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"Double-A" wrote in message
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Every journey has a beginning.
The fact that there are bumps on the road
doesn't mean you shouldn't travel.

You have a slave's mentality.


*Some roads lead to nowhere.


The destination matters not. It's the journey
that defines someone.



*From where I sit, they look like the
*slaves, doing other people's bidding all day long, and for what?



Pride. Self respect. The knowledge that you can
overcome all odds and succeed.

Something like that.




*Double-A

*"Tune in, turn on, drop out." - Timothy Leary






"Ask not, what your country can do for you......." -JFK

40F here in the valley at 11:00 AM PST. Low 35F. Expected high 52F.
Partly cloudy but the sun is out. Not raining. Calm. Humidity 98%.
Where is the Florida weatherman? Bought 6 Hormel microwavable entrees
yesterday for $1 each, regularly $3.29. Shared 3 with Kim last night
who heated them up at the local Chevron store. This morning I bought
her a Kaiser roll with cheese and jalapeno peppers on top. Beautiful
day for January.

Double-A

"Double-A" wrote in message
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40F here in the valley at 11:00 AM PST. Low 35F. Expected high 52F.
Partly cloudy but the sun is out. Not raining. Calm. Humidity 98%.
Where is the Florida weatherman? Bought 6 Hormel microwavable entrees
yesterday for $1 each, regularly $3.29. Shared 3 with Kim last night
who heated them up at the local Chevron store. This morning I bought
her a Kaiser roll with cheese and jalapeno peppers on top. Beautiful
day for January.



Sounds like your life consists of just whiling away the
hours of quiet desperation until you die.

It's the mentality of a quitter.

On Jan 26, 12:13*pm, "HVAC" wrote:
"Double-A" wrote in message

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40F here in the valley at 11:00 AM PST. *Low 35F. *Expected high 52F.
Partly cloudy but the sun is out. *Not raining. *Calm. *Humidity 98%.
Where is the Florida weatherman? *Bought 6 Hormel microwavable entrees
yesterday for $1 each, regularly $3.29. *Shared 3 with Kim last night
who heated them up at the local Chevron store. *This morning I bought
her a Kaiser roll with cheese and jalapeno peppers on top. *Beautiful
day for January.

Sounds like your life consists of just whiling away the
hours of quiet desperation until you die.

It's the mentality of a quitter.


In less than a year I will be able to collect Social Security. How am
I behaving differently than any other retiree? Any different than
you?

Double-A

41F at 11:00 AM PST here in land of the Fighting Ducks! But it feels
much warmer with the sun out with its warming rays. Low 36F.
Expected high 52F. No rain. No wind. Humidity 93%. A glorious day
for January! The voters in Oregon have just passed an income tax
increase to "soak the rich" and corporations here. The top bracket
percentage will increase above the current 10% (already extremely
high compared to other states) for those making over $250,000 per
year. Keep in mind that a quarter Mil is not what it used to be.
Hard to keep the Rolls polished and the furniture at the mansion
dusted every day on that! Couldn't find in the newspaper article
exactly bow much the top bracket will be. I guess the reporters they
have left at the Oregonian aren't literate enough to actually read the
bill to find the pertinent details. The corporate minimum tax has
been increased from the current $10. Again, the newspaper was unable
to come up with what the new minimum will be. But this means that the
state will be able to tax all those corporations that are currently
losing their asses in this depressionary economy! The schools will be
saved! To bad there won't me any jobs in Oregon when the students
graduate! The rich already avoid living in Oregon because of the high
state income tax here. All you have to do is move across the river to
Washington state where is no state income tax at all! Property taxes
are lower there too. And then they drive across the bridge to the big
shopping mall right over on the Oregon side of the river to shop where
they pay no sales tax! And here you thought only the poor worked the
system! The paper stated that this was the first state income tax
hike since the 1930s. I guess their reporters are too young to
remember the income tax "surcharge" imposed on us top bracket payers
back in the 1980s. It raised the actual marginal rate to about 11%.
That is one of the reasons I could not quite save enough money to tide
me over from the time I finally "burned out" until the time I could
start drawing Social Security. (I tried because I could feel the day
coming.) That and a spendthrift wife!

Double-A

On Jan 27, 2:38*pm, Double-A wrote:
41F at 11:00 AM PST here in land of the Fighting Ducks! *But it feels
much warmer with the sun out with its warming rays. *Low 36F.
Expected high 52F. *No rain. *No wind. *Humidity 93%. *A glorious day
for January! *The voters in Oregon have just passed an income tax
increase to "soak the rich" *and corporations here. *The top bracket
percentage will increase above the current 10% *(already extremely
high compared to other states) for those making over $250,000 per
year. *Keep in mind that a quarter Mil is not what it used to be.
Hard to keep the Rolls polished and the furniture at the mansion
dusted every day on that! *Couldn't find in the newspaper article
exactly bow much the top bracket will be. *I guess the reporters they
have left at the Oregonian aren't literate enough to actually read the
bill to find the pertinent details. *The corporate minimum tax has
been increased from the current $10. *Again, the newspaper was unable
to come up with what the new minimum will be. *But this means that the
state will be able to tax all those corporations that are currently
losing their asses in this depressionary economy! *The schools will be
saved! *To bad there won't me any jobs in Oregon when the students
graduate! *The rich already avoid living in Oregon because of the high
state income tax here. *All you have to do is move across the river to
Washington state where is no state income tax at all! *Property taxes
are lower there too. *And then they drive across the bridge to the big
shopping mall right over on the Oregon side of the river to shop where
they pay no sales tax! *And here you thought only the poor worked the
system! *The paper stated that this was the first state income tax
hike since the 1930s. *I guess their reporters are too young to
remember the income tax "surcharge" imposed on us top bracket payers
back in the 1980s. *It raised the actual marginal rate to about 11%.
That is one of the reasons I could not quite save enough money to tide
me over from the time I finally "burned out" until the time I could
start drawing Social Security. *(I tried because I could feel the day
coming.) *That and a spendthrift wife!

