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...
I picture the Slate as being positioned in the market as a 'buy it and keep it and run it until it dies' type vehicle. IF they can sell it for $20k then they will sell and I will probably buy one. I am seventy-one years old and 75% of my driving is one or two people on a round trip of 80 miles...
I see this as being a street legal, freeway capable golf cart with required safety equipment. Not a vehicle to be used as your primary go on vacation or go to visit relatives 100-miles away. More as a hop in and run to Walmart or Home Depot or the grocery store type. That is the type of driving...
The more I consider it the more I like it. Today I'm driving a 35-mile round trip to a Chiropractor's office. The Slate truck would be perfect for that. Then I have to make a round trip to a Clinic in Memphis Tennessee that is 350-miles, the Honda Pilot is perfect for that trip. All the...
This is what I have been looking for in an EV. Kind of like a glorified, street-legal golf cart. I've got to have the 6-7 seat SUV for hauling all the grands. Got to have the pickup to tow a trailer with tractor and haul other stuff. But hate the gas bills because most of my driving is actually...