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We had snow last night, the icy kind. It's still below freezing at 3200'. This is southern Arizona outside Tucson. We aren't used to this, and too many pipes are exposed.
Did you have any problems filing on line. Is there anything to look out for? I plan to file next week
It was a complete breeze!
Here's what they ask ...
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A Remarks Box where you can write a message if you need to
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All sorts of drop-down menus ...it took me between 5 and 10 minutes to finish.
And they email you immediately, telling you can check status after 5 business days.
I don't use emoticons, or hardly ever - I am old school in that respect. But there is a new thread about funding retirement if there is no pension involved. The OP specified (bolded and underlined) "if you don't have pensions". I was wondering how long it would take someone with a pension to chime in: The answer: post #4. All the poster said (basically) is: Well, we have pensions. Duh!!? I didn't comment in the thread, but if I had I would have searched for that emoticon. It's quite incredible how many people (that poster not being alone by any means) are so eager to talk about themselves that they seize every opportunity to do so regardless of how meaningless it is. Wow, they have pensions so they don't need to withdraw anything or live off of dividends. Imagine that!! My pulse raced from the excitement. (Emoticon here striking its head in disbelief).
Disclaimer: I admit that I am occasionally guilty of making off-topic posts, but for some reason the example above struck me as taking the cake.
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Originally Posted by newenglandgirl
Happens all the time. I just now posted a reply and could not resist the emoticon, but at least I didn't use the smash-head one.
Yes, but you both missed the bigger problem with the responses in that thread....and you wouldn't have had to wait until post #4 to find it.
The OP specifically stated that he posed his question here rather than in personal finance because he wanted to hear from retirees whether they use dividends & interest to pay their living expenses or whether they draw a specified percentage from their overall portfolio. The very first response was from a non-retiree who began a philosophical discussion on which was better. (The exact type of discussion that would occur in the personal finance forum and the exact reason that he didn't post it there.) The second response in the thread continued this philosophical discussion and the thread then took off in that direction. The whole raison d'etre for the thread being in the Retirement forum was thus lost.
The OP specifically stated that he posed his question here rather than in personal finance because he wanted to hear from retirees whether they use dividends & interest to pay their living expenses or whether they draw a specified percentage from their overall portfolio. The very first response was from a non-retiree who began a philosophical discussion on which was better. (The exact type of discussion that would occur in the personal finance forum and the exact reason that he didn't post it there.) The second response in the thread continued this philosophical discussion and the thread then took off in that direction. The whole raison d'etre for the thread being in the Retirement forum was thus lost.
The Retirement Forum can be a repository for wayward, confused souls. Problaby how I ended up in it.
We had snow last night, the icy kind. It's still below freezing at 3200'. This is southern Arizona outside Tucson. We aren't used to this, and too many pipes are exposed.
My granddaughter and her family live at Marana. The kids were is heaven with what snow they got. I live a couple hundred miles north of you guys and the lowest temps we've had was about 13 degrees. Yep, my pipes froze! Still a LOT of snow around but the streets are good, if not dry, and the snow is really starting to get that 'dirty' look. I'll be glad when it warms up a tad.
The Retirement Forum can be a repository for wayward, confused souls. Problaby how I ended up in it.
DANG! Ya figured me out.
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Originally Posted by AZDesertBrat
My granddaughter and her family live at Marana. The kids were is heaven with what snow they got. I live a couple hundred miles north of you guys and the lowest temps we've had was about 13 degrees. Yep, my pipes froze! Still a LOT of snow around but the streets are good, if not dry, and the snow is really starting to get that 'dirty' look. I'll be glad when it warms up a tad.
I feel cheated. The only snow we've had thus far is an hour's worth a week or so ago and it was pitiful. Nighttime temps have gotten down to the very low 20s on occasion and are slated for a few nights in the low to mid-teens next week. No excitement at all.
What's the use of moving back to the land of four seasons in retirement if you can't have some honest snow? Might as well just hibernate. No sunbelt seekers here.
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