Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-20-2007, 12:12 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 167
Re: How much would this person need to retire?
I'm in Canada, so health insurance is not an issue. Home is average home in this area...about 400K. Personally I think 900K is too low. 1.5Mil would make me comfortable. At 900K I'd still want to...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-19-2007, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 167
Re: How much would this person need to retire?
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Can you describe a typical week as you envision it? What type of activities do you see yourself filling your time with?
At 40 you are only 6 years older than me. I don't have a job so I...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-19-2007, 06:51 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 167
Re: How much would this person need to retire?
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How much income is needed after taxes?
To earn 30k per year, I would probably dump all my money into one of the Dividend Achiever indexes (dividendachievers.com). I like that for a few...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-19-2007, 06:43 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 167
Re: How much would this person need to retire?
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What would you spend 30K more a year on?
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We are not talking about me. I know I couldn't live on $30k a year and I also live in Canada.
I assumed that $30k...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-19-2007, 06:19 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 167
Re: How much would this person need to retire?
Double that? I don't think so. What would you spend 30K more a year on? I would travel 2 or 3 times a year from the current once a year vacation, play more golf, etc...that doesn't add up to 30K. ...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-19-2007, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 167
How much would this person need to retire?
Assume an individual that is 40 years old, no wife or kids, home paid off and yearly expenses of $30,000 including taxes. Person is educated and has the ablity to find relatively high paying work...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
11-19-2007, 02:02 PM
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Replies: 147
Views: 1,381
Re: Do you want to have children?
Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. I just picture having kids and rushing in the morning, dropping them off at some daycare that charges $1000 a month for probably [censored] care, having my...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
11-19-2007, 01:59 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 726
Re: Percentage of time spent actually working.
What the hell kind of jobs do you guys have? I'm busy pretty much 100% of the time and I hate working OT so I cram everything into my 8 hour day so I can go home on time. If it's that slow, aren't...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-12-2007, 08:04 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 228
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-12-2007, 07:15 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 228
Re: 1/2 NL winrates?
We have alot of casinos in the city. Buy ins range from 200, 500 and even 1000 at one place. My NL experience is limited to a few thousand hands as I played pretty much limit online. I'm not...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-12-2007, 06:51 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 228
1/2 NL winrates?
I searched for this, but don't see anything anywhere on expected winrate at live 1/2NL even though I'm sure it's been debated before. I've pretty much stopped playing online due to the difficulty of...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
11-02-2007, 07:34 PM
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Replies: 468
Views: 5,201
Re: Survivor China OFFICIAL THREAD
I don't understand why Todd is letting James keep both idols. I thought the original intention was to let him have the first one found and then James would go back to his camp and make sure that...
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-31-2007, 12:38 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 209
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-23-2007, 11:33 PM
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Replies: 706
Views: 3,407
Re: AP Visit: I\'m going to Costa Rica
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Gilda Patricia Cortes Chinchilla = Scott Tom's wife
Laura Chinchilla = Vice Presidente of Costa Rica
Hmmmm.
Although I'm sure that Chinchilla is a pretty...
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-23-2007, 09:59 PM
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Replies: 473
Views: 4,361
Re: AP, rigged, etc. #8981.4 - the plot thickens
None of you probably saw this yet, but one of the betting sites hosted by the Mohawks had mob ties
http://www.easterndoor.com/news.php?id=454
see second last paragraph in Globe and Mail article...
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-18-2007, 09:33 PM
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Replies: 628
Views: 4,872
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Forum: Poker Beats, Brags, and Variance
10-17-2007, 08:33 PM
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Replies: 931
Views: 3,747
Re: Cheating at AP, updated cliff notes
Nearly 22000 players on AP right now (yes I know that includes play money). 95% of poker players have no idea what 2+2 is. This will have virtually no impact on Absolute. Everyone has predicted...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-07-2007, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 79
Re: Canadian Energy trusts
I actually bought CPG at around $18 earlier this year giving me close to a 13% distribution yield. The new regs come into effect in 2011 and I believe they discuss their plans on what they will do...
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Forum: EDF
09-01-2007, 09:22 PM
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Replies: 76
Views: 437
Re: Unusual and/or disgusting beverages
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Yeah, I remember traveling in Italy when I was 17. It was a warm day and I stopped by a corner grocery store for a cold fruity drink. Pulled an Orangina-sized bottle of what looked like...
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Forum: Televised Poker
07-16-2007, 08:08 PM
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Replies: 728
Views: 5,365
Re: ME pay-per-view
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Anyone know any free sites streaming the ME this year yet? pm me with info
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Forum: Internet Bonuses
07-15-2007, 04:02 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 91
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Forum: Internet Bonuses
07-15-2007, 03:49 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 91
Re: Good bonuswhoring blogs?
For the Canadians that play on Crypto, what is the best way to deposit now that Neteller banned Canadians? Do they have Moneybookers?
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Forum: Internet Bonuses
07-14-2007, 04:18 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 110
Is Absolute beatable with the BBJ extra rake?
With the last bonus change, whoring at AP became OK from what I have read...about $3.75 per hour at 1/2 6 max limit plus of course RB on top of that....so $5 per table hour lets say...not bad. ...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
07-13-2007, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 67
Re: Help me plan my Vegas trip
There is this place called Tix4tonight...there are a few locations on the strip. They sell tickets at half the normal price at noon of each day for that night's performances. Also Ticketmaster has...
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