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   Zsuzsy Beeposted 15 years ago

   Retirement Plan…   
        If you had purchased $1000.00 of Nortel
        stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00.
   
         With Enron, you would have $16.50 left of the original
     $1000.
   
       With WorldCom, you would have less than $5.00 left.
   
        If you had purchased $1000.00 of Delta Air Lines
        stock you would  have $49.00 left.
   
         If you had purchased United Airlines, you would
        have nothing left.
    
       But, if you had purchased $1000.00 worth of beer one
     year ago, drank all the beer,
        then turned in the cans for recycling, you would have
     $214.00.
   
         Based on the above, the best current investment advice
     is to drink heavily and recycle.
   
   
        This is called the 401-Keg Plan
   
   
   This is possibly the best e-mail advice I've received over the past few days...

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      B.T. Evilpantsposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Just a quick note, Zsuzsy, Jackalope Enterprises LLC is booming. Had you had the forethought to buy $1000 worth of shares, you would be a millionaire, today. We seem to thrive on carnage. Go figure.

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         Zsuzsy Beeposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         B.T. Unfortunately no, I always miss the good ones and invest in the wrong stuff... I've got to check to see if I can scrape up enough from the bottom of the barrel. zs

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      Jerrico Usherposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      nice!

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      Shadesbreathposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Way, way, wayyy ahead of you on this one.  But, you did sum it up nicely.

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         Christoph Reillyposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Damn! I forgot to save the cans!

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            Shadesbreathposted 15 years agoin reply to this

            It's never to late to start saving and investing.  Perhaps you just start contributing to your 401-Keg plan really, really agressively for a time to catch it up to where it should be.  In fact, being the giving kind of person that I am; I will match your efforts on a 1 to 1 basis - at least on the consumption side.

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               Zsuzsy Beeposted 15 years agoin reply to this

               Shadesbreath! I'm so proud of you... such a selfless act on your part is just totally beyond the call of duty... It does the heart really good to see such deep down goodness. Taking you as a ro;e model I think I will go grab a Heineke right now. Cheers

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                  Shadesbreathposted 15 years agoin reply to this

                  Giving is what I do, Zsuzsy.  I'm just that kind of person.  And /cheers

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   guidebabaposted 15 years ago

   I was planning to jump into Shares and Mutual Fund Business to make some quick money. Thankfully I was Lazy. My Money seems safe in the Bank at the moment.

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   Bob Ewingposted 15 years ago

   If I'm gonna gamble I'll play poker but seriously I do like money just never seem to have enough but then what is enough?

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      Zsuzsy Beeposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      I see where your going with that Bob. The stock market, more then ever, is like gambling. That is probably why I think the 401-Keg plan seems just so-so-so right. zs

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   Mark Knowlesposted 15 years ago

   See? I already knew this and have been studiously investing for the last 30 years.

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      Zsuzsy Beeposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Mark! How are you? I often need to be plowed in between the eyes to see the light. So from now on it will be the 401-Keg solution for me.zs

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   compu-smartposted 15 years ago

   Brilliant! i love it LOL

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   WHoArtNowposted 15 years ago

   Lol, brilliant! I bought £1000 worth of shares in HBOSS 3 years ago, at one point could have got over £4000 for them, but now there only worth £231, oh well, they'll go back up in a few years, so point in selling them!

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