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On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 12:26:55 -0400, HarryKrause wrote:
John H. wrote: On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 08:38:22 -0400, HarryKrause wrote: John H. wrote: On 15 Jul 2005 23:05:34 -0700, " wrote: Riddled with FAS wrote: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine...0/b3944094.htm You bet! Figure out how to extract ever more while paying ever less. Good news, for some, indeed. Hope this doesn't affect Harry's retirement plan! " His side has equally divisive ways to strike back. The Carpenters union could yank some $500 million it has invested in ULLICO Inc., a labor-owned insurance company." The Carpenters do not have $500 million invested in Ullico. The union might have that much invested in a fund or funds managed by Ullico. The ups and downs of Ullico have nothing to do with me. I ended my consulting arrangement with that corporation more than a year ago. My "retirement," when I decide to take it, is funded by real property holdings in Virginia, Connecticut, and Florida, some of which throw off income; some relatively small holdings in publicly traded shares, and an IRA I've been tossing cash into for what seems like forever. You should consider fishing charters out of Solomons on that 36 footer! $650 a day, five days a week, about 32 weeks a year...hell, that's decent money! No, it isn't. Well, if I were sitting on a couple million dollars worth of MS shares, I probably wouldn't think so either. But from a substitute teacher's perspective, $650 a day is decent change for doing what I enjoy. Doesn't that boat have a wireless modem that would allow you to stay online while you were out raking in the fish? -- John H. On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD |
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Harry has told use he has used a wireless modem since 1997. He is a true
innovator. "John H." wrote in message ... On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 12:26:55 -0400, HarryKrause wrote: John H. wrote: On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 08:38:22 -0400, HarryKrause wrote: John H. wrote: On 15 Jul 2005 23:05:34 -0700, " wrote: Riddled with FAS wrote: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine...0/b3944094.htm You bet! Figure out how to extract ever more while paying ever less. Good news, for some, indeed. Hope this doesn't affect Harry's retirement plan! " His side has equally divisive ways to strike back. The Carpenters union could yank some $500 million it has invested in ULLICO Inc., a labor-owned insurance company." The Carpenters do not have $500 million invested in Ullico. The union might have that much invested in a fund or funds managed by Ullico. The ups and downs of Ullico have nothing to do with me. I ended my consulting arrangement with that corporation more than a year ago. My "retirement," when I decide to take it, is funded by real property holdings in Virginia, Connecticut, and Florida, some of which throw off income; some relatively small holdings in publicly traded shares, and an IRA I've been tossing cash into for what seems like forever. You should consider fishing charters out of Solomons on that 36 footer! $650 a day, five days a week, about 32 weeks a year...hell, that's decent money! No, it isn't. Well, if I were sitting on a couple million dollars worth of MS shares, I probably wouldn't think so either. But from a substitute teacher's perspective, $650 a day is decent change for doing what I enjoy. Doesn't that boat have a wireless modem that would allow you to stay online while you were out raking in the fish? -- John H. On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD |
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