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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 04:18 PM Original message |
So, what's everybody doing to ride out this economic storm? |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. how many years til you retire? |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Retire? What's that? |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. In that case, the question is... |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. OK...off topic but I just watched Dr. Horrible from your sig line. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Before this is over, we will all have a PhD in horribleness. |
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kennedyfan (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Yes, I think you are correct. |
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tedoll78 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. Penny-pinching. |
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kennedyfan (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. Me too. |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm leaving mine where it is. Mine tanked once before and recovered. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. FDIC IS tied to the market. |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. oh yes. clearing out any CC no matter how small and pumping the add'l principal |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sorry |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. Looking for a job. n/t |
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trashcanistanista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. Taking a few extra shifts at work to make |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. I wish I knew. Spending less, that's about it. nt |
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MadinMo (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. That sums it up IMHO. |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. I've found that my grocery bill has gotten much higher even while I'm buying less, that I have |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Food prices. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. I can't decide between my mattress and the hole in the backyard tree. |
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angryfirelord (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
16. Gold and Energy |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:09 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Hi, angryfirelord! |
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Kip Humphrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
18. I bailed out of Wall Street in July '07, paid off my debt and bought |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. So, if I may ask |
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Kip Humphrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. My gemstone investing guidelines. Adopt at your own risk: |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Whoa! I think I just received a Master's degree....! |
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iiibbb (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
23. As bad as this is... it's a blip in the radar for most of us. |
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OllieLotte (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
24. I never panic...but I did Wednesday. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
25. My 401K has been in U.S. Treasuries for over a year. |
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