We apologize

"GWS" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

Today my minor son posted a chain letter that was forwarded to him
involving placing 6 $1 bills in sealed envelopes and mailing them
to six of your friends. This posting was done without my review.
Though I am not an attorney, it appears this is form of a pyramid
scheme and is certainly illegal. Please accept our apologies for
this posting. I would strongly advise to not get involved in such
a "get rich quick" scheme.

Darn, and here I thought I had my retirement all sewn up :-(

:-)

--

"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why
the poor have no food, they call me a communist."

Dom Helder Camara

Michel Boucher said:

"GWS" <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

Today my minor son posted a chain letter that was forwarded to him
involving placing 6 $1 bills in sealed envelopes and mailing them
to six of your friends. This posting was done without my review.
Though I am not an attorney, it appears this is form of a pyramid
scheme and is certainly illegal. Please accept our apologies for
this posting. I would strongly advise to not get involved in such
a "get rich quick" scheme.

Darn, and here I thought I had my retirement all sewn up :-(

:-)

Yes, I thought I was going to be able to supplement my 401k. Guess I
better invest more money in it, huh?

itsjoannotjoann said:

Michel Boucher said:

"GWS" <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

Today my minor son posted a chain letter that was forwarded to him
involving placing 6 $1 bills in sealed envelopes and mailing them
to six of your friends. This posting was done without my review.
Though I am not an attorney, it appears this is form of a pyramid
scheme and is certainly illegal. Please accept our apologies for
this posting. I would strongly advise to not get involved in such
a "get rich quick" scheme.

Darn, and here I thought I had my retirement all sewn up :-(

:-)

Yes, I thought I was going to be able to supplement my 401k. Guess I
better invest more money in it, huh?

Steam off the stamps, quick!

Jill

GWS said:

Today my minor son posted a chain letter that was forwarded to him
involving placing 6 $1 bills in sealed envelopes and mailing them to
six of your friends. This posting was done without my review. Though
I am not an attorney, it appears this is form of a pyramid scheme and
is certainly illegal. Please accept our apologies for this posting.
I would strongly advise to not get involved in such a "get rich
quick" scheme.

Assuming you are not a troll.. hats off to you! Parents that watch
closely what their children are doing are in the minority...not thinking
that many here signed up besides me.

"GWS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Today my minor son posted a chain letter that was forwarded to him
involving placing 6 $1 bills in sealed envelopes and mailing them to
six of your friends. This posting was done without my review. Though
I am not an attorney, it appears this is form of a pyramid scheme and
is certainly illegal. Please accept our apologies for this posting.
I would strongly advise to not get involved in such a "get rich
quick" scheme.

Thank you for letting us know. I applaud you for being a responsible
parent.
Janet

"Janet Bostwick" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Thank you for letting us know. I applaud you for being a responsible
parent.

It's a little curious that I don't see the original message
in this thread, only responses.

nancy

"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

"Janet Bostwick" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Thank you for letting us know. I applaud you for being a responsible
parent.

It's a little curious that I don't see the original message
in this thread, only responses.

nancy

The gremlins are at work again?
Janet

"Janet Bostwick" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

It's a little curious that I don't see the original message
in this thread, only responses.

Quoted message said:

The gremlins are at work again?

I don't know. I don't see anything obvious that would make them
land in my circular file. Just makes me wonder.

nancy

On 28 Feb 2006 17:07:53 -0800, "GWS" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Today my minor son posted a chain letter that was forwarded to him
involving placing 6 $1 bills in sealed envelopes and mailing them to
six of your friends.

No. You mail the money to complete strangers, and then you spam
your message to thousands of other complete strangers because your
friends would never speak to you again (unless you gave them $6 +
postage).

It's important that you follow the instructions *exactly* for the
program to work correctly! I was skeptical, too. But it really
works!

-sw

Nancy Young said:

"Janet Bostwick" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Thank you for letting us know. I applaud you for being a responsible
parent.

It's a little curious that I don't see the original message
in this thread, only responses.

I can't find the original either. Maybe she's apologizing
beforehand for something she's planning on doing. We've seen
stranger ploys.

Wait till she sees all the spam she'll be getting by using her
real gmail account to apologize. Looks like she spent 44 minutes
typing up all those apologies to 14 different groups.

-sw

Nancy Young said:

"Janet Bostwick" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Thank you for letting us know. I applaud you for being a
responsible parent.

It's a little curious that I don't see the original message
in this thread, only responses.

In almost all newsgroups I've read, I've seen answers arriving long
before the questions.

Ironically, I haven't seen this in alt.time-travel or
alt.sci.time-travel.

