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Ciccio wrote:

Yep, those were the days alright... Now, so many over-50's have had
their retirement accounts ravaged, their home equity gone deeply into
the red, if not their home's loss completely, and face a dismal job
market competing with 30-somethings, and are only a few years away
from, what used to be, a normal retirement age. So, they're are really
pinching pennies and squeezing nickels. Fortunately, I guessed right
in major matters. Thus, so far-so good [knock wood] but I am even
nervous of letting go of my money like I used to.

It doesn't matter how much you may have, no one wants to see the state
draining one's life savings. California is throwing money down the
toilet. How many taxpayers does it take now to support one former
state-employed retiree (since the crash)? It would appear that anyone
with any money left at all is going to be taxed up to his eyes.

An over-50 buddy of mine told me he bought a yacht a few months ago.
I told him I hadn't heard that. He replied that he had really been
down playing it, because of the hard times the other over-50's friends
have been having and it was too awkward to bring it up.

Those who have nurtured a nest egg frequently find themselves resented
by those who haven't bothered.

--
John Higdon
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On 2010-08-10 18:45:28 -0700, John Higdon said:

It doesn't matter how much you may have, no one wants to see the state
draining one's life savings. California is throwing money down the
toilet. How many taxpayers does it take now to support one former
state-employed retiree (since the crash)? It would appear that anyone
with any money left at all is going to be taxed up to his eyes.

OR ...

Such folks, like myself, are going to move to an adjacent no-tax state
(Nevada and Washington come immediately to mind).

It has already been decided by the SCOTUS that California, and other
states with high income taxes, CANNOT go after its former residents, to
tax them on on tax-sheltered income which was earned while a resident
of California.

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On Aug 9, 9:34*pm, spamtrap1888 wrote:
On Aug 6, 11:22*pm, "



wrote:
On Aug 6, 5:45*pm, (David Kaye) wrote:

"Brenda Ann" wrote:
While I may not have some of the expertise he claims to have, [....]

It's not a matter of "claims." *He's known in the industry and he has a
website detailing all his accomplishments over the years, complete with photos
and other documents. *

He cares about ratings, which are made of
whole cloth and based upon a model that is non-sequitur in the real world.

Huh? *Without ratings it's very hard to make income. *Sure, it's possible to
sell time on stations with no ratings, but it's extremely difficult. *Stations
such as KEST and KPIG(AM) do it, but they have a tough go of it. *KPIG(AM) is
advertising for salespeople every couple months because it's so hard to keep
salespeople who can't make any money selling time. *

Regardless of whether you think the ratings system is flawed or not, the PPMs
and the diaries of Arbitron are fairly close for the most part, and the
differences between Neilsen and Arbitron ratings aren't much different,
either. *Thus, I'd be inclined to think the ratings systems aren't as flawed
as people contend they are. *

We've all seen what the true meaning of polls is during the past four
election cycles. There's just no way you can legitimately, despite what some
would have you believe, base the opinions of 1,000,000 people on the dubious
reporting of a few hundred or so.

None of this matters in radio and TV ratings. *The ratings come in and the
stations sell based on those ratings. *The advertisers buy based on the
assumption that they are correct. *If they're so far off as to be bogus, the
advertisers would have left long ago and the ratings systems would have been
thrown out. *Companies do not spend money capriciously, especially they're
trying to bring in business. *

I agree Eduardo is pretty sharp, but let me try to explain Brenda's
point, or perhaps put my spin on it. There are two ways to market a
product. One is to do research, focus groups, etc. This produces a
product that the market probably wants to some degree, but also a
product for which the market is familiar. Now the way to make a
killing is to come up with a product that the customer doesn't know he
needs. You understand the product, not the market per se because the
market isn't built yet. Basically if you focus on surveys, you can
only provide something that the customer already knows about. You
probably won't screw up, but you won't make a killing either.

The purpose of focus groups is to try out on real people things for
which there is no current market. You get a cross-section of humanity
in a room and expose them to your new product.



Eduardo has no passion for radio. He surveys the market and tries to
adjust stations to meet what his survey indicates is marketable.

Like Piolin en la Manana?

You can use a focus group to tweak something. I really don't think you
can spring a radical idea on a focus group and expect to get useful
data. If the product is very different from what is on the market, the
focus group won't get it. Radical changes take time to be accepted.

Focus groups are great for say testing a new flavor of soda. Look at
how long MP3 players languished until Apple did the only thing they do
well, namely market products. You ask the average dufus on the street
and they think Apple both invented MP3 and the MP3 player. Mention
Fraunhofer and they think you are bull****ting them. Really, I've had
drag down fights with fanbois over this.

