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#71694 - 07/04/05 06:08 PM
Re: Boomers and our future, moulah wise
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Registered: 12/21/04
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Ha, Chatty! Ha,ha,! Mine was too expensive to insure - too many bad habits! All I want from him now is 'away'! That's payment enough. Imagine the nerve of the jerk; threatening to sue me for alimony! HA! Here's 50 cents bub, call somebody who cares!
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#71695 - 07/10/05 07:24 AM
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Registered: 01/01/04
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Loc: Tazewell County, VA, USA
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Okay...this older man comes into the club and on his arm is this bootiful young thang. Old man's friends are all ga-ga and when young thang goes to the bathroom, all the buds want to know what's with the young chickie girlfriend.
"Hey, show a little respect; that's no girlfriend, that's my wife!" says older feller.
Everyone is aghast and wants to know how old feller got young thang to marry him. "Well," says he, "it was easy. I lied to her."
"WHAT????" say all the friends. "Did you tell her you were 70????"
"Nope," says he. "I told her I was 90."
Okay Boomer Sibs...now go do this in reverse.
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#71697 - 07/17/05 08:52 AM
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Registered: 11/11/04
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Yes, Chatty, I would still write. I don't do it for the money anyway. I haven't even broken even with investment costs. There are social problems I want to address. I would spend more time on watercolor painting, which means more lessons. I would get a horse or two. I would want to live between the mountains and the ocean, such as on the Oregon coast. I would read read read without feeling I "should" be doing something else. I'd have a housecleaner weekly, thereby employing someone else who needed an income. I would have a massage 2-3 times a week. If I had enough money I would sponsor a college education for someone. I don't make a living from writing, but I live off my husband, which is a precarious position. I wish I did not have to worry about my future. I can't get long term care insurance because I had cancer. So I'm hoping someone (was that you?) who said they would open an artist's colony for boomer chicks come through in time. We could live commune style, and I would contribute with my special talent for baking. Love and Light, Lynn
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#71699 - 07/20/05 01:07 AM
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Registered: 12/14/04
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quote: If you suddenly came into a small fortune, enough for your familys safety forever and ever and enough to help others and still have a fortune left would you still write???
Of course, this would give you a peace of mind, eliminating the worry of making any money in order to pay your bills, therefore; freeing your mind with unlimited creativity. IMHO
Cathi
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#71700 - 07/29/05 02:28 AM
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Registered: 07/16/05
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My story: Divorced dead beat husband with terrible money ideas. I came out okay, but still owe some money. I got myself seperated from his income tax some four years before divorcing, Thank God. It was a mess and I surely would have been stung by it. I suggest wives taking an interest in what hubby is doing with the taxes. I started an investment program two years before divorcing, I still have it and it is growing now. I work at a day job, but last year started my own business on the side so I will have something to retire to that I will enjoy. I will retire just as soon as I can, I can't wait! So life is good ladies, I am looking ahead and making plans. Please don't think you don't have to. Life changes and then there you are with no plan B. Oh yeah, and he was five years younger. Maybe next time I will go for ten years younger. Ha! Renegade
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#71701 - 07/29/05 05:56 AM
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Registered: 11/11/04
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Hi friends, here's my question. I am 51 with a bachelor's in social work. That means I get to work as a case manager with too many cases and too little pay. I can go back to college to get a master's in social work, which will permit me to be a clinical social worker, ie. mental health specialist. The program costs lots of money. It doesn't even start until I'm 52. So, 1 year at school, 2 years getting licensed. I'll be 54. Is it worth investing the money in education now for only 10-12 years of work? I believe that no education is a waste. At the same time, my preferred method of making a living would be through art and writing. But I haven't broke even on the investment for my book. I live off my husband and he subsidizes my work. In other words, it's his money that puts gas in the car so I can volunteer. It's his paycheck that gives me the freedom to do presentations for free to agencies that don't have a speaker's budget. What to do, what to do, wish I knew. LLL
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#71702 - 07/29/05 07:47 AM
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Registered: 09/26/04
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Loc: Alabama
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Lynn, Weighing the pros and cons almost makes a balance here.
If you left out the what if's, what do you see as your ultimate choice?
You certainly have the drive and energy, do you have the desire as a passion?
If your preferred method of living is through art and writing, lets start a brainstorming session. Maybe all our heads together can hit on something or conjure up an idea that will work for you.
"It only takes ONE idea to spin a change that hasn't come yet" (Hey, I just thought that up, lol)
Let me stir up some braindust and start i.e., How can you get some paid presentations....is there a 'workshop" you could create for (medical,police,???) personnell that need to know more about DV and your book?
Can you access funding to help get this pilot project off the ground?
I am sorry I focused more on this and not college(I believe in Education too at any age) but I like the idea of confronting violence against women. Wished we lived closer, we'd be a team...and find a way. Good Luck girlfriend, I am here to help in any way I can. There has to be a way to do what you're doing and make a living too. Nothing is impossible, we just don't know how to do it yet.(I didn't make that one up, but I believe it)
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL++++++++ chick
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#71703 - 07/29/05 07:49 AM
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renegade, I enjoyed your post. 10 years younger...ya think What is your side business? chick [ July 29, 2005, 12:50 AM: Message edited by: chickadee ]
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