Posts for 444express


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From 444express
March 11, 2010 at 3:04 pm
Why I like coal so much (see pic below)As you can see if you examine the linked post, TCK has grown a bit and KOL has grown a bigger bit. And I did not take a screen shot of the ... (more)

444’s travelogue

From 444express
March 10, 2010 at 8:16 pm
Some buildings I saw on my drive downtown today: (click on pics for full view)Then:The buildingThe peopleNow:In better days:(what is that, a dirt road? Streetcar tracks?)1993 ... (more)

$900

From 444express
March 9, 2010 at 2:03 pm
I feel that a milestone may be near. I put my uncle's $7,500 to work and have now made a profit of $901.24 on it. That's $900 for short.$1,000, here I come!I feel like a custodian, ... (more)

Credit card debt as of this moment; my uncle’s money

From 444express
March 5, 2010 at 11:40 am
It was said by a few that I shouldn't invest; maybe, maybe not. Let's run down recent progress anyway.Credit card debt in November was teetering at $50,000. Yes, that's 50 grand, ... (more)

My Aching Back

From 444express
March 4, 2010 at 1:53 pm
 I was moving about half a pound of laundry out of the dryer yesterday morning and must have twisted the wrong way. BAM. It's like a knife being slowly twisted into my spine ... (more)

First from the bottom up, now from the top down

From 444express
March 4, 2010 at 12:05 pm
explaining why their revenue is going to be hurt this yearFirst I attacked the smaller balances that just happened to have the highest rates. Then I was left with a collection ... (more)

Pic of the day

From
March 3, 2010 at 9:56 am

So far this year:Closed transactions:KOL -$194KOL -$160KOL +$16KOL +$471KOL -$173TCK +$28TCK +393TCK -$38Open positions:KOL +$134.01KOL +$356.81TCK +$396.81

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What I’ve been doing

From 444express
March 2, 2010 at 3:09 pm
(in the comments)http://seekingalpha.com/article/191302-add-soft-wheat-to-your-hard-asset-list ... (more)

This blog should be called a Plog

From 444express
March 2, 2010 at 12:10 pm
Because it's not really much more than a progress log.Somehow by hook or by crook, despite my bumbling mismanagement of investments at various junctures, our assets are up; debt ... (more)

The middle nine percent

From 444express
February 23, 2010 at 5:24 pm
I would have preferred that they include some data and/or commentary on the middle 9% (as I suspect many fellow bloggers may fall into that group). Wealth Disparities in U.S. ... (more)

Some days “story of the day” is as good as it gets

From 444express
February 23, 2010 at 4:29 pm
Things to know before marrying a Georgia girlThe first man married a woman from OHIO. He told her that she was to do the dishes and house cleaning. It took a couple of days, But ... (more)

$39,995

From 444express
February 19, 2010 at 6:44 pm
Sounds like the sticker price on a car. Just a few dollars short of the Dec. ending figure of $40,423 for the BPOM. (Big Pile of Money.) Intervening factors: I fumbled investment ... (more)

25 times annual expenses

From 444express
February 19, 2010 at 11:06 am
"Generally one should aim for 25 times annual expenses in assets and then some. The easiest way to achieve this is to cut down expenses and learn to spend money very efficiently."Interesting ... (more)

Was it the tea?

From
February 17, 2010 at 7:49 pm

Listen, I don’t give out health advice very often and my friends are always like, “Yeah yeah, we know, not that again” if I mention green tea but I’m going to mention it to my

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Wow, $5000 and a chance at a survey

From 444express
February 16, 2010 at 8:06 pm
Just when I was getting seriously antsy, (as all of you heard) a $5000 check just arrived in the mail. With a letter stating that future distributions are difficult to predict ... (more)

What would you do with a found debit card? and…. Mr. 444 fixed my car

From
February 16, 2010 at 10:35 am

If I had it to do over again, I’d turn it in to the gas station office.Yesterday while pumping gas, something caught my eye. It was a nice, new-looking Citi debit/VISA card on

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Would it drive you crazy too?

From 444express
February 15, 2010 at 10:44 pm
What's the point of a personal finance blog if the real issues aren't covered?Would it drive you sort of crazy too, if you knew you were the beneficiary of a trust, and amounts ... (more)

Looking back one year

From 444express
February 15, 2010 at 1:46 am
Discussion tomorrow; too tired to go into it now (note the time) ... (more)

Oscar the Grouch is going to visit the IRS

From 444express
February 13, 2010 at 12:27 am
We had to paper file. Don't ask why! The reason is very aggravating.Mr. 444 had to attach a W-2 to the return so he stuck it on the first page with an Oscar the Grouch sticker. ... (more)

Nothing much going on here

From 444express
February 7, 2010 at 11:03 pm
No posts merely means not much going on... other than the mid-thigh-deep snow outside (drifts up to our bedroom windowsills - yes, we're on the ground floor - it would be scary ... (more)

Is math nothing but a theory?

From 444express
February 5, 2010 at 10:16 am
Today while driving Jr. 444-14 and Jr. 444-11 to school, we had time for some idle conversation so I asked them if they had ever considered, like I sometimes do, what the world ... (more)

Thanks, Jr. 444, for saving us $50

From 444express
February 1, 2010 at 12:18 am
It's just like us here at the 444 household to be completing a college application in the last hour of the last day possible (due today, so we're getting it in after 11PM.) Well, ... (more)

Trying to be patient

From 444express
January 27, 2010 at 3:55 pm
I don't have every figure down to the penny yet, so I can't post actual figures, but I have very good estimates, so I can go ahead and talk about it now, even before I update all ... (more)

A few scenic places

From 444express
January 26, 2010 at 3:44 pm
where we used to send our money (but don't anymore.) Merrick Bank in South Jordan, Utah:G E Money Bank in Draper, Utah: (notice a theme? Nothing against Utah except... I don't ... (more)

Thanks, honey!

From 444express
January 25, 2010 at 8:11 pm
Mr. 444 bought me a Valentine's day present (I know, it's early) and he paid for it out of the proceeds of his online business, which is ongoing. That business venture is subject ... (more)