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"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

"Janet Bostwick" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

It's a little curious that I don't see the original message
in this thread, only responses.

Quoted message said:

The gremlins are at work again?

I don't know. I don't see anything obvious that would make them
land in my circular file. Just makes me wonder.

nancy

I replied because I had read a posting with an 'offer' like that in the
last couple of days. But I can't find it in this newsgroup. I must have
seen it elsewhere. The only offers I can find now are the Paypal ones.
Janet

Janet Bostwick said:

"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

"Janet Bostwick" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Thank you for letting us know. I applaud you for being a responsible
parent.

It's a little curious that I don't see the original message
in this thread, only responses.

nancy

The gremlins are at work again?

No, trolls
--

Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.

"itsjoannotjoann" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Darn, and here I thought I had my retirement all sewn up :-(

:-)

Yes, I thought I was going to be able to supplement my 401k. Guess I
better invest more money in it, huh?

Sorry, no idea what a 401K is. Is it anything like an RSP (Retirement
Savings Plan)? And if it is, why don't they call it that? :-)

--

"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why
the poor have no food, they call me a communist."

Dom Helder Camara

"Michel Boucher" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

"itsjoannotjoann" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Yes, I thought I was going to be able to supplement my 401k. Guess I
better invest more money in it, huh?

Sorry, no idea what a 401K is. Is it anything like an RSP (Retirement
Savings Plan)? And if it is, why don't they call it that? :-)

It's the number of the bill that created it, and Retirement Savings
Plan would not differentiate it from, say, IRAs, etc.

nancy

Michel Boucher said:

"itsjoannotjoann" <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Darn, and here I thought I had my retirement all sewn up :-(

:-)

Yes, I thought I was going to be able to supplement my 401k. Guess I
better invest more money in it, huh?

Sorry, no idea what a 401K is. Is it anything like an RSP (Retirement
Savings Plan)? And if it is, why don't they call it that? :-)

A 401(k) is an employer-sponsored matching funds (generally) program to add
to retirement funds on a pre-tax basis. If you leave the employment you can
choose to receive the total cash distribution, less taxes, or roll it over
into an Individual Retirement Account (IRA). It's actually a separate thing
from a Retirement Plan. The U.S. is awash in these varying savings plans.
Mutual funds investments, straight stock, etc. There are different types of
IRA's; some pre-tax, some post-tax. There are also laws regulating when you
can add cash contributions.

As for why they don't call it the same thing, it depends on the U.S. laws
and what they choose to call them. Makes too much sense to call them all
the same thing 🙂

Jill

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Michel Boucher said:

"itsjoannotjoann" <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Yes, I thought I was going to be able to supplement my 401k. Guess I
better invest more money in it, huh?

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Sorry, no idea what a 401K is. Is it anything like an RSP (Retirement
Savings Plan)? And if it is, why don't they call it that? :-)

Quoted message said:

A 401(k) is an employer-sponsored matching funds (generally) program to
add
to retirement funds on a pre-tax basis. If you leave the employment you
can
choose to receive the total cash distribution, less taxes, or roll it over
into an Individual Retirement Account (IRA). It's actually a separate
thing
from a Retirement Plan. The U.S. is awash in these varying savings plans.
Mutual funds investments, straight stock, etc. There are different types
of
IRA's; some pre-tax, some post-tax. There are also laws regulating when
you
can add cash contributions.

Can you decide how much you put in to your 401K or is it a set percentage of
your income? Like Michel, I'm in Canada. The company DH works for allows
employees to chose from 3 levels of contributions. IIRC, 1, 2 or 3% of
employees' wages can be invested in their pension plan, with the company
matching the amounts. The same options (return of contributions or
roll-over into an RRSP) are available if employee leaves/is laid off before
reaching pension eligibility.

Gabby

"Gabby" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Can you decide how much you put in to your 401K or is it a set percentage
of your income?

Last I heard you could shield up to 6% of your income, and
the company can match all of it or none of it. The company
I worked for matched dollar for dollar, towards the end they
went to the more standard 50 cents on the dollar.

nancy

Nancy Young said:

"Gabby" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Can you decide how much you put in to your 401K or is it a set
percentage of your income?

Last I heard you could shield up to 6% of your income, and
the company can match all of it or none of it. The company
I worked for matched dollar for dollar, towards the end they
went to the more standard 50 cents on the dollar.

nancy

Yep, up to 6% of your income and my former employer matched 100% of that.
After 5 years you have a fully vested interest in the employer matching
funds so if you leave, their money is also your money.

Jill