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Old 04-22-2020, 10:04 PM
cal828 cal828 is offline
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Originally Posted by JolyB View Post
At the risk of being taxed as an Arkansas resident and having to register my motor vehicle [come to think of it, that's probably a lot less than what it is up here], I'd like to continue to stay in Hot Springs, enjoy the waters and the superb racing at Oaklawn Park.

Once again they will be offering races with very full fields that appear to be quite competitive. So, let's limit our contest card to races 3 through 11. That includes both of the stakes races and ought to keep us busy enough.

Post time for race 3 will be 1:37 PM Central time.

Hope to see all of you in the starting gate.
Good choice. Maybe OP will be kinder to us than in our last two visits.

Speaking of comparing taxes(and other expenses), I was reading last night about a young couple that retired in their 30s and moved to Arizona and are living off their investments which totaled about a million dollars. After the Covid sell-off they had lost about $232k, but said they would be staying the course which is probably best, I think. Anyway, there was in indication of their expenses and what I thought was amazing was what they reported spending on insurance which was $170 a month for 2 cars and their home. That seemed crazy low to me. I pay about $170 for my house alone and probably 2 and half times that for my cars, but I have one more car than them. One thing that might have something to do with it though was they live in the middle of the desert where not much grows except creosote bushes so maybe they get a break because not much danger of fire or water damage as that is a scarce commodity in the desert. Here in Arkansas, the danger to your house is fire, which destroys it quickly or water, which destroys it slowly or of course, the occasional tornado, which I am guessing is probably a very rare, if unheard event in the desert.

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