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I sold a business in 2021. Y'all would weep at the taxes I paid for that transaction.

Lol - good point! I'm no longer tied to Helena job-wise but with kids and grandkids here, it'd be hard to move too far away (we have discussed the idea). I'm sitting in a motel in Shelby at the moment and will be ice fishing on Tiber tomorrow. I spent most of hunting season around Choteau. This part of the state could start to grow on me, but it's too fuggin windy!

Kinda like asking how many acres and cows you have, right Sam?

I grossed $60K last year, used to make a bunch more but I get a pension, 4 weeks vacation, 11 holidays, 3 weeks sick leave and can I walk to work.

There are many ROundoaks on this board. I am quite sure Wabbi is not one of them. Stop and think if Roundoak got away for 10,000 posts , and 10 yrs of bs before he was really caught , how many here are full of BS when they post their wages. I have so many times caught guys here posting picks of their wives , smoking hot ,, just to remember a pick of their wife 5 yrs ago , and the other woman was nothing like the smoking hot one. How many times have we all heard they dated smoking hot babes,, ,, but dumped them cause they were nuts??? Truth, you got dumped!! How many guys here go on the girly page and post " I would tap her in a heartbeat, " when that woman would snub them faster than they can slap a tick. LOTS of BS , not just here but on some other boards. How ROundoak got away with it, I am not sure. His bucks were plausible if he really did live in Grant co. Wis. Bucks are huge there. Had me fooled. Only one time did I think he was BSing, when he shot a REAL dandy in Dickinson co. Upper Mich. They just dont grow them that big in that sand country up there. As for me, I posted I make about $55,000 a yr. I'm self employed carpenter. I cant imagine making what many say they make here. I am likely avr. american wage. My wife makes less than me . Because of my low wages I am very frugal , cause my last day of work is one accident away. I drive 09 Impala I bought for $9700 with tax 14 months ago , 44,700 miles on it. The Truck is an 06 GMC diesel, 301,000 on it. Boat is 32 yrs old and bought it new for $2,400 for new boat , older 25 horse Merc. and trailer. I hunt just a few miles from home 95% of the time on public . I have a cabin up north on 7 ac. on the Flambeau River in NW WIs . My dad gave me 7 ac. in central wi. on a river too. We have had some inheritance that is invested. $450K? house is payed 13 yrs ago. Kids dont need me for anything. They make more than me too. It is amazing how I have to be frugal to get to $1,000,000 in a retirement account just to get $30,000 in divies and the retirement plan keeps me poor. In all honesty, I feel left out when all the relatives run off to Arizona, , California, Ireland , and wife went to Egypt to visit out daughter. I stay home . I do hunt deer a lot cause its 5 miles away. I fish close by too. Many may say I'm whining. I'm not, strangely enough, I am quite happy. I tithe 10% to my local church, pay bills and still save 30% of my gross. However, I am eyeing up a Starcraft Freedom180T / 90 horse Yammi for $30,000 after tax. ... I am sure , I could always sell it for what I payed for it so I consider it part of my portfolio, snicker.

There are many ROundoaks on this board. I am quite sure Wabbi is not one of them. Stop and think if Roundoak got away for 10,000 posts , and 10 yrs of bs before he was really caught , how many here are full of BS when they post their wages. I have so many times caught guys here posting picks of their wives , smoking hot ,, just to remember a pick of their wife 5 yrs ago , and the other woman was nothing like the smoking hot one. How many times have we all heard they dated smoking hot babes,, ,, but dumped them cause they were nuts??? Truth, you got dumped!! How many guys here go on the girly page and post " I would tap her in a heartbeat, " when that woman would snub them faster than they can slap a tick. LOTS of BS , not just here but on some other boards. How ROundoak got away with it, I am not sure. His bucks were plausible if he really did live in Grant co. Wis. Bucks are huge there. Had me fooled. Only one time did I think he was BSing, when he shot a REAL dandy in Dickinson co. Upper Mich. They just dont grow them that big in that sand country up there. As for me, I posted I make about $55,000 a yr. I'm self employed carpenter. I cant imagine making what many say they make here. I am likely avr. american wage. My wife makes less than me . Because of my low wages I am very frugal , cause my last day of work is one accident away. I drive 09 Impala I bought for $9700 with tax 14 months ago , 44,700 miles on it. The Truck is an 06 GMC diesel, 301,000 on it. Boat is 32 yrs old and bought it new for $2,400 for new boat , older 25 horse Merc. and trailer. I hunt just a few miles from home 95% of the time on public . I have a cabin up north on 7 ac. on the Flambeau River in NW WIs . My dad gave me 7 ac. in central wi. on a river too. We have had some inheritance that is invested. $450K? house is payed 13 yrs ago. Kids dont need me for anything. They make more than me too. It is amazing how I have to be frugal to get to $1,000,000 in a retirement account just to get $30,000 in divies and the retirement plan keeps me poor. In all honesty, I feel left out when all the relatives run off to Arizona, , California, Ireland , and wife went to Egypt to visit out daughter. I stay home . I do hunt deer a lot cause its 5 miles away. I fish close by too. Many may say I'm whining. I'm not, strangely enough, I am quite happy. I tithe 10% to my local church, pay bills and still save 30% of my gross. However, I am eyeing up a Starcraft Freedom180T / 90 horse Yammi for $30,000 after tax. ... I am sure , I could always sell it for what I payed for it so I consider it part of my portfolio, snicker.

I enjoy listening to Dave Ramsey and he did a survey of something like 10,000 millionaires. His data indicates the vast majority are couples that both work and make professional wages, they invest in their home and 401k's in the stock market for 30 years or so. They seem to average between $1 & $3 million in assets.

While high wages are cool and something to be proud of the real story is how much you save and invest, then you have returns on those investments.

If you do the math, saving a few million while working and paying your living expense's is almost impossible to do.

I admit to being very naïve about wages as I was always a blue collar guy working in a state a with notoriously low wages and I have been out of the work force for about 15 yrs.
Back in my employee days the best I made was $51,000 and I thought I was killing it and almost everyone I knew made less than me.

Todays wages in high cost states always amaze me... but then maybe there is a bunch of exaggeration? then again $1 million dollar homes seem to be the norm these days so who knows?

Got a buddy just went through a divorce, he's in pharma sells and his wife was a traveling nurse. He said they put away on average 50k a year no problem. After 15 years of marriage that was that. He said after all attorney fees and all that nonsense they split 600k. She went through 300k in 4 months, he still has about 260k of it. Their kids are still in private school at 18k a year for each one. They did very well, and made it a point to put it away. Its about all gone now.

I would say a lot inherit it.

My uncle is worth about 5 mil, chemical engineer. Aunt never worked. He claims he saved 33% of every paycheck he ever made. Had millions in bank and still made my aunt hang clothes out to dry on a line in the backyard. She's gone now and never got to enjoy any of it. Each of their daughters are getting 1 mil when he passes and each of his 6 grandkids are getting 500k each. Not to mention, he has given all of them the max gift allowed each year since they were born. They'll be sitting pretty.

I feel your pain.....done that 4 times now.