SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH DALLAS REALTOR BILL CHERRY, 17th Edition

Thanks for stopping by for our weekly Sunday after church meeting here in the park.  It's so nice to see you.

I was just thinking about why Sunday trips to the park are so important to me.  It reminds me of when I was a little boy during the War years. 

After Sunday school, during the spring, my daddy would bring me here so I could swing, ride the merry-go-around, and go down the slide a zillion times. 

And then we'd go to the ice cream factory just about three blocks away, and get a freshly made ice cream sandwich.  We'd sit on the factory's front steps and eat that delight.  It was called Purity Ice Cream and even Texas' famous Blue Bell Ice Cream doesn't match up.

My daddy, William Wallace Cherry's, birthday was last week, and if he were still alive, he would be 99-years old, but I still think of him as the young man in the park with his little boy on Sundays after church.

RIP OFFS.  OK, here's the latest.  A company called Reserve Solutions is pushing a debit card that lets you withdraw money from your 401 (k).  Of course the withdrawals are treated as loans against your retirement account.  Now let's see if the federal government is astute enough to put a stop to this, or will it be the next sub-prime mortgage.

PER STIRPES.  These two Latin words frequently work their way into wills.  It's a method for distributing an estate. Per stirpes (which is Latin for "per branch") specifies that each branch of the deceased person's family receives an equal share of the estate.  Say a man dies and leaves three grown children.  His estate would be equally divided among the three.  If one of them had died, then his one-third would be equally divided among the deceased son's children.

PER CAPITA.  Conversely, per capita is a method of distributing an estate where each child living at the time of the decedent's death gets an equal portion.  No provision is made for branches being beneficiaries. Consequently if one of his three children has predeceased him, none of his father's estate would pass to his children.

SCHWAN.  There is one food delivery service that is reminiscent of the past when the milkman brought milk to the door, as did the egg man.  Schwan's Fine Foods wonderful products.  They come to our door every two weeks.  We are especially fond of their skinless chicken breast filets and their deserts. You can order by Internet, telephone or when the delivery man stops by.

RETIREMENT.  The trick of retirement is figuring out how much net worth you must have to supplement your social security, pensions. Etc.  Here's a retirement income calculator.

PET MOVING EXPENSES.  Fido's moving expense is totally deductible just like any other member of the family, if the move is related to a new job.  OK, maybe moving Fido isn't such a big deal, but what about your horse?

DR. KENNETH COOPER. Dr. Cooper is known world-wide as the father of aerobic exercise.  He has an enormous facility here in Dallas.  He also oversees the manufacture of a number of vitamins and diet supplements.  The most amazing one is his fish oil capsule.  He's figured out how to take out the after taste and the burp. 

Get on Dr. Cooper's health newsletter mailing list.  It's free.  Click here.

DIET.  Oddly, a number of medical experts appear to be weighing in on the best diet for losing weight and remaining there.  It's 1972 Edition of Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution.

Thanks for stopping by the park this Sunday.  I hope you'll find the time to join me again next Sunday.  In the meantime, remember....

GOD Blesses!