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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 03:20 AM Original message |
Survey: 1 in 10 boomers borrowing for everyday expenses |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 03:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. A 75-year-old spending so much of his income on gasoline? |
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Goodnevil (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 04:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Do 75 year olds commute |
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FiftysLost (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 04:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Unfair |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 06:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Welcome to DU, FiftysLost! |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 06:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. They probably would be if they lived in say, Germany or |
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Goodnevil (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 09:30 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. No not at all |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Pretty much the exact same things that force you and I out on the road |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 12:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
29. I'm not suggesting anything of the sort |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 07:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. You may end up there some day. Mentally, sounds like you arrived already. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. Many simply cant just sit around doing nothing, like my dad who is 71 |
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Autumn Colors (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 07:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Uh.... doctor visits???? |
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Goodnevil (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
22. How often does one have to go to the doctor? |
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Goodnevil (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 09:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. I need to rephrase my posts |
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Randomthought (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. He said "Money" not income |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 05:14 AM Response to Original message |
4. There are, you know.............. |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 06:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. how can wind farms cause birth defects? |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 06:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Not so much forgot, but...... |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. OK, i was only 1/2 way into my first cuppa coffee |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 06:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Now that's funny. But on a serious note most baby boomer's |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 07:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Oh, I know |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 08:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. That's a broad brush and as I pointed out, the guy they quoted isn't a baby boomer. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
15. James Dyas at 75 isn't a baby boomer. He must have been born in |
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Maeve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
16. One point against the writer of the story--75 yr old isn't a boomer |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. The article also points to the late boomers struggling more than older folks. |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
17. Payday Loans is having a field day |
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rabies1 (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
19. Wonder what it will it be 3 years from now, 7 years from now? |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
20. Cheap concentrated energy allows every individual to live like kings and queens |
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libertyforallmen (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
27. Say yes to debit cards, No to credit cards |
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Acadia Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-13-08 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
28. This is dire. |
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darue (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. this is the generation more than any other that's given us 30 years of bullshit repubs |
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