Ina
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- Harris County, NE of Houston, Tx.
I use to be called the goat lady around this neighborhood, so tease away, I can take it.
Silly, I cook 5 lbs. of chicken 6 days a week for a Jewish restaurant, and I do portraits and art works of scenery with people in different countries.
You can make a small fortune in a short time in the stock market. Just start with a LARGE fortune.
Nope, don't know any thing about it, every day they drop off the pots and utensils, and all the return container. I clean the kitchen, and work area to their spects. It get me $408.00 under the table a month, and it only takes a couple of hours a day. It's income, along with the money I get for my art, and my disability income, hubby get SS and he has a retirement pension.
We're not rich, but we don't need much.
I had a Dexus plan for many years that made me some good money. it had a safety net under it for seniors. markets good I played. started to go down I was automatically pulled out.
I was also heavily invested in Northrop Grumman as well. but in 2008 got a letter from them warning me a democrat my be president. proceed at your own risk. sure enough I had to drop it.
all my investments were rolled into one account. and the day after the election I sent it all overseas where it still waits. no way in hell was i gonna let some sticky fingered peckerhead in the WH touch a penny of my life's savings
401K. what a ripoff. If you've withdrawn any you know. get the shaft at both ends. in addition to paying tax's on the withdrawal, the amount you take out is added to your annual income. get knocked into a higher tax bracket?? tuff. drop your pants bend over and grab your ankles.
Yep, I remember I had one when I worked at Intel. Then they downsized, and poof, away I went. Did get what I had in my 401K but I should say, what was left when they were finished with "their" cut, lol!
and im finished with that scam
... One thing is I don't "need" everything I thought I did, and if I want something, pay cash. My ancestors had it right![]()
Truer words have never been spoken.
I've had a lot of people try to talk me into getting a Keogh plan since I'm self-employed. I tell 'em where to stick it. I'm doing fine with shoe-boxes in the closet and Bitcoins in my electronic wallet.
Hi Phil,
I actually kept my extra in a box, I think it was a shoe-box in fact, that was in the 70's when I was waitressing, and making tips, so I'd throw them in there. Before I knew it, I had quite a lot just saved in there. I'd like to get serious about researching on how to keep from using a bank. It's just too easy though, to auto-deposit etc. They make it easier all the time to have the run of our money. I mean when I actually think about it, I can't even "get" "my" money when I want it. Of course there's the ATM's, but still, I have to play by their rules, you know what I'm saying.
There are still folks that carry, and use cash, and I think they are the smart ones, Denise
I always thought the mattress was the best place to hide itlayful: I've have a checking account for years. no problems. also have a debit card which means i carry no money at all
Back just before the 2000 dotcom bust, I put my money in mutual funds as I was only earning 5% annually and the rest of the world almost 30%. It immediately dropped 40%. I've definitely recovered since then temporarily as the market is volatile and can drop at any time. I can't do much about my IRA which is a qualified plan or my 401K should that happen, but I've protected myself with annuities where I can annuitize at the higher of either the market value at the time or the value at the highest anniversary date should I need to. Of course, the annuitizing is not the best option as there is no beneficiary assignment, but it is there should I need to use it.
When my granddaughter was born in '84 I purchased $500. worth of electric and gas stock. Does that count? I still have it too. It's for my great-granddaughter's college fund.:wave:
When my granddaughter was born in '84 I purchased $500. worth of electric and gas stock. Does that count? I still have it too. It's for my great-granddaughter's college fund.:wave:
Hi Oldman, Thirty years ago, a perspective came in the mail from Entex and Houston Lighting and Power. I had no clue other than from playing monopoly. I have never used money for stuff other than necessities, and I had saved up $500. in my emergency fund. It seemed like a good idea, so I bought. Those names became Reliant Energy and Center Point. Yes it is worth much more now, but it's my promise to my great-grandchildren. Before we lost our business we sent 7 of 9 grandchildren through college. Two of them went to trade schools.