Comments on: June Road Trip Expenses and The Economy: What, Me Worry? http://www.liveworkdream.com/2008/07/03/june-road-trip-expenses-and-the-economy-what-me-worry/ Working to find the dream life. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:39:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dr. alec nelson http://www.liveworkdream.com/2008/07/03/june-road-trip-expenses-and-the-economy-what-me-worry/comment-page-1/#comment-2746 dr. alec nelson Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:15:03 +0000 http://www.liveworkdream.com/2008/07/03/june-road-trip-expenses-and-the-economy-what-me-worry/#comment-2746 Hey el jefe, I'll be honest, I had to look it up, but Do The Math. There are 3.8 liters in a gallon. That makes your Mexican Diesel $9.50 a gallon, and that makes our gas & diesel relatively cheap still. Hey Rene, Keep the Faith. Anything short of the Great Depression & you and Jim will be fine. Look at the history of the market and the long time you have before retirement. This is still a Great Country with a strong market. The problem you may have, is when all your friends vote in Obama you will be taxed excessively and will have nothing left to fund your retirement accounts. Love you both & Jerry too! Hey el jefe, I’ll be honest, I had to look it up, but Do The Math. There are 3.8 liters in a gallon. That makes your Mexican Diesel $9.50 a gallon, and that makes our gas & diesel relatively cheap still.
Hey Rene, Keep the Faith. Anything short of the Great Depression & you and Jim will be fine. Look at the history of the market and the long time you have before retirement. This is still a Great Country with a strong market. The problem you may have, is when all your friends vote in Obama you will be taxed excessively and will have nothing left to fund your retirement accounts. Love you both & Jerry too!

]]> By: akc http://www.liveworkdream.com/2008/07/03/june-road-trip-expenses-and-the-economy-what-me-worry/comment-page-1/#comment-2716 akc Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:15:28 +0000 http://www.liveworkdream.com/2008/07/03/june-road-trip-expenses-and-the-economy-what-me-worry/#comment-2716 Stock market is great (U just gotta short) ;) Speaking of that I am looking to see if you can short the Fed :D All kidding aside, Jim RU really going to get a GPS? wow! We found the geocache hidden at the Jimmi Hendrix memorial while we were in Washington. Ill send pix once I have time to download them all. //A Stock market is great (U just gotta short) ;) Speaking of that I am looking to see if you can short the Fed :D

All kidding aside, Jim RU really going to get a GPS? wow!
We found the geocache hidden at the Jimmi Hendrix memorial while we were in Washington. Ill send pix once I have time to download them all.

//A

]]> By: Rene http://www.liveworkdream.com/2008/07/03/june-road-trip-expenses-and-the-economy-what-me-worry/comment-page-1/#comment-2663 Rene Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:55:51 +0000 http://www.liveworkdream.com/2008/07/03/june-road-trip-expenses-and-the-economy-what-me-worry/#comment-2663 I appreciate your optimism Susan, it does give me an extra bit of hope for the future. I appreciate your optimism Susan, it does give me an extra bit of hope for the future.

]]> By: el jefe http://www.liveworkdream.com/2008/07/03/june-road-trip-expenses-and-the-economy-what-me-worry/comment-page-1/#comment-2656 el jefe Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:45:44 +0000 http://www.liveworkdream.com/2008/07/03/june-road-trip-expenses-and-the-economy-what-me-worry/#comment-2656 if you can get to mexico diesel sells for $2.50 a litro, full service !! if you can get to mexico diesel sells for $2.50 a litro, full service !!

]]> By: Jim http://www.liveworkdream.com/2008/07/03/june-road-trip-expenses-and-the-economy-what-me-worry/comment-page-1/#comment-2655 Jim Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:11:13 +0000 http://www.liveworkdream.com/2008/07/03/june-road-trip-expenses-and-the-economy-what-me-worry/#comment-2655 Now yer talkin' baby. Time to cash out and finally invest in a GPS, some decent topo maps and a bunch of coffee cans to bury our stash across our own little piece of paradise, wherever that may be. We better get a metal detector too. Now yer talkin’ baby. Time to cash out and finally invest in a GPS, some decent topo maps and a bunch of coffee cans to bury our stash across our own little piece of paradise, wherever that may be. We better get a metal detector too.

