PessOptimist
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Aaahhh. Home at last to the patio. My patio that is. What a commute today, both ways.
But first, this IS a TSP site so what about that market?
Help, I am losing thousands of dollars a day. Not every day, some days I gain a few hundred. I sometimes wonder if I should ride this sucker down but to bail now would make it a real loss. Guess I have to be hoof-hearted. But really, when is it time to try to time?
I got a nice e-mail from DFAS today and was going to share it but RMI beat me to it in the applicable forum. I liked RMIs sentiment. One more form to either keep forever or maybe be required to file with IRS. Just because DFAS says they sent a form to IRS doesn’t mean anything. Twice in the last 19 years I have had to send a paper copy of a 1099R to IRS to prove I paid taxes on retirement pay. I did like the ad about keeping forms secure by turning off paper copies. Like DFAS has never been hacked.
The morning commute actually moved along pretty good. I didn’t have to slow down until I was two miles from my exit and only had to actually stop once. Just the usual idiots jumping in and out of lanes doing 20+ mph more than traffic. I just did the usual get in my preferred lane (2[SUP]nd[/SUP] from right) and did my usual speed limit +9. (OK, maybe up to 15). This evening as I was leaving work I planned to take the interstate in spite of the usual stop and go for the first couple miles when UPRR made a decision for me. They were switching at the adjacent yard and blocking the road. They usually only block the road for 5-20 minutes at a time. Crap shoot. Plus traffic backups forever. So I took the road less travelled, aka “surface streets”. Well the main surface street has been under construction for about a year but normally moves faster than the interstate. Today was an exception and after crawling a while I got close enough to see emergency and retrieval vehicles blocking the road. So I hung a u-ey as we used to say and back track. I get to the street I came from and see traffic still backed up through the intersection. So I go south, what’s two miles added to the trip? I head west and find that stopped up. So I head south again. What’s four more miles? This street is moving but crazy with a lot of people in a hurry talking on cell phones. After about four miles they all peel off north and I enjoy a nice empty country road and looking at and smelling the dairy farms. I get to my North street and back to suburbia. Another backup. UPRR is switching out some cars on the same track I avoided earlier. Those guys have it in for me! It was probably the same train. Nothing to do but enjoy the wait. Could be worse, traffic going south was backed up over a mile. Commute time for 15 miles (19 or 20 including the detours) only about 1:15.
I haven’t counted it lately but I believe I have less than 400 workdays left.
What’s it like in your neck of the woods?
PO
But first, this IS a TSP site so what about that market?
Help, I am losing thousands of dollars a day. Not every day, some days I gain a few hundred. I sometimes wonder if I should ride this sucker down but to bail now would make it a real loss. Guess I have to be hoof-hearted. But really, when is it time to try to time?
I got a nice e-mail from DFAS today and was going to share it but RMI beat me to it in the applicable forum. I liked RMIs sentiment. One more form to either keep forever or maybe be required to file with IRS. Just because DFAS says they sent a form to IRS doesn’t mean anything. Twice in the last 19 years I have had to send a paper copy of a 1099R to IRS to prove I paid taxes on retirement pay. I did like the ad about keeping forms secure by turning off paper copies. Like DFAS has never been hacked.
The morning commute actually moved along pretty good. I didn’t have to slow down until I was two miles from my exit and only had to actually stop once. Just the usual idiots jumping in and out of lanes doing 20+ mph more than traffic. I just did the usual get in my preferred lane (2[SUP]nd[/SUP] from right) and did my usual speed limit +9. (OK, maybe up to 15). This evening as I was leaving work I planned to take the interstate in spite of the usual stop and go for the first couple miles when UPRR made a decision for me. They were switching at the adjacent yard and blocking the road. They usually only block the road for 5-20 minutes at a time. Crap shoot. Plus traffic backups forever. So I took the road less travelled, aka “surface streets”. Well the main surface street has been under construction for about a year but normally moves faster than the interstate. Today was an exception and after crawling a while I got close enough to see emergency and retrieval vehicles blocking the road. So I hung a u-ey as we used to say and back track. I get to the street I came from and see traffic still backed up through the intersection. So I go south, what’s two miles added to the trip? I head west and find that stopped up. So I head south again. What’s four more miles? This street is moving but crazy with a lot of people in a hurry talking on cell phones. After about four miles they all peel off north and I enjoy a nice empty country road and looking at and smelling the dairy farms. I get to my North street and back to suburbia. Another backup. UPRR is switching out some cars on the same track I avoided earlier. Those guys have it in for me! It was probably the same train. Nothing to do but enjoy the wait. Could be worse, traffic going south was backed up over a mile. Commute time for 15 miles (19 or 20 including the detours) only about 1:15.
I haven’t counted it lately but I believe I have less than 400 workdays left.
What’s it like in your neck of the woods?
PO
