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Emergency Preparedness – Money Storage in Retirement Plans

Emergency Preparedness – Money Storage in Retirement Plans

   Qualified retirement plans are as simple to understand as a chicken farm.  “Qualified” means that the IRS fox is kept away from layer hens and eggs during the working years because you commit to build this flock as a replacement for you for income earning when you retire from the workplace.       Now, think like a chicken farmer.  Do you want a big flock or a little flock in the henhouse when you retire?  Additionally, in retirement do you…

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Emergency Preparedness – Pensions and Lifetime Income Annuities.

Emergency Preparedness – Pensions and Lifetime Income Annuities.

   All pensions are annuities, but not all annuities are pensions.  What’s the difference?    Pensions offer retirees life income and benefits can be shared with a spouse only.  At retirement most employer plans will offer a single choice from “six standard payout options.”  Option one pays the most money monthly, but only to the participant until death; options two through six pay less, with the spouse getting a continuing fractional amount until death.  Live long, get a lot.  Die…

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Emergency preparedness – The Myths of Lifetime Guarantees.

Emergency preparedness – The Myths of Lifetime Guarantees.

   “Buy this one,” the wife said.  “It’s only $30 more, but it has a lifetime guarantee.”    “Whose lifetime,” her husband questioned?  “I’m 78 and have lived 3 years more than I was suppose to.”    A lifetime guarantee is generally considered to be no longer than 10 years for any manufactured product.  Of course, certificates with fine print can exclude important components, and unless you retain sales slips mere possession may not be sufficient to prove ownership.  Warrantees…

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Bigger May Not Be Better

Bigger May Not Be Better

Emergency Preparedness – Bigger May Not Be Better.      “Perhaps the only reason you are taking this class is so that you learn to read labels,” said Mr. Bench, my Provo High School chemistry teacher.  I hated chemistry, other than what I’m about to share.    On a can of spray paint, the fine print read:  l.5% pigment, and 98.5% inert ingredients.  Another can had 3.5% pigment and 96.5% inert ingredients  (“inert” ingredient means “water”).     He said: “These…

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The 25-Cent Breakfast, by THERMOS

The 25-Cent Breakfast, by THERMOS

Emergency Preparedness – The 25-Cent Breakfast, by THERMOS.    Grains and legumes can easily be cooked while you sleep, if you know this simple procedure.  Only grain, a 32 oz. wide-mouth Stainless Thermos bottle, and boiling water are needed.  Follow these steps: While boiling 3 cups of water, put ¾ cup of grain(s) in the Thermos. Add ¾ teaspoon salt and 1 Tbs. sweetener (sugar, molasses, honey, syrup, etc.) Pour in boiling water up to ½ inch of the bottom…

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The 25-Cent Breakfast

The 25-Cent Breakfast

Emergency Preparedness – The 25-Cent Breakfast.    When you pay big money for prepared breakfast cereals, why not consider 2-3 times the nutrition for less than 1/10th the cost as incentive to change.  Instead of eating Wheaties, Rice Krispies, and Cheerios, whole or rolled cereal grains are an easy substitute.  Wheat, rice, oats, barley, millet, rye, triticale, buckwheat, and even legumes are as simple as 1,2,3 to put on the table. Get a stainless steel, 32 oz. wide-mouth THERMOS jug….

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Tool Time

Tool Time

Emergency Preparedness – Tool Time.      “The hot water was dripping, so we called a plumber.  Can we send you the bill,” asked the renter?    “You called in a plumber on a Sunday night because of a drip,” replied the landlord?    For well under $110 anyone can buy a $30 wrench and a $.25 washer to fix a faucet drip problem.  Thereafter, the wrench can be put to other excellent uses, saving its purchase price countless times….

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Thinking Outside the Box?

Thinking Outside the Box?

Emergency Preparedness  – Thinking Outside The Box?    “A rut is an open-end grave,” said A. Theodore Tuttle to a young missionary in South America.  “Do something interesting and different every day of your life, that you have never done before,” he counseled.    In a techno society, imagination is the greatest ingredient to innovation.  But, before you start thinking outside your preparedness box, think about what is in it.  Item #1 – self-sufficiency is having the where with all…

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Would You Like Calamari or Squid?

Would You Like Calamari or Squid?

Emergency Preparedness – Would You Like Calamari or Squid?        Ever since Generic Brands came on the scene, product sellers have been pitching product quality more and more in major brand ads.  In the world of marketing, many manufacturers produce multiple labels applied to exactly the same product.  While working for two major canned goods manufacturers the labeler operator put five different labels on the same can of green beans, and three labels on identical dehydrated fruits and vegetables. …

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“Living Better on Less” DVD Seminar

“Living Better on Less” DVD Seminar

A complete 2 hour DVD on “Living Better on Less” by W. Glen Weeks is available for mail ordering.  The cost is $15 per DVD.  This cost covers materials and mailing expenses only.  To order please send a check or money order to:  W. Glen Weeks C/O Cory Weeks 2843 W. Allred Circle Salt Lake City, UT  84118 * Please allow between 2 and 3 weeks for delivery.