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CoronitaParticipant[quote=zk]
It was mildly off topic. No need to get your panties in a wad.
[/quote]I don’t wear underwear so nothing bunches up. I prefer to let yellow and brown seep right my kackis, and it helps me figure out how to put my pants if I’m ever drunk. yellow in front, brown in back. If it was acceptable in the US, I would prefer to use the open slit crouch pants popular in China so when I shit I wouldn’t even need to take off my pants so I could shit on things more frequently, when I want and how I want all the time.
Interesting choice of words. Kinda sexist you think?. Not that I particularly care, but it wouldn’t be my choice of words in today’s ultrasensitive , all inclusive environment, that I have to say many progressives have brought to our society’s attention in which progessives almost always ding others for saying…. Just saying….But whatever.
CoronitaParticipant[quote=svelte]Reading your posts lately flu, you and I think a lot alike.
Our goal net worth is very similar, we’ve just chosen different paths for getting there.
Like you, the main reason I’m not going to retire before 65 (unless the cards happen to fall that way) is that I would prefer to stay under the work insurance until Medicare kicks in, and I’d just end up doing many of the things I’m already doing at work and getting paid for it. I don’t see myself sitting at home like a hermit, so I’d go out and interact – just like I’m doing at work. I enjoy my work, they pay me well, so why not stay awhile longer?
I took a few weeks off recently (too close to my caps!) and found that a lot of chores got offloaded to me from other family members (grocery shopping, drop off/pick up kids, errands, etc)…not exactly how I had envisioned spending my retirement. I’ll stay at work and get paid, thank you!
BTW, a co-worker recently pointed out to me that COBRA could be used to retire at 63.5 and still stay covered…hmmmm…[/quote]
Yes, medical and insurance is going to be challenging. For me, I’m going to have to have expensive procedures all the way from now until I’m dead. Same goes for my kid, that has the exact same thing. The medical plans offered via covered california just suck donkey butt in what they don’t cover, even if I were to buy the most expensive plans. And despite what people say, no it’s not as simply as going to TJ to get medical care for non routine things. That’s actually where the bulk of the need to generate $150k-200k/year in passive income is for. At least 1/2 of that will simply be for medical care that I will most likely be paying out of pocket. $25k for a very involved upper, lower, capso GI exam. the capso camera pill itself is a $900 disposable camera. Out of pocket, it’s about $25k/visit for GI and $25k/visit for MRI. Fortunately, for now, I only need to do them each 1 per year. Kid will probably need to do the same, so that’s another $25k/$25k per year. So $100k/year at least in medical expenses, and that’s with after tax dollars, and assuming no long term care, or hospice, or at home nursing, etc that comes up.. I’m not counting on medicare being around or providing enough coverage for me.
That’s why I sort of chuckle whenever someone says “tax the rich more” and those taxes materializes in taxing my W2 more. Do people really think $200k/year is living a luxurious life? I think the truth is, most people are totally out of touch of how expensive things are if you get sick, if it’s debilitating, and you’re not able to work. Those people are in a rude awakening when they get sick themselves and are financially unprepared. It’s not even a question of IF, it’s simply a question of when.
There’s a method to all this madness financial planning and calculated risk taking when you have no choice during your wealth building or accumulation phase, and there’s an equally important wealth preservation phase that often people forget once you’ve gotten there, to protect against losing it all. For me it’s not about all stocks, all bonds, all real estate, or all cash. It’s about distributing and planning against any single point of financial failure. In case we have a stock market meltdown, in case we have a real estate meltdown, in case we have inflation overrun that kills cash, For the same reason, having the foot in the door for everything also allows one to take advantage of any unexpected upside. For me, I’ve never been able to build anything from a one-hit, one-hand wonder. I simply don’t have that luck. And looking around, I suspect neither do most other people.
CoronitaParticipantDespite MSM reporting the infection is around 900, my local sources abroad are telling me confirmed cases are closer to 4000 right now. And unconfirmed cases conceivably is closer to 10k. That sort of explains the lockdown on those cities in China so quickly. The numbers, unsurprisongly, are underreported.
CoronitaParticipantI don’t know, but some of you sure seem hell bent on trying to pick a fight on Piggington over anything republican in any sort of context imho. Also bizarre
CoronitaParticipant[quote=zk][quote=flu]
No, I said the entire food system in China is uncivilized[/quote]
That’s not what you said. you said eating snakes is uncivilized:[quote=flu]
People initially got it from eatting snakes. Come on now, really? Geesh. Talk about uncivilized.[/quote]
And what might have led you to think that I agree with everything Republicans say and do? And I’ll ask again, what does how this thing that the Republicans are trying to do (as outlandish as it is) have anything to do with what is going on in China right now?
You know what. I don’t care. You and yellow fever cheerleader Brian can go to china, get sick for all I care.
