what happened to Pearl Brown? I enjoyed her posts every day. I have not seen any for a while.





I consider this forum important -- I find things here that don't make it into stories on the main board.
me1004 lives! :) Inevitably, I suppose I will be more active when I'm looking for a good CD rate and maybe finding some that are not already mentioned here. Fortunately I have a respite from that deep research at the moment.

hamster all miss you. :)
Seriously PB, your thoughtful commentary and timely posts are
greatly missed. Hope all is well and only your computer is ill.

ME1004 said it well – it is nice to be appreciated by regulars and occasional posters, and it’s nice to be missed. I too appreciate everyone who participates in this important forum. Thanks to each and everyone of you for helping me to learn something new in it every day.
On the other hand, if I am going to reach some goals I have set for myself for this year, I will have to keep my time here under control, so there will be some trial and error involved as I try to keep things in balance. Even if I don’t post, I will continue to keep up with the blog and threads.
Meantime, there are some things I wish to clarify:
(1) No, I am not the most senior member of DA, either in longevity or age. Ken is the most senior member and as for the other, I still need two hands to count how many years are left before retirement age.
For the record, when I’ve had enough sleep, my hair looks just right, and the store is dimly lit, the young man who bags my groceries at Kroger calls me “Miss”. Frankly, I think it’s that he needs new glasses or – as is more likely - his Mom did a fine job raising him to be respectful to his elders. On the other hand, who am I to say he’s wrong? It’s all a matter of how young you feel, and on my worst day, I feel 21, so who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes? ;)
(2) Cumulus, thanks for tugging at my heartstrings so sweetly by saying that the 14 kids, 4 dogs, turtles and hamster all miss me. But you're not fooling me one bit - the truth is none of you know how to do laundry and everyone's out of clean underwear. =D
Thanks again to all of you for starting my year on such a lovely note and best wishes to everyone for a peaceful and prosperous 2015 - may we all soon have high rates for our hard-earned savings. Well, at least we can hope.

I also don't think any of our ages should make a difference as long as we are able to post and learn from each other. I apologize if my use of the word "senior" was misunderstood by you. It really was meant to be a compliment to those like you and SB who have helped make DA such a special group to be a part of.


and then for something --- except Ken. In addition to daily high-quality
deposit account news, invaluable summaries, and superb economic overviews
he's a real IRONMAN! Even when he moved half way across the country his
posting didn't skip a beat!
Are we lucky or what? Forget the Superbowl, we've got the SuperBlog!
Genuflect, genuflect (thank you doesn't really cut it)
