Category Archives: Money Stuff

Annuity

Posted on May 8, 2026 by sputterpub

Today I contemplate annuities,to comfort and enable progeny.I don’t intend allowance, but might seizethe means to sponsor creativity.No micro-management or threat to freezewould be a part of what could come to be:support until I shuffle off this coil,endowing loved ones … Continue reading →

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Compensation

Posted on May 1, 2026 by sputterpub

Employing several others as I pliedmy accidental trade, I only soughtintegrity and honest effort triedwith their momentum, for I never thoughtI’d find a twin. I paid a wage and taughta bit, but each selected their own how.Reviewing, I approve of … Continue reading →

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Allocation

Posted on April 30, 2026 by sputterpub

Although her father said the world consistsof followers and leaders, what’s revealedin time is that another sort exists:the neither. Self-employment’s course appealed.She set a shingle out and plied her way,and used her brain and diligence enoughto earn for a small … Continue reading →

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Cash

Posted on January 22, 2026 by sputterpub

With 7 C-notes, that’s how she repaidme for 3 months of handling common bills.But it’s been years since I engaged in tradeinvolving currency. To shop instillsthe custom that the customer fulfillsa debt with card or smartphone. I’m too oldto want … Continue reading →

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Soft Breakup with a Tradesman

Posted on September 24, 2025 by sputterpub

Employing him for seven jobs this year,of course I grew acquainted with his brain.The man for months was all too often here,exhibiting cognition I’d complainabout, if I were to unleash a wordlike overtalkative, obsessed, or vain.But that feels futile and … Continue reading →

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Retail Requiem

Posted on July 28, 2025 by sputterpub

It’s just a store that came and thrived and died,arising from a shop to catalogueand brick-and-mortar, so identifiedwhen business grows surmounting underdogto eminence. It pleased. It satisfiedfor years. I think it even had a blog.It’s just a store. Some others … Continue reading →

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Customer Disservice

Posted on May 31, 2025 by sputterpub

They charged my card before they shipped to methe earrings they’d expected in two days,and then deferred receipt, apparently,but never notified me so. Their wayshave worsened. Though I waited patiently,I had to call for status (and repays).Five years ago the … Continue reading →

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#13

Posted on August 7, 2024 by sputterpub

Eight days ago a new campaign began.Some kids of mine launched add-ons to their game.We watched from 8 a.m. The tally ranup quickly and we high-fived with the samesincerity through messaging as canin RT be. The thrill by other nameis … Continue reading →

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Brother Colleague Friend

Posted on July 9, 2024 by sputterpub

A dozen years ago, I put the reinsand office ownership into his hands.Though time and he have changed it, he maintainsa waning practice. And he understandsenough to earn enough to compensatehimself, another, me for daily calland half a day there, … Continue reading →

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Just Check it Out

Posted on May 1, 2024 by sputterpub

Just check it out, if you are into games.If you love art in vibrant hues that shout,if you’re enchanted by Teutonic names,just check it out. Developed by some talents now aboutfive decades old and burnished in life’s flames,their field’s a … Continue reading →

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