StockGoddess

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StockGoddess replied to the Buying and Maintaining a Car board. 6:58 PM

Re: Craig's List

I recently did the Craigslist search, as well as a few "park and sell" lots in my home town. I, too, have a teen. Two, in fact.

Ultimately I was frustrated by the quality of autos (and prices) at both.

I lucked out when a [more]

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StockGoddess replied to the Retired Fools board. 4:14 PM

Re: Poll: Poll 2.0

Studies show the #1 indicator of how financially well-off a child will be is....his father's income. Second is both parents' education level.

Yep, America isn't quite as financially mobile as they'd have you believe. Being born on third base [more]

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StockGoddess replied to the Retire Early Liberal Edition board. 1:59 PM

Re: VT Poised to Allow Lethal Meds for Terminal Ill

From my "medical ethics" class twenty years ago I remember there are several types of euthanasia.

Active and passive (Lethal action vs. letting 'nature' take it's course, which can include stopping a feeding tube and can actually [more]

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StockGoddess replied to the ROTJob's Cubicle board. 1:13 PM

Re: Restroom etiquette problem

Geez, just make guys restrooms have stalls, too, or put little chest-high partitions up between the urinals. Such posturing. No guarantee the guy in D wouldn't have enjoyed the view anyway, who can tell....

All this whining but I'll bet not [more]

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StockGoddess posted to the ROTJob's Cubicle board. 4:28 PM

Signs it's time to fly

What have been signs in your life it's time to move on to that new job or new ...REO Speedwagon Time For Me To Fly in my mind .

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StockGoddess replied to the Political Asylum board. 12:40 PM

Re: If only she had a gun #234

How would a gun have saved her? She was hit by a stray bullet from a gun not aimed at her. Who should she have shot and when? Now if only her anger management impaired neighbor had NOT had a gun...

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StockGoddess posted to the Great Movies board. 11:31 AM

The Usual Suspects

My two kids are finally old enough to be shown this classic.

If you could have seen their faces at the end.

STILL a rockin' good movie even after all this time. IMDB's top 100 list. STILL great the second, or third, or fourth [more]

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StockGoddess posted to the Buying and Maintaining a Car board. 11:25 AM

Smelly Upolstry

I can still smell what I think is the perfume of the previous owner in the car after a month.

Febreeze? Other ideas? Park in the sun with the windows open for a week?

I remember my first car I made the mistake of buying from a [more]

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StockGoddess posted to the ROTJob's Cubicle board. 4:51 PM

Modern day hero

I wanna buy this guy a beer

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StockGoddess posted to the Political Asylum board. 9:23 AM

Three women rescued

Bizarre story unfolding this morning about three women kidnapped and held for 10 years before being rescued this morning by a neighbor who heard one screaming for help.

Here's the interview with him. He's kind of funny, and I know this will [more]

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StockGoddess replied to the ROTJob's Cubicle board. 1:26 PM

Re: Just call me Milton

"Be Here Now"

WTF does that even mean?

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StockGoddess posted to the Retire Early Liberal Edition board. 1:18 PM

The facts of life

The Sarah Palin thread got me thinking.

I sat my teens down a few years ago and explained the facts of life to them. This is how I put it:

I said "You will need to make a living. Dad and I aren't rich enough to support you for [more]

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StockGoddess replied to the Retire Early Liberal Edition board. 2:01 PM

Re: Bachelor's degrees may not be worth it

A degree in WHAT?

A degree in art history is not going to pay the same as a degree in electrical engineering, even though both take four years to earn.

And yet, any degree is better than no degree. Look at the website for government [more]

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StockGoddess replied to the Building / Maintaining a Home board. 10:00 AM

Re: Refrigerator repair

So ... I looked at parts. See a water inlet valve that goes on the back like you said, and a solenoid that is just electric and goes in the freezer. I assume you mean the former?

Kenmore cold spot model 59792990 circa January 2000

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StockGoddess replied to the Humor and Urban Legends board. 10:57 PM

Re: A smart blonde

Dolly Parton once remarked "I'm not offended by dumb blonde jokes. The first reason is that I know I'm not dumb. The second reason is that I know I'm not blonde..."

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StockGoddess replied to the Retirement Investing board. 10:53 PM

Re: investments for the non-financially literate

Any time someone wants to sell you something, it's because THEY plan to make a profit on it. Something I always keep in mind.

My elderly mother is retired real-estate with a good financial calculator. Some annuity guy tried to sell [more]

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StockGoddess replied to the Political Asylum board. 10:46 PM

Re: PA Jihadist, comments on Texas

Let's spell it out: the Sandy bill contained all kinds of pork that had nothing to do with hurricane relief.

Um....not even REMOTELY true. Even Republican Chris Christie tagged this as BS when he dissed his own party for waffling on [more]

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StockGoddess replied to the Tax Strategies board. 3:17 PM

Re: Tax Software

I need the highest end one. I have an LLC...

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StockGoddess replied to the Best Travel Spots/Tips board. 3:02 PM

Re: New cruise line perks

Did anyone see the 60 minutes on Carnival ? A US congressman is tring to get them to pay for their Several rescues by the us coast guard since the are not a us company ( offshore tax havens)

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StockGoddess posted to the Tax Strategies board. 1:29 PM

Tax Software

I thought all the TurboTax software would go on sale after the 15th.

I was going to try and duplicate what my tax person did and then be able to update next year...

Ah, well.