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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 08:26 PM
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I've been pretty lucky with investments. I just hit it at the right time, the housing market crashed and the price of gold is at an all time high. I've been acquiring gold for almost 30 years, don't like banks, don't have a 401K. With the high value of gold right now and the very low prices of real-estate, I thought it would be wise to convert some of the gold to land.
 
Old Nov 2, 2008 | 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by fabmandelux
I've been pretty lucky with investments. I just hit it at the right time, the housing market crashed and the price of gold is at an all time high. I've been acquiring gold for almost 30 years, don't like banks, don't have a 401K. With the high value of gold right now and the very low prices of real-estate, I thought it would be wise to convert some of the gold to land.

I had a nice 401k and then it got flushed away over night..Pretty sad and lot of others are in the same boat
 
Old Nov 2, 2008 | 10:18 PM
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yeah nice don,
but i don't want to hear that "f" word! thats what i'm trying to prevent!

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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 10:24 PM
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yeah,
and i lost my davis-bacon pension as well. had almost 20k in that!! and its gone! i kind of seen that coming!


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Morning Everyone...

Hey Fabman, how far over east are you..?

2 wks till the Crew Comes home...
 
Old Nov 3, 2008 | 09:36 AM
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137 miles east from Portland to Arlington, then 27 miles South on Hwy 19. Waaay out in the boonies
 
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Originally Posted by fabmandelux
I've been pretty lucky with investments. I just hit it at the right time, the housing market crashed and the price of gold is at an all time high. I've been acquiring gold for almost 30 years, don't like banks, don't have a 401K. With the high value of gold right now and the very low prices of real-estate, I thought it would be wise to convert some of the gold to land.
Originally Posted by fabmandelux
137 miles east from Portland to Arlington, then 27 miles South on Hwy 19. Waaay out in the boonies
I dunno how much I'd be saying. You may have a lot of people out there trying to figure out where all that gold is buried.
 
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Morning all, I'm here at work, still sick and feeling like crap. At lease I'm on the down hill side of this cold. All the mountians this morning are covered with snow, what I can see of them. It's cold and windy this morning.
 
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hi all,
good afternoon. its cold and rainy out this way. me and my wife both have colds. she has it worse then i do. she's been hacking up worse then a cat with a bad hairball. and she has asthma so she's not feeling all that great!
but she goes to work everyday.

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Good morning, wet and cold here in Central Oregon, hows the rest of the state. Reports say that some of the western side maybe under water soon.
 
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Cold And wet here in The Valley as well....I spent yesterday making sure nothing was going to blow away, or blow out of my 6 Big Fir trees.....Last winter I ended up with 2 of my parts cars Getting pummelled with blown out branches.....Let her Blow and Rain....

I have my Generator and Web feet on standby.....
 
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I just herd the weather report for here, high wind warning until tonight. Not good for the Vets Day march here.
 



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