Douglas Hegdahl was born in September of 1946 in a small town in South Dakota. When he was asked to join the Navy in the 1960s he saw it as an opportunity to see the world. Hegdahl was assigned to the USS Canberra, a missile cruiser positioned in the Gulf of Tonkin, three miles off the coast of Vietnam.
Dear Rusty: I'm considering filing for my SS at age 64 in February, before my full retirement age of 66 years and 10 months. I’m working full time and would like to continue earning until I meet the $21,240 limit for this year.
Mary Ellen and I just returned from a wonderful Caribbean cruise. But no one wants to read a humor column about how much fun we had. So instead, I’ll put on my grumpy old man hat and describe everything that went wrong.
My grocery bills have been a challenge recently, so I’ve tried to be better about planning. Quite honestly, it’s been fun. Well, some of it has been. Because of the economy of grocery shopping, I’ve found the need for stricter strategies and more miserly meals. In this vein, I have three goals in mind: to meet my budget, put tasty food on the table and to keep motivated - as egg prices are driving me right out of the quiche market.
At first glance, it seemed like a pretty good deal. Enjoy a complimentary $25.00 gift card from one of the local supermarkets. All it required was answering a few questions online. I figured it was a marketing scam. I wasn’t born yesterday. In fact, as you’ll see, I was born 100 years ago.
Dear Rusty: I am a 62year old Canadian expat who has lived in the U.S. for the last 30-years.
Who are you rooting for? For much of my life I didn’t pay much attention to football. But then I gave birth to three sons who adore the sport.