[Homestead] Retirement planning, was Saving for a Rainy Quarter Century

Rob becidawa at hctc.com
Fri Dec 17 15:01:20 EST 2004


At  12/17/2004 10:30 AM, Gene wrote:

>I recently asked friends who live much like we intend to live--a couple 
>who live frugally and carefully, who have zero debt, who have a big garden 
>each year, can or freeze lots of their food, use a hoop house to help feed 
>them through the winter, who keep chickens, who heat with wood they cut 
>from their woods, who drive a modest compact pickup truck, who live in our 
>area of very low property taxes, who keep very careful records of every 
>expenditure, who have the most detailed budget--how much cash they need 
>each month for those things that only cash can cover. Their number is $960.

That seems like a lot of money for no debt, growing own food, etc...
They didn't happen to say where that $960 went did they?


Rob
becidawa at hctc.com

Merry Christmas everyone! 




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