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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: AdrianC ⎊✹  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: The 4% rule inventor makes some revisions
Date: 08/12/25 1:51 PM
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Not 2000. We retired in late 2006, just in time to walk into the 2008/2009 bear market.
Ended 2008 down -47%.

That had to gut-wrenching. It was for us, and I was working.
Though looking back, I could actually have retired in 2007 and we would have been ok. Not sure I would have stayed retired in 2008.

It's a good life if you don't weaken.

Indeed.
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