Ms.PacMan
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We have a non cola pension. What was your cable bill 20 years ago?
How big is your 401k?
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UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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I don't get your response.
It means,you dont get a Cost Of Living Adjusment.
What was your cable bill, 20 years ago, How much is it now?
very simple....if you have a simple mind. too complex,for you?
bleedinbrown58
That’s Craptacular
I imagine there are a lot of things.....you don't get.
brownmonster
Man of Great Wisdom
Pete and repeat aside, I don't either. I understand bills go up. My pension is one prong of a five pronged retirement plan. We have guys at work that are waiting for that extra 100 a month or another 50k in savings. Sometimes you have to say, I have enough.
Ms.PacMan
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This is what I meant!
It's all good Brownmonster, I meant it in a friendly reminder kind of way. Plus women don't always realize how hard you guys work and I thought Hoax made a good point.
I ran across an old list of bills crammed in the back of a kitchen drawer recently and I thought it was shocking. My bills have tripled or more in 20 years.
brownmonster
Man of Great Wisdom
My wife has worked full time for the last 30 years along with raising 3 kids and putting up with my schedule. She understands. She would like to move on from her company and look at other more flexible options. I'm willing to make some adjustments financially to accommodate her. She has a nice chunk in her "K" to help down the road.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Clearly you two need to spend all of your time here in the Nothingness thread.
You should worry a little more ,about yourself. You sure do like to stick your nose,In everybody else's business.
Found one of my old checkbooks. (Remember the days when you wrote checks for everything?)
$50 or so a week,for food. Cable bill $21,water bill $60 (quarterly) Electric $45.
That was from the year 1999.
moreluck
golden ticket member
I still write checks every month and I use postage stamps........with all the hacking, I never wanted to do online banking. I have an ATM card in a drawer somewhere and never use it.
I pay most of my bills through my online banking account. I use two checking accounts. I only transfer my money Into "that" account,when paying bills.
I also do not have overdraft ,protection on that account. So in the worst case,it got hacked,only a couple of dollars could get stolen.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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I thought you told us you used credit cards to pay your bills so that you could get cash back by doing so.
Well duh! I still have to pay my credit card bills! Plus my bank pays me a nickel,for every online payment.
bleedinbrown58
That’s Craptacular
Until you come into the Nothingness thread and start posting..... lol.
I use mine for the cash back. got 5% on gas,this month.
bleedinbrown58
That’s Craptacular
Me too...with my Discover card.
beatupbrown
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I see good points on this topic. My point was not about taking a full time at community college just a select few courses in the summer that tend to be flunk out course then transfer back to state.
If you have the money and have average or average students with a strong work ethic State University a good choice .I was under the impression taking courses at a state university vs. say community college would be viewed in a good light to a potential employer but not sure if you if they can see just few courses at community college but graduate at state university.
My son said something to me about his current academic pursuits if you are of average intelligence and have a great work attic i.e. lots of studying you will make it, this was in regard to an Engineering degree.
. Now I think you may need to be a bit on the smart side but I get his point.
Where I live there is a booming tech company that needs folks to write code so bad they pretty much do not care what pedigree of your degree .They hire you put you in fire if you can perform then you have a job if not you wash out, they just need you to write code and bust your ass.
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