Recent content by Jerry-B-WI

Have any of you gents ever trimmed the roots of a bareroot tree that you're planting? You know sorta give it a haircut before sticking it in the ground.

How long is a piece of string? That question is easier to answer. I've recently read that 1.5M plus social security will last 41 years if you live in Wisconsin, you and I both live there. I also recently read that you should have 10X your last years combined wages. All depends what you want to...

Late to the party, but where did you get that three headed wand?

This is what we did. Even if you trust the GC you still have to show up at the site every day to check on the project. We also took pictures of everything that was being done, it can be used as a reference in the future.

Especially stupid when you're the guy that appointed the fed chief.

Altria, MO, is paying a 7% dividend right now. I'm sure you could find some even higher, but I wouldn't put all my eggs in one basket.

Are your doors and trim Alder?

Or maybe they invest in a stock/stocks that pay a dividend higher than the loan interest rate. The reason I said to talk to the investment people is because we weren't informed how the addition is being financed. HEL, HELOC, refinanced first mortgage? All could make a difference.

Instead of asking here, why not talk to your investment banker and 401k advisor.

That last sentence shouldn't even need to be stated. You think we'd have learned by now.

I have a 1998 Arctic Cat 454, the dry weight is 625#. I've been plowing with it since 1998 and it will handle 10 inches of snow in the drive to my cabin.

I can't imagine any retirement fund/account that wouldn't hold stocks, domestic and foreign.

I retired 3 years ago and probably 3-4 years before that we were buying components from China that were equal in quality to the ones we used to make ourselves, and the company was looking at buying the next size up in our product line.

Simply because we're not a developing nation.

Technology hasn't created any lazy people. Technology was created to replace people.