[nylug-talk] Thanks, I landed somewhere....

[mbac@netgraft.com]

On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 9:29 am, Ruben Safir wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 06:03 -0700, Chris Cawley wrote:
>>  No offense, when you are 20 you see the world through
>>  rose colored classes.  By the time you hit 30, you
>>  realize that you are not invulnerable.  By the time
>>  you are 40, after 60-100 hour weeks, divorce, etc.,
>>  the world is once again different.  By the time you
>>  hit 50, you have either figured out the above or end
>>  up working in retail for $35K - and happy to get that.
>>
>
> Most of the people on this list are still have no children and 
> economics
> is still a board game to them them.  So this wise message probably 
> falls
> on deaf ears.

All I know about children is that they need to be written off as a loss 
if they're not earning >20% ROI by age 5.  Too bad you can't deduct the 
loss on your taxes.  Maybe if you incorporated your family...

Hmmm...