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Originally Posted by TinyEvel
Do you get that Social Security "Lifetime Earnings Summary" thing in the mail?
Basically, it shows your SS earnings for your lifetime and estimates what you'd get back if you retired in XXXX year, etc.
Well, I got out the calculator and, God Bless me, I've earned a million U.S. dollars in my lifetime.
Now, you'd think I would be sitting in the back of a Rolls Royce limo with a tophat and tails and suhweet mustache like that Monopoly game guy, right? Because the seven figures is your ticket to riches and bathing in mother's milk with rose petals.
NO!
I have....
a VW Camper van (needs new front end)
About 20 percent of a decent home.
10,000 in Evel Knievel collectibles
An iPhone
Some decent threads and my wife has about 10 feet of closet stuff
Timex Ironman watch
Converse shoes
A Dolce and Gabana Belt
A really big TV and a PS3
A decent road bike
...
...
uh, some other stuff......
WTF? right?
I feel lliek the cobbler who has no shoes.
case in point...
SAVE YOUR MONEY
it is WAY better than watching your kid open the fifth Wii game on holiday morning. One friggen Wii game is enough!
rant over
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