For the record, $1.34 billion is a lot of money. If you took the annuity, you (and your heirs) would receive $42.7 million (pre-tax) every year for thirty years.
I could live quite nicely on $42 million a year. After taxes I would probably clear $23 million. That's a lot of money coming in every year.
Yes, the Red Sox lost to the Brewers 4-1 last night.
Yes, they are losing to the Brewers (6-4 in the 8th inning) this afternoon.
Despite their inability to win a ball game lately, I'm still going to watch them. It's what I do.
The only time I stopped watching baseball was back in the 80s when they went on strike and I got pissed off that a bunch of grown men who got paid to play a game I loved to play suddenly decided to stop playing because they didn't get paid enough. I personally thought they were jerks for doing that and it turns out I was right.
Back then, you could take a family of four to a baseball game and not have to refinance your house to pay for it. As soon as the owners caved in and started paying exorbitant salaries, going to a baseball game became something only the wealthy can do.
Had an incident with my new car this afternoon when it refused to start and displayed a bunch of messages about "brake system failure", "low tire pressure", "radar system failure", etc...
I called the dealership and they said, "Your battery is dead. Can you jump it and bring it down here? We close at 2:00 but if you can get it started and head down, we'll stick around until you get here." I said, "You bet", jumped the battery and headed for Enfield.
I got there about 10 minutes after they closed but as promised, they were waiting for me. A quick checked showed that the battery had died (the mechanic said he thinks one of the cells went bad) and they slapped a new one in. He told me to expect all kinds of initialization messages for about 5 miles but I was good to go.
Trust me, I hate car dealerships but if you are looking for a place to buy a car, head over to one of the many Lia dealerships. I happened to buy mine from Lia Honda in Enfield, CT and they just proved to me that customer service is important to them. That means they proved to me that I am important to them. This is completely opposite of the experience we had at the other big dealership in the area. I won't mention their name but it rhymes with what you would call a small suitcase...
Enjoy these links:
- I am genuinely concerned that Krazy Kamala may end up as the president if Goofy Joe can't kick the 'rona.
- If it's in The Mirror, it must be true.
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The $10,900,000 Wilbraham Senior Center project just went to $11,300,000.
I said it before and I'll say it again - why does a town of our size need a $11,000,000 senior center? - I don't know and I don't care. I'll be long dead by then.
- Things have gotten so bad in New York City that they are now locking up the SPAM.
- Philadelphia: The city of Brotherly Love.
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