With the low return on savings these days, you might as well bury it in the backyard.
I'm just, uh, just feeling kinda... truthsome right now. And, uh... life's just too damn short for ifs and maybes.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Zenkitty - Apr 08, 2016 10:16:44 am PDT #19252 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Liese S. - Apr 08, 2016 10:28:37 am PDT #19253 of 30003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah. I have a cowrite with a guy in Sweden who's putting his kids to bed while I'm eating lunch, and another one with a guy in South Korea, which is my Friday night and his Saturday morning. That one is so great because he's like my own personal cautionary tale. If he comes in all hungover, and I finish up with him and then go out with my band, I'm all, oh, yeah, this drink is good enough, thanks.
Steph L. - Apr 08, 2016 11:08:42 am PDT #19254 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
With the low return on savings these days, you might as well bury it in the backyard.
And with the amount of Kato poo back there, thieves would be deterred.
-t - Apr 08, 2016 11:13:12 am PDT #19255 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Kind of my reasoning when I drove across the country with my cash stashed in the snake's cage. She wasn't poisonous or anything, but I figured she was still a deterrent.
Of course, when she somehow got loose and found her way to the front seat and scared the crap out of the cats this did not seem like such a smart plan. But the money stayed secure, I suppose.
msbelle - Apr 08, 2016 11:28:06 am PDT #19256 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I moved all my savings to an investment account with a planner to get a better return. Takes a day or two to get money, but it is earning more.
Dana - Apr 08, 2016 11:34:04 am PDT #19257 of 30003
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 08, 2016 12:29:51 pm PDT #19258 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yeah, I'm not counting on much compounding of savings from my 20th of a percent annual APR. Mainly my savings account is a can't-spend-down-unmindfully-by-writing-checks account. When I have a cushion suitable for a year of unemployment (also the benchmark for a decent condo downpayment, if and when) I may just start putting any extra money into my 401k instead.
Toddson - Apr 08, 2016 12:46:26 pm PDT #19259 of 30003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I'm kind of paranoid about having some savings, just in case. I've been on my own for long enough that I've had to go through some very tight times (last year, for example, I got a "raise" that meant my take-home pay went down ... it was tight, but I got through). I realize a lot of people don't and I don't want to end up deeply in debt. Since my mother died and I realized I got pretty much nothing (in comparison to what she had and what I'd expected), it's all my responsibility.
Laura - Apr 08, 2016 12:49:33 pm PDT #19260 of 30003
Our wings are not tired.
I'm not a saver because I still have debt. If I have extra $ it goes toward getting me debt free before I retire.
Connie Neil - Apr 08, 2016 1:29:30 pm PDT #19261 of 30003
brillig
I've got two months' income in easily accessible savings, and a decent 401K. Beyond that? Well, life's an adventure, they say.