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Category: Finances

Tip on how to manage money

Cash Benefits of Retirement

In retirement you can have more time and choice to do things differently.  Simply put, if you worked  eight hours a day and traveled for two hours then you have 50 hours extra a week coming your way. You can use……

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November 16, 2020 - 9:04 am November 16, 2020Finances, Holidays Bible, concession, electricity, entertainment, learning, retired, saving, shopping 0

Your Vital Records

The End. There was a public discussion recently of how to handle someone’s Facebook identity when they die. Maybe because of that, or maybe because I had to do a funeral for someone last week, I have been thinking about……

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September 28, 2020 - 11:45 am October 6, 2020Doing LIfe, Finances bank, computer, computers, contacts, death, Facebook, family, funeral, music, passwords, relatives, retired, retired blokes, retired men, tax 0

Get Out of Debt – NOW

I know I have written many times about how finances are not the major issue in retirement but for one group of people, finances are much more serious than others. That group are the people who retire with debts hanging……

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September 7, 2020 - 2:27 pm September 7, 2020Doing LIfe, Finances debt, payments, plan 1

Avoiding the Assets Test – Solar Power?

The Problem If you are effected by the Centrelink or other Government assets test, you know your pension goes down the more assets you have. Unfortunately you have few options to solve this problem.  You can and should, revalue your……

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August 4, 2020 - 8:42 pm August 4, 2020Finances centrelink, electricity, inverter, men, power generation, retired, retired men, saving money, Solar electricity, solar panels 0

Charting a Course to Correct Information

I suspect that as a population the world has never looked at charts as much as the last few months during the Covid 19 pandemic. Whether it is the stock market, your shares, your superannuation, your wage levels, health situation,……

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April 27, 2020 - 11:00 am April 27, 2020Finances, Health, Our World chart, corona, covid 19, data, missleading, retirement, statistics 0

The Hidden Cost of Airconditioning

I have been living in my house now for about 10 years. When I purchased it there were two 3Kw, split system air conditioners installed. I have used them over the years but their reach wasn’t sufficient so I recently……

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February 10, 2020 - 5:45 pm February 10, 2020Finances budget, Circuit breaker, costs, Dollars, Electrician, electricity, Meter, Power, retired, retired blokes, retired men, save, save money 0

Get it right the first time

Retirement. I have retired twice so far and I have another retirement planned for next year. I haven’t returned to work because I wanted to. On both occasions, there was a crisis and they asked me to steer them through……

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December 9, 2019 - 11:15 am December 9, 2019Doing LIfe, Finances, Health fear, finances, health, important, retirement 0

Retiring right

The way Australians approach retirement planning is in desperate need of review. If you Google “Retirement in Australia”, the first page is filled with:-  Advertisements for places to live in retirement, A Government site that talks about pensions and taxation,……

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September 2, 2019 - 11:10 am September 2, 2019Doing LIfe, Finances, Health finances, planning, retirement, work identity 0

Facing Reality

Marriages. I have married around 30 women in my time. That’s a lot of women for one bloke. And of those I’ve kept up with, most are happy with their husbands (who I also married at the time). You see……

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June 24, 2019 - 11:32 am June 30, 2019Doing LIfe, Finances, Health burial, cremation, funeral, hospital 0

Hows Your Will?

I’m sorry to have to remind you of this fact, but, like it or not, you are going to die! So, if you haven’t already decided what will happen to your stuff when you go,  you should make a will……

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March 27, 2019 - 11:08 am March 27, 2019Doing LIfe, Finances death, defacto, illness, kit, last will, legal, make a will, marriage, new relationship, retired, retired blokes, retired men, will 0
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