I got my daughters certified to SCUBA when they were 17 and 13. We dove in the Keys, up and down the east coast, in Mexico, and the Caymans. When the oldest was a senior in high school a friend invited her to go out on Kentucky Lake in their family's boat and I realized neither child had been on...
Actually that should have been a one day drive. I went and changed it on the original post. The problem with flying that many down there is it would take three rental cars to satisfy everyone.
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Twice this week and once last week I've driven 40 minutes to pick up my 16-year old granddaughter and then driven 30 minutes to take her to golf lessons. (Local celebrity golfer holding classes). Then I wait around for a couple hours to take her home. Lunch included wherever she wants to eat...
Well, after my gripe about everybody mowing low and having dead grass on their yard I mowed mine yesterday afternoon. It's been six days since it was mowed and with the deck set as high as possible I was still cutting over half off in some places. Dead brown grass all over yard in those spots...
My peeve is the people in our neighborhood who mow their yards on the lowest setting on the mower. Then they leave the ugly brown grass laying there until the next week. You cut the grass to even it out, not to lower the height. People stop and tell me that my yard looks better than any in the...
This is the fund I am most invested in. I got in it about 2018 and in it very heavy after we sold three farms and two houses in 2022. No skill involved in picking that one fund, just very good luck. On the one year return it made a major correction first of the year and is back to gaining big...
I recently read that the most popular brand of vehicle among billionaires is Toyota. The most popular single vehicle for billionaires is Ford F150. Relatively inexpensive, reliable vehicles with a high resale value. What does that tell you.
Worked with a guy who was going to retire in 2010...
I only invest in mutual funds, no single issue stocks. And I am in the riskier types. One fund Select Semiconductor has averaged a 25% yearly gain over the past ten years. But when the market drops, that fund DROPS. Then it comes back strong. Not the first time I have watched this happen.
When they announced the plant closure at the last place I worked (Goodyear Tire and Rubber) a guy come in and showed our department manager his 401K papers. He had built it up to $1.6 million with a simple plan. When Goodyear stock reached a certain point, I believe it was $30, he swapped it for...
We lost 22% of our investments in February, March and April. Three months later we are back in the black and making money again.
Basically my wife and I lost, on paper, two years salary each in about 45 days. This was from her 401K, my IRA, and our investments. The only thing that didn't lose...
The nurse practitioner that helped my son-in-law so much said that he needed X-rays of his lungs but that if he went to the local hospital they would keep him and he wouldn't get out alive.
The ER nurse told her to give him Tylenol and Motrin at three hour intervals alternating the drugs. And...
My youngest daughter's husband was one of the first in our area to get COVID. He ran a temp over 100F for 21 straight days. The only thing that would stay on his stomach was Coke from the local McDonalds. Water or Gatorade would go straight thru him. Drink it in the kitchen and have to run to...
As a side remark on chiropractors, my daughter tripped over the baby a few months ago. Took a hard fall trying to keep from landing on the little toot. This was on a Sunday. Went in to the chiropractor the next day and he ran his hand down her spine and asked her if she had a hard fall recently...
I've always had problems with sinus/ear infections especially the past few years. Had a series of them in 2023 and lost much of my hearing in my right ear. Had several more in 2024. Took all kinds of antibiotics and steroids both of which caused other problems. And I've had several procedures on...