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15 Feb 2018, 7:10 am

It won't do any good unless you spend it.

I bought two i7 computers and a 24" monitor.

The big decision--which 50" TV set to buy? Samsung QLED or System 8? Or ???



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15 Feb 2018, 8:30 am

I maxed out my 401k contribution.


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16 Feb 2018, 1:09 pm

Stocking up on guns and ammunition to help Make America Safe Again.



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16 Feb 2018, 1:27 pm

Saving every penny of it outside of the commercial banking and investment structure, so I'll hopefully still have it when they destroy Social Security, Medicare, and any remaining pension income, and confiscate IRAs, in order to "compensate" for the deficit increase they *deliberately* caused by this tax break (so they could justify doing exactly this).

They've already started yowling about "entitlements", otherwise known as "your own damned money that they forced you to save in their retirement and medical systems, where they told you it would be safe").

Cf.: Greece. Cf. also: Granny-starvers.


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16 Feb 2018, 1:39 pm

I'm not spending it on anything. Because I live in Canada. :P Every three months, however, we get extra money from the government because of the GST. I guess that's kind of the same thing. :)



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16 Feb 2018, 2:45 pm

Syd wrote:
Stocking up on guns and ammunition to help Make America Safe Again.


And how will that make America Safe, who are you planning to fight?


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16 Feb 2018, 2:54 pm

Sweetleaf wrote:
Syd wrote:
Stocking up on guns and ammunition to help Make America Safe Again.


And how will that make America Safe, who are you planning to fight?


Jabberwocks, Bandersnatches, and the occasional Jubjub bird



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16 Feb 2018, 5:26 pm

That's *frumious* Bandersnatches, I hope?

Well done. Snicker-snack!


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16 Feb 2018, 6:45 pm

Syd is a Groucho Marxist. Keep that in mind when you read her posts.....



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16 Feb 2018, 6:49 pm

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So.... a FireSigner, eh?


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16 Feb 2018, 7:26 pm

I wish I was a Firesider---like Roosevelt was.



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16 Feb 2018, 8:45 pm

going straight into the trash, as usual.


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17 Feb 2018, 5:03 am

The best thing you could do would be to tip generously. People who customarily get tips need them. I gave two tips of 22% yesterday.
My usual rule is to calculate 20% and round up to the nearest dollar.