Wally Fairway

Nice humblebrag, stockpiled double-ply

Here is my bye week production OUsux, oh wait - my bad that isn't a prediction at all

Sit down and let me tell you a story. I had a plan, had a could of people look at it, and with minor tweaks it was all good. I've hit level 1 max for almost 20 year, and that is making sure to get max employer match, there was a period of 10 years I hit the 401k max, then about 5 years ago I took a job that offered more life balance and that was great, but I didn't max the 401k. But I've always invested fairly aggressively, S&P 500, a couple of growth funds, little in bonds...and that has done well. The plan was that I would continue to do contact consulting until 70, because a) it maxes or SS, 2) I really like most of the clients I've worked for. Mrs Fairway was going to with to 65, and get Medicare, draw her SS until I started to draw at which point she'd get an increase to 50% of mine. And we be set, even if we made it to 100. The Mrs Fairway gets a cancer diagnosis (see the cancer thread), and she may be done working, I've shifted my contracts to someone else. And although we are "comfortable", there are a couple of financial unknowns, that can wait until we know where she is with the big C. The moral is, didn't wait until later to start investing, pay your future self first because you may not get the choice about when you do contributing or when you will need to pull money out. Good luck, let time be your friend in inventing, and only speculate with a small % of portfolio.

I happen to be staying with, MAGA/Fox watching, relatives. And I swear they must be watching a different debate. "Vance is the only one answering questions" I think that trump could shoot someone on Westheimer, outside the Galleria, and they would still vote for him.

Vance: I'm rubber and you're glue, I don't like your question, and Trump is a liar too

Well Tim already said he misremembers things, so maybe his son was at a school that later had a shooting

The rules state no fact checking, give yourself a five minute time out

You left out racist

being price in and having built up inventory will not stop companies from raising prices due to the uncertainty of being able to replace that inventory (see gas pricing in the event of a production/supply issue)

So are we talking about how this will affect inflation, or is that on the business/market board?

I heard Dr Neil Frank make that exact point as the keynote speaker at a convention in 1989. His point was that rebuilding right on the coast, be it North Carlina, Florida, or Texas , that it is just a matter of time a to when a storm powerful enough to destroy this houses occurs, not it it will come.

Brent Venables celebrates hauk tua

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GERN write up https://simplywall.st/stocks/us/pharmaceuticals-biotech/nasdaq-gern/geron/news/with-71-ownership-of-the-shares-geron-corporation-nasdaqgern

you mean other than the ones who post here? WTF dude - why are you doxing me?

dude - that isn't the picture we want for Helen, now go back to your storage device and do some work

no she is upset that Nicole is not a hurricane name in 2024; she demands some damn respect. not to all posters do not go out drinking, by the lake, when Nicole is mad

UT - 48 the other MSU - 6 total yards for the Horns 517

GERN with a nice day, looked at my portfolio for the first time in a couple of months & forgot that I had that one. Hoping it crosses $5 before the end of the year

Was just going to say I might know a few people, but good to see the go fund me. This is a good cause, I'll contribute to that fund. Go Green

Is it to early to repeat, play Cooper Rush?

That I believe, for the record 56% is not all. But then maybe you are a politician, selling an idea.

What world do you live in that all boomers over 65 have pensions? Pretty broad paintbrush there bro. I'm 66, and none off my peers have a pension. My buddies are 72-59, almost all are professionals - accountants, lawyers, salesmen, HR, operations MGMT, etc) the corporate world largely got ride off pensions in the 80s. One company I was with was sold and pensions were frozen, I'm now getting$73) month - that doesn't really count. Everybody I know is counting on SS and 401k/IRA

Texas 67 Not Texas 7 Arch 379

Sounds about right, I leave Houston tomorrow and come back on 9/29, looks like it could be a grand old time. I am hoping that some weather system pushes it over to Louisiana or Mississippi, or why not Florida.