I worked for a couple of hours on the music for this Sunday’s post and had one technical issue after another – finally I gave up. So no video this week.
Category:Financial
Supernal Sunday – January 19, 2025 Edition
GUEST POST from Don: Heat Pumps
“SAVING THE PLANET” with a HEAT PUMP Can heat pumps save the planet? A government study said, “No.” That study suggested that even if every home went 100% electric and every vehicle in the USA went EV we would still fall short of the reduction goals set for 2050. Nope! Still not enough. Maybe if we had heat pumps but …
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GUEST POST from Don – Like Everyone Else
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE One simple sentence tells the whole story. If you want to be different than your neighbor (or your extended family) you have to stop acting like them. Successful people behave differently than your neighbors and friends. If you want to be rich you can’t act like your neighbor. If you want to succeed at …
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GUEST POST from Don – States & Medicaid Rules
STATES AND MEDICAID RULES In a previous article (https://chia.owly.net/35121-2/) we discussed the negative issues with Traditional IRAs (401k, Keogh, SIMPLE, etc). Now we talk about some potential positives (depending on the state in which you live). Retirement is a literal minefield of negative financial possibilities. Getting old is not for the faint of heart. My wife is not strong …
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GUEST POST from Don – Marathons +
MARATHONS + Read the history of this race of endurance and you will find that the distance from the battle for which the race was named to the place where news was delivered was about 24 miles. But it was the English Monarchy which determined that 26.2 miles was right. Early Olympic races couldn’t settle on a …
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Quick Thrift Haul – August 22, 2024
While we were in Saginaw for Pete’s appointment yesterday we stopped at the VoA on Bay Road without anything in particular in mind, just because it is THERE, and so were we! But I found 3 great items, all of which I needed! First is this huge Gotham frying pan…and it is massive! Biggest one …
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GUEST POST from Don: Inflation
UNDERSTANDING INFLATION I have found few who understand what recent years of high inflation have done to the next generation as well as our own. Rule # 1: INFLATION HURTS EVERYONE. There are few who gain from it. The raw materials provider gets screwed. Often that company has to find ways to cut expenses. That means they don’t buy …
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GUEST POST from Don: The I.R.A. Problem(s)
THE I.R.A. PROBLEM(S) I don’t know everything that I should … which causes me to suspect there are others who also don’t know. I could be wrong. But I can’t imagine how, then, it hurts to remind them. Here goes… An IRA, Keogh, 401k, or SIMPLE (or other similar) retirement plan is a very good idea which can turn …
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GUEST POST from Don – Freshman College Skills
FRESHMAN COLLEGE SKILLS On their own for the first time since 6th grade camp? They will need to know a lot more than where to buy beer. 1. MONEY.Stupidity with money is rampant among college freshmen. They see $5,000 in their bank account and are used to mom and dad giving them $40 here and there for …
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