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If you are currently at an age where you’re taking RMDs from your IRA you might want to consider a Qualified Charitable Distribution.  There is an upper limit to the amount you can give as a QCD ($108,000, I think) and the stock must be transferred directly from your IRA to the charity.  Using a QCD allows you to meet your RMD and is not taxable as income to you.  Make sure the organization is a registered charity and that it can accept stock as a contribution.  Many small non-profits and charities don’t have a brokerage account to accept stock transactions.   

Thanks for the advice....yes, short business trip but I'll have some free time in between.  Thanks

Just an observation here and certainly no reflection on his escort skills but if you’re going to post pictures of yourself in a speedo thong it would be preferable to remove the sales tag from the thong before you take the picture.  Surely he wasn’t thinking of returning t this swimwear, was he?  

Hi, BigDMike!  I live in Iowa (southeast Iowa) but have been to Des Moines too many times to count.  The metropolitan area of Des Moines is roughly 750,000 to 800,000 people.  It’s very laid back but a nice place to live and raise a family.  However, as others have noted, it doesn’t have a WOW factor.  If you’re only going to be in town for a short period of time you might want to check out the State Capitol building.  It’s truly a historic and beautiful building.  If memory serves me you can take a self-guided tour of the building.  It sits atop a hill on the east side and overlooks the downtown area.  Also, it’s not too far from Blazing Saddles, the city’s oldest gay bar.  If you really want to be a tourist you can go to Living History Farms in Urbandale, a suburb just north of Des Moines.
There’s not much happening gay wise there and even less so when it comes to RM guys.  Have a great time in DSM.  I think you’ll enjoy your time there.

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Nope. Totally disagree. Kids today are just as much exposed to the real world as they were in the early 1970s. That was a half-century ago! The real world has changed radically since then, not least in the ongoing, disruptive transformations from an analog to a digital society, plus the epic transfer of trillions of dollars in assets from the poor and middle classes to the wealthy. These two alone have created a seemingly unbridgeable gap that dramatically alters expectations. Kids didn’t do that - we did. So of course the resulting differences between 19 year olds then and now are vast. It is a common if huge mistake for an older generation to lament “Kids today!! Why, back in my day, we…”. To reference a single example that was mentioned and that relates directly to today’s horrific news: Kids didn’t abolish the early ‘70s draft, creating a huge, over-funded private army that now fights endless wars that drain the treasury and make profiteering corporations richer, all while spilling blood. We did that. Instead of complaining about what 19 year olds do, it is way more productive to complain about - and reform - what adults are doing. Indicting an entire generation on the basis of a terrible experience with one loser just perpetuates the problems.
Sorry, but the kids are all right. End of rant. 

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Finally, some common sense in the stock market last week.  It seemed like a delayed reaction to events in the middle east.  I expect further reductions this week.  With the recent job losses, increasing unemployment, ongoing affordability issues and surging oil prices...the US economy is in a downward spiral.  

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Maurice based on the novel by E.M. Forster. Great movie.

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I’ll be passing through Atlanta in the near future and this gentleman has piqued my interest.  Any 411 Intel would be appreciated.  Thanks, men.  

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Andrew Justice was the quintessential man for me.  

Andrew Justice was the quintessential man for me.  

Do these discerning gentlemen of good character call you on your white slimline telephone with last number redial facilities?
  

I’m comfortable either way. A while ago, in the post encounter bliss, both the provider and I forgot about payment. A frantic phone call 20 minutes later from him culminated in my turning around and going back in very heavy traffic. I was a return customer and he was more amused than annoyed but I was embarrassed. Now I usually take the envelope out of my pocket at the outset and I think they’re often relieved to see it. If I’m less than delighted, I won’t be back. What does really turn me off, is to watch them count it. 

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Thanks for the intel guys.   Just subscribed.   They don't have to post a name, a phone number, a "stage name, " nothing.   Just their comments.   One bozo that I talked to nearly 2 years ago and whom I elected not to hire because he was certifiable.   He posted 2 comments, one saying I was a no show and the other with symbols of a clown and a hand giving the middle finger.   Another said that I was a "no show."   I have the text exchange still for this 2nd one.   He was in a city 1 hour from me and we tried to coordinate schedules and I couldn't do it.   He replied, calling that a "no show" and then posted that as his comment.   Frustrating.   I've challenged both.   We'll see what happens.   Several good comments.   Has to be frustrating for providers, like the reviews are for me sometimes on RM, when they are so, so different and all over the board.
Another comments that I'm a "fake [sic} the reviews that are good are him making fake reviews."   Weird.   What a hobby that would be to just dream up fake, good reviews and post them on random guys.   Who has time for that type sport?

I met with scott once while he was in lauderdale and I can see both sides of the coin ... we did not click and he kind of got frustrated that we did not click ... i find a bunch of these online phone survey systems obtrusive ... folks change numbers faster than i change socks these days ... but ultimately if that's his rule, you're not going to get him to change it and trying to do so only ensures enmity if you should eventually meet

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New CD rates at Citibank just came out today. Best rate is now under 4%. 
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APY 3.50% to 3.80%

ACATS = Automated Customer Accounts Transfer Service.  

ACATS = Automated Customer Accounts Transfer Service.  

ACATS = Automated Customer Accounts Transfer Service.