tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post191079728687605962..comments2023-05-18T10:37:34.608+01:00Comments on <a href="http://www.retirementinvestingtoday.com">Retirement Investing Today</a>: Human being and a 2019 Q3 reviewRetirementInvestingTodayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03088383743670046657noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-44580150699246990942020-01-06T08:33:44.684+00:002020-01-06T08:33:44.684+00:00I’m curious, now that a few more months have passe...I’m curious, now that a few more months have passed, has your attitude changed? Isn’t there boredom setting in? Your perspective and posts are really useful i find.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-63342515833781263082019-10-24T21:28:52.711+01:002019-10-24T21:28:52.711+01:00I didn't think Haiku requred cherry and blosso...I didn't think Haiku requred cherry and blossom<br /><br />On a withered branch<br />Snow falls<br />Winter's tears.<br /><br />I understand that Japanese nobles played a game where someone quoted the first line, and others completed the Haiku.<br /><br />Bit off topic, but interesting.Bordererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08968811078766465187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-36076308311686598132019-10-12T10:06:42.429+01:002019-10-12T10:06:42.429+01:00Hi RIT
I have to say that I felt quite relieved t...Hi RIT<br /><br />I have to say that I felt quite relieved to read this update, to read that you are taking things slowly and enjoying life as a 'human being', enjoying the summer, exercising etc! The no action plan and no agenda is precisely what I intend to do once I pull the full-time work plug.<br /><br />Interesting to read that you still have plans to relocate outside of the UK but weeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602950445306813601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-3490579276942992712019-10-12T07:58:51.128+01:002019-10-12T07:58:51.128+01:00Pops 321 here
Glad you are taking it slowly and d...Pops 321 here<br /><br />Glad you are taking it slowly and decompressing. I love the line in Rhinos poem..<br /><br />‘You cant put off being young until you retire’<br /><br />Take your time and enjoy it. Show others that the one thing money CAN buy you is time. <br /><br />As you know I left work at 50....into now 10 months. <br /><br />I have genuinely been over busy and an opportunity to buy Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-65848312795809102502019-10-11T12:40:58.755+01:002019-10-11T12:40:58.755+01:00Nice update. Glad things working out. I'm jeal...Nice update. Glad things working out. I'm jealous of the dividend chart. Great position to be in. Good luck house hunting. Nice pics, I'm looking out at wet and windy bleak landscape. One day I'll retire to the coast!Adamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-65388206210518564562019-10-11T08:19:47.124+01:002019-10-11T08:19:47.124+01:00@RIT -- Hi there, even when you post irregularly y...@RIT -- Hi there, even when you post irregularly you post just a little too late for me to catch you for my Weekend Reading it seems. Now you're living a slow life of Riley (and good for you!) could you publish on Thursdays? ;) ;)<br /><br />As for the million dollar question, judging by the pics (and IIRC your asset allocation) looks like it might be the million AUD question... ;)The Investorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05898176600354164258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-86959244960674524902019-10-10T16:52:04.067+01:002019-10-10T16:52:04.067+01:00Ha hah, don't worry, Mr Google had already tol...Ha hah, don't worry, Mr Google had already told me you were quoting Larkin - and in the interests of transparency, that's not my Haiku either! Though I have now set myself a challenge to write one haiku a week on my daily commute... so you may see some original material posted one day...Money Mountaineernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-65931111631644016812019-10-09T18:57:30.596+01:002019-10-09T18:57:30.596+01:00Hey, that's Larkin, not me. I wish I could wri...Hey, that's Larkin, not me. I wish I could write like him!<br /><br />I love a bit of haiku - nice one!<br /><br />But technically speaking haiku must contain the words 'cherry' and 'blossom' somewhere.The Rhinohttp://www.thenewrhino.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-33524597212605628192019-10-08T17:29:55.120+01:002019-10-08T17:29:55.120+01:00Nice. My poetic contribution:
_A Haiku on Money_...Nice. My poetic contribution:<br /><br />_A Haiku on Money_<br /><br />Why do bubbles pop<br />As raindrops fall on my head?<br />An econo-mist...Money Mountaineernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-54284480556423810322019-10-08T14:11:44.577+01:002019-10-08T14:11:44.577+01:00Quarterly, is it, money reproaches me:
‘Why do...Quarterly, is it, money reproaches me:<br /> ‘Why do you let me lie here wastefully?<br />I am all you never had of goods and sex.<br /> You could get them still by writing a few cheques.’<br /><br />So I look at others, what they do with theirs: <br /> They certainly don’t keep it upstairs.<br />By now they’ve a second house and car and wife:<br /> Clearly money has something to doThe Rhinohttp://www.thenewrhino.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-46437116213615836732019-10-06T13:11:39.858+01:002019-10-06T13:11:39.858+01:00That's an interesting take on it. I guess at ...That's an interesting take on it. I guess at university everybody has come from different areas/countries to achieve a largely common goal so you get a large convergence of purpose forced by both money limitations and interests. Then everything diverges again as money enables consumption choices and careers diverge.<br /><br />I could also imagine that pre-globalisation or even those who RetirementInvestingTodayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03088383743670046657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-3579829762780842182019-10-05T21:57:45.255+01:002019-10-05T21:57:45.255+01:00RIT - I hear you. Isn't it ironic that (at lea...RIT - I hear you. Isn't it ironic that (at least in my case) at university we find like minded communities that can live fulfilled lives on minimal financial resources but then family and societal expectation leaves us searching for the same dynamic decades afterwards. The Running Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17940066673971152403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-54386984755068311612019-10-05T16:08:28.898+01:002019-10-05T16:08:28.898+01:00Mrs RIT and I have both been the poster children o...Mrs RIT and I have both been the poster children of 'globalisation'. Both before meeting and since meeting we've both lived abroad and also travelled abroad extensively. Friends and family have done the same as well as us also gaining new friends in those countries which welcomed us. Some of whom have also now moved on to new regions/countries. This means we now have many RetirementInvestingTodayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03088383743670046657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-10984182367596007982019-10-05T15:09:52.491+01:002019-10-05T15:09:52.491+01:00Wow - another plan to move abroad. You don't l...Wow - another plan to move abroad. You don't let the grass grow under your feet! Interested to hear more about when the time's right.Scottnoreply@blogger.com