Thread: Stoplight's Account Talk

Thanks for sharing. Great pictures! Congratulations to your family.

Originally Posted by burrocrat

too late. look in those eyes in the second picture. those are steel, they have seen some things, there are lessons in there. so has her great aunt's eyes as well, but that is another story and probably mostly stoplight's fault.

Burro,

An "astute" observation, from a poor photograph !!! But totally concur !!! ...the Wife and I said, after her very first visit here, while moving down to start college : "This Kid is kinda' scary...she's wise beyond her years !!!" I could tell stories to back that up, but I won't...suffice to say...those eyes ARE steel !!! This Kid knows what she wants, and knows how to get there...impressive (to me !), for a Kid !!!

I feel a little sorry for Husband James...when saying their hand-written vows at the wedding, she was totally organized, and had little index cards to read from...OTOH, he unfolded a 1 page paper, and stumbled through !!! Too funny !!! He said : "I hope you're not making a big mistake !!!" No doubt who will call the shots in THAT marriage !!! But they're perfect for each other, and that's okay with us...

RE: the Great-Aunt's eyes ??? Naw...she carries that Gordon Scottish "steel eye" thing, too...every once in a while I have to deal with it...but I (mostly) have her buffaloed with the "Norwegian Thing"...she's a cream-puff !


Stoplight...

lol.

that is exactly what she wants you to think.

Originally Posted by burrocrat

lol.

that is exactly what she wants you to think.

Damn...she's good, then !!! ...and all these years, I thought I was in the driver's seat !!!


Stoplight...

Okay...so I have been WAY BEHIND in checking my own thread, and recognizing all the comments all y'all posted ! Applied some "likes", FWIW !

Total change of subject : Having retired in 2012, and withdrew my last TSP dollar in 7/2015, I'm kinda feeling like I shouldn't be posting in my "Account Talk" thread any more, with stuff that has NOTHING to do with the TSP !!! (...but that never stopped me before !!!) ...lots of new people showing up here on the Board, and I have nothing to contribute RE: the discussion on the TSP any more...

I'm NOT going away, though... But should I start a thread in some other, more relevant (to my situation !) forum ??? Retirement and IRA Talk (posted my experiences there, already...) Investment Portfolios ? ETF Talk ?

Tom....what do ya think ???


Stoplight...

Originally Posted by Stoplight

Okay...so I have been WAY BEHIND in checking my own thread, and recognizing all the comments all y'all posted ! Applied some "likes", FWIW !

Total change of subject : Having retired in 2012, and withdrew my last TSP dollar in 7/2015, I'm kinda feeling like I shouldn't be posting in my "Account Talk" thread any more, with stuff that has NOTHING to do with the TSP !!! (...but that never stopped me before !!!) ...lots of new people showing up here on the Board, and I have nothing to contribute RE: the discussion on the TSP any more...

I'm NOT going away, though... But should I start a thread in some other, more relevant (to my situation !) forum ??? Retirement and IRA Talk (posted my experiences there, already...) Investment Portfolios ? ETF Talk ?

Tom....what do ya think ???


Stoplight...

Well, nobody said to shut the heck up, so I'll continue to post here, in my little corner of the TSPTalk world !

Latest conundrum : Having a bad year...lost my 64 year old Sister in January, after my 91 year old Mom passed in late December...last minute trips to Nebraska and Chicago... Note to self : stay away from Chicago in January !!!

Anyway, my current issue : All the bills are in, and the settlement of Ma's estate leaves me with ~ $11K...what do I do with it ? I can't put it in my IRA ; I don't need it to pay off bills (other than the last minute airfares !!! ) ; I don't want it to earn 0.25% APR in my emergency savings account... It occurred to me the other day...make a one-time payment on my mortgage principal !!! Yeah...mortgage is 3.25%, so that makes a lot of sense to me !!!

Any other ideas out there ???


Stoplight...

Stoplight!

Take that trip to Australia you've been planning! Life is too short. Go on an adventure!

I'm planning my next one to either India and Nepal, or Java, Bali and Komodo Island.

I would go exploring if I were you.

Aloha,

Kona

Sorry Stoplight, I missed your question. Yeah, go for it. You can start a thread somewhere in our http://www.tsptalk.com/mb/investment...-finance-talk/ area where we talk less about TSP and more about trading.

It seems we have more and more folks retiring and going outside the TSP for return.

If you have any questions, just let me know (PM is better than asking in a post. )

Originally Posted by Stoplight

the settlement of Ma's estate leaves me with ~ $11K...what do I do with it ?
Any other ideas out there ???

a world series of poker main event buy-in only costs $10k plus $1k rake. sounds like fate to me. you said you got it and don't need it so that is a freeroll.

alternatively, if you are not comfortable playing at that level then you could stake me the $11k, i'll cover my travel and accommodations, we can split whatever i walk out of that event with at 50/50. i know it sounds strange playing poker with your mom's inheritance, but trust me, i've done it before and it gets easier after the first time.

Originally Posted by konakathy

Stoplight!

Take that trip to Australia you've been planning! Life is too short. Go on an adventure!

I'm planning my next one to either India and Nepal, or Java, Bali and Komodo Island.

I would go exploring if I were you.

Aloha,

Kona

Kona,

Why am I NOT surprised that that would be your recommendation ??? New Zealand/Australia still in the plan...having banked a year's worth of no withdrawals from the IRAs, we got that covered !!! Wife ordered 2 travel books from Amazon...planning underway !!!


Stoplight...

Originally Posted by tsptalk

Sorry Stoplight, I missed your question. Yeah, go for it. You can start a thread somewhere in our http://www.tsptalk.com/mb/investment...-finance-talk/ area where we talk less about TSP and more about trading.

It seems we have more and more folks retiring and going outside the TSP for return.

If you have any questions, just let me know (PM is better than asking in a post. )

Got ya, Tom !

I kinda like posting here, in my own world, whether it's relevant to TSP trades or not (see all my posts re: the Grand-Kid !!!!) If you don't mind, I'll continue to use this thread !

Besides...all the TSPTalk members can decide whether or not they want to read my rambling posts !!!


Stoplight...