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Asylum said:
mine is stuck in my back.. that's kinda like being in a quiver no?
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That's funny! :toung::laugh: At least comming from you.

I'm sorry for your loss my friend but you are so far ahead of me (and 99% of all invested in the TSP already).

It's possible the Markets will continue downward (as least that's what I felt comming on and so I bailed). But I'm one of the many that is still deep in negative territory so I need to do whatever I can.

BTW My -1.94% loss noted on the Tracker is only an approximation to show I lost. My real loss was -.92%

Anyway you're doing a great job - and you've got a good cushion
 
The P&F chart is interesting today. Might be filling in that gap down to 1360 by Friday. Getting my finger ready to release the string...or pull the trigger.;)

I want to be positioned for June 1.
 
Once this housing bailout is passed the fed will start making small rate increases. If it's signed before the next meeting (June), the first increase will happen at that meeting. That will strengthen the dollar, which will strengthen the economy. All the rate cut voodoo and BSC bailout didn't help anything except the financials, everybody knows it and I don't see Congress letting them get away with anything else as the election gets closer.

BTW, I just bought a new 2008 Chevy Cobalt LT2 loaded (big whoop) for $1200 UNDER invoice ($15340). It gets 30 MPG. Those are SELLING, so I had to negotiate hard. Dealer tried to talk me into a SUV, which AREN'T selling. I also got a $2k dealer cash/GM loyalty cash back, and $3200 worth of GM earnings credits off the deal. Bottom line...$10,140 cash. Decided to take their $2k instead of the 2.9%/5 yr financing. I can turn around and finance it at my CU for 4.2%/5yr. anytime in the next 3 months.:D Just mentioned this to illustrate that auto market like all other discretionary items in this economy will do just about anything to make a sale, even on items that are selling. Don't accept sticker price on anything except groceries. I also bought 5-gal buckets of paint, a lawnmower, building materials, etc. at Home Depot, Lowes and a few other retailers and didn't pay sticker price for any of it. Negotiate!
 
luv2read said:
BTW, I just bought a new 2008 Chevy Cobalt LT2 loaded (big whoop) for $1200 UNDER invoice ($15340). It gets 30 MPG. Those are SELLING, so I had to negotiate hard. Dealer tried to talk me into a SUV, which AREN'T selling. I also got a $2k dealer cash/GM loyalty cash back, and $3200 worth of GM earnings credits off the deal. Bottom line...$10,140 cash. Decided to take their $2k instead of the 2.9%/5 yr financing. I can turn around and finance it at my CU for 4.2%/5yr. anytime in the next 3 months.:D
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i have my eye on a Mini Cooper... havent pulled the trigger yet and not too excited about a non-Toyota product but the Mini is just nifty... although I am 6'4" I can actually fit in it.. unlike my buddy's brand new Saturn Sky which is just too small for those of us with loooong legs. Dont buy it unless you are no taller than 5'9".
 
Asylum said:
i have my eye on a Mini Cooper... havent pulled the trigger yet and not too excited about a non-Toyota product but the Mini is just nifty... although I am 6'4" I can actually fit in it.. unlike my buddy's brand new Saturn Sky which is just too small for those of us with loooong legs. Dont buy it unless you are no taller than 5'9".
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I think the minis are so cute! Have you seen those Smart-4-2 Cars? Saw one on the road for the first time this morning. Not so cute, but very economical and not expensive either. They're supposed to be pretty roomy too, even for someone your size.

I'm still working and have daily RT commute of >100 miles so needed good gas mileage, but since my commute is interstate a hybrid didn't make sense. Have my eye on the "retirement" car though! VROOOOM!;)
 
luv2read said:
I'm still working and have daily RT commute of >100 miles so needed good gas mileage, but since my commute is interstate a hybrid didn't make sense. Have my eye on the "retirement" car though! VROOOOM!
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I drive 100 miles (interstate) daily as well. Am 6'5" - with a Ford Focus that usually gets 30 MPG. 16 value - 4 cylinder Engine so it has a lot of power and can fly when I want to.

What you bought was my next pick. You should get 35 MPG; plus it's solid and plenty of room.

I think you mentioned a mower as well - just upgraded to a commercial level mower for a little over 4K (that's my stimulus package + part of my income tax return).

"Retirement" is out of the question - we're all just beginning to fall in love :nuts::confused::blink: :cheesy:
 
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Coopers are great in the mud too!
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Steadygain said:
What you bought was my next pick. You should get 35 MPG; plus it's solid and plenty of room.

I think you mentioned a mower as well - just upgraded to a commercial level mower for a little over 4K (that's my stimulus package + part of my income tax return).
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35 MPG with a Cobalt? That would be great. It looks just like the Chevy Cavalier...same car, different label.

We bought a new Simplicity Axion ZTR 42" for $1575. Got a great deal from local dealer who overbought his inventory. Cuts mowing time on 2.5 acres in half, and that's at medium speed. I love the pushbutton infinite deck adjustments, no more fighting with stupid levers and notches to raise and lower blades or adjust blade height. Can't wait to try it at top speed once I really get the hang of it. VROOM! :D
 
Gaetaone said:
Open discussions are so much fun.... I've not made up my mind yet. I've always looked at who the person plans on bringing into office with their candicacy. This will determine what can be accompliched, how much damage can be done or undone. Any thoughts on who's waiting in the wings to sit next to the thrne would be greatly appreciated.

