The funny thing is, I’m the financial person in the family yet my husband has the pension. Once in a while (every quarter), he asks ME how it’s doing! (Could be better!)
Uhoh, looks like someone didn’t diversify his portfolio!
My job gives me omers pension, my taxes go to CP, a small biweekly portion goes into an RRSP, I’ve got an investment property and some index funds, so hopefully if one takes a dump the others will come through.
My back-up plan, if all this fails, is 100 acres in the middle of nowhere with some pirhanna-filled moats, canned food and a lot of guns.
hey lew, you otta see the size of their produce up there. carrots the size of footballs, mellon-sized tomatoes, cabbage and lettuce 2 feet in diameter, etc.
highly accellerated growth. short season, tho…. ;)
Could it be that the government is planning on robbing your retirement by requiring that it be invested in treasury funds and bills? Of course they’ll provide a guaranteed income for life. Just like Social Security. Shades of the Clinton era.
GuntotingLiberal said: My back-up plan, if all this fails, is 100 acres in the middle of nowhere with some pirhanna-filled moats, canned food and a lot of guns.
What most of America does not understand is that the two major political parties are taking us down the same road, they are just doing it in different cars.
kreole over 14 years ago
Is that a splat?
Sisyphos over 14 years ago
It is a balancing act, I suppose. How are your stocks performing?
durtclaw over 14 years ago
Why, there is nothing to talk about, dear.
Colt9033 over 14 years ago
Looks like his shadow is trying to quitely slip away from having to tell his wife situationi with the retirement fund.
dutchdude04 over 14 years ago
like a thief in the night dear, our retirement is gone
Allison Nunn Premium Member over 14 years ago
At first I thought it was a “splat” then I saw the tightrope attached to him and realized it was actually his shadow. Beautifully done, Wiley!
Barbaratoo over 14 years ago
The funny thing is, I’m the financial person in the family yet my husband has the pension. Once in a while (every quarter), he asks ME how it’s doing! (Could be better!)
GuntotingLiberal over 14 years ago
Uhoh, looks like someone didn’t diversify his portfolio!
My job gives me omers pension, my taxes go to CP, a small biweekly portion goes into an RRSP, I’ve got an investment property and some index funds, so hopefully if one takes a dump the others will come through.
My back-up plan, if all this fails, is 100 acres in the middle of nowhere with some pirhanna-filled moats, canned food and a lot of guns.
lewisbower over 14 years ago
I could have diversified between growth, income, money market and bonds, but I put it all in Alaskan Pineapple cause there was no competition.
alan.gurka over 14 years ago
Reminds me of that Leon Russell song, “I’m on a tight wire.”
dfowensby over 14 years ago
hey lew, you otta see the size of their produce up there. carrots the size of footballs, mellon-sized tomatoes, cabbage and lettuce 2 feet in diameter, etc. highly accellerated growth. short season, tho…. ;)
Whatroughbeast over 14 years ago
Could it be that the government is planning on robbing your retirement by requiring that it be invested in treasury funds and bills? Of course they’ll provide a guaranteed income for life. Just like Social Security. Shades of the Clinton era.
thirdguy over 14 years ago
No beast, that was a lot more like Bush’s era,
ldyhwkd over 14 years ago
GuntotingLiberal said: My back-up plan, if all this fails, is 100 acres in the middle of nowhere with some pirhanna-filled moats, canned food and a lot of guns.
You and my hubby both…
Centaur19565 over 14 years ago
…I feel the same way, when my wife asked me that last night!
Varnes over 14 years ago
God bless pensions!
Trebor39 over 14 years ago
One of the whacks of life.
meandtoo over 14 years ago
What most of America does not understand is that the two major political parties are taking us down the same road, they are just doing it in different cars.
andronius over 14 years ago
Yeah, it’s walking the tightrope on a shoestring!
Wildmustang1262 over 14 years ago
Better catch the rope or fall off from rope… SPLAT!
bmonk over 14 years ago
I tried to diversify, but there’s only so much you can do with $3.75 in coupons clipped from today’s Advertiser and $2.78 in change.
Can't Sleep over 14 years ago
“Retirement”?
Hmm, it seems vaguely familiar - oh, yeah, it’s something my grandfather did, a long, long, time ago.
On “Cheers,” Rebecca once asked her father, a Navy captain, when he was going to retire.
“When they wrap me in a flag and slide me off the deck.”
Well, at least I have a flag…
treered over 14 years ago
see “retirement jobs” on NPR. to answer her question: “what retirement fund?”
treered over 14 years ago
if they haven’t fallen off the tightrope yet, then they’re in pretty good shape!
GuntotingLiberal over 14 years ago
@somebodyshort: - I figure if we get to the point where I start digging moats, registration is the least of the worries, aye?