Yeah it rained here too same deal there are ponds in the farmers field

And you're talking about retirement.....just make sure that you've tucked enough money away because the dollar figure that Social Security arrives at will not change from now until the day you die OR the coffers run out.....

Dgraff, you are giving us only part of the story. Living paycheck to paycheck has always been part of our economy. It’s the same worldwide and let me remind you, that doesn’t mean you have to go without. It means that you are left with little to save. I’ve answered your post with more facts in my thread.
What I think about Biden is not important. What’s important is WHO will be our next President starting Jan 2025.
Happy New Year. 😈

Hey, dgraff, looks as though CAT has attempted to move your post aka the conversation elsewhere. In an attempt to not allow the post to be hijacked, I'm moving her response back to the thread where the post originated, CAT responded to you as follows;


CAT said-

(Ok, first of all, there’s this:
“More than half of Americans earning over $100,000 a year live paycheck to paycheck. So what's going on? Many experts point to a phenomenon called lifestyle inflation as one of the culprits. Lifestyle inflation, or lifestyle creep, is the pattern of spending a little more as a person's income increases. Dec 11, 2023”

Then, there’s these facts reported in December 2023:
The economy continues to benefit from very low unemployment (3.7% in November) and solid job growth. In addition, there are significantly more job openings than there are available workers. In the third quarter, consumer spending was a primary driver of the ACCELERATED GDP growth rate.
4 days ago

In October of last year, the model of the US economy showed a 100% chance of a recession happening in 2023. But, here we are more than 12 months later, and US economic data keeps coming in relatively strong. UNEMPLOYMENT remains near multi-decade lows and INFLATION is pretty close to the Federal Reserve's 2% target.
5 days ago

JOB GAINS continued at a very strong pace in 2023, although down from the torrid rates seen in 2021 and 2022 immediately following the PANDEMIC RECESSION. Monthly nonfarm payrolls grew by 232,000 per month on average in 2023, 55,000 MORE JOBS per month than the average pace in 2018 and 2019.
7 days ago

The United States upholds its status as the major global economy and richest country, steadfastly preserving its pinnacle position from 1960 to 2023. Its economy boasts remarkable diversity, propelled by important sectors, including services, manufacturing, finance, and technology.
Dec 4, 2023

Ok, I know there’s plenty to bitch about. Mostly about the price of food and other staples, but, while many people blame the President for this, I can’t think HOW he could remedy it.
After Covid we, all, went on a buying streak. That, coupled with a shortage of goods, brought on the inflation.
The first part was almost a necessity. We were out of everything. The second was mostly due to Trump’s disastrous trade policies.
I DO STILL THINK BIDEN IS DOING A GOOD JOB. God willing, so will a majority of the voters on November 2024.

Well perhaps they need to offer up suggestions,of better pictures? or .

If a woman member has problems with the quality of male pics, then she’s in the wrong type of site. Just saying,

Is that the woman that has 1 picture fully clothed and doesn’t want Dick pictures sent to her she sounds like a nut job to me I was afraid to even welcome her to the site I think she was looking for face book

Clean up isle 5

“their concern is focused on the child” Obviously the lady is not all there and the child needs all the help that can be found for him.
This is not a proper place to urinate anywhere in the world, but, public urination is not view the same in other countries as it’s viewed in Puritan United States. In France they have urinals in the open in almost every park or busy corner.

You too phart

Merry Christmas

I too like to watch the judges shows and I also hate them commercials I read a piece by a renowned doctor that says urinary track infection is yes mostly in women mainly heavy set women this doctor said heavy set women tend to wipe their butt the wrong direction and wipe feces in to the genitalia area causing the infection ladies if you are to big to reach around to wipe your buttocks upwards then may i suggest meat or protein diet with absolutely no carbohydrates

Hey I remember her

Santa says only bad boys and girls spam because it is not nice ....Thank you Sickboy, happy Christmas to you and yours!

You would not believe the amount of money a local guy makes selling "whole goats" to these foreigners that live in a local city.
He goes to local live stock auctions and buys old scruffy, scrawny goats dirt cheap, brings them home,lets them graze the pasture for a while and someone will drive out from the big city ,pay him cash for a walking goat, they lead it off to the woods, kill it ,remove it's innards and wrap it in sheet and plastic and put it in the trunk of their car, take it home and prep it and put it on a big rotisserie.
I explain this to answer your question, in a city,such as where you are, there is no where to "gut" a dead animal to prep it for cooking, so the store is offering pregutted pigs for those folks that want to cook a whole pig for Christmas.

The area where you have your winter home is teaming with Latins, mostly Cuban, Puerto Ricans, and Mexican. Roasting a pig for a holiday or a major family event is quite common. My daughter-in-law’s brother is doing one for Christmas
The Winn Dixie pigs are dressed (the entrails are removed) but everything else stays. Everything is edible including the skin although the head and lower legs are not eaten.
The pig is cooked in a pit dug for the purpose. The coal fire is low and in a corner of the pit and the pig cooks all day (at least 12 hours). The pit is covered with palm fronds. To keep the heat inside the pit.

I thought it was to feed there pets (alligators)