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McDonald’s actually had a pretty good run in 2009 because everyone wanted $1 hamburgers. I like low cost, equity index funds in my retirement accounts as much as the next guy, but I’m skeptical about getting 10% annual returns over the next 20-30 years. Too many variables to treat that as a certainty.
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Some people just get their jollies from saving.
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I might be in the minority here, but I don’t think this team is that bad (by no means am I suggesting they’re good). The early returns on the 2018 draft class are good and they have the capital to make a splash in the 2019 draft. One upside to the 3 consecutive bad drafts is they won’t have to resign a lot of players in the next 2 years and will have plenty of cap space. Things could be worse.
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John Harbough, please. It’s amazing to think they are even on the year for turnovers, despite Rodgers throwing only one pick (3 turnovers, if you count his 2 fumbles). There are still plenty of reasons to be optimistic about next year - 10 draft picks, $30 million in cap space, Nick Perry back. OK, that last one was pure sarcasm, but I still remain hopeful about 2019.
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I can’t put this particular loss on McCarthy ... not enough horses tonight.
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Because kids dont tackle with their head down, they learn how to do that in the NFL for some reason. I’m older than most NFL players and the concept of tackling with your head up was drilled into me, just like it has been for all these players. Bad things happen when two world class athletes run toward each other at full speed.
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I'm very interested to see what the game looks like when I'm an old man. Numbers declining everywhere basically and more and more research being done that will get released eventually. It will be a gladiator sport. The money is too good to pass up for people with fewer career options.
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With the pick the Packers traded to move up 8 spots to get Spriggs, the Bears took OG Cody Whitehair who has started every game of his 3-year NFL career. Nothing like doing your biggest rivals a solid.
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Gosh, I don’t know how people watch these hits and still let their kids play football.
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The Packers have actually been pretty fortunate with the 2 missed FGs and Minnesota drawing more penalties in the first half. Ordinarily, that stuff works against Green Bay. This game is not as close as the 17-14 score would indicate.
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Ha, I thought those percentages were pretty funny too. I also though MM’s use of 2 timeouts on the final drive would benefit the Vikings, but they lucked out with the missed FG to end the half.
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Given the dead money and the fact that they’re relatively thin at OLB, I think Perry stays one more year.
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I’m a long time MM apologist and I’m willing to cut him some slack for the past few years as the roster has eroded. However, that doesn’t excuse him for coming up short from 2011-2014. There should have been one more SB there. With all things considered, I think it’s just time to be new.
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I’m not really a big Badger fan, so forgive me if this is a silly question ... but why can’t they bring in better QB recruits when their OL is one of the best in the country and they consistently have a top tier college RB?
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I suspect the FI is more important than the RE. Financial independence is about the ability to do whatever you want, not the ability to do nothing. Once your assets hit critical mass, you can still work - but you can be more selective about the work you take on so that you maximize your well-being, not just your bank account. I haven’t entered my high-earning years yet, but my wife and I have more or less capped our lifestyle at 2017 levels (when our day care bill was rediculous and we maxed out our health insurance). We don’t plan on having any more children and thus don’t think our expenses will ever be higher in real dollars than what they were that year. I don’t expect any more lifestyle inflation (just actual inflation). Our family is complete and our home is pretty nice (no concerns about upgrading). We’ll be able to start funneling our raises into capital now and that’s exciting.
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I’m praying for a better result in tomorrow’s border battle.
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That’s awesome, Wallus. It definitely takes a different mindset, but I don’t doubt it’s possible. I guess my point in criticizing some (certainly not all) FIRE bloggers is that they’re making more money selling the shovels than digging for gold. I doubt they’ve all achieved financial independence because they can’t lay out the specific actions that helped them generate capital - sort of like Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Good story, but that guy has made way more money selling books than he ever did doing whatever it is he did (that book was extremely vague, despite its good message). I suspect some FIRE blogs (again, not all) are just a front for clicks. I also think human nature leads most of us to believe that we are self made, when in actuality anyone who is financially independent by 40 has probably caught a brilliant stroke of luck (inheritance, for example). But I know some people like yourself really grind and that’s admirable.
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Any neat Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals out there? I picked up a new Brewers UA t-shirt when I ordered some new work clothes from Kohl’s yesterday. All of the postseason gear I had been watching was gone. I never saw it clearanced. Still, it had been a few years since I bought any type of Brewers gear and I wanted to do something to support the cause after a great season.
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Thanks for the tip! I’ve never regularly subscribed to a streaming service. I’ve just occasionally subscribed to Netflix for a month here and there. Anyways, I’ll be tying Hulu now for 12 months.
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I really dig personal finance. I considered pursuing a career in financial planning until I learned it’s more of a sales role unless you’re the JD/CPA type. My latest fascination is the Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) movement. Basically, the premise is to save until it hurts so you can achieve financial independence ASAP. The typical FIRE person usually earns $60-$70K right out of college and hits six figures by age 30. They delay marriage and children until their mid 30s and pretend like they’re living on a $40K salary the entire time. This allows them to funnel tens of thousands of dollars every year into low cost, equity index funds. By age 40, they have enough saved to live on the income generated from their portfolio. Their efforts have been aided greatly by the 10-year bull market. Some of their early investments have effectively tripled since 2009. In any case, I see more and more FIRE bloggers popping up and am starting to grow skeptical of the number of people in their 30s who claim to be at or near financial independence. I don’t doubt financial independence is possible at that age, I just think it’s a convenient hook to earn money off a blog. ‘Look, I retired at 34 and you can too - just read my blog, subscribe to my podcast, and buy my book.’
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I debated giving this its own thread: Hasbro created a special edition of Monoply for Millenials. Seems like we could joke about it for days (I’m an older Millennial, BTW). Players collect experiences, not real estate (because they can’t afford it). No jail, players just get sent to their safe space. And at the end of the game, everyone gets a participation trophy. https://www.yahoo.com/gma/monolopy-millennials-caused-outrage-among-generation-y-twitter-165603511--abc-news-lifestyle.html?bcmt=1
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That’s why I tend to give Aaron the benefit of the doubt in the family feud.
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My local state university used to offer a 1 credit Life Skills class on Wednesdays at Noon. I was invited to give a guest lecture every semester on retirement plans. It was graded on attendance only. Students just had to show up for a series of guest speakers to earn an easy A. The course was dropped due to a lack of interest. The school charged the same tuition rate for all full time students, so it wasn’t a cost issue.
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My company’s CEO holds a monthly town hall conference call and reminds employees about our 401(k) match in his prepared remarks nearly every time. He once mentioned that only 85% of employees take advantage of the match.
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I only check my retirement accounts annually to ensure my employer match it deposited correctly, but I have a few hundred of ‘fun money’ in Bitcoin that’s taken a hit this week.