July 1
    Make sure to keep hydrated 
    Post edited by josevolution on
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,879
    Every single fucking thread.
    Every single fucking thread.
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,667
    SPEEDY MCCREADY said:
    Every single fucking thread.
    Every single fucking thread.
    Oh ok my attempt at comedy didn’t go well I’ll work on it don’t mean to derail it I’ll edit it! Sorry about that 
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,879
    josevolution said:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY said:
    Every single fucking thread.
    Every single fucking thread.
    Oh ok my attempt at comedy didn’t go well I’ll work on it don’t mean to derail it I’ll edit it! Sorry about that 
    Haha
    Its all good Jose.
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,879
    Make sure to keep hydrated. 
    Hahahaha
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,161
    We lived in Florida for a number of years and still have interests there. Of course there are possible downsides to living there but that is true of everywhere I have lived.

    Congratulations on finding a place you want to be. Happy retirement!!
    If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,879

    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • nicknyr15
    nicknyr15 Posts: 9,249
    SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

    Fuckin A man. Enjoy. 
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,879
    edited July 6
    nicknyr15 said:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

    Fuckin A man. Enjoy. 
    Yeah, We are gonna wake up to that EVERY DAY FOR A YEAR. We are excited.
    Post edited by SPEEDY MCCREADY on
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,879
    2 bedroom
    2 bathroom
    Brand new
    Never lived in

    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,912
    Amazing. You deserve every happiness 


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,130
    Live your best life Speedy. That looks fantastic.
  • Spurs14
    Spurs14 Buffalo Grove, IL Posts: 330
    Very nice!  Looks like something I should have went with. If you don’t mind me asking, what’s the name of the apt complex?  PM if you’d rather not have it posted. 
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,879
    Spurs14 said:
    Very nice!  Looks like something I should have went with. If you don’t mind me asking, what’s the name of the apt complex?  PM if you’d rather not have it posted. 
    Yeah, ill get it all to you by the end of the day.
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • ekwipt
    ekwipt Vancouver Posts: 1,045
    SPEEDY MCCREADY said:


  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,894
    SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

    SPEEDY MCCREADY said:
    2 bedroom
    2 bathroom
    Brand new
    Never lived in

    If it includes an astronaut pen, you are all set.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • Stove
    Stove Posts: 372
    I've heard about this retirement...its a boomer thing....and I will never see it. :( 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Stove said:
    I've heard about this retirement...its a boomer thing....and I will never see it. :( 

    Actually, retirement became a thing in the late 1800s to early 1900's

    But hey Stove, look, if it makes you feel better, having been born in 1951, I'm what they call a "boomer" (I don't use that term myself-  I prefer "old fuck"), and I'm still working.  I can't do full time, but I still have my little book and vinyl business, and I put in a couple of hours here and there at the used bookstore downtown.  I worked my ass off for just two hours this evening and when I got home, I flopped on the bed and felt like total shit.  When I got up, it felt like I weighed 500 pounds.  Retirement?  Fuck that, I don't have a pension.  Hack or pack! 

    "I'll retire when I die."
    -Neil Young

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Here's another thing I'll say about "boomers" and retirement.  A lot of "gen X" and "gen Z" people seem to think the vast majority of "boomers" have it fat and easy with retirement.  I got to thinking about that and the people my age and how many of them have a cushy retirement.  I've said this before on AMT: No very many.  So I thought, "Are all my friends losers?  I don't think so."  
    So I did a little research. Here's a sampling of what I found:

    https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/032216/are-we-baby-boomer-retirement-crisis.asp
    "Insufficient financial resources paint a gloomy picture for many retirees"

    https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/two-thirds-of-peak-baby-boomers-are-not-financially-prepared-for-retirement-302120313.html
    "Based on their assets and their likelihood of living up to 20 or more years in retirement, two-thirds of Peak Boomers will be challenged to maintain their lifestyles in retirement."

    https://www.barrattorneys.com/blog/baby-boomers-by-the-numbers-retirement-looks-bleak/
    "Many baby boomers-the 76 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964-have retired or are heading toward retirement, with roughly 10,000 retiring every day. Are they prepared? Based on savings statistics and actuarial charts, the answer is a resounding no. Insufficient savings and a lack of planning paint a gloomy picture for many retirees. This means more people working into their 70s and 80s, more poverty among elders, and more public resources devoted to health care for seniors."

    https://www.insurancethoughtleadership.com/personal-lines/baby-boomers-retirement-crisis
    Baby Boomers are facing a retirement crisis, with fewer savings in their pension pots at the point of retirement or facing the prospect of running out of money while in retirement.

    You can find page after page of this information?  Shall I go on?  OK, fine I won't.  And I hope the boomer bashers will do likewise.
    Thanks.








    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,130
    It is not complicated. Save some of your income. For a long time. Put some money in a 401K, IRA accounts, pensions etc. Buy real estate ahead of time. Do not look at them, just keep contributing. Same with 529s if you have kids. One day you will look and see a bounty. If my kids go to a state school, its paid for. Syracuse or Duke well that's another story.

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