Double-A

Double A When will your SS kick in I waited till 65,but you could
start collecting at 62. Do you get $606 per month now? Did you go for
gov. housing? As taxes go up for the well off they will vote for the
death list,and its Tang time TreBert G=EMC^2

On Jan 27, 2:44*pm, Saul Levy wrote:
El CRAPO**** would say you DON'T DESERVE SS, DA!

Saul Levy


30 years of paying in wasn't enough? In some of those I paid the
maximum amount! I thought the requirement was 40 quarters.

Double-A


On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:45:42 -0800 (PST), Double-A



wrote:
On Jan 26, 12:13*pm, "HVAC" wrote:
"Double-A" wrote in message

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40F here in the valley at 11:00 AM PST. *Low 35F. *Expected high 52F.
Partly cloudy but the sun is out. *Not raining. *Calm. *Humidity 98%.
Where is the Florida weatherman? *Bought 6 Hormel microwavable entrees
yesterday for $1 each, regularly $3.29. *Shared 3 with Kim last night
who heated them up at the local Chevron store. *This morning I bought
her a Kaiser roll with cheese and jalapeno peppers on top. *Beautiful
day for January.

Sounds like your life consists of just whiling away the
hours of quiet desperation until you die.

It's the mentality of a quitter.

In less than a year I will be able to collect Social Security. *How am
I behaving differently than any other retiree? *Any different than
you?

Double-A

On Jan 27, 2:57*pm, bert wrote:
On Jan 27, 2:38*pm, Double-A wrote:





41F at 11:00 AM PST here in land of the Fighting Ducks! *But it feels
much warmer with the sun out with its warming rays. *Low 36F.
Expected high 52F. *No rain. *No wind. *Humidity 93%. *A glorious day
for January! *The voters in Oregon have just passed an income tax
increase to "soak the rich" *and corporations here. *The top bracket
percentage will increase above the current 10% *(already extremely
high compared to other states) for those making over $250,000 per
year. *Keep in mind that a quarter Mil is not what it used to be.
Hard to keep the Rolls polished and the furniture at the mansion
dusted every day on that! *Couldn't find in the newspaper article
exactly bow much the top bracket will be. *I guess the reporters they
have left at the Oregonian aren't literate enough to actually read the
bill to find the pertinent details. *The corporate minimum tax has
been increased from the current $10. *Again, the newspaper was unable
to come up with what the new minimum will be. *But this means that the
state will be able to tax all those corporations that are currently
losing their asses in this depressionary economy! *The schools will be
saved! *To bad there won't me any jobs in Oregon when the students
graduate! *The rich already avoid living in Oregon because of the high
state income tax here. *All you have to do is move across the river to
Washington state where is no state income tax at all! *Property taxes
are lower there too. *And then they drive across the bridge to the big
shopping mall right over on the Oregon side of the river to shop where
they pay no sales tax! *And here you thought only the poor worked the
system! *The paper stated that this was the first state income tax
hike since the 1930s. *I guess their reporters are too young to
remember the income tax "surcharge" imposed on us top bracket payers
back in the 1980s. *It raised the actual marginal rate to about 11%.
That is one of the reasons I could not quite save enough money to tide
me over from the time I finally "burned out" until the time I could
start drawing Social Security. *(I tried because I could feel the day
coming.) *That and a spendthrift wife!

Double-A

Double A When will your SS kick in *I waited till 65,but you could
start collecting at 62. *


Yep. Next December.


Do you get $606 per month now?

I think I would get something like that come December.


Did you go for
gov. housing?


May application's in the hopper. But to get immediate government
subsidized housing, I would have to have a documentable income. That
could be SS, welfare (if I were eligible), wages from a job, or from
another source such as dividends, rents, royalties, producing oil
fields I might own, etc.


As taxes go up for the well off they will vote for the
death list,and its Tang time * *TreBert G=EMC^2


We already have a "Death with Dignity" law her in Oregon that allows
doctors to write the fatal prescriptions. It only takes one more
legal step to introduce euthanasia (compulsory death with dignity).
Jack Kevorkian is out of jail! Perhaps we can bring him in to head up
our new Death with Dignity Enforcement Division!

Double-A


I'm ONE quarter short of the the 40 I need* to get
“Retirement Insurance Benefits� ( Social Security checks ).

[ *: the “fully insured status� requirement is explained he
https://s044a90.ssa.gov/apps10/poms....x/0300301105#b ]

If I lived to 62 ( I'm 50 now ) and I wan't disabled,
I'd have a reason to pay in one more quarter, obviously.

On Jan 28, 4:20*am, wrote:
I'm ONE quarter short of the the 40 I need* to get
“Retirement Insurance Benefits” ( Social Security checks ).

[ *: the “fully insured status” requirement is explained he
* * *https://s044a90.ssa.gov/apps10/poms..../0300301105#b]

If I lived to 62 ( I'm 50 now ) and I wan't disabled,
I'd have a reason to pay in one more quarter, obviously.


Well, declare your income for one quarter and pay your tax! Self-
employment counts, and you get to pay in twice as much! You might
still be in the zero income tax bracket.

Double-A