[quote=flu]
You are crazy if you comparing the Chinese government to the Republicans… The worst Republicans and Progressives are still light years ahead of the shit that goes on in China.[/quote]
I’m not comparing the Chinese government to the republicans. I’m saying that if you think eating uninspected food is uncivilized, you should disagree with republicans’ attempts to leave oversight of inspection to those who can profit from the lack thereof.[/quote]
And what might have led you to think that I agree with everything Republicans say and do? And I’ll ask again, what does how this thing that the Republicans are trying to do (as outlandish as it is) have anything to do with what is going on in China right now to have been brought up in this context in this thread? Why not bring up the leaded water in Flint, Michigan while we are at it?
Totally bizarre.
CoronitaParticipantGood for you Brian. Be proud of how worldly you are. NOT!
And again food product safety in Taiwan is light years ahead of China. So how you’re drawing comparisons between two different countries under two different systems is bizarre.
CoronitaParticipant[quote=zk][quote=flu] We are so far away from the (lack of ) food safety in China it’s not even close. not by a long mile.
[/quote]Totally beside the point. You indicated that eating uninspected food is uncivilized. I pointed out that the political party you seem to support thinks that leaving inspection up to the wolves running the henhouse (and thus probably eating uninspected food) is ok.
Of course, just because you (seem to) support the republican party in general doesn’t mean you support all their policies. If you think eating uninspected food is uncivilized, it seems like you’d be against that particular proposal.[/quote]
No, I said the entire food system in China is uncivilized
including everything1) eating wild uninspected animals
2) being able to sell wild uninspected animals on the free market
3) having virtually no food product safety standard enforced at the local level because of all the Corruption
4) people accepting this as acceptable.
You brought up the unrelated bent on Republicans and which had nothing to do with China’s problem. This isn’t the first time China had such a widespread public health issue. First it was SARS and their pathetic attempt to cover up the severity it. And then it was the melamine that the government also covered up and downplayed the severity.
You are crazy if you comparing the Chinese government to the Republicans… The worst Republicans and Progressives are still light years ahead of the shit that goes on in China.
None of you people have any idea how bad things are there, because most of you who see the Chinese here in the US are the top 1% of the privileged population.
Anyway, I don’t care if you want to go eat food manufactured in China. If you want to take a chance, by all means go for it. Your life, your choice. It’s just bizzare to see people even attempt to make comparisons to politicians here versus in China.
CoronitaParticipant[quote=zk][quote=flu]
I think you guys are missing the point. The analogy would be if you caught a bunch of squirrels or wild rabbits in your backyard, killed them, and took them to the local swap meet to sell them as food without any sort of inspection.[/quote]
If the current republican administration has its way, some of the responsibility for slaughterhouse food safety will be transferred to those who could save (make more) money by cutting corners. Which could be as (or more) dangerous than (obviously far more widespread than) selling wild squirrels at the market.
Efficient government is good. Slashing government in mindless pursuit of small government is not.[/quote]
really zk? Another political bent ? We are so far away from the (lack of ) food safety in China it’s not even close. not by a long mile.
Watch
There’s a reason why some Chinese people here refuse to buy any food that was made in China or from China
CoronitaParticipant[quote=gzz]Pigs are the major meat animal most closely related to human beings and thus the largest disease risk.
Primates are sporadically consumed for meat in Africa and Asia, sometimes called “bush meat.” This is how HIV first infected human beings, likely in Congo in the 1950s.[/quote]
yes but you have something here that actually inspects meat here. And it’s unlikely you will find fish here that is preserved in Mercury bath unlike China .
I think you guys are missing the point. The analogy would be if you caught a bunch of squirrels or wild rabbits in your backyard, killed them, and took them to the local swap meet to sell them as food without any sort of inspection.
CoronitaParticipantST micro also says the same thing. great numbers
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stockbeat-stmicro-nudges-chipmaker-rally-052400393.html
CoronitaParticipantgreat news keeps coming out. Intel smashes earnings numbers and on top of that raises 2020 forecast. Bellweather semiconductor also does not see a slowdown in 2020, otherwise they would issued a tempered guidance.
Stock up 6% AH.
CoronitaParticipant[quote=zk][quote=flu] People initially got it from eatting snakes. Come on now, really? Geesh. Talk about uncivilized. [/quote]
Why is it less civilized to eat snakes than to eat, say, cows?[/quote]
Because animals like snakes, bats, rats, possums that are eaten are not inspected and being wild, they also are known animals to have a propensity of carrying diseases, not just limited to rabies.
CoronitaParticipant[quote=zk][quote=flu] People initially got it from eatting snakes. Come on now, really? Geesh. Talk about uncivilized. [/quote]
Why is it less civilized to eat snakes than to eat, say, cows?[/quote]
Because animals like snakes, bats, rats, possums that are eaten are not inspected and being wild, they also are.known animals to have a propensity.of carrying diseases, not just limited to rabies.
CoronitaParticipantIntel just announced smashing numbers …up 6% AH.
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