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Issue #47; June 2, 2003 Ask Boomer Al is the fun newsletter of BoomerJournals.com. If you don't want to receive it, we don't want to send it to you. Unsubscribe info is located at the bottom of each issue. _.·´¯) Contents (¯`·._ 1) This week's questions 2) What's up with this? 3) Boomer HA! HA! 4) Attitude Counts! _.·´¯) Questions (¯`·._ Ask Boomer Al Issue #47; June 2, 2003 Dear Al I’m 16 and I get picked on at school constantly. I’m a little overweight and my parents can’t afford to buy the nice clothes. I have nightmares about others teasing me and I don’t look forward to going to school. Please help! Distraught Dear Distraught I feel your pain. When I was about your age we had a gang of bullies in my neighborhood. I didn’t fit in nor did I want to. These guys spent my entire high school career making me miserable. Everyday was a chore and I couldn’t wait for it to be over. It was fights, teasing, and ridicule in school. My parents knew about it and there was very little they could actually do. We also had very little so I was not anything close to cool. I was never in. Eventually it was over. I graduated and went on to college until I ran out of money. I met a great girl and we’ve been happily married for over 37 years and have seven grandchildren. Remember that you’re a special person. There’s nobody else like you. God made you unique and wonderful and there are special things awaiting you in life. Cruelty and evil are part of our world. Some of it you will just have to survive through. Try to distinguish between insensitive teasing and actual mean behavior. Perhaps if you didn’t give your tormentors the satisfaction of seeing they are getting to you, perhaps it will stop. Toughen up a little and realize it will probably all go away real soon. School is almost over and the added year of maturity will calm some of it down. I also suggest you talk to an adult about your feelings. A little counseling might be helpful. Al Dear Boomer Al What kind of life insurance should we buy? My husband is 31 and I’m 30. We have two children ages 6 and 4. We’ve had quotes from different agents and now our heads are spinning. What to do? Thanks! Confused Dear Confused, Wanting to buy life insurance is very responsible. When the unthinkable happens the financial protection it affords can be very significant. Here goes. First you must decide how much you need. The purpose of insurance is to help one transition when the primary bread winner is lost to the family. $1,000 at 5% will provide about $5 a month for twenty years. Decide on the income you would need and do the math. A young family needs protection, not cash value. There are many approaches that look good on paper but the initial cost can be a burden. Most agents are paid higher commissions on cash value products and they need to eat too if you get my drift. I feel that convertible level term that is guaranteed renewable with a decreasing term rider to coincide with the growth of the kids is a good way to go. The convertible option protects your insurability but buying term allows you to insure yourself for very significant amounts. Add the accident rider and waiver of premium too. For a relatively small premium you have lots of coverage which is the thing you need with a young family. My opinion. Al Need to buy or sell a house ... check this out! _.·´¯)What's up with this?(¯`·._ The president is making a very dangerous trip right now. The man never ceases to show up his critics with one bold move after another. The Arab summit in Jordan I feel is especially froth with danger. Imagine how Al Qeada would love to get a shot at him? The latest flap from the liberal camp about the lack of a tax rebate for minimum wage working families is being reported incorrectly. The average person who doesn't read is appalled. The truth is very few if any minimum wage earners with families actually paid any tax at all so there is nothing to refund them. That would be an outright gift. The president was willing but a few Senators would not hear of it. Do your homework to find out who. Bob Hope turned 100 last week. The respect and appreciation being lavished on him is well deserved. His entertainment was always wholesome and always geared to a family audience. His support for our military around the world with the USO showed what kind of man and patriot he was. He never was partisan in his humor or behavior. I can't think of a single performer today who could walk in his shoes. Is it me or are most of the people passing you on the highway at high rates of speed these days young women. I don't recall ever seeing anything like it. A cell phone in one ear, beads hanging from the mirror, and a real attitude seem to go with the speed. I was passed in the breakdown lane this week by a young woman with a baby in the back seat. Probably late for work and the daycare. Better late than dead I say. What's going on? Just my opinion. Don't like it? So tell me off at ... The Forum at Boomer Journals _.·´¯) Boomer Ha Ha! (¯`·._ At a certain stage of life a man's hair begins to grow inward. If it hits gray matter it turns gray. If it hits nothing it disappears. _.·´¯)Attitude Counts! (¯`·._ Socrates had a student named "Plato". Plato had a student named "Aristotle". Aristotle had a student named "Alexander the Great". The company we keep and the people we listen to have an effect. Who do you permit into your world? Your present situation reflects your choices. Are you satisfied? Have fun. It's later than you think. Al Automotive tips on buying, leasing, repair rip-offs, automobile insurance reduction, and more! Read this page now Check out my Home Business E-book ... 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