Category: work and money

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What to do

Since so many people are concerned about the economy these days, it’s hard to know what to do with your money. I was wondering what steps I could take in order to ensure that my investments were safe. I started looking into gold as a way to diversify and grow the money I have. I started looking for information on how to put gold in an IRA. I was glad when I found a site called goldcoinsgain.com that had the lowdown on 401k gold.

I was surprised to find that gold is one of the best investments you can have. Its value always seems to go up in uncertain times. When bad things happen, it goes up even more. Since the economy is bad, gold is good. I decided that I needed to find out how to put gold in my IRA. It turns out that I can simply do what’s called a gold IRA transfer that is easy to do.

I always try to ensure that my family will be provided for in case anything happens to me. By building an economic plan based on a gold 401k, I feel certain that I am on a solid financial footing. It’s also good to know that I am making a wise decision by placing my money in a material that has timeless value.

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Weighing your options

There are many things I do around our office. One thing I have to take care of from time to time is setting up new websites. Whether it is for work or as a favor for one of my employees, I have set up many sites. One of the best tools I have used for this is a site called webhostinggeeks.com. The site provides many features and the one I use most is the comparison feature.

What the site basically does is allow you to compare the various web site hosting services that are out there. There are many of these services and it can be difficult to select the right one for you. Depending on how you will use your site and what it is for, there are many options. There is no sense in paying more than you need to for a service that you may never use. I have found this site to be reliable and intelligent.

Whenever I have a technical question, I go to the people in my office with experience in the field. That’s why I like this site as they have the knowledge it takes to be successful. They review each site and make it easy to compare them. This way, I can select the best option for the site I want to build. Anyone who is thinking about building a site should check out this service. You may save your self a lot of time and trouble.

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Grandfather still working

My grandfather is 69 years old but still works every day. He is a lawyer so it’s not like he has a physically demanding job but it sure is a mentally demanding job, that’s for sure. He plans on working another couple years before he retires. I’m not sure why because it’s not like they really need the money. I just think it’s because he really enjoys what he does.

He prefers Made to Measure over off the rack suits because they fit so much better. There’s nothing like having to wear a suit and it not fitting right. Grandpa always goes online before he makes his appointment to pick out the material he wants. He has the most beautiful white hair you have ever seen and looks ‘dashing’ in a navy blue pinstriped suit. He has plenty of heavier suits and is looking for one that isn’t too heavy or too light either. I don’t know enough about suit material to know what each type is like he does.

I’m pretty sure he’ll get a double breasted suit with a vest because they look so good on him. The best part about where he gets his suits from is the way they measure their customers. They measure everything to make sure the suit you buy fits you like you want. They’ve been in business making suits for over 40 years so you are getting a quality suit. Grandpa made his appointment right on their web site and will have his suit before you know it.

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Got some new vitamins

I am a wrestler and because of that, I try to use only natural products.  I don’t want to put chemicals into my body that might slow me down or make my mind sluggish, you know.  Well I found a great web site that has nothing but pure 100% natural vitamins and supplements.  Yeah you might pay a little more but what you get is worth it.

A lot of the vitamins you buy at the grocery store or drug store isn’t even absorbed into your body.  These are and that’s one of the things that I like.  Why pay less and get a lot less, ya know.  I have to stay healthy so when wrestling season kicks back up, I’m still strong and ready to pin them all.

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Had a great Friday night at work

Man I raked it in last night at work.  There was some sort of party at work and I was the one that got them.  There were about 20 people and that’s a job trying to keep that many people happy but they ended up leaving me a tip of $100.  I almost fell out when they told me they left that big of a tip on their credit card for me.  Talk about coming in handy, it’s time to pay my car insurance too.

I have checked out some of the other insurance companies around to see if I could get better rates and service but I decided to stick with Nationwide.  They will put back the real parts on my car when something happens instead of getting a junk part and putting that on or getting the knock off parts that just don’t fit as good as the real parts do.  Plus their rates are very reasonable too, even with the accident that I claimed was my fault.

I think my agent figured out what I did because he sort of hinted that he just can’t see how I didn’t see her and it should have been her fault.  That’s okay because I helped out someone that needed it.  She had enough on her plate without that too.  My plate isn’t half as full as hers.

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What was he thinking?

One of my buddies from high school moved to California with some other guys from school.  They moved to Los Angeles.  They had saved up a pretty good amount of money to be able to get an apartment, travel expenses and either have stuff sent to them from home or buy new furniture, well used furniture or what ever they could afford.