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On Aug 9, 9:53*pm, spamtrap1888 wrote:
On Aug 8, 1:26*pm, "



wrote:
On Aug 7, 7:13*pm, (David Kaye) wrote:

RHF wrote:
Yes - I have been Packaged and am Ready for Delivery

-but- according to D'Eduardo : I Don't Count ~ RHF

Well, you may not count. *People over age 50 don't count to most advertisers,
thus most of the KGO listenership is a group few companies want to reach. *
That's because people over 50 don't buy much, and those who do tend not to be
swayed much by advertising. *

That's just the reality of the ratings game.

I believe you have it half right. People over 50 spend plenty of
money, but their purchasing habits are well established. You can't
make them change brands. So the theory is you indoctrinate the
younguns and they will buy your crap for life. Apple is a prime
example. The young liked the ipod, so they think Apple makes good
phones too.

True. An old fuddy-duddy like Obama was still wedded to his
BlackBerry.

The reality is that people change because products change and
suppliers go out of business. If brand names continue to exist, they
are names only.

I admit my mother in law finds it hard to use her DVD player, but
she's over 90, and she's used to playing tapes over Ch. 3.

I've said this before -- my uncle was 65 when he dropped his lifetime
habit of buying Chryslers for a Toyota. He was the first guy on his
block to get color TV, and had he lived long enough I'm sure he'd be
the first one with a plasma widescreen.

I still stick with blackberry because I want the phone to work. If I
need 3D games and fart sounds, I will get an iphone. I loan my BB to
many a person with an iphone that doesn't work due to crappy reception
or dead battery. Further, due to security and the need for enterprise
control, you would find nearly every government work uses a
blackberry. If you investigate Rim BES, you would be amazed at the
technology. Oh, and there are fart apps for the BB too, but no 3D
games.

I was on a flight to DC and the twenty something guy next to be played
freakin 3D baseball on his damn iphone for 90 minutes straight until
he killed the battery. Nothing like landing and not being able to make
a call.

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On Aug 10, 12:01*am, (David Kaye) wrote:
" wrote:
The wingnuts know deep down that their thinking is wrong, so they need
their lunacy reinforced by fellow ditto heads. If they wanted facts,
they would tune to NPR.

I'm not arguing the veracity of Rush Limbaugh, but the nature of the whole
commercial talkradio genre. *There are a lot of people who do not listen to
commercial radio. *

Interesting sidenote: The teenaged son of one of my computer customers and I
were talking the other day. *I mentioned various talkshow and magazine show
hosts. *He hadn't heard of Ronn Owens, had heard the name Rush Limbaugh but
didn't know much about him. *He didn't even know who Ira Glass is, BUT he knew
Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich (hosts of WNYC's Radiolab). *We have heard the
future of radio and it is Radiolab. *He doesn't listen on the radio, though,
he downloads the podcasts.

Those Radiolab guys are ADHD! Or is that ADD? It's an OK show. Not
must hear radio, but I wouldn't turn it off.

If you see the person again, suggest "Sound of Young America" and
"Sound Opinions."
http://www.pri.org/sound-young-america.html
http://www.soundopinions.org/

I remember hearing the SOYA guy interview Bob Edwards and the
conversation getting to the point where "Garrison Keeler must die" was
uttered. Cracked me up since I'm of the same opinion. Well not die,
but leave radio. The music on PHC is great, but the skits and readings
are just awful.

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Peter wrote:

Such folks, like myself, are going to move to an adjacent no-tax state
(Nevada and Washington come immediately to mind).

Heh...that's funny. If you smoke cigarettes you'll pay more tax in NV and WA
than in California. Both WA and NV charge lower sales taxes than CA, but WA
charges taxes on both goods AND services, which can be quite substantial. For
instance, a car repair might cost $100 in parts but $600 in labor. In CA the
labor isn't taxed.

Property taxes: Interesting note here. WA is willing to defer some or all
property taxes to the elderly, BUT they will then put a lien against the
property so that the person can't leave the property free and clear to anyone
without first paying off the property tax lien.

In CA the property tax is limited to 1% of assessed valuation, which can never
be more than market value. Neither WA nor NV had any limit on how high
property taxes can go relative to assessed valuation.

Good luck in finding that retirement bargain...

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" wrote:

Those Radiolab guys are ADHD! Or is that ADD? It's an OK show. Not
must hear radio, but I wouldn't turn it off.

They're getting mucho listeners. They've even attracted the attention of Ira
Glass, whoh as run some of their pieces on This American Life.


I remember hearing the SOYA guy interview Bob Edwards and the
conversation getting to the point where "Garrison Keeler must die" was
uttered. Cracked me up since I'm of the same opinion. Well not die,
but leave radio. The music on PHC is great, but the skits and readings
are just awful.

