BBW + BBC = A(side)
Caught up with Scottoway the Adventurer last night. He regaled me with details of his trip to Egypt over beers and a fried oyster po' boy at Boston Beer Works. Sounds like he had an interesting, if stressful, trip. No run-ins with the Muslim Brotherhood, thankfully. I can't wait to see some of his pics as he scans in one or two over the next 3 or 4 years. Unfortunately Benoculus was playing God with an alternate universe and couldn't join us.
After dinner we adjourned to the Boston Billiards Club, where we racked a few games and had a few pints o' the black stuff. I won't be petty and note who won, or how many times Fast Scotty Felson sunk the 8-ball prematurely. Suffice it to say that good times were had by all.
Fun fact: There is a KFC a few hundred yards across from the Sphinx, according to Scottoguide. More ammunition for Egyptian Islamic Jihad...
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In about 1971...National Savings Bank opened a new office in the small upstate city where newlywedded Mr. writer & Mrs. SWMBO were living. They had been putting EVERY extra cent of his income (she being a student) into paying off his $5,200 education loan (an heavy amount for that time) and, having paid it off in a little over a year, they decided to keep on saving in order to go backpacking in Europe/Etc. for a year, so they invested much according to what MRhe has described from this new account option found in his area. Mr. Writer was making $7,200/yr. gross at the time and soon the Mrs. went to work too...although I do not recall what she was making. The important note is that by May 1973 the couple had put together in excess of $18,000 + $1,500 (spent on Middlebury College summer language school tuition for him). The point is that the bulk of that "seemed" as if it had been the compounded interest on their investment, for their contributions were relatively small, despite what they felt when they handed it over at the Teller window. Clearly, I do not have a breakdown of those contributions or the returns at this time in our lives, but the point is that we were overwhelmed by what we were "making" on our Certificates of Deposit and related investment during that period of time -- just as we have been regretful since 1979 that we have NEVER been able to do similarly since. Do it young, keep it up if you can, sacrifice to the greatest degree possible between ages 25 and 55, and enjoy your proceeds as you are able. Best wishes!
Okay...I hit the wrong Comments section for that entry: yer all smart, you know to which entry it really refers.
Indeed, Doc - thanks for the words!
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