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Ken Noble sent me this message about streaming audio of some of the old songs we would enjoy.

I tuned in to the website and listened for a few minutes and enjoyed some great music and did not hear a commercial.

This is Ken's show. I am listening to a trumpet solo of "The High and the Mighty" as I type this.

I pass this on to you for your examination. John

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The popular standards format that ran for seven months on KDDK-FM in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana was recently replaced with youth oriented
programming. However, a live stream of that standards show can now be heard at www.BroadwayandVocals.com .

In addition to our core artists like Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis,
Patsy Cline, Tony Bennett, Glen Campbell, Vikki Carr, Nat King Cole,
Julie Andrews, Bobby Darin, Everly Brothers, and Elvis Presley, many
of the significant instrumentals of the last 50 years are included in
our playlist of 2,106 recordings by 660 different artists.

Fifty-one (51) Frank Sinatra recordings are in our playlist.

During the first seven days of November we have had listeners from
U.S.A., Great Britain, Canada, Philippines, Australia, Mexico,
Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Venezuela, Malaysia, Ireland, Croatia,
Japan, Denmark, Belgium, Argentina, and Sweden.

When you go to www.BroadwayandVocals.com , the music stream should start immediately.

Be well,

Ken Noble

Most of the retirement calculators on the Internet give incorrect results.

Most of the retirement calculators are nothing more than sales tools for the companies that sponsor them on their websites.

I don't know about you, but I used several retirement calculators from respected investment companies and they told me that I was going to live in a cardboard box under a bridge in my latter retirement years.

When I researched the basis for retirement calculators, I realized that most of them are sales tools to attract you to use the company for your financial planning and investments. These calculators called “teaser” retirement calculators. They tease you into thinking your retirement plan is in trouble so you will use the company’s services.

Another pet peeve of mine is most of them assume you will need 70 – 90% of your pre-retirement income for your retirement income. If you really analyze your spendable income during your working years, you probably never had that much income to spend on yourself. Just think about paying your mortgage, sending kids to college, saving for retirement, supporting multiple vehicles and so on. If you never had that much spendable income, why will you suddenly need that much when all the obligations of your working years have been satisfied? I recommend you seriously evaluate your projected retirement expenses and establish a retirement budget. I predict you will need much less than the 70%.

I started a website to evaluate retirement calculators at

www.best-retirement-calculators.com

Read about the best free retirement calculators I have found so far

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I also have a page on retirement expenses to help you evaluate your expenses against a model statistical couple preparing for retirement.

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Please give me any suggestions for improvements to the best retirement calculators website or suggest any other calculators that should be included.

Thanks, John Howe

What is the retirement dream job that you have always dreamed about?

I will lead off by telling mine. My dream job is to generate retirement income using the Internet. This will allow me to run my business from anywhere in the world where there is an Internet connection. This way, Linda, my wife of over 40 years, and I can travel without being out of touch with my business.

Jump in and tell us about your retirement dream job.

If you have a chance to read my blog. view link I write about the conflict that I had trying to earn a living and meeting the criteria of my second grade teacher who told us to find something we like to do and then get someone to pay us for doing it.

Does anyone know of any legit firms that offer "work-at-home" opportunities that doesn't involve sales but requires good clerical, computer skills.

I have been helping my sister in a job hunt. She is a very reliable. good worker. Due to a slow down in the economy,her previous employer did away with her job.

If you are aware of a real job opportunity, please email me.

Thanks, Sissy

Hi, there,

My name is Tim and I’m a member of the official public relations team for Eons. We’re working with a reporter from USA Today who’s looking for sources who have retired but gone back to work because of the current economic downturn.

Would this story apply to anyone in this group or do you know of anyone who fits the bill? Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best,
Tim

Tim Inthirakoth
Eons/InkHouse
P: 781-916-9090 ext. 805
E: tim@inkhousePR.com

I have found Hickory Farms to be a great holiday job. Apply online at hikkoryfarms.com

I was in the first group who without warning had to return to work at 65. One state teachers had called and asked me to take early retirement (they were a God send) at 63. I waited to turn 65 for my other teachers and social security. My other state teachers changed their package without warning just before my birthday so I no longer qualified. Social security went down by 3/4 at the same time. I keep my stress management and real estate careers going but this recession is interfering. I believe there is a reason for all things under the sun so I know it will go together as long as I continue to do my best. I love life and enjoy good health. The rest will come on its own schedule. Enjoy your moments making each the best it can be,

Although it will probably be a few years before I retire, I think that my optimal retirement job would be coaching. I have a background in business and I think it would be great to coach young adults who want to start a business and don't have any idea how to do this. I would especially like to coach those who want to go into service based business like massage therapists, estheticians and yoga teachers. Doing coaching can oftentimes be done via phone alone. That way I could also travel and make my own schedule. What are other people thinking about doing?

I am looking for a consulting expert on cement kilns who has years of experience with these kilns and "tire" failure. The main steel ring (tire) that rotates the cement kiln cracked. I need a metallurgical engineer or other expert who can explain why it failed. Credentials in this area must be impeccable. if you are able to freelance this job is a short term consulting job. Please contact me for further details. I need someone to reply in the next two weeks. 5/2 to 5/15/08 Thanks.