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2cats
Location: Oklahoma Gender:
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May 6, 2014 - 12:46pm |
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Prodigal_SOB wrote: No two legged dependents helps a lot too.
I should have edited my comment to say no grown kids on the payroll either.
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miamizsun
Location: (3283.1 Miles SE of RP) Gender:
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May 6, 2014 - 12:37pm |
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did i just hear that the top hedge fund manager in 2013 only made $400,000 an hour?
he'll be roughing it...
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Prodigal_SOB
Location: Back Home Again in Indiana Gender:
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May 6, 2014 - 12:34pm |
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2cats wrote: My husband and I did it, but you have to not have a mortgage payment and not have many bills like credit cards or car payments.
No two legged dependents helps a lot too.
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2cats
Location: Oklahoma Gender:
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May 6, 2014 - 11:38am |
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cc_rider wrote:This thread title is a joke, right?
My husband and I did it, but you have to not have a mortgage payment and not have many bills like credit cards or car payments.
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cc_rider
Location: Bastrop Gender:
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May 6, 2014 - 9:41am |
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This thread title is a joke, right?
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MsJudi
Location: Houston, TX Gender:
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May 6, 2014 - 9:16am |
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There is much talk in the Hurwitt household these days about retirement. Greg reaches his magic number next year and while he's not ready to stop working (or give up his earning potential), we're looking at numbers, dates, and scenarios. It won't happen soon, and no, right now we can't afford to retire, but it will happen, and all we've worked and saved for for 30 years will be worth it. I will keep working until I can't anymore, but I work for myself, so I have no magic number to reach. As long as my hands and eyesight hold out, I'm good to go.
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Prodigal_SOB
Location: Back Home Again in Indiana Gender:
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May 6, 2014 - 9:12am |
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Probably not, but time will tell.
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DaveInSaoMiguel
Location: No longer in a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA Gender:
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May 6, 2014 - 9:03am |
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No, as I was forced into it early by ending up on disability. Now have no savings, no car and what looks like a pretty bleak future (if I live that long)
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Coaxial
Location: Comfortably numb in So Texas Gender:
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May 6, 2014 - 8:58am |
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No, but I was forced into it...My wife has to work to make ends meet most times.
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ScottN
Location: Half inch above the K/T boundary Gender:
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May 6, 2014 - 8:49am |
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No. And trying to find a decent job at 65 is scary!
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Proclivities
Location: Paris of the Piedmont Gender:
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May 6, 2014 - 8:30am |
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Coaxial
Location: Comfortably numb in So Texas Gender:
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Nov 30, 2012 - 9:39am |
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Spliff wrote:My wife and I just retired in July. We actualy semi-retired in 05 and have been working part-time until this summer. I did my research and decide to live fulltime in Mexico. We currently live in a beautiful home with pool, view and maid for $400 a month. We have had several offers to housesit for expats here in Puerto which will eliminate al lhousing monthly costs. Food is cheap. We could save quite a lot but we like to eat out. Entertainment is our biggest expense. All in all, we spend less than a $1000 a month and could live on less. We have two houses in the states which we rent out. The combination of rents provides us with enough income to be very comfortable. You must invest the time and money to get to know a place and the people who live there. I spent every winter for 10 years getting to know locals and slowly became a part of the community. The move was easy and we are enjoying our new life. Mexico is not for everyone. It is noisy, a little dirty but anyone would trade this view I'm looking at right now, for any working life in the States.
Could you adopt me please?
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Spliff
Location: Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico Gender:
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Nov 30, 2012 - 6:16am |
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My wife and I just retired in July. We actualy semi-retired in 05 and have been working part-time until this summer. I did my research and decide to live fulltime in Mexico. We currently live in a beautiful home with pool, view and maid for $400 a month. We have had several offers to housesit for expats here in Puerto which will eliminate al lhousing monthly costs. Food is cheap. We could save quite a lot but we like to eat out. Entertainment is our biggest expense. All in all, we spend less than a $1000 a month and could live on less. We have two houses in the states which we rent out. The combination of rents provides us with enough income to be very comfortable. You must invest the time and money to get to know a place and the people who live there. I spent every winter for 10 years getting to know locals and slowly became a part of the community. The move was easy and we are enjoying our new life. Mexico is not for everyone. It is noisy, a little dirty but anyone would trade this view I'm looking at right now, for any working life in the States.
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musik_knut
Location: Third Stone From The Sun Gender:
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Nov 29, 2012 - 7:44pm |
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KurtfromLaQuinta wrote: Your an Arid Zoner now! Congrats!
Kurt, Thanks! Loving Arizona! Hope all has been well with you and yours. mk
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KurtfromLaQuinta
Location: Really deep in the heart of South California Gender:
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Nov 29, 2012 - 1:06pm |
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musik_knut wrote: Been brutally busy...moved across this GREAT COUNTRY in July ... before then, got in as much backpacking as I could...of course, selling one house while looking for another meant flying to Arizona and back a few times...and along the way, I built a very nice guitar with a neighbor who builds guitars ... and horses keep me busy along with a barn that needed some work and so forth... hope all is good with you and yours.
Your an Arid Zoner now! Congrats!
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Servo
Location: Down on the Farm Gender:
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Nov 28, 2012 - 8:11pm |
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Re-tire? I can't even afford to re- tread!
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GeneP59
Location: On the edge of tomorrow looking back at yesterday. Gender:
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Nov 28, 2012 - 7:46pm |
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HazzeSwede wrote:..better pay up in this life..just in case.. It might have to continue into the next.
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HazzeSwede
Location: Hammerdal Gender:
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Nov 28, 2012 - 5:29pm |
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GeneP59 wrote:Maybe in the next life.
..better pay up in this life..just in case..
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GeneP59
Location: On the edge of tomorrow looking back at yesterday. Gender:
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Nov 28, 2012 - 5:26pm |
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Maybe in the next life.
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musik_knut
Location: Third Stone From The Sun Gender:
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Nov 28, 2012 - 5:25pm |
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arighter2 wrote:Long time, no see. Been brutally busy...moved across this GREAT COUNTRY in July ... before then, got in as much backpacking as I could...of course, selling one house while looking for another meant flying to Arizona and back a few times...and along the way, I built a very nice guitar with a neighbor who builds guitars ... and horses keep me busy along with a barn that needed some work and so forth... hope all is good with you and yours.
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