]]> By: rv-boondocker-explorer http://www.liveworkdream.com/2008/07/03/june-road-trip-expenses-and-the-economy-what-me-worry/comment-page-1/#comment-2649 rv-boondocker-explorer Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:16:56 +0000 http://www.liveworkdream.com/2008/07/03/june-road-trip-expenses-and-the-economy-what-me-worry/#comment-2649 It must be true that the period 1984--2004 was the golden era for retirees and RVers: collapsing oil prices, a rising stock market, and low inflation. Just because it lasted for twenty years it's easy to think it was supposed to be permanent. Do you remember the stagflation and oil problems of 1970's? None of us can predict the future, but it's a good bet that the next 20 years will make retired RVers work a lot harder to preserve a decent standard of living. It must be true that the period 1984–2004 was the golden era for retirees and RVers: collapsing oil prices, a rising stock market, and low inflation. Just because it lasted for twenty years it’s easy to think it was supposed to be permanent. Do you remember the stagflation and oil problems of 1970′s?

None of us can predict the future, but it’s a good bet that the next 20 years will make retired RVers work a lot harder to preserve a decent standard of living.

]]> By: shannon38 http://www.liveworkdream.com/2008/07/03/june-road-trip-expenses-and-the-economy-what-me-worry/comment-page-1/#comment-2648 shannon38 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:06:09 +0000 http://www.liveworkdream.com/2008/07/03/june-road-trip-expenses-and-the-economy-what-me-worry/#comment-2648 I'm glad we're not the only ones worried about what the economy is doing to our financial state of affairs. A couple of years ago we decided to become bonafide adults by getting life insurance, contributing to an investment plan and forking over as much as we could to my 401k. But now our statements are depressing too... I don't even open the envelopes anymore. The other day a news article crossed my desk that Starbucks was shutting down 600 of their stores. "You know things must be bad when Starbucks can't even keep their heads above water," I told my husband. I've even heard that some people are starting to grow their own food in their yards to save money. My boss said his neighbor suddenly has corn stalks in his front yard. I think if it comes to that, my husband and I will starve to death. Green thumbs we are not. Maybe we should start stocking up on the canned goods now. I’m glad we’re not the only ones worried about what the economy is doing to our financial state of affairs. A couple of years ago we decided to become bonafide adults by getting life insurance, contributing to an investment plan and forking over as much as we could to my 401k. But now our statements are depressing too… I don’t even open the envelopes anymore.

The other day a news article crossed my desk that Starbucks was shutting down 600 of their stores. “You know things must be bad when Starbucks can’t even keep their heads above water,” I told my husband. I’ve even heard that some people are starting to grow their own food in their yards to save money. My boss said his neighbor suddenly has corn stalks in his front yard. I think if it comes to that, my husband and I will starve to death. Green thumbs we are not. Maybe we should start stocking up on the canned goods now.

]]> By: Susan Fox http://www.liveworkdream.com/2008/07/03/june-road-trip-expenses-and-the-economy-what-me-worry/comment-page-1/#comment-2647 Susan Fox Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:03:02 +0000 http://www.liveworkdream.com/2008/07/03/june-road-trip-expenses-and-the-economy-what-me-worry/#comment-2647 My own feeling is that if Obama gets elected, that our country will collectively feel like a huge weight has been lifted off it, even if we are still stuck in Iraq and with the other concerns you mention. The 21st Century will have finally begun. (Truly) green products, addressing climate change in a meaningful way and developing renewable energy on a large scale could jump-start things and provide lots of good jobs. Also, I guess that I'm enough older that having investments since the 1990's doesn't strike me as qualifying for "the long haul" yet. We're in it too, with David's retirement money from Kaiser, dating back to around 1991, You might want to limit yourself to reading the statements every six months or just skipping it until after the election. Enjoy the wonderful adventure you're having. You're both smart and hard-working and I think that you'll always land on your feet. Problems, more often than not, can turn out to be opportunities in disguise. My own feeling is that if Obama gets elected, that our country will collectively feel like a huge weight has been lifted off it, even if we are still stuck in Iraq and with the other concerns you mention. The 21st Century will have finally begun. (Truly) green products, addressing climate change in a meaningful way and developing renewable energy on a large scale could jump-start things and provide lots of good jobs.

Also, I guess that I’m enough older that having investments since the 1990′s doesn’t strike me as qualifying for “the long haul” yet. We’re in it too, with David’s retirement money from Kaiser, dating back to around 1991, You might want to limit yourself to reading the statements every six months or just skipping it until after the election.

Enjoy the wonderful adventure you’re having. You’re both smart and hard-working and I think that you’ll always land on your feet. Problems, more often than not, can turn out to be opportunities in disguise.

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