April Fools Day.

[alantf]

Originally Posted by mrlmd1

"If I knew I would going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself."

No, you wouldn't live longer..........It just feels longer. :crackup

[jonathan180iq]

Originally Posted by alantf

..........It just feels longer. :crackup

That's what she said.

[alantf]

Not to me she didn't :oops: :crackup

[Water Warrior 2]

Originally Posted by jonathan180iq

That's what she said.

Yeah, on April Fools Day. :itsokay:

[greatmaul]

That's a great reminder and very true. I started investing in my 401k about 15 years ago, but I wish I had started doing that when I got my first job. It adds up almost exponentially, and time is the key factor in all that. I'm hoping to impart all that to my kids, but it's hard when you're young to think about retirement.

[Water Warrior 2]

I worked with a fellow who invests as much as he can. One year he made a 10,000 dollar loan just to buy RRSP's. Doesn't sound smart until you realize it is very smart and good money management if you can get the loan at a lowish rate. He plans on retiring as a millionaire and golfing his years away. He still has nice vacations every year and lives in a fab house that appreciates due to it's location and design. That said, he also drove the same car for 15 years and avoided payments.

[greatmaul]

Originally Posted by Water Warrior

That said, he also drove the same car for 15 years and avoided payments.

Ha! amen to that. My current car is a 1990 Honda with 226,000 miles on it, and it replaced a Toyota that died with 260k+ on it. I think our truck which is a diesel, has over 300k, but I'm afraid to look. So long as they're still running, I'm not big on buying cars and paying for them.

[Water Warrior 2]

I absolutely love new vehicles and have a past history that involved a new set of wheels every 11 months on average. Oh yeah.........young and stupid. Now I keep them long enough to get tired of looking at them but can't quite come to grips with actually buying a new one when the present vehicle is barely broken in after 4 or 5 years with minimal kms. My present Ranger is a 2007 with only 40,000kms(25,000 miles). It is the wrong color and I should have bought an automatic tranny for comfort but it does the job. If I still worked and drove every day to a job the gas mileage would not be to my advantage but I don't mind being retired and just going out and about now and again.