I thought they were all doing great from the emails I was getting from them.  They all found a job within a week or so, found an apartment in two days of arriving there and decided to just get some cheap used furniture instead of the cost of shipping their stuff to them.  So on the outside, everything looked fine.  But you can’t always go by what it looks like on the outside, now can you?

Gary, it seems, has started partying pretty heavy and ended up getting a DUI of all the darn things.  I would rather he get that than to end up in an accident and hurting himself or worse yet, someone else.  He told me he got one of the lawyers in a law firm that’s in the top 7% and was started by all former prosecutors.  Sounds like he’s got a good lawyer and maybe can get something worked out.  I just hope he learned his lesson.

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Finally got my car fixed

Well I finally got my car back.  No my parents weren’t mad at me for what I did.  They said that was my choice since I pay for my own insurance.  They were proud of the fact that I chose to help a young mother instead of only looking out for myself.  My insurance agent told me that they fixed her car too.  That’s one of the things that has kept my family with Nationwide Insurance.  They get to know you and seem to really care.  You get personal attention I guess is what I mean.

Anyway, the lady that hit me came by my work one evening and thanked me again.  She asked if there was anything she could do for me to pay me back like cook me a home cooked meal.  I just told her to drive safely, take care of her kid and help someone else out in some way when she has the chance.  That’s the way I was taught, when someone does something for you and asks nothing of you then you are to pass it along by returning the favor for someone else.

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My car!!!!

I was leaving campus to go to work and some idiot ran a red light and hit me right in the rear fender.  I was so mad that I had to sit in my car and count to about 50 I think it was.  I wanted to get out and rip him a new one for being so stupid but then I saw it was a young mother and she was coming up to me with a baby in her arms to see if I was okay.  I think I scared her when I didn’t hop right out.

I felt so sorry for her because she was crying her eyes out and kept asking me if I was okay and if I was sure I was okay.  She said that her baby had been crying and crying and she was headed to her mothers.  She had taken her eyes off of the road to glance back at the baby and see if she could soothe him and that must be when the light changed.  Her car wasn’t much and I bet she was struggling just to make ends meet.  I felt like a dog for pulling out without looking better myself.

I told her that I would tell the cops that I pulled out to make a right turn and didn’t see her and it would be my fault then and not hers.  I figured I could afford the raise in insurance better than she could.  Besides, that way, my insurance company would fix her car too.  I didn’t know if she had enough insurance to fix her car or if she had a high deductible so she could afford insurance at all.

Yeah, Yeah, that was my good deed for the day.  Now to explain it to my parents.  They won’t be mad though because we have Nationwide insurance and they’re really easy to deal with on things like this.  I had to help her out.  If that had been my mother when I was a baby, I would like to think that there was someone out there that would have done the same thing for her.  Besides, we’re supposed to help each other.

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Back at school

Well I’m back at school and have to work tonight too.  I work as a waiter at TGI Fridays.  I make decent tips there and it’s a good thing too because they sure don’t pay waitstaff much at all.  Besides, I have things I have to pay for like car insurance.  I went online and found a great deal on car insurance and no they don’t have a lizard for their mascot either. 😉

It’s almost amazing what you can find on the Internet if you just keep looking.  I got my new laptop from Dell.com.  It’s a refurbished one but it’s great.  I didn’t have to pay but about 2/3rds of what I would have paid if I had bought a brand new one.  Hey, if I can save a dollar here and there, then I’ve got some to spend on fun.  You know what I’m saying?  I can’t expect my parents to pay for everything like some of the kids up here do.

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Welcome, Welcome 2009!!

Boy does this year bring hope and promises.  We have a historic new president that will take on all sorts of problems that I sure wouldn’t want to try and fix.  The economy is a mess.  We have soldiers fighting two wars that need to be brought home from one of them for sure.

Everyone is afraid of losing their jobs or their unemployment if they have already lost their job and no one really knows what to expect of this new year.  It has to be better than the last one or at least I sure hope it is.  There are so many people that have lost over half their investments that were their life’s savings so they could retire comfortably.  Now they’re having to rethink their retirements.  Some people that were already retired are having to try and find a job too.  What a shame.

Jobs are scarce around here.  The housing market is in a mess, banking is in a mess and yet, there is HOPE.  That’s the main thing we all have is HOPE so that’s what we hang on to and pray for a better year.  I sure hope you have HOPE for this new year like I do.  HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!!!!