John
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John,
Last night I gave this question some serious reflection and think I may have the answer. Hillary has demonstrated a huge support throughout the country. She has solidly stood her ground and was able to hold her own when Edwards and like 5 or 6 men all strived in unison to attack her. She comes across as strong, confident, smart, and dedicated - and very much represents a "woman's mindset" - all of which all extremely popular traits.

BUT THE MAIN POINT IS - "WHAT DOES THE US POPULATION WANT"?

Hillary has already set the stage by planting Obama as her VP.

Obama is a very smart man - he would want to do all things possible to start his reign with the greatest US Backing possible. If he picks Hillary as the VP - that would bring everyone together and the general public would all start out with hope and encouragement.

I don't consider McCain because I honestly don't believe that he or any other Rep has a chance.

So my guess is Obama will bring in Hillary and I believe they will come across as very solidly together and it will be good.

I would say the odds of Obama going to war - and Hillary cashing in on that war (with her own personal business) is next to impossible.
 
When I was growing up, pre Jimmy Carter, the Democratic Party was unhesitatingly and proudly pro-American, a party that was unafraid to make moral judgements about the world beyond our borders. It was a party that understood that either the American people stood united with free nations and freedom fighters against the forces of totalitarianism. The Democrats conducted a foreign policy that was principled, internationalist, strong and sucessful. Now the Donkey Party is about appeasement and contrition - it's up to the Republican Party to continue to support the old Democratic Party principles. John McCain has shown the courage to resist attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures - he will be unafraid to take on Iran. Mr Obama has stated he will gladly use a blanket policy of meeting personally as president, without preconditions, in his first year in office, with the leaders of the most vicious, anti-American regimes on the plant - what a silly man. If a president ever embraced our worst enemies in this way, he would strengthen them and undermine our most steadfast allies. McCain stands for a policy that is confident in America's moral responsibility in the world, and unafraid to use our military power. McCain stands for national security principles and not kowtowing to our enemies.
 
Appeasement? Making a US soldier kiss the Koran isn't appeasement?!!!

Give me a break! This administration is all about empire building and appeasing its OPEC friends. If it wasn't, we wouldn't still be in and losing TWO wars. It went into Iraq to take over the oil fields, but didn't have the balls to follow through because of "world opinion." MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! BAH! It hasn't found Bin Laden or taken out Al Queida, which was the reason we went to Afghanistan. Hasn't found any WMD's either, which was the smoke screen for invading Iraq.

The Soviets tried for 10 years to take over Afghanistan, and finally withdrew. They defaulted on their international debt, and now are laughing up their sleeves while they build up their army, resources and treasury; all while BA spends OUR national treasure in foreign countries, destroys our international credibility, runs up the biggest deficit in history, turns the most powerful country in the world into a third-world country, lets our infrastructure rot, dumbs down our schools...

As much as I admire and respect John McCain, he will give us 4 more years of the same failed military and fiscal policies. This country can't afford it. I vote POLICIES, not PARTIES, not PEOPLE. So far I haven't seen what I'm looking for. The VEEPS may make the difference. Fool me twice, shame on me. It won't happen again...I'll withhold my vote before I make the same mistake a THIRD time.
 
The Donkey Party has now developed through the 1970s and 1980s a foreign policy philosophy, that in most respects, has become the antithesis of what Democrats had stood for under Roosevelt, Truman, and Kennedy. This began to change in the 1960s around the war in Vietnam. A new view has taken root in the Donkey Party. Rather than seeing the Cold War as an idealogical contest between the free nations of the West and the repressive regimes of the communist world, this rival political philosophy saw America as the aggressor - a morally bankrupt, imperialist power whose militarism and inordinate fear of communism represented the real threat to world peace. It was John F. Kennedy, who promised in his inaugural address that the United States would pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the sucess of freedom. Far too many Donkey leaders have kowtowed to the new philosophy and that includes Barack Obama. He is for appeasement and contrition. Let him kiss Slobodan Milosevic and his campaign of ethnic slaughter - which he surely would have done. The new Donkey Party argues that the Soviets and their allies were our enemies not because they were inspired by a totalitarian ideology fundamentally hostile to our way of life, or because they nursed ambitions of global conquest. Rather, the Soviets were our enemy because we had provoked them, because we threatened them, and because we failed to sit down and accord them the respect they deserved. In other words, the Cold Was was mostly America's fault. John McCain understands something that too many Donkeys seem to have become confused about lately - the difference between America's friends and America's enemies. No people in history have ever survived, who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies - is that what you want with Obama? Give up your freedoms and be subjugated to Islam and the muslim truth.
 
Birch, say your prayers my friend - that God will give you the peace, wisdom, and understanding to deal with my response. I've got too much on my plate right now at work. Hopefully will be able to get back by the end of the day - but TRUST ME on this - almost anything you say will only make my case better.


On the bright side - F Fund is down - a good sign for you ;):)
 
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