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One of the “corny” jokes that I remember: ”I didn’t realize how many people I didn’t like until we started selecting names for our baby”. 😉

Tony nominated SHUCKED is playing at the Nederlander Theatre. It’s an easy story to follow and an easy ticket to get. It’s about a backwoods corn farming community that suddenly sees its crops dying. They seek outside help to save their business. This leads to love, marriage, and deception. Depending on your humor level, some might be lol while others might be thinking what else is playing on Broadway. It’s a very talented, likable, and good-looking cast. Lots of singing, dancing, and laughs. Tony winner Alex Newell, who plays LuLu, belts out those love songs and is the star of the show. The play has a happy ending! 🌽

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Everyday I’m reading horror stories of how unsuspecting people’s life savings are stolen right from their bank accounts. Today there was a story of a young couple saving for a wedding. A call from their bank (caller ID said Chase) asking if they made any wire transfers from this account (caller had acc’t number & SS#). The couple had no reason to believe this was a scam. To reverse these transfers they were told they had to wire it back to their account. Next thing they knew, all their savings were gone. They had been scammed. Chase declined to help because they had authorized this wire transfer. What can people do to avoid these scams. The story went on to say if you get a call from a bank or money institution, hang up and call the bank to confirm. Have any of you received suspicious calls like these? Did you ever lose any money? If so, what action did you take.

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I just took out a 3 month Treasury for 5.17%. Yes, being NYS tax free is a big advantage. Tomorrow, Citibank (every Tuesday) will announce their new CD rates. I doubt there will be any changes. I’m looking into the 12 month “no penalty” CD @4.75%. Just in case rates do go up again.

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Re: CD’s If you think CD rates might still be rising and you don’t want to lock-in your money for 9+ months, Citi is still offering the “no penalty” CD at 4.75%. Other banks might have better rates. Breaking a CD before its maturity can cost you 3 months in interest.

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I started this thread a year ago and have been following rising CD rates ever since. Today’s rate @ Citibank for a 9 month CD is 4.90% with a minimum of $100,000. From reading previous messages I see that CD rates are higher elsewhere. One of my CD’s @ Citi matures this week and I’ll be rolling it over into the higher rate.

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I’m spending my summer in Putnam County NY where there is no lack of rain. On Sunday we had a record rainfall of over 8 inches. Flooding resulted in some road closures and a couple have been washed away. The lake I’m on rose over a foot causing some property damage and created a few wonderful falls. The nearby Croton Reservoir, which provides water to NYC, is at 100% capacity. Otherwise, it’s been a typical summer with hazy, hot, and humid weather.