ChilkatSally

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ChilkatSally posted to the Dropout's Den board. 5:02 PM

Changes to retirement laws

I was reading a page on Schwab.com regarding Significant retirement savings law changes hare coming in 2020. One item caught my attention.
“Change to 529 plans. Assets in these college-savings plans can now be [more]

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ChilkatSally replied to the Dropout's Den board. 4:35 PM

Re: 20 years

Hey Teddy,
Not getting over not being Spanish? I’m not getting over my mom being right:)

Only one house on the market in our 30 year old HOA. Price tag 800,000. You younger folks need to save more to live on a coast. The oldest [more]

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ChilkatSally replied to the Dropout's Den board. 9:44 AM

Re: 20 years

Getting cataracts fixed was indeed eye opening. Had to hire a couple folks to come clean my house. Then I Repainted kitchen cabinet... huge job, and know that the entire inside of house needs painted. I have extremely tall ceilings so it’s going to [more]

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ChilkatSally replied to the Dropout's Den board. 3:45 PM

Re: 20 years

“In my dreams” never had the life I have now lead. I could not have imagined in my forties, programming in my cube , trying to keep my daughter in her classes, my bosses happy, a social life, a busy treadmill of tasks, that I would be where I am [more]

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ChilkatSally replied to the Dropout's Den board. 3:57 PM

Re: Reading, PA food bank

Helping Harvest is great. They have a caring professional team. I met a bunch of those folks who came out to the Peninsula for a conference. They supply to all the food banks in this area. If I had known about them after I retired, I would have loved [more]

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ChilkatSally replied to the Dropout's Den board. 8:57 PM

Re: Cold enough?

I am so sorry Teddy, hobbling is no fun and can turn you into a couch potato.
just when I was enjoying the second warmest January on record, we are getting hit with a snowstorm our cities aren’t prepared for. My trusty all wheel drive Subaru [more]

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ChilkatSally replied to the Dropout's Den board. 9:44 PM

Re: Cold enough?

You can tell I’m a changed woman when I think staying here, busy in my community, rather winters in Florida, is a good time.

Just finished my tax return. Yup, I’m tired of winning.

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ChilkatSally posted to the Dropout's Den board. 1:06 PM

Cold enough?

Out here on the lovely Olympic Peninsula, we are working on cleaning up our gardens and thumbing through our Territorial Seed catalogs. As a former Alaskan I worry about how folks are getting along with the polar vortex.

I am taking a Thai [more]

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ChilkatSally replied to the Dropout's Den board. 4:26 PM

Re: Saw a head line

Wow. Transports are ugly. Oh dear, what a difference from time I checked to close. Vix kept going up.

On a totally different topic.

I had been trapped with 60 people called in for jury. Retired, farmers , small business, college [more]

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ChilkatSally posted to the Dropout's Den board. 3:49 PM

Saw a head line

Market Crashing! Forced me to log on to something and check a market view. Vix looks interesting but crashing? Will look at the close later. I am paying attention to interest for cds and bonds.
Have totally lost all appetite for risk.

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ChilkatSally replied to the Dropout's Den board. 3:39 PM

Re: DNA

I had my DNA tested also. turns out mom was right, I really am a many many grand daughter to Pocohantas. I traced that Damron line way way back to some old manor house in England. I am not as Irish as I thought. mostly English. I have over 1000 [more]

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ChilkatSally replied to the Dropout's Den board. 10:02 PM

Re: Bucket List

Pondering choices.

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ChilkatSally posted to the Dropout's Den board. 6:43 PM

Bucket List

Crossed something off my bucket list.

1. Spend three months in New York City.

Turns out 10 days was enough. A sudden rain storm is enough to make traffic a mess. Mentally ill folks, homeless folks on every street. While we doubled [more]

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ChilkatSally replied to the Dropout's Den board. 11:53 AM

Re: Alexa

I have unplugged mine. I only plug it in when I want something from it.

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ChilkatSally posted to the Dropout's Den board. 4:07 PM

Harry Dent on Fox

saw a clip where Harry Dent explains to a reporter why the chart says the $DJI could drop to 14,000 by April. the reporter was confused by chart talk and all the IF and ELSE language.

Since I don’t watch Fox, I have no idea the impact this [more]

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ChilkatSally replied to the Dropout's Den board. 3:34 PM

Re: Anybody Buying?

PAYX was one I used to swing trade because it was so sensitive to interest rates. I almost wish I still had an Morningstar account. If payrolls are going up and interest rates going up, it should be on a list to check on.

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ChilkatSally replied to the Dropout's Den board. 1:42 PM

Re: Anybody Buying?

I am no longer fit . The progressive arthritis every where has super slowed me down. I am so glad I enjoyed my outdoor lifestyle because turning 65 put an end to most of that. At 70 it is a painful slow go. I was depressed for a while but doubled my [more]

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ChilkatSally replied to the Dropout's Den board. 3:14 PM

Re: Anybody Buying?

In the 2010 flash crash, I had a few low ball limit orders hanging out there. Either the market went by to fast or someone decided they weren’t valid within a certain range. None hit.

At this point in my life , I would only buy some bit of [more]

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ChilkatSally replied to the Dropout's Den board. 4:30 PM

Re: Anybody Buying?

No, it’s Obama’s fault.

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ChilkatSally posted to the Dropout's Den board. 8:30 PM

Clink Clink

It’s happy hour at Casa Sally’s. Just returned from a small village in Mexico where I didn’t have TV, daily internet, or news. Cabo Pulmo. Best fishing ever! Snorkeling better elsewhere.

The village of 130 folks is off the grid and you see [more]