401 K

posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
I got my quarterly statement the other day. Wow, that really hurt. Get scared and think I better move everything out of stocks. Leave it alone, they tell me. The man who just sold me a car to make it through my final years, or months -- whatever m...

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garage

posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
Most of my mornings begin in the garage with a cup of instant coffee and the morning news spread out on the hood of the Grand Cherokee. The car is still a good one even though only the "e" remains on the hood and it, too, is losing its plastic chr...

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travel

posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
Travel.

A concept that has caused me some dismay. My partner loves to travel. Loved Italy and France. If only we could travel without having to travel. The planes terrified me. I feared that our ship would sink in the Mediterranean.

Almost ever...

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cold

posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
Damn it's cold today. Even colder since I'm retired. Can't go to that big newspaper building that locks out the weather, even though it had all those windows and great views of our fair city.

Went to the Home Depot and paid $17 for two bags of ic...

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eastwood retire

posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
Did you read the Parade magazine cover story on Clint Eastwood?

He's 78 and has a 12-year-old daughter, a young wife, several other children and partners. His 'dysfunctional' family.

Just released another movie, Gran Torino. He said his Depressi...

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