My Desultory Blog

RichC | December 4, 2022

With a new Costco store opening close to home in Liberty Township, Ohio (and one in Delray or actually in Boca Raton, FL), Brenda and I have finally decided to join. My buddy Jeff has been a Costco shopper for eons … and Katelyn and Drew are always telling us about their weekend trips to […]

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Tags: club, cost, costco, delray beach, florida, hot dog, liberty township, pizza, Shopping, warehouse

RichC | December 2, 2022

It is hard to believe that watching sports and movies on a 37" television just isn’t satisfactory enough these days? So when I saw a Walmart pre-Black Friday deal on a 65" TCL Roku TV for $228, I could not pass up the deal. It is very impressive for the money and a perfect upgrade […]

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Tags: christmas, condo1718, costco, deal, flashback, florida, lights, memories, tcl roku, tech friday, techfriday, television, tv, walmart

RichC | October 26, 2022

Last Saturday’s project was some overdue maintenance on what was a very nice day her in SW Ohio. The temps were warm at 77 degrees and the sky clear. I took the opportunity to start draining the oil in the BMW X5 35d with 195K miles in the morning, then drove the Mercedes 300d Turbodiesel […]

Category: Automotive, BMW, Diesel, Personal, Photos, Weather | No Comments »
Tags: 300d, Blauparts, BMW, costco, diesel, eurol, maintenance, mann filter, mercedes, oil change, ravenol, rowe, x5 35d

RichC | February 16, 2022

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Tags: annalyn, arabica, chock full o'nuts, christmas, coffee, costco, cpp, drew, dunkin' donuts, ellerie, family, hawaii, hazelnut, katelyn, kirkland, kona, valentine's day, wikipedia

RichC | November 30, 2012

Playing the tax game as a big business or 1%-er investor must be a challenging problem to have? [sarcasm] Here’s a Wall Street Journal op-ed commenting on Costco’s recent “early” dividend announcement. Uncertainly in the tax code, along with the credits, deductions and complexity, slows economic growth, deters job creation and demonstrates that the more […]

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Tags: costco, dividends, fiscal cliff, op-ed, taxes, wsj

RichC | January 7, 2010

Playing the green energy tax credit game — the pitfalls of big government, powerful lobbyist and wealthy shrewd companies. Walmart, others make money on Oregon’s energy tax credits By Harry Esteve, The Oregonian December 29, 2009, 7:00PM When Oregon started handing out jumbo tax subsidies for renewable energy projects two years ago, one of the […]

Category: Environment, Financial, Politics | No Comments »
Tags: carbon, costco, credits, energy, green, oregon, walmart