avtrip question

[burrito]

So, I realize I'm challenged, but when I get my Avtrip savings bonds in the mail, what do I do with them?

 

[gern_blanston]

Send them to me.
But seriously, park 'em somewhere and let 'em mature. Safe, safety deposit box, attic, wherever.

 

[XTW]

They are series EE. Does anyone know how long they take to mature? 20yrs. seems to ring a bell.


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[gern_blanston]

Current EE-series bonds mature in 20 years. The actually keep earning interest for 30 years.

 

[AZ Typed]

Send them to me.
But seriously, park 'em somewhere and let 'em mature. Safe, safety deposit box, attic, wherever.

The attic, wherever - that's sound financial planning there...*yikes*

 

[Kingairrick]

Send an email to everyone in the world saying that your uncle the Prince can't cash them and needs a US bank account to deposit them into. Maybe offer a percentage to the person who helps you. Use your imagination...

 

[gern_blanston]

The attic, wherever - that's sound financial planning there...*yikes*

Well, I didn't mention that you have to REMEMBER where you put 'em

 

[Capthuff]

No No No .... take them straight to the bank and deposit them. $25 dollars now is worth more than $50 in 25 years

 

[gern_blanston]

You take a 3-month penalty if you cash 'em before a certain time. I think it's 2 years.

 

[XTW]

If memory serves me, it's 5 years Gern.

 

[gern_blanston]

You're right, XTW, I looked it up. You lose the last 3 months interest if you cash 'em before 5 years.

 

[rcbullock]

Gern

Gern Blanston, now there's a name I haven't heard in a while. Comedy is not Pretty. Was it that one?

 

[gern_blanston]

Very good. You win an arrow-through-the-head hat!
It always amazes me how few people get it.
I guess I'm just getting old.

 

[Capthuff]

You have to wait for one year from the issue date.I just cashed in 2 of them today. 1 had a face value of $50 the other $100. I got $76.88 for the two of them.

 

[rcbullock]

Very good. You win an arrow-through-the-head hat!
It always amazes me how few people get it.
I guess I'm just getting old.

I'm only 34 but my dad had some of the albums. I can still do cruel shoes pretty much verbatim. I memorized it in the 6th grade or so.

(c) Steve Martin:

Anna knew she had to have a new pair of shoes and Carlo had helped her try on every pair in the store. Carlo spoke wearily: "Well that's it, that's every pair of shoes in the place." Anna: "Oh but you must have one more pair." "No, not one more p...well, we have THE CRUEL SHOES, but no one would want to try-" "Yes, let me see the cruel shoes." "No, you don' unnerstand, you see the cruel shoes are-" "GET THEM".

Carlo disappeared into the back room and then reappeared, carrying an ordinary shoebox. He took off the lid, and there was a hideous pair of black and white pumps. But this was not an ordinary pair of hideous black and white pumps. One had a right angle turn in it and seperate compartments that pointed the toes in impossible directions. The other curved inwards, like a rocking chair, with a vise and razorblades to hold the foot in place. Carlo: "Now you see, they're not fit for humans!" "Put them on me". "BUT!--" "Put them on me." Carlo knelt down before Anna and forced her feet into the shoes. The screams were incredible. Anna crawled over to the mirror and held her bloody feet up where she could see. "I like them!" Anna paid Carlo and crawled out into the street. Later that day, Carlo was heard to remark to a new customer: "Well, that's every pair of shoes in the place. Unless, of course, you'd like to try...THE CRUEL SHOES!" <Banjo music>


Thank you, thank you. Do I get the job? What a valuable skill for a co-pilot. Repeating (nearly verbatim) late 70's early 80's vintage standup comedy.

 

[rcbullock]

I remember it a little differently than the book. The standup routine is what I memorized. I forgot a couple of details:

http://www.aj.cz/celeb/sm3/sm3.htm
(mp3's on this page didnt play quite right for me.)

Anna knew She had to have a new pair of shoes today, and Carlo had helped her try on every pair in the store. Carlo spoke wearily, "Well, that's it. That’s every pair of shoes in the place."
"Oh, you must have one more pair. . . .”
"No, not one more . . . . Well, we have the cruel shoes, but no one would want to try . . .
“Yes, let me see the cruel shoes!"
"No, you don't understand, you see, the cruel shoes are . . .'
"Get them!"
Carlo disappeared into the back room for a moment, and then reappeared carrying an ordi*****nary shoebox. He took off the lid and re*****moved a hideous pair of black and white pumps. But this was not an ordinary pair of black and white pumps; both were left feet, one had a right angle turn with sepa*****rate compartments that pointed the toes in impossible directions. The other shoe was six inches long and was curved inward like a rocking chair with a vise and razor blades to hold the foot in place.
Carlo spoke hesitantly, ". . . Now you see . . . they' re not fit for humans . . ." "Put them on me."
"But... "Put them on me!"
Carlo knew all arguments were useless. He knelt down before her and forced the feet into the shoes.
The screams were incredible.
Anna crawled over to the mirror and held her bloody feet up where she could see.
"I like them."
She paid Carlo and crawled out of the store into the street.
[font=&quot]Later that day, Carlo was overheard saying to a new customer, "Well, that's it. That’s every pair of shoes in the place. Unless, of course, you'd like to try the cruel shoes."[/font]


I'm sure some FA's have felt like they were wearing these shoes.

 

[aeronautic1]

Bury them in the backyard... when the wife isn'tlooking.

So, I realize I'm challenged, but when I get my Avtrip savings bonds in the mail, what do I do with them?

 

[soarby007]

There are a lot of Nigerian investment advisors out there also.