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    Monthly budget

    I bought a brand new Toyota tundra in Jan 2017 at 1.9% interest over 5 years. Still have it with 127k miles. One of the best purchases I have made. The rest of my budget needs work:
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    This country's hard on people. You can't stop what's coming.

    Great recap with the writing the pics! Not sure if this makes me want to do the haul road hunt more or less 😂
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    Manufactured Outrage

    At least we are sticking with the thread title.
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    Gas/Fuel Price and hunting plans

    800 miles round trip to get to my Idaho elk unit this year with my Tundra. Possibly two trips in Oct depending on how the first week goes. I would expect $300-$400 of gas for a week. Fortunate to spend small amount on commuting with <8 miles round trip a day for wife and I both. Don't see gas...
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    A little humour for your day

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    Anybody Buying Yet? Where’s the Bottom?

    I also have over half of my gains in my HSA :geek:
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    Anybody Buying Yet? Where’s the Bottom?

    Oh yeah, risk is small for me and individual stocks are very small portion of portfolio. Along for the ride. Very familiar with the area. I grew up on a small dairy farm 10 miles SE of the site. Still have land and family there and my brother owns the main farm. I was in high school when they...
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    Anybody Buying Yet? Where’s the Bottom?

    Talon Metals (MN nickel miner) popped again today. I bought in Jan/Feb 2024 and plan to ride it out a while.
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    Withdrawal calculator

    Pro-rata rules apply mainly to backdoor Roth contributions and nondeductible traditional IRA contributions/withdrawals. With Roth withdrawals they come from contributions first.
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    Withdrawal calculator

    I had a college finance class where the professor showed the math on saving from age 25-35 beating the person saving from age 35-65. My wife and I started contributing 10%+ in 2012 at age 23/24. We were making $70,000 gross household income, rent was $600 a month in small town midwest. We lived...
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    Angsty Tunes Thursday ahead of the Weekend

    Saw Matt Maeson live a year ago:
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    Best Trail Cam Pictures

    Maybe I should have planned to go back to MN for whitetails this year.
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    Well fattened bucks

    Does it take as many Hopzones to hunt well-fattened bucks as it did 8 years ago or have things slowed down a bit?
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