At first I'd always thought that Garrison Keillor was making fun of the
Midwest, so I didn't like him for that. Plus, I preferred Tom Bodet's "End of
the Road" series. Well, I came to tune in "Prairie" from time to time and
found that the skits were sometimes quite fun and sometimes among the worst
drivel I'd ever heard on radio. The music is excellent for the most part, but
why on earth does Keillor sing along with his guests? He's not a good singer,
and the kind harmonies he does (there are many kinds of harmonies) are usually
inappropriate for the kind of song. The fact that KQED runs this program
twice a week is a travesty. But, that appears to be what the listeners want.

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On Aug 10, 8:49*pm, Peter wrote:
On 2010-08-10 18:45:28 -0700, John Higdon said:

It doesn't matter how much you may have, no one wants to see the state
draining one's life savings. California is throwing money down the
toilet. How many taxpayers does it take now to support one former
state-employed retiree (since the crash)? It would appear that anyone
with any money left at all is going to be taxed up to his eyes.

OR ...

Such folks, like myself, are going to move to an adjacent no-tax state
(Nevada and Washington come immediately to mind).

Many already have been doing that for years.
* Taxes by State -source- Retirement Living
http://retirementliving.com/RLtaxes.html

Knew a Couple who Retired (1960s} in California;
Sold their home and Car and everything in California.
Bought an very nice RV along with a small Car in
Nevada. Build an RV Parking Pad and Hook-ups
at Son's House {Marin} and a Sister's House
{Auburn}; both in California. He was a Federal
Retiree and she eventually received Social Security.
They were On-the-Road for 6~8 Months a Year
and 'unofficial guests' in California for the remainder.

Maybe around 25% of the people in the SF Bay
Area that I retired with in the late 1990s are now
'former' Californians.

- It has already been decided by the SCOTUS that California, and other
- states with high income taxes, CANNOT go after its former residents,
to
- tax them on on tax-sheltered income which was earned while a
resident
- of California.

-IF- You are a CAL-PERS Retiree and have what
is called a California 'Source' Income : The State
of California will Tax that 'Source' Income as -if-
You were still Living in California.

First find a Job {any job} in another State; so that
the 'Move' is Tax Deductible.
Second - Sell your California Home and Buy a Home
in the new State.
Third - Move Everything Investment to your new State.
Fourth - Sell all California Real Property and reinvest
in Real-Estate in the new State.
Note - Do It all in the same Tax Year so you only
have one year to do the Double Tax Keeping from
California to the new State.

California Here I Come !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK0gLBqRIG0
-is-becoming-
California Her I Go . . . ~ RHF

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On Aug 11, 2:33*am, (David Kaye) wrote:
" wrote:
Those Radiolab guys are ADHD! Or is that ADD? It's an OK show. Not
must hear radio, but I wouldn't turn it off.

They're getting mucho listeners. *They've even attracted the attention of Ira
Glass, whoh as run some of their pieces on This American Life. *

I remember hearing the SOYA guy interview Bob Edwards and the
conversation getting to the point where "Garrison Keeler must die" was
uttered. Cracked me up since I'm of the same opinion. Well not die,
but leave radio. The music on PHC is great, but the skits and readings
are just awful.

At first I'd always thought that Garrison Keillor was making fun of the
Midwest, so I didn't like him for that. *Plus, I preferred Tom Bodet's "End of
the Road" series. *Well, I came to tune in "Prairie" from time to time and
found that the skits were sometimes quite fun and sometimes among the worst
drivel I'd ever heard on radio. *The music is excellent for the most part, but
why on earth does Keillor sing along with his guests? *He's not a good singer,
and the kind harmonies he does (there are many kinds of harmonies) are usually
inappropriate for the kind of song. *The fact that KQED runs this program
twice a week is a travesty. *But, that appears to be what the listeners want.

Garrison Keillor and a Prairie Home Companion
http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/
it just 'nice' Radio Programming for all the
'nice' People who listen to and support their
NPR Radio Stations and enjoy Americana
Homey shows; that echo the past.

PHC it's what those 'nice' People in Fly-Over
Country call 'nice' and they like and enjoy 'nice'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Prairie_Home_Companion
Listening to a Prairie Home Companion on
an NPR Radio Stations says that you are
a 'nice' {enlightened} person of American
Values and good old American Culture.

But then again "The Lawrence Welk Show"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Law...lic_television
is still seen weekly on some/many PBS-TV
Stations; because it is 'nice' and some/many
the 'nice' People who watch and support
PBS-TV and enjoy Americana Homie shows;
that echo the past.
http://www.welkmusicalfamily.com/welknetwork.html

i like 'nice' people ~ RHF