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October 7, 2006
Volume 4, Number 19
ISSN 1554-6330
In this issue:
1. Carpenter Country
2. Top Drawer Article
3. Top Drawer Tips
4. Top Drawer Book Review
5. Top Drawer Satire
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CARPENTER COUNTRYWhat's Happening in Our Neck of the Human Experience
Most every mother with a married son has a daughter-in-law. Some daughters-in-law are kind and sweet. Others are sneaky and nasty. Those mothers-in-law faced with sneaky and nasty are mad as heck, but afraid to gripe, grouse or grumble. To do so might put them in jeopardy of never seeing their sons or grandchildren again.
Here in Carpenter Country, we champion all causes. So to ease the frustration of those exasperated mothers-in-law, we’ve decided to voice their complaints.
Almost all the mothers-in-law we talked to would like:
-- Less mother-in-law roasting, more daughter-in-law jokes.
-- The same amount of love for dear Mom after her son has been snared and the marriage knot tied as before the big event happened.
-- A son who sees past his wife’s show of sweet kindness and realizes how she really feels about Mom.
-- An invitation to come over and visit even when the grandkids no longer need a sitter.
It seems very few mothers-in-law want their son back. And the last thing they want is to cause a rift between their son and daughter-in-law. What these Moms wish for is a once-in-a-while short visit with the kid they nurtured to adulthood.
Their final word is: Give us a break, make us feel welcome. Remember if it weren’t for us there’d be no sons. And no sons would mean no daughters-in-law.
**Please note the above comments are solely the tirade of mothers-in-law that we’ve interviewed and are not shared by those who live in Carpenter Country.
In our neck of the woods all daughters-in-law are wonderful.
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TOP DRAWER ARTICLE
Exchange Traded Funds
by
HL Carpenter
If you’re looking for a way to diversify your portfolio beyond mutual funds, you might consider Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs).
This information should not be considered legal, investment or tax advice. Top Drawer
Ink Corp. does not provide legal, investment or tax advice. Always
consult your legal, investment and/or tax advisor regarding your
personal situation. |
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TOP DRAWER TIPS
Topics and Tidbits
Here's
what the Securities and Exchange Commission has to say about ETFs. http://www.sec.gov/answers/etf.htm.
The American Stock
Exchange provides information here: [Broken Link Removed].
Check Morningstar
for ETF basics. http://www.morningstar.com/Cover/ETFs.aspx.
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TOP DRAWER BOOK REVIEW
byHL Carpenter
Working With You is Killing Me
by Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster
ISBN 0-446-57674-3
232 pages; hardcover; $22.95
Warner Business Books, New York, 2006
Remember those kids who made your school years miserable? Guess what? They followed you to work.
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TOP DRAWER SATIRE
Tell Me Why Again?
by
HL Carpenter
The famous chicken that made history by crossing the road died yesterday in a tragic accident. Local news reports say Y. Didshee was a victim of a hit and run incident on the narrow rural highway outside her hometown Coop.
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HL Carpenter, an experienced investor and a CPA, specializes in reader friendly financial and tax topics for individuals and small businesses, and publishes Top Drawer Ink, a newsletter that's chock full of humor and common sense information.
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