Good Guy With a Gun

[Fishindude77]

$21/HR Is certainly nothing to be ashamed of but you could probably get by a lot better with a room mate to share expenses with.
I shared rentals...

[Fishindude77]

Good on you !
Would have never guessed microwaves were such a needed item?
As inexpensive as the basic ones are, I may just buy a couple and...

[Fishindude77]

Just received quarterly dividend checks from some bank stock that we own, $4,950
Makes for nice spending money in retirement. We typically just...

[Fishindude77]

You are a perfect candidate for the Dave Ramsey plan. Check out his website, listen to the podcasts, etc.

Things that jump out to me:...

[Fishindude77]

Nothing. That's why it is in the "Everything else" forum.
Lot's of non finance posts in there. Mods are free to delete it if they...

[Fishindude77]

If you follow the news you may have heard about the nut job in Traverse City Michigan that went nuts in a Walmart and stabbed 11 people a couple days...

[Fishindude77]

We are just about wrapped up with our estate planning. Been working on it with an attorney for a few months.
Just got powers of attorney and advance...

[Fishindude77]

Retire when you've got enough or when you've had enough.

[Fishindude77]

I'm old school and prefer to pay the majority of bills with hand written paper checks. One of those "if it aint broke, don't fix it" scenarios....

[Fishindude77]

The US only exports +/- 10% of it's beef. If those counties impose a tariff on our beef it costs those consumers more to buy it and / or makes it less...

[Fishindude77]

They don't have much of anything to do with the price of beef....

[Fishindude77]

Politics thrown into nearly every thread that gets started.
Sheesh !

[Fishindude77]

It says right in the article you attached "President Donald Trump’s tariffs have yet to have a major impact on beef prices". Main reason beef...

[Fishindude77]

Foraging for the win !
Picked a big mess of wild black berries behind the house this morning and we've got a pie in the oven....

[Fishindude77]

All this discussion regarding tariffs is purely speculation at this point.
One thing that does have me concerned is the discussion of funding a...

[Fishindude77]

Actually on a pretty decent path, highest month this year was 3%.
Last several years average rates:
2021 4.7%
2022 8.0%
2023...

[Fishindude77]

RMD's assume = Required Minimum Distributions
I started using our 401k / IRA savings, taking monthly draws at 59.5 (six years ago). My thinking...

[Fishindude77]

Roth IRA was only available in the tail end of my working career so our entire 401k was pre-tax traditional and rolled over into an IRA the same.
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[Fishindude77]

That's nuts. Would have to sell a bunch of booze to ever get that $$ back.
Around here we've seen a decline in the number of taverns, etc. so...

[Fishindude77]

I've never been anywhere that allowed BYOB. Interesting, is that a thing in some regions?
Local Italian American Club lets you bring in a bottle...