Minor rant thread. Post your rants o' the day here!

Spider Robinson: Shared pain is lessened, shared joy, increased.

Man, the folks over at smartasset sure can pack a lot of dumb into a small space.

Don't take SS until you're 70...don't touch your 401K / Roth until you're 72 (the RMD's actually kick in at 73 for anyone currently younger than 74).

Gee, it's almost like they're focused on maximizing the size of the portfolios they manage rather than what's in their clients best interests; almost.

Duke said:

I've been idly considering selling the Manic Miata and buying something a bit less extreme.

Nick D posted the absolutely perfect replacement on FB EU.  It's readily affordable, assuming I can get out of the Miata what I have in it, which is a reasonable proposition.

But I had only been idly considering it, and now suddenly I'm WOT considering it, and I'm not a sudden kind of person.

First World problem, I know.

Sorry

RX Reven' said:

Man, the folks over at smartasset sure can pack a lot of dumb into a small space.

Don't take SS until you're 70...don't touch your 401K / Roth until you're 72 (the RMD's actually kick in at 73 for anyone currently younger than 74).

Gee, it's almost like they're focused on maximizing the size of the portfolios they manage rather than what's in their clients best interests; almost.

Always has been always will be when someone takes a percentage of the investments actively invested.

Not that I am anyone to judge I have more then I need now but cannot shake the feeling that it will never be enough. But all I do is plow the money into vanguard and tax defered. 

NickD said:

Duke said:

I've been idly considering selling the Manic Miata and buying something a bit less extreme.

Nick D posted the absolutely perfect replacement on FB EU.  It's readily affordable, assuming I can get out of the Miata what I have in it, which is a reasonable proposition.

But I had only been idly considering it, and now suddenly I'm WOT considering it, and I'm not a sudden kind of person.

First World problem, I know.

Sorry

Please don't be!

Duke said:

NickD said:

Duke said:

I've been idly considering selling the Manic Miata and buying something a bit less extreme.

Nick D posted the absolutely perfect replacement on FB EU.  It's readily affordable, assuming I can get out of the Miata what I have in it, which is a reasonable proposition.

But I had only been idly considering it, and now suddenly I'm WOT considering it, and I'm not a sudden kind of person.

First World problem, I know.

Sorry

Please don't be!

So, funny story, the guy that sent me that link that I posted was the guy that called me up and said "Hey, I know a guy with an MR2 Spyder for sale", which is the Spyder I ended up buying. I also talked him into buying the world's ugliest NA Miata for his son. So, yeah, keep me and that